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March 25, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Tax cuts are the centrepiece of the Albanese government’s cost-of-living budget bid for re-election in May. The surprise tax measures mean taxpayers will receive an extra tax cut of up to A$268 from July 1 next year and up to ... <a title="Albanese government bids for votes with ‘top-up’ tax cuts for all" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/25/albanese-government-bids-for-votes-with-top-up-tax-cuts-for-all-253021/" aria-label="Read more about Albanese government bids for votes with ‘top-up’ tax cuts for all">Read more</a>
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March 25, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Digital Storytelling Team, The Conversation, The Conversation What’s the theme? Many budget measures are aimed at easing cost of living. The headline announcement is tax cuts: everyone will get one, but not until July 1 2026. Other major spends are on Medicare, medicines and energy bill rebates. ... <a title="At a glance: the 2025 federal budget" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/25/at-a-glance-the-2025-federal-budget-252637/" aria-label="Read more about At a glance: the 2025 federal budget">Read more</a>
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March 25, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Bartos, Professor of Economics, University of Canberra By the standards of pre-election budgets, this one is surprisingly modest. There are only a handful of new revenue and spending initiatives. The Budget Paper 2 book, which contains new measures, is a slim document. In part, this is ... <a title="The 2025 budget has few savings and surprises but it also ignores climate change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/25/the-2025-budget-has-few-savings-and-surprises-but-it-also-ignores-climate-change-253026/" aria-label="Read more about The 2025 budget has few savings and surprises but it also ignores climate change">Read more</a>
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March 25, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Hawkins, Senior Lecturer, Canberra School of Politics, Economics and Society, University of Canberra Today’s budget is a cautious and responsible response to the cost-of-living pressures facing voters. As noted ahead of budget night, many of the major spending initiatives had already been announced. But, in the ... <a title="Tax cuts are coming, but not soon, in a cautious budget" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/25/tax-cuts-are-coming-but-not-soon-in-a-cautious-budget-253027/" aria-label="Read more about Tax cuts are coming, but not soon, in a cautious budget">Read more</a>
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March 25, 2025
Asia Pacific Report A Fiji-based Pacific solidarity group supporting the indigenous Palestine struggle for survival against the Israeli settler colonial state has today issued a statement condemning Fiji backing for Israel. In an open letter to the “people of Fiji”, the Fijians for Palestine Solidarity Network (F4P) has warned “your government openly supports Israel despite ... <a title="Fiji solidarity group condemns Rabuka plans for Israeli embassy in Jerusalem" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/25/fiji-solidarity-group-condemns-rabuka-plans-for-israeli-embassy-in-jerusalem/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji solidarity group condemns Rabuka plans for Israeli embassy in Jerusalem">Read more</a>
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March 25, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jennifer Parker, Adjunct Fellow, Naval Studies at UNSW Canberra, and Expert Associate, National Security College, Australian National University A report in The Atlantic today sent shockwaves through Washington and beyond: senior US officials shared military operations for a bombing campaign against Houthi rebels in Yemen in a ... <a title="Why is the US group chat on Houthi attack plans so concerning? A military operations expert explains" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/25/why-is-the-us-group-chat-on-houthi-attack-plans-so-concerning-a-military-operations-expert-explains-253029/" aria-label="Read more about Why is the US group chat on Houthi attack plans so concerning? A military operations expert explains">Read more</a>
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March 25, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Watson, Professor in Conservation Science, School of the Environment, The University of Queensland Hans Wismeijer/Shutterstock In 2022, Australia and many other nations agreed to protect 30% of their lands and waters by 2030 to arrest the rapid decline in biodiversity. Since then, the Albanese government has ... <a title="A budget splash to conserve 30% of Australia’s lands will save species – if we choose the right 30%" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/25/a-budget-splash-to-conserve-30-of-australias-lands-will-save-species-if-we-choose-the-right-30-252918/" aria-label="Read more about A budget splash to conserve 30% of Australia’s lands will save species – if we choose the right 30%">Read more</a>
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March 25, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Vivienne Bentley, Research Scientist, Responsible Innovation, Data61, CSIRO Cristóbal Ascencio & Archival Images of AI & AIxDESIGN/Better Images of AI, CC BY-SA Where would we be without knowledge? Everything from the building of spaceships to the development of new therapies has come about through the creation, ... <a title="Technology has shaped human knowledge for centuries. Generative AI is set to transform it yet again" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/25/technology-has-shaped-human-knowledge-for-centuries-generative-ai-is-set-to-transform-it-yet-again-252616/" aria-label="Read more about Technology has shaped human knowledge for centuries. Generative AI is set to transform it yet again">Read more</a>
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March 25, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Irene Nikoloudakis, PhD Candidate in Law, University of Adelaide Getty Images Being robbed is a horrible experience under any circumstances. But being robbed by your employer involves a unique betrayal of trust. So it was a sign of real progress when “wage theft” finally became a crime ... <a title="Wage theft is now a criminal offence in NZ – investigating it shouldn’t be left to the police" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/25/wage-theft-is-now-a-criminal-offence-in-nz-investigating-it-shouldnt-be-left-to-the-police-252712/" aria-label="Read more about Wage theft is now a criminal offence in NZ – investigating it shouldn’t be left to the police">Read more</a>
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March 25, 2025
By Scott Waide, RNZ Pacific PNG correspondent The Papua New Guinea government has admitted to using a technology that it says was “successfully tested” to block social media platforms, particularly Facebook, for much of the day yesterday. Police Minister Peter Tsiamalili Jr said the “test” was done under the framework of the Anti-Terrorism Act 2024, ... <a title="PNG ‘test ban’ blocks Facebook – governor Bird warns of tyranny risk" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/25/png-test-ban-blocks-facebook-governor-bird-warns-of-tyranny-risk/" aria-label="Read more about PNG ‘test ban’ blocks Facebook – governor Bird warns of tyranny risk">Read more</a>
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March 25, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yvonne Breitwieser-Faria, Lecturer in International Law, Curtin University Only five days after the arrest warrant against former Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte was issued, he was apprehended and immediately put on a plane to The Hague to face charges before the International Criminal Court (ICC). The prompt action ... <a title="The ICC showed its might by arresting Rodrigo Duterte. Its reputation will take longer to fix" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/25/the-icc-showed-its-might-by-arresting-rodrigo-duterte-its-reputation-will-take-longer-to-fix-252509/" aria-label="Read more about The ICC showed its might by arresting Rodrigo Duterte. Its reputation will take longer to fix">Read more</a>
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March 25, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ben McCann, Associate Professor of French Studies, University of Adelaide The Divine Sarah Bernhardt. Memento This year’s Alliance Française French Film Festival showcases a diverse selection of films from blockbusters and biopics to comedies and gripping thrillers for Australian audiences. I’ve written before about how this annual ... <a title="Nerve-wracking twists, remarkable stardom and jet-black comedy: the 5 best films of the 2025 French Film Festival" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/25/nerve-wracking-twists-remarkable-stardom-and-jet-black-comedy-the-5-best-films-of-the-2025-french-film-festival-250153/" aria-label="Read more about Nerve-wracking twists, remarkable stardom and jet-black comedy: the 5 best films of the 2025 French Film Festival">Read more</a>
