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March 4, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Euan Ritchie, Professor in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, School of Life & Environmental Sciences, Deakin University Carnaby’s Black Cockatoo Imogen Warren/Shutterstock What do the Australian lungfish, ghost bat, sandhill dunnart and southern and central greater gliders have in common? They’re all threatened species that need a formal ... <a title="Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek has been taken to court over 11 threatened species. Here’s why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/04/environment-minister-tanya-plibersek-has-been-taken-to-court-over-11-threatened-species-heres-why-219231/" aria-label="Read more about Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek has been taken to court over 11 threatened species. Here’s why">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Toby Murray, Professor of Cybersecurity, School of Computing and Information Systems, The University of Melbourne Ludovic Toinel/Unsplash In July last year, Australia’s eSafety Commissioner, Julie Inman Grant, directed tech companies to develop codes of practice to keep children safe from online porn and harmful content. Now, after ... <a title="Tech companies’ proposed new safety codes won’t protect all kids online" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/04/tech-companies-proposed-new-safety-codes-wont-protect-all-kids-online-251266/" aria-label="Read more about Tech companies’ proposed new safety codes won’t protect all kids online">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Melissa Conley Tyler, Honorary Fellow, Asia Institute, The University of Melbourne Hard on the heels of Donald Trump’s dismantling of USAID, the United Kingdom has ripped more than A$12 billion (£6 billion) from its foreign assistance budget. The double hit from two of the globe’s biggest contributors ... <a title="The US and UK have decimated their aid spending. Australia has a unique opportunity to help fill the vacuum" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/04/the-us-and-uk-have-decimated-their-aid-spending-australia-has-a-unique-opportunity-to-help-fill-the-vacuum-251156/" aria-label="Read more about The US and UK have decimated their aid spending. Australia has a unique opportunity to help fill the vacuum">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Claire Wright, Lecturer, University of Technology Sydney, University of Technology Sydney Richard White, head of WiseTech Global, is the latest of a small number of charismatic business founders to have captured the public and corporate imagination. The businessman is synonymous with one of Australia’s most successful technology ... <a title="Billionaire entrepreneurs can make for bold businesses but often with fewer checks and balances" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/04/billionaire-entrepreneurs-can-make-for-bold-businesses-but-often-with-fewer-checks-and-balances-250927/" aria-label="Read more about Billionaire entrepreneurs can make for bold businesses but often with fewer checks and balances">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stewart Riddle, Professor, School of Education, University of Southern Queensland The federal government and NSW government have announced a new funding deal for the state’s public schools. This will see the Commonwealth contribution jump from 20% to 25% of the schooling resource standard (on which school funding ... <a title="NSW has finally struck a school funding deal. What does this mean for schools and students?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/04/nsw-has-finally-struck-a-school-funding-deal-what-does-this-mean-for-schools-and-students-251271/" aria-label="Read more about NSW has finally struck a school funding deal. What does this mean for schools and students?">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Danielle Chubb, Associate Professor of International Relations, Deakin University Shutterstock This week, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on human rights in North Korea issued an appeal to the international community. She expressed concern about the future of civil society work on North Korean human rights. The cause ... <a title="Another US funding cut threatens human rights in North Korea – and hands more power to a dictator" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/04/another-us-funding-cut-threatens-human-rights-in-north-korea-and-hands-more-power-to-a-dictator-251239/" aria-label="Read more about Another US funding cut threatens human rights in North Korea – and hands more power to a dictator">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Simon Francis Thrush, Director of the Institute of Marine Science, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Shutterstock/Danita Delimont For New Zealand, a country with an underwater territory 14 times its landmass, marine ecosystems present a significant opportunity to investigate carbon storage options. Prompted by a 2023 report ... <a title="NZ hopes to store carbon in marine ecosystems – but some are so degraded they’re already a source of emissions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/04/nz-hopes-to-store-carbon-in-marine-ecosystems-but-some-are-so-degraded-theyre-already-a-source-of-emissions-248875/" aria-label="Read more about NZ hopes to store carbon in marine ecosystems – but some are so degraded they’re already a source of emissions">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Duncan Caillard, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, School of Communication Studies, Auckland University of Technology Director Sean Baker has made history by becoming the first person to win four Academy Awards in the same night for the same film – Anora – taking home prizes for original screenplay, film ... <a title="Who is Sean Baker, the indie filmmaker behind Oscar sweeper Anora?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/04/who-is-sean-baker-the-indie-filmmaker-behind-oscar-sweeper-anora-251272/" aria-label="Read more about Who is Sean Baker, the indie filmmaker behind Oscar sweeper Anora?">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jessica Kerr, Research Fellow, Adolescent Population Health and Obesity Epidemiology, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute World Obesity Federation Since the 1990s, the proportion of the world’s population who are overweight (with a body mass index of 25–30) or obese (with a body mass index of 30 or above) ... <a title="Without change, half of Australian kids and adolescents will be overweight or obese by 2050" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/04/without-change-half-of-australian-kids-and-adolescents-will-be-overweight-or-obese-by-2050-250520/" aria-label="Read more about Without change, half of Australian kids and adolescents will be overweight or obese by 2050">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicole White, Associate Professor of Statistics, Queensland University of Technology Master1305/Shutterstock Whether it’s for a work meeting or a class assignment, presenting data to others is a common task on our to-do list. We use data to make decisions on our health, finances and the world we ... <a title="Sick of pie charts for your uni, school or work projects? Here are 5 other options" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/04/sick-of-pie-charts-for-your-uni-school-or-work-projects-here-are-5-other-options-250499/" aria-label="Read more about Sick of pie charts for your uni, school or work projects? Here are 5 other options">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tom Hartley, Lecturer in Health and Physical Education, University of Tasmania Koshiro K/Shutterstock With the AFL and NRL seasons kicking off, fantasy footy players have been deep in draft mode, carefully building their best teams. Fantasy sports have transformed the way fans engage with many sports, sparking ... <a title="Why are so many people obsessed with fantasy sports?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/04/why-are-so-many-people-obsessed-with-fantasy-sports-249010/" aria-label="Read more about Why are so many people obsessed with fantasy sports?">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tailane Scapin, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Deakin University World Obesity Federation In many countries, buying food at supermarkets, convenience stores and online has become the norm. But what’s the convenience of modern food shopping doing to our health? Our study, published today with colleagues from UNICEF, looked at ... <a title="We looked at what supermarkets in 97 countries are doing to our waistlines. Here’s what we found" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/04/we-looked-at-what-supermarkets-in-97-countries-are-doing-to-our-waistlines-heres-what-we-found-246412/" aria-label="Read more about We looked at what supermarkets in 97 countries are doing to our waistlines. Here’s what we found">Read more</a>
