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February 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra As the Albanese government struggles to stay on its political feet, who would have thought the China issue would suddenly insert itself into the campaign, leaving the prime minister looking, at best, flat-footed? Improving and stabilising what had become a ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Albanese falls victim to a Chinese burn" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/27/grattan-on-friday-albanese-falls-victim-to-a-chinese-burn-251029/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Albanese falls victim to a Chinese burn">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anne Summers, Professor, UTS Business School, University of Technology Sydney Shutterstock The greatest achievements in women’s economic progress in recent decades are potentially being eroded by domestic violence. This is the key finding of a new research report being released today by the University of Technology Sydney’s ... <a title="Revealed: the profound economic impact on women who experience domestic violence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/27/revealed-the-profound-economic-impact-on-women-who-experience-domestic-violence-250278/" aria-label="Read more about Revealed: the profound economic impact on women who experience domestic violence">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rod Campbell, Honorary fellow, Deakin University Not so long ago, former Liberal prime minister Malcolm Turnbull was branded “Mr Harbourside Mansion”, a moniker bestowed upon him by his own side of politics. Turnbull’s estimated A$200 million in wealth when he entered politics was well known. So too ... <a title="Politics and property – how our leaders are among the privileged using legal loopholes to build their wealth" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/27/politics-and-property-how-our-leaders-are-among-the-privileged-using-legal-loopholes-to-build-their-wealth-250929/" aria-label="Read more about Politics and property – how our leaders are among the privileged using legal loopholes to build their wealth">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chrystal Zhang, Associate Professor, Aerospace Engineering & Aviation, RMIT University Petr Podrouzek/Shutterstock Treasurer Jim Chalmers has given the green light for Qatar Airways to buy a 25% stake in Virgin Australia, as part of a strategic alliance. The deal will shake up the Australian aviation market. The ... <a title="Virgin Australia’s deal with Qatar has been given the green light. Travellers should be the winners" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/27/virgin-australias-deal-with-qatar-has-been-given-the-green-light-travellers-should-be-the-winners-251025/" aria-label="Read more about Virgin Australia’s deal with Qatar has been given the green light. Travellers should be the winners">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katrina McFerran, Professor and Head of Creative Arts and Music Therapy Research Unit; Director of Researcher Development Unit, The University of Melbourne Al Cruz/Unsplash Imagine a scene from the movie Jaws, with the great white shark closing in on another helpless victim. The iconic semi-tone pattern builds ... <a title="Why does music make us feel things?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/27/why-does-music-make-us-feel-things-250756/" aria-label="Read more about Why does music make us feel things?">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Hawkins, Senior Lecturer, Canberra School of Politics, Economics and Society, University of Canberra Roadwarrior Photography/Shutterstock Climate regulation through carbon storage was worth A$43.2 billion to Australia in 2020-21, according to a report released today which seeks to put a monetary value on the benefits flowing from ... <a title="New report slaps an official price tag on Australia’s precious natural assets" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/27/new-report-slaps-an-official-price-tag-on-australias-precious-natural-assets-250623/" aria-label="Read more about New report slaps an official price tag on Australia’s precious natural assets">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gordon Parker, Scientia Professor of Psychiatry, UNSW Sydney Yuri A/Shutterstock If your summer holiday already feels like a distant memory, you’re not alone. Burnout – a state of emotional, physical and mental exhaustion following prolonged stress – has been described in workplaces since a 5th century monastery ... <a title="What’s the difference between burnout and depression?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/27/whats-the-difference-between-burnout-and-depression-250043/" aria-label="Read more about What’s the difference between burnout and depression?">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cameron Webb, Clinical Associate Professor and Principal Hospital Scientist, University of Sydney DGLimages/Shutterstock Wrangling head lice, and the children they infest, must be up there with the most challenging duties a parent or carer has to face. And the job is getting harder. Commonly used chemical products ... <a title="Head lice are getting harder to kill. Here’s how to break the nit cycle" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/27/head-lice-are-getting-harder-to-kill-heres-how-to-break-the-nit-cycle-250397/" aria-label="Read more about Head lice are getting harder to kill. Here’s how to break the nit cycle">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ted Cheeseman, PhD Candidate, Marine Ecological Research Centre, Southern Cross University Stock Photos Studios/Shutterstock Spanning more octaves than a piano, humpback whales sing powerfully into the vast ocean. These songs are beautifully complex, weaving phrases and themes into masterful compositions. Blue and fin whales richly fill out ... <a title="Whales sing when they’ve had a good meal – new research" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/27/whales-sing-when-theyve-had-a-good-meal-new-research-250926/" aria-label="Read more about Whales sing when they’ve had a good meal – new research">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Natasha Cortis, Associate Professor, Social Policy Research Centre, UNSW Sydney It’s central to any democracy that citizens receive fair treatment under the law. An important part of this is access to legal advice and representation. But lawyers are expensive. Many people who engage with the justice system ... <a title="Legal aid is a lifeline for vulnerable Australians, but consistent underfunding puts the system at risk" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/27/legal-aid-is-a-lifeline-for-vulnerable-australians-but-consistent-underfunding-puts-the-system-at-risk-250275/" aria-label="Read more about Legal aid is a lifeline for vulnerable Australians, but consistent underfunding puts the system at risk">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Hawkins, Senior Lecturer, Canberra School of Politics, Economics and Society, University of Canberra Peter Dutton and his Coalition colleagues have dithered for several weeks on their plans for the Commonwealth public sector. While being upfront that public service jobs would be targeted, they’ve made numerous contradictory ... <a title="Dutton hints he’ll sack 36,000 public servants. Voters deserve to know what services will be affected" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/27/dutton-hints-hell-sack-36-000-public-servants-voters-deserve-to-know-what-services-will-be-affected-250797/" aria-label="Read more about Dutton hints he’ll sack 36,000 public servants. Voters deserve to know what services will be affected">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Hawkins, Senior Lecturer, Canberra School of Politics, Economics and Society, University of Canberra Peter Dutton and his Coalition colleagues have dithered for several weeks on their plans for the Commonwealth public sector. While being upfront that public service jobs would be targeted, they’ve made numerous contradictory ... <a title="Peter Dutton strongly hints he’ll sack 36,000 public servants. Voters deserve to know what services will be affected" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/27/peter-dutton-strongly-hints-hell-sack-36-000-public-servants-voters-deserve-to-know-what-services-will-be-affected-250797/" aria-label="Read more about Peter Dutton strongly hints he’ll sack 36,000 public servants. Voters deserve to know what services will be affected">Read more</a>