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January 27, 2025
ANALYSIS: By David Lowe, Deakin University; Andrew Singleton, Deakin University, and Joanna Cruickshank, Deakin University After many years of heated debate over whether January 26 is an appropriate date to celebrate Australia Day — with some councils and other groups shifting away from it — the tide appears to be turning among some groups. Some ... <a title="Support for changing date of Australia Day softens, but remains strong among young people — new research" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/27/support-for-changing-date-of-australia-day-softens-but-remains-strong-among-young-people-new-research/" aria-label="Read more about Support for changing date of Australia Day softens, but remains strong among young people — new research">Read more</a>
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January 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adam Andreotta, Lecturer, School of Management and Marketing, Curtin University Rokas Tenys/Shutterstock Think about the last app you downloaded. Did you read every word of the associated privacy policy? If so, did you fully understand it? If you said “no” to either of these questions, you are ... <a title="Online privacy policies can be 90,000 words long. Here are 3 ways to simplify them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/27/online-privacy-policies-can-be-90-000-words-long-here-are-3-ways-to-simplify-them-247095/" aria-label="Read more about Online privacy policies can be 90,000 words long. Here are 3 ways to simplify them">Read more</a>
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January 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Henry Maher, Lecturer in Politics, Department of Government and International Relations, University of Sydney Shutterstock/The Conversation Elon Musk has emerged as one of the most influential and controversial powerbrokers in the new Trump administration. He spent at least US$277 million (about A$360 million) of his own money ... <a title="Elon Musk now has an office in the White House. What’s his political game plan?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/27/elon-musk-now-has-an-office-in-the-white-house-whats-his-political-game-plan-248011/" aria-label="Read more about Elon Musk now has an office in the White House. What’s his political game plan?">Read more</a>
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January 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Breadon, Program Director, Health and Aged Care, Grattan Institute Zhuravlev Andrey/Shutterstock Some communities are “GP deserts”, where there are too few GPs to ensure everyone can get the care they need when they need it. These communities are typically sicker and poorer than the rest of ... <a title="Too many Australians miss out on essential medical care every year. Here’s how to fix ‘GP deserts’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/27/too-many-australians-miss-out-on-essential-medical-care-every-year-heres-how-to-fix-gp-deserts-245253/" aria-label="Read more about Too many Australians miss out on essential medical care every year. Here’s how to fix ‘GP deserts’">Read more</a>
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January 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nick Rowley, Honorary Associate Professor, The Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University UNIKYLUCKK/Shutterstock Within hours of taking office last week, President Donald Trump made good on his pledges to wind back the United States’ climate action – including withdrawing the US from the Paris Agreement. ... <a title="3 reasons to fear humanity won’t reach net-zero emissions – and 4 reasons we might just do it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/27/3-reasons-to-fear-humanity-wont-reach-net-zero-emissions-and-4-reasons-we-might-just-do-it-247992/" aria-label="Read more about 3 reasons to fear humanity won’t reach net-zero emissions – and 4 reasons we might just do it">Read more</a>
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January 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Steven Lewis, Associate Professor of Comparative Education, Australian Catholic University Karolina Grabowska/Pexels, CC BY Year 12 is arguably the most important year of school. It is full of exams, milestones and decisions. It is both the culmination of formal learning and the gateway to what lies beyond. ... <a title="Take breaks, research your options and ditch your phone: how to take care of yourself during Year 12" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/27/take-breaks-research-your-options-and-ditch-your-phone-how-to-take-care-of-yourself-during-year-12-247897/" aria-label="Read more about Take breaks, research your options and ditch your phone: how to take care of yourself during Year 12">Read more</a>
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January 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alicia Bubb, Research & Teaching Sessional Academic, RMIT University lightman_pic/Shutterstock Heard of the “singles tax”? Going it alone can also come with a hidden financial burden you may not be aware of. Obviously, this isn’t an official levy paid to anyone in particular. It simply refers to ... <a title="The ‘singles tax’ means you often pay more for going it alone. Here’s how it works" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/27/the-singles-tax-means-you-often-pay-more-for-going-it-alone-heres-how-it-works-247578/" aria-label="Read more about The ‘singles tax’ means you often pay more for going it alone. Here’s how it works">Read more</a>
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January 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sam Whiting, Vice-Chancellor’s Senior Research Fellow, RMIT University Shutterstock Predictions for this year’s Hottest 100 countdown revealed an interesting trend that has come to dominate popular music over the past decade: the prevalence of solo artists over bands. In the past 15 years, only five winners of ... <a title="Breaking up the band: why solo artists have come to dominate the music charts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/27/breaking-up-the-band-why-solo-artists-have-come-to-dominate-the-music-charts-248123/" aria-label="Read more about Breaking up the band: why solo artists have come to dominate the music charts">Read more</a>
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January 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anthony Richardson, Senior Lecturer and Deputy Director, Te Puna Ako Centre for Tertiary Teaching and Learning, University of Waikato Media coverage of the recent fires in Los Angeles showed the heartbreaking damage in Pacific Palisades and elsewhere across Los Angeles County. People lost not only their houses ... <a title="Wanting to ‘return to normal’ after a disaster is understandable, but often problematic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/27/wanting-to-return-to-normal-after-a-disaster-is-understandable-but-often-problematic-247884/" aria-label="Read more about Wanting to ‘return to normal’ after a disaster is understandable, but often problematic">Read more</a>
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January 25, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Neale Daniher, a campaigner in the fight against motor neurone disease and a former champion Essendon footballer, is the 2025 Australian of the Year, Himself a sufferer from the deadly disease Daniher, 63, who lives in Victoria, co-founded the charity ... <a title="Motor neurone disease campaigner, former AFL champion Neale Daniher, is 2025 Australian of the Year" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/25/motor-neurone-disease-campaigner-former-afl-champion-neale-daniher-is-2025-australian-of-the-year-248302/" aria-label="Read more about Motor neurone disease campaigner, former AFL champion Neale Daniher, is 2025 Australian of the Year">Read more</a>
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January 25, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Peter Dutton has chosen a dark horse in naming David Coleman for the key shadow foreign affairs portfolio, in a reshuffle that also seeks to boost the opposition’s credentials with women. Coleman has been communications spokesman. He led the opposition’s ... <a title="Peter Dutton’s reshuffle: David Coleman the surprise choice as shadow foreign minister" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/25/peter-duttons-reshuffle-david-coleman-the-surprise-choice-as-shadow-foreign-minister-248303/" aria-label="Read more about Peter Dutton’s reshuffle: David Coleman the surprise choice as shadow foreign minister">Read more</a>
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January 24, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Patrick Taylor, Chief Environmental Scientist, EPA Victoria; Honorary Professor, School of Natural Sciences, Macquarie University Andriana Syvanych/Shutterstock Most of us are fortunate that, when we turn on the tap, clean, safe and high-quality water comes out. But a senate inquiry into the presence of PFAS or ... <a title="How we treat catchment water to make it safe to drink" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/24/how-we-treat-catchment-water-to-make-it-safe-to-drink-242206/" aria-label="Read more about How we treat catchment water to make it safe to drink">Read more</a>
