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February 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rongbin Xu, Research Fellow in Health and Epigenetics, Monash University PorporLing/Shutterstock Heat takes it out of you. After a long, hot day, we feel tired and grumpy. But sustained periods of heat do more than that – they age us faster. Cumulative heat stress changes our epigenetics – ... <a title="Intense heat changes our biology and can make us age significantly faster: study" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/27/intense-heat-changes-our-biology-and-can-make-us-age-significantly-faster-study-250784/" aria-label="Read more about Intense heat changes our biology and can make us age significantly faster: study">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Fiona MacDonald, Principal Research Fellow, Institute for Sustainable Industries and Liveable Cities, Victoria University shutterstock LBeddoe/Shutterstock About one in four students report being regularly bullied in Australian schools. Children who are bullied can feel anxious and excluded, stop sleeping and eating well, and lose interest in school. ... <a title="There’s a new ‘rapid review’ into school bullying. Research shows we need to involve the whole school to stop it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/27/theres-a-new-rapid-review-into-school-bullying-research-shows-we-need-to-involve-the-whole-school-to-stop-it-250519/" aria-label="Read more about There’s a new ‘rapid review’ into school bullying. Research shows we need to involve the whole school to stop it">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mel Marquis, Deputy Associate Dean and Senior Lecturer in Law, Monash University From the supermarket to the petrol pump, many Australians are concerned about the power of large corporations. Are consumers getting a fair deal? Do they have enough choice? This week, the Australian Competition and Consumer ... <a title="Australia could make it easier for consumers to fight back against anti-competitive behaviour. Here’s how" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/27/australia-could-make-it-easier-for-consumers-to-fight-back-against-anti-competitive-behaviour-heres-how-250505/" aria-label="Read more about Australia could make it easier for consumers to fight back against anti-competitive behaviour. Here’s how">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Susan Grantham, Lecturer in Communication, Griffith University TikTok Australian podcast listeners have been treated to two appearances by the same guest in the past week: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. Yesterday, sports comedy team The Grade Cricketer announced a new podcast, The Circus, in which Albanese was the ... <a title="Politicians are podcasting their way onto phone screens, but the impact may be fleeting" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/27/politicians-are-podcasting-their-way-onto-phone-screens-but-the-impact-may-be-fleeting-250793/" aria-label="Read more about Politicians are podcasting their way onto phone screens, but the impact may be fleeting">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ari Mattes, Lecturer in Communications and Media, University of Notre Dame Australia Bonsai Films Every so often a film comes along that’s so good that, as we sit in the dark in the cinema, our whole being seems to become charged with electricity and we find ourselves ... <a title="‘One of the best films I’ve seen’: new Australian prison film Inside is an astonishing debut" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/27/one-of-the-best-films-ive-seen-new-australian-prison-film-inside-is-an-astonishing-debut-247206/" aria-label="Read more about ‘One of the best films I’ve seen’: new Australian prison film Inside is an astonishing debut">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2025
Asia Pacific Report An independent Jewish body has condemned the move by Australia’s 39 universities to endorse a “dangerous and politicised” definition of antisemitism which threatens academic freedom. The Jewish Council of Australia, a diverse coalition of Jewish academics, lawyers, writers and teachers, said in a statement that the move would have a “chilling effect” ... <a title="Jewish Council slams Australian universities’ ‘dangerous, politicised’ antisemitism definition" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/26/jewish-council-slams-australian-universities-dangerous-politicised-antisemitism-definition/" aria-label="Read more about Jewish Council slams Australian universities’ ‘dangerous, politicised’ antisemitism definition">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra In these scrappy days before the prime minister announces the election date, the mud and the personal insults are flying, despite the politicians knowing voters hate this sort of thing. On Wednesday morning TV, shadow finance minister Jane Hume, usually ... <a title="View from The Hill: the mud flies, but will the voters take much notice?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/26/view-from-the-hill-the-mud-flies-but-will-the-voters-take-much-notice-250897/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: the mud flies, but will the voters take much notice?">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Quiggin, Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland Debate over the future of Australia’s energy system has erupted again after a federal parliamentary inquiry delivered a report into the deployment of nuclear power in Australia. The report casts doubt on the Coalition’s plan to build ... <a title="New report skewers Coalition’s contentious nuclear plan – and reignites Australia’s energy debate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/26/new-report-skewers-coalitions-contentious-nuclear-plan-and-reignites-australias-energy-debate-250912/" aria-label="Read more about New report skewers Coalition’s contentious nuclear plan – and reignites Australia’s energy debate">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra We see the political parties’ frantic election campaigns, but behind the scenes the Australian Electoral Commisison is working just as hard. An often overlooked part of Australia’s democracy, the AEC is vital in ensuring our elections are both efficient and ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Tom Rogers calls for national digital literacy campaign and more civics teaching" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/26/politics-with-michelle-grattan-tom-rogers-calls-for-national-digital-literacy-campaign-and-more-civics-teaching-250901/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Tom Rogers calls for national digital literacy campaign and more civics teaching">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Wendy Hargreaves, Senior Learning Advisor, University of Southern Queensland State Library of Victoria It was 2009. John Farnham walked on stage at the disaster relief concert for the most devastating bushfires in Australian history. He belted out You’re The Voice to 36,000 people at the Sydney Cricket ... <a title="Church hymns and social beers: how Australia is reviving the magic of singing together" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/26/church-hymns-and-social-beers-how-australia-is-reviving-the-magic-of-singing-together-250254/" aria-label="Read more about Church hymns and social beers: how Australia is reviving the magic of singing together">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Melatos, Associate Professor of Economics, University of Sydney If you are a member of a super fund, some of your long-term savings are probably invested in private markets. Public markets are familiar to most of us – the stock market and government and corporate bond markets. ... <a title="Your super fund is invested in private markets. What are they and why has ASIC raised concerns?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/26/your-super-fund-is-invested-in-private-markets-what-are-they-and-why-has-asic-raised-concerns-250788/" aria-label="Read more about Your super fund is invested in private markets. What are they and why has ASIC raised concerns?">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2025
A rally on the steps of the Victorian Parliament under the banner of Jews for a Free Palestine was arranged for Sunday, February 9. At 11:11pm on the eve of that rally, Mark Leibler —a lawyer who claims to have a high profile and speak on behalf of Jews by the totally unelected organisation AIJAC ... <a title="J’accuse!… the Jew who accuses his fellow Jews of being antisemites" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/26/jaccuse-the-jew-who-accuses-his-fellow-jews-of-being-antisemites/" aria-label="Read more about J’accuse!… the Jew who accuses his fellow Jews of being antisemites">Read more</a>
