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March 18, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Next week’s budget will have cost-of-living assistance that will be meaningful and substantial but “responsible”, Treasurer Jim Chalmers has said. In a Tuesday speech framing the budget Chalmers said, “it will be a responsible budget which helps with the cost ... <a title="Treasurer Chalmers promises ‘meaningful and substantial’ cost of living help in Tuesday’s budget" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/18/treasurer-chalmers-promises-meaningful-and-substantial-cost-of-living-help-in-tuesdays-budget-252173/" aria-label="Read more about Treasurer Chalmers promises ‘meaningful and substantial’ cost of living help in Tuesday’s budget">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Greens have heaped a lot of pressure on the government during this term, from issues of the environment, housing, and Medicare, to the war in the Middle East. With the polls close to a dead heat and minority government ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Barbara Pocock on the Greens’ policy priorities" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/18/politics-with-michelle-grattan-barbara-pocock-on-the-greens-policy-priorities-252502/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Barbara Pocock on the Greens’ policy priorities">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gabrielle Meagher, Professor Emerita, School of Society, Communication and Culture, Macquarie University On Monday, an ABC’s Four Corners investigation reported shocking cases of abuse and neglect in Australian childcare centres. This included examples of children being sexually abused, restrained for hours in high chairs, and fed nutritionally ... <a title="Amid claims of abuse, neglect and poor standards, what is going wrong with childcare in Australia?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/18/amid-claims-of-abuse-neglect-and-poor-standards-what-is-going-wrong-with-childcare-in-australia-252493/" aria-label="Read more about Amid claims of abuse, neglect and poor standards, what is going wrong with childcare in Australia?">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2025
By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist Papua New Guinea being declared a Christian nation may offer the impression that the country will improve, but it is only “an illusion”, according to a Catholic priest in the country. Last week, the PNG Parliament amended the nation’s constitution, introducing a declaration in its preamble: “(We) acknowledge and ... <a title="Catholic priest calls PNG’s Christian state declaration ‘cosmetic’ change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/18/catholic-priest-calls-pngs-christian-state-declaration-cosmetic-change/" aria-label="Read more about Catholic priest calls PNG’s Christian state declaration ‘cosmetic’ change">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2025
Asia Pacific Report A national Palestinian advocacy group has called on the Aotearoa New Zealand government to immediately condemn Israel for its resumption today of “genocidal attacks” on the almost 2 million Palestinians trapped in the besieged Gaza enclave. Media reports said that more than 230 people had been killed — many of them children ... <a title="PSNA calls on NZ govt to condemn renewed Israel air strikes on Gaza – 230 killed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/18/psna-calls-on-nz-govt-to-condemn-renewed-israel-air-strikes-on-gaza-230-killed/" aria-label="Read more about PSNA calls on NZ govt to condemn renewed Israel air strikes on Gaza – 230 killed">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adam Cohen, Senior Lecturer, University of Technology Sydney The National Rugby League has recently made headlines for trying to crack the American sporting landscape by hosting matches in Las Vegas. But the NRL’s great rival, the Australian Football League (AFL), has been the Australian export influencing American ... <a title="Americans can’t stop Aussie kickers on college football fields – so they’re trying in court" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/18/americans-cant-stop-aussie-kickers-on-college-football-fields-so-theyre-trying-in-court-251916/" aria-label="Read more about Americans can’t stop Aussie kickers on college football fields – so they’re trying in court">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tony Wood, Program Director, Energy, Grattan Institute Steve Tritton/Shutterstock Power prices are set to go up again even though renewables now account for 40% of the electricity in Australia’s main grid – close to quadruple the clean power we had just 15 years ago. How can that be, ... <a title="Renewables are cheap. So why isn’t your power bill falling?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/18/renewables-are-cheap-so-why-isnt-your-power-bill-falling-252391/" aria-label="Read more about Renewables are cheap. So why isn’t your power bill falling?">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Felicity Deane, Professor of Trade Law, Taxation and Climate Change, Queensland University of Technology Slladkaya/Shutterstock On April 2 the United States is set to implement a new wave of tariffs under its Fair and Reciprocal Trade Plan. Details of the plan that will impact all US trading ... <a title="The next round in the US trade war has the potential to be more damaging for Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/18/the-next-round-in-the-us-trade-war-has-the-potential-to-be-more-damaging-for-australia-252377/" aria-label="Read more about The next round in the US trade war has the potential to be more damaging for Australia">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John L. Hopkins, Associate Professor of Management, Swinburne University of Technology The reality of shorter working hours could be one step closer for many Australians, pending the outcome of the federal election. The Greens, who could control crucial cross bench votes in a hung parliament, have announced ... <a title="After a century of Monday to Friday, could the 4-day week finally be coming to Australia?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/18/after-a-century-of-monday-to-friday-could-the-4-day-week-finally-be-coming-to-australia-252379/" aria-label="Read more about After a century of Monday to Friday, could the 4-day week finally be coming to Australia?">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nial Wheate, Professor, School of Natural Sciences, Macquarie University areeya_ann/Shutterstock From May 1, the oral contraceptive Slinda (drospirerone) will be listed on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS). This means the price will drop for the more than 100,000 Australian women who currently use it – from around ... <a title="Here’s what’s different about Slinda, the single-hormone contraceptive just added to the PBS" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/18/heres-whats-different-about-slinda-the-single-hormone-contraceptive-just-added-to-the-pbs-252385/" aria-label="Read more about Here’s what’s different about Slinda, the single-hormone contraceptive just added to the PBS">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Caroline Whitehouse, PhD Candidate, School of Psychology & Public Health, La Trobe University Kaboompics.com/Pexels The 72 hours after the sexual assault of a child can be a crucial window for police to collect biological evidence and document signs of bruising or injury. But this procedure – known ... <a title="‘I felt like I was the one in trouble.’ Collecting evidence after sexual assault can be scary for children – and the system needs to improve" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/18/i-felt-like-i-was-the-one-in-trouble-collecting-evidence-after-sexual-assault-can-be-scary-for-children-and-the-system-needs-to-improve-241902/" aria-label="Read more about ‘I felt like I was the one in trouble.’ Collecting evidence after sexual assault can be scary for children – and the system needs to improve">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2025
Analysis by Keith Rankin. As most of us appreciate, there is a whole geopolitical world that overlays the formal political world of about 200 ‘nation states’ (aka ‘polities’). Geopolitical fractures – a result of the ‘big games’ over and above the ‘rules-based order’ – occur in all sorts of places, sometimes through provinces, even counties. ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – Geopolitical fractures, and untidy yet workable solutions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/18/keith-rankin-analysis-geopolitical-fractures-and-untidy-yet-workable-solutions/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – Geopolitical fractures, and untidy yet workable solutions">Read more</a>
