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May 2, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Maldwyn John Evans, Senior Research Fellow, Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University Old growth mountain ash forest in the Maroondah water supply catchment, Victoria. Chris Taylor Following the end of native logging in Victoria on January 1 2024, the state’s majestic forests might be ... <a title="Logging devastated Victoria’s native forests – and new research shows 20% has failed to grow back" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/02/logging-devastated-victorias-native-forests-and-new-research-shows-20-has-failed-to-grow-back-254465/" aria-label="Read more about Logging devastated Victoria’s native forests – and new research shows 20% has failed to grow back">Read more</a>
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May 2, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kristin R. Laurens, Professor, School of Psychology and Counselling, Queensland University of Technology DGLImages/Shutterstock The school curriculum has changed a lot from when many parents and grandparents were at school. Alongside new approaches to learning maths and increasing attention on technology, there is a compulsory focus on ... <a title="Schools today also teach social and emotional skills. Why is this important? And what’s involved?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/02/schools-today-also-teach-social-and-emotional-skills-why-is-this-important-and-whats-involved-253342/" aria-label="Read more about Schools today also teach social and emotional skills. Why is this important? And what’s involved?">Read more</a>
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May 2, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Josephine Goldman, Sessional Academic, School of Languages and Cultures, Discipline of French and Francophone Studies, University of Sydney Opposition Leader Peter Dutton’s promise to power Australia with nuclear energy has been described by experts as a costly “mirage” that risks postponing the clean energy transition. Beyond this, ... <a title="As Dutton champions nuclear power, Indigenous artists recall the profound loss of land and life that came from it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/02/as-dutton-champions-nuclear-power-indigenous-artists-recall-the-profound-loss-of-land-and-life-that-came-from-it-249371/" aria-label="Read more about As Dutton champions nuclear power, Indigenous artists recall the profound loss of land and life that came from it">Read more</a>
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May 1, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra When we look back, we can see the road to election day has had a multitude of signposts, flashing red lights, twists, turns and potholes. Some came before the formal campaign; others in the final countdown days; some have been ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Key markers on the bumpy road to this election" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/01/grattan-on-friday-key-markers-on-the-bumpy-road-to-this-election-255613/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Key markers on the bumpy road to this election">Read more</a>
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May 1, 2025
By Ruth Hill, RNZ News reporter Striking senior New Zealand doctors have hit back at the Health Minister’s attack on their union for “forcing” patients to wait longer for surgery and appointments, due to their 24-hour industrial action. Respiratory and sleep physician Dr Andrew Davies, who was on the picketline outside Wellington Regional Hospital, said ... <a title="NZ doctors defend nationwide strike action over recruitment" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/01/nz-doctors-defend-nationwide-strike-action-over-recruitment/" aria-label="Read more about NZ doctors defend nationwide strike action over recruitment">Read more</a>
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May 1, 2025
Asia Pacific Report Thousands of senior hospital doctors and specialists walked off the job today for an unprecedented 24-hour strike in protest over stalled contract negotiations and thousands of other health workers protested across Aotearoa New Zealand against the coalition government’s cutbacks to the public health service Te Whatu Ora. In spite of the disruptive ... <a title="Gallery: Doctors, health workers challenge NZ government over national crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/01/gallery-doctors-health-workers-challenge-nz-government-over-national-crisis/" aria-label="Read more about Gallery: Doctors, health workers challenge NZ government over national crisis">Read more</a>
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May 1, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Bartos, Professor of Economics, University of Canberra The Coalition’s policy costings have been released, just two days ahead of the federal election. The costings show the Coalition would run up a larger budget deficit than Labor in the first two years of government, but make a ... <a title="The Coalition’s costings show some savings, but a larger deficit than Labor in the first two years" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/01/the-coalitions-costings-show-some-savings-but-a-larger-deficit-than-labor-in-the-first-two-years-255592/" aria-label="Read more about The Coalition’s costings show some savings, but a larger deficit than Labor in the first two years">Read more</a>
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May 1, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anita Manfreda, Senior Lecturer in Tourism, Torrens University Australia Doubletree Studio/Shutterstock Flight Centre, one of the world’s largest travel agencies, has warned it could lose more than A$100 million in earnings this year, citing weakening demand for travel to the United States. In a statement to the ... <a title="Tourism to the US is tanking. Flight Centre is facing a $100m hit as a result" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/01/tourism-to-the-us-is-tanking-flight-centre-is-facing-a-100m-hit-as-a-result-255498/" aria-label="Read more about Tourism to the US is tanking. Flight Centre is facing a $100m hit as a result">Read more</a>
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May 1, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Elenie Poulos, Adjunct Fellow, Macquarie University As Australians cast pre-poll votes in record numbers, it is not only political parties and candidates who are trying to influence votes. Australian Christian Right (ACR) groups have produced “scorecards” that rate party policies according to so-called Christian values. And they ... <a title="The rise of right-wing Christian populism and its powerful impact on Australian politics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/01/the-rise-of-right-wing-christian-populism-and-its-powerful-impact-on-australian-politics-255392/" aria-label="Read more about The rise of right-wing Christian populism and its powerful impact on Australian politics">Read more</a>
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May 1, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Digital Storytelling Team, The Conversation We’re at the tail end of five weeks of intense campaigning for the federal election. The major and minor parties, as well as independents, have thrown a slew of policies at the Australian people, most of which we’ve catalogued in our Policy ... <a title="Election quiz: have you been paying attention?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/01/election-quiz-have-you-been-paying-attention-255603/" aria-label="Read more about Election quiz: have you been paying attention?">Read more</a>
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May 1, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne A YouGov MRP poll has Labor clearly winning a majority of seats in the federal election – 84 of the 150 seats in the House of Representatives. ... <a title="Major YouGov poll has Labor easily winning a majority of seats in election" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/01/major-yougov-poll-has-labor-easily-winning-a-majority-of-seats-in-election-255601/" aria-label="Read more about Major YouGov poll has Labor easily winning a majority of seats in election">Read more</a>
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May 1, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hiran Thabrew, Senior Lecturer in Child Psychiatry and Paediatrics, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Arlette Lopez/Shutterstock Autism is a neurodevelopmental condition. Someone may have social and communication differences, sensory issues and/or restricted, repetitive patterns of behaviour or interests. There has been increased awareness and an expanded ... <a title="Which medications are commonly prescribed for autistic people and why?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/01/which-medications-are-commonly-prescribed-for-autistic-people-and-why-251715/" aria-label="Read more about Which medications are commonly prescribed for autistic people and why?">Read more</a>
