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June 12, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Former prime minister Paul Keating famously used to say the resident galah in any pet shop was talking about micro-economic policy. These days, if you encounter a pet shop with a galah, she’ll be chattering about productivity. Productivity is currently ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: the galahs are chattering about ‘productivity’, but can Labor really get it moving?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/12/grattan-on-friday-the-galahs-are-chattering-about-productivity-but-can-labor-really-get-it-moving-257337/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: the galahs are chattering about ‘productivity’, but can Labor really get it moving?">Read more</a>
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June 12, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra For the first time in memory, an Australian prime minister is approaching a prospective meeting with a US president with a distinct feeling of wariness. Of course Anthony Albanese would deny it. But it’s undeniable the government is relieved that ... <a title="View from The Hill: Is the US playing cat and mouse ahead of expected Albanese-Trump talks?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/12/view-from-the-hill-is-the-us-playing-cat-and-mouse-ahead-of-expected-albanese-trump-talks-257336/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Is the US playing cat and mouse ahead of expected Albanese-Trump talks?">Read more</a>
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June 12, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Eyal Mayroz, Senior Lecturer in Peace and Conflict Studies, University of Sydney After more than 20 months of devastating violence in Gaza, the right-wing Israeli government’s pursuit of two irreconcilable objectives — “destroying” Hamas and releasing Israeli hostages — has left the coastal strip in ruins. At ... <a title="Global outrage over Gaza has reinforced a ‘siege mentality’ in Israel – what are the implications for peace?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/12/global-outrage-over-gaza-has-reinforced-a-siege-mentality-in-israel-what-are-the-implications-for-peace-258561/" aria-label="Read more about Global outrage over Gaza has reinforced a ‘siege mentality’ in Israel – what are the implications for peace?">Read more</a>
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June 12, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yaqoot Fatima, Professor of Sleep Health, University of the Sunshine Coast coldsnowstorm/Getty Images Last week, Australia’s Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) approved the weight-loss drug Mounjaro to treat sleep apnoea, a condition in which breathing stops and starts repeatedly during sleep. The TGA has indicated Mounjaro can be ... <a title="The weight loss drug Mounjaro has been approved to treat sleep apnoea. How does it work?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/12/the-weight-loss-drug-mounjaro-has-been-approved-to-treat-sleep-apnoea-how-does-it-work-258195/" aria-label="Read more about The weight loss drug Mounjaro has been approved to treat sleep apnoea. How does it work?">Read more</a>
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June 12, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rose-Marie Stambe, Adjunct Research Fellow, social and economic marginalisation, The University of Queensland Matej Kastelic/Shutterstock Inflation has steadied and interest rates are finally coming down. But for many Australians, especially those in low-paid, insecure or precarious work, the cost-of-living crisis feels far from over. The federal government ... <a title="Not all insecure work has to be a ‘bad job’: research shows job design can make a big difference" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/12/not-all-insecure-work-has-to-be-a-bad-job-research-shows-job-design-can-make-a-big-difference-257642/" aria-label="Read more about Not all insecure work has to be a ‘bad job’: research shows job design can make a big difference">Read more</a>
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June 12, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Linda Shearwin, Researcher, Comparative Genome Biology Laboratory, University of Adelaide Rob D / Shutterstock For decades, scientists have known that platypuses and echidnas – Australia’s unique egg-laying mammals – have another developmental quirk: they don’t use the same genetic toolkit as other mammals to develop male and ... <a title="In most mammals, one gene determines sex. But 100 million years ago, platypuses and echidnas went their own way" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/12/in-most-mammals-one-gene-determines-sex-but-100-million-years-ago-platypuses-and-echidnas-went-their-own-way-258801/" aria-label="Read more about In most mammals, one gene determines sex. But 100 million years ago, platypuses and echidnas went their own way">Read more</a>
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June 12, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hilary Bowman-Smart, Research Fellow, Australian Centre for Precision Health, University of South Australia Monash IVF CEO Michael Knaap has resigned after one of the company’s Melbourne clinics mistakenly transferred the wrong embryo to a patient. The patient wanted her partner’s embryo, but instead her own embryo was ... <a title="IVF is big business. But when patients become customers, what does this mean for their care?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/12/ivf-is-big-business-but-when-patients-become-customers-what-does-this-mean-for-their-care-258585/" aria-label="Read more about IVF is big business. But when patients become customers, what does this mean for their care?">Read more</a>
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June 12, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robin Smit, Adjunct Professor of Transport, University of Technology Sydney Peter Cade/Getty Emission control systems in modern cars have slashed air pollutants such as particulate matter and nitrogen oxides. But these systems face two major challenges: carmakers cheating on pollution tests and owner tampering. Cheating means high-polluting ... <a title="Cheating by car makers, tampering by owners: crucial car pollution control is being sabotaged" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/12/cheating-by-car-makers-tampering-by-owners-crucial-car-pollution-control-is-being-sabotaged-255882/" aria-label="Read more about Cheating by car makers, tampering by owners: crucial car pollution control is being sabotaged">Read more</a>
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June 12, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Janet Ransley, Professor, Griffith Criminology Institute, Griffith University khak/Shutterstock Laws just passed in Queensland give police unprecedented powers to scan people with a handheld wand and potentially search them in all public places, without needing a warrant or reasonable suspicion. Earlier versions of “Jack’s Law” were copied ... <a title="The Jack’s Law expansion is a symbolic step – it’s not a solution to knife crime" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/12/the-jacks-law-expansion-is-a-symbolic-step-its-not-a-solution-to-knife-crime-258804/" aria-label="Read more about The Jack’s Law expansion is a symbolic step – it’s not a solution to knife crime">Read more</a>
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June 12, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jadey O’Regan, Senior Lecturer in Contemporary Music, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, University of Sydney The Beach Boys in 1962 in Los Angeles, California. Brian Wilson is on the left. Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Brian Wilson, leader, songwriter and producer of the Beach Boys, has passed away at ... <a title="How visionary Beach Boys songwriter Brian Wilson changed music – and my life" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/12/how-visionary-beach-boys-songwriter-brian-wilson-changed-music-and-my-life-258794/" aria-label="Read more about How visionary Beach Boys songwriter Brian Wilson changed music – and my life">Read more</a>
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June 12, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Elizabeth McLindon, Research Fellow, The University of Melbourne PeopleImages.com – Yuri A/Shutterstock When it comes to domestic violence, cases involving catastrophic physical violence are the ones that most often make it into the media. But our new research shows there are often signs of trouble long before ... <a title="‘He stopped me from talking to male colleagues’: new research shows how domestic violence so often starts with isolation and control" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/12/he-stopped-me-from-talking-to-male-colleagues-new-research-shows-how-domestic-violence-so-often-starts-with-isolation-and-control-257457/" aria-label="Read more about ‘He stopped me from talking to male colleagues’: new research shows how domestic violence so often starts with isolation and control">Read more</a>
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June 12, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anton Moiseienko, Senior Lecturer in Law, Australian National University Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Norway and the UK this week announced sanctions against two members of the Israeli cabinet: National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich. This is a momentous development. The governments concerned make ... <a title="What’s the potential effect of sanctions on Israeli ministers? Here’s what my research shows" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/12/whats-the-potential-effect-of-sanctions-on-israeli-ministers-heres-what-my-research-shows-258692/" aria-label="Read more about What’s the potential effect of sanctions on Israeli ministers? Here’s what my research shows">Read more</a>
