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April 8, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hussein Dia, Professor of Future Urban Mobility, Swinburne University of Technology Prapat Aowsakorn/Shutterstock Australia has huge reserves of coal and gas – but very little oil. Before the 20th century, this didn’t matter – trains ran on local coal. But as cars and trucks have come to ... <a title="If Australia switched to EVs, we’d be more reliant on China’s car factories – but wean ourselves off foreign oil" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/08/if-australia-switched-to-evs-wed-be-more-reliant-on-chinas-car-factories-but-wean-ourselves-off-foreign-oil-252388/" aria-label="Read more about If Australia switched to EVs, we’d be more reliant on China’s car factories – but wean ourselves off foreign oil">Read more</a>
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April 8, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christina McCabe, PhD Candidate in Interdisciplinary Ecology, University of Canterbury Shutterstock/synthetick If left unaddressed, many environmental changes in Aotearoa New Zealand could threaten livelihoods, health, quality of life and infrastructure for generations to come, according to the latest update on the state of the environment. The Ministry ... <a title="The latest update on NZ’s state of the environment is sobering – but there are glimmers of progress" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/08/the-latest-update-on-nzs-state-of-the-environment-is-sobering-but-there-are-glimmers-of-progress-254051/" aria-label="Read more about The latest update on NZ’s state of the environment is sobering – but there are glimmers of progress">Read more</a>
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April 8, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephanie Perkiss, Associate professor in accounting, University of Wollongong Jiri Hera/Shutterstock With the Easter weekend now around the corner, the sixth edition of the Global Chocolate Scorecard has just been released. This is an annual initiative produced by Be Slavery Free, in collaboration with two Australian universities ... <a title="Here’s who topped the rankings in this year’s scorecard for sustainable chocolate – and which confectionery giant refused to participate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/08/heres-who-topped-the-rankings-in-this-years-scorecard-for-sustainable-chocolate-and-which-confectionery-giant-refused-to-participate-253933/" aria-label="Read more about Here’s who topped the rankings in this year’s scorecard for sustainable chocolate – and which confectionery giant refused to participate">Read more</a>
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April 8, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephanie Perkiss, Associate professor in accounting, University of Wollongong Jiri Hera/Shutterstock With the Easter weekend now around the corner, the sixth edition of the Global Chocolate Scorecard has just been released. This is an annual initiative produced by Be Slavery Free, in collaboration with two Australian universities ... <a title="This Easter, check out which chocolate brands are most ethical" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/08/this-easter-check-out-which-chocolate-brands-are-most-ethical-253933/" aria-label="Read more about This Easter, check out which chocolate brands are most ethical">Read more</a>
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April 8, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jazmine Skinner, Lecturer in Animal Science, University of Southern Queensland evrymmnt/Shutterstock Allergies can be debilitating for those who have them – even more so when the cause of the allergic reaction is a beloved pet. Second only to dust mites, the humble domestic house cat is one ... <a title="Why are some cats more allergenic than others? It’s not their coat length" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/08/why-are-some-cats-more-allergenic-than-others-its-not-their-coat-length-251133/" aria-label="Read more about Why are some cats more allergenic than others? It’s not their coat length">Read more</a>
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April 8, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Janet Hoek, Professor in Public Health, University of Otago Shutterstock/chayanuphol At the start of this month, when denicotinisation would have been due to come into effect in Aotearoa New Zealand (had the government not repealed smokefree laws), Australia introduced innovative smokefree policies to change the look, ingredients ... <a title="Australia’s innovative new policies are designed to cut smoking rates – here are 6 ideas NZ could borrow" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/08/australias-innovative-new-policies-are-designed-to-cut-smoking-rates-here-are-6-ideas-nz-could-borrow-253717/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s innovative new policies are designed to cut smoking rates – here are 6 ideas NZ could borrow">Read more</a>
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April 8, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Deborah Gleeson, Associate Professor in Public Health, La Trobe University PeopleImages.com – Yuri A/Shutterstock While Australia was busy defending the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme against threats from the United States in recent weeks, another issue related to the supply and trade of medicines was flying under the radar. ... <a title="Trump has Australia’s generic medicines in his sights. And no-one’s talking about it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/08/trump-has-australias-generic-medicines-in-his-sights-and-no-ones-talking-about-it-253836/" aria-label="Read more about Trump has Australia’s generic medicines in his sights. And no-one’s talking about it">Read more</a>
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April 8, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jacquelyn Harverson, PhD Candidate, School of Psychology, Deakin University Alex Segre/ Shutterstock Once upon a time, children fought for control of the remote to the sole family television. Now the choice of screen-based content available to kids seems endless. There are computers, tablets, phones and gaming consoles ... <a title="New research shows digital technology is linked to reduced wellbeing in young kids. So what can parents do?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/08/new-research-shows-digital-technology-is-linked-to-reduced-wellbeing-in-young-kids-so-what-can-parents-do-253637/" aria-label="Read more about New research shows digital technology is linked to reduced wellbeing in young kids. So what can parents do?">Read more</a>
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April 8, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gary Mortimer, Professor of Marketing and Consumer Behaviour, Queensland University of Technology Zigres/Shutterstock About 14% of Australians experienced personal fraud last year. Of these, 2.1 million experienced credit card fraud, 675,300 were caught in a scam, 255,000 had their identities stolen and 433,000 were impersonated online. According ... <a title="3.5 million Australians experienced fraud last year. This could be avoided through 6 simple steps" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/08/3-5-million-australians-experienced-fraud-last-year-this-could-be-avoided-through-6-simple-steps-253623/" aria-label="Read more about 3.5 million Australians experienced fraud last year. This could be avoided through 6 simple steps">Read more</a>
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April 8, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emma Knowles, Lecturer, Western Civilisation Program, Australian Catholic University Getty The New York Times Connections game asks players to categorise 16 words into four groups of four. For example, in one collection of 16, a category included “blow”, “cat”, “gold” and “sword”: these are all words that ... <a title="What do medieval puzzles and the New York Times Connections have in common?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/08/what-do-medieval-puzzles-and-the-new-york-times-connections-have-in-common-250155/" aria-label="Read more about What do medieval puzzles and the New York Times Connections have in common?">Read more</a>
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April 8, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ritesh Chugh, Associate Professor, Information and Communications Technology, CQUniversity Australia berdiyandriy/Shutterstock You’re about to recycle your laptop or your phone, so you delete all your photos and personal files. Maybe you even reset the device to factory settings. You probably think your sensitive data is now safe. ... <a title="Selling your old laptop or phone? You might be handing over your data too" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/08/selling-your-old-laptop-or-phone-you-might-be-handing-over-your-data-too-251613/" aria-label="Read more about Selling your old laptop or phone? You might be handing over your data too">Read more</a>
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April 8, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rebecca Strating, Director, La Trobe Asia, and Professor of International Relations, La Trobe University Much of the world is finding out it’s a very difficult time to be a friend and ally of the United States. That includes the major parties vying for power at the May ... <a title="Donald Trump has gatecrashed the federal election. It’s creating huge challenges for Australia’s next government" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/08/donald-trump-has-gatecrashed-the-federal-election-its-creating-huge-challenges-for-australias-next-government-251912/" aria-label="Read more about Donald Trump has gatecrashed the federal election. It’s creating huge challenges for Australia’s next government">Read more</a>
