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April 29, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Magdalena Wajrak, Senior Lecturer in Chemistry, Edith Cowan University Arsenic is a nasty poison that once reigned as the ultimate weapon of deception. In the 18th century, it was the poison of choice for those wanting to kill their enemies and spouses, favoured for its undetectable nature ... <a title="Arsenic is everywhere – but new detection methods could help save lives" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/29/arsenic-is-everywhere-but-new-detection-methods-could-help-save-lives-248547/" aria-label="Read more about Arsenic is everywhere – but new detection methods could help save lives">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ben Singh, Research Fellow, Allied Health & Human Performance, University of South Australia SarahMcEwan/Shutterstock If you’ve ever tried to build a new habit – whether that’s exercising more, eating healthier, or going to bed earlier – you may have heard the popular claim that it only takes ... <a title="Forming new habits can take longer than you think. Here are 8 tips to help you stick with them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/29/forming-new-habits-can-take-longer-than-you-think-here-are-8-tips-to-help-you-stick-with-them-255118/" aria-label="Read more about Forming new habits can take longer than you think. Here are 8 tips to help you stick with them">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Hegedus, Associate Professor, Griffith Film School, Griffith University Shutterstock The Australian screen industry is often associated with fun, creativity and perhaps even glamour. But our new Pressure Point Report reveals a more troubling reality: a pervasive mental health crisis, which could see the screen industry lose ... <a title="‘Complaining is career suicide’: the hidden mental health crisis turning our screen industry upside down" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/29/complaining-is-career-suicide-the-hidden-mental-health-crisis-turning-our-screen-industry-upside-down-254593/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Complaining is career suicide’: the hidden mental health crisis turning our screen industry upside down">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Simon, Adjunct Fellow in Economics, Macquarie University Vivid Brands/Shutterstock Uncertainty is everywhere these days. There is even uncertainty about the uncertainty. The Reserve Bank of Australia, for example, noted in the minutes from its April 1 meeting: The most significant development in the period leading up ... <a title="New survey shows business outlook is weakening and uncertainty rising as the trade war bites" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/29/new-survey-shows-business-outlook-is-weakening-and-uncertainty-rising-as-the-trade-war-bites-255101/" aria-label="Read more about New survey shows business outlook is weakening and uncertainty rising as the trade war bites">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lee Morgenbesser, Associate Professor, School of Government and International Relations, Griffith University Secret police are a quintessential feature of authoritarian regimes. From Azerbaijan’s State Security Service to Zimbabwe’s Central Intelligence Organisation, these agencies typically target political opponents and dissidents through covert surveillance, imprisonment and physical violence. In ... <a title="How ICE is becoming a secret police force under the Trump administration" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/29/how-ice-is-becoming-a-secret-police-force-under-the-trump-administration-255019/" aria-label="Read more about How ICE is becoming a secret police force under the Trump administration">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Hughes, Lecturer in Marketing, Research School of Management, Australian National University In my time researching political advertising, one common communication method that often generates complaints is the proliferation of campaign corflutes. Politicians love them. Not so, many members of the general public. People are so fed ... <a title="Democracy on display or a public eyesore? The case for cracking down on election corflutes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/29/democracy-on-display-or-a-public-eyesore-the-case-for-cracking-down-on-election-corflutes-255219/" aria-label="Read more about Democracy on display or a public eyesore? The case for cracking down on election corflutes">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Pui Kwan Cheung, Research Fellow in Urban Microclimates, The University of Melbourne Varavin88, Shutterstock Our backyards should be safe and inviting spaces all year round, including during the summer months. But the choices we make about garden design and maintenance, such as whether to have artificial turf ... <a title="Here’s how to make your backyard safer and cooler next summer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/29/heres-how-to-make-your-backyard-safer-and-cooler-next-summer-254928/" aria-label="Read more about Here’s how to make your backyard safer and cooler next summer">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul O’Hare, Lecturer in Human Geography and Urban Development, Manchester Metropolitan University John_T/Shutterstock Climate breakdown poses immense threats to global economies, societies and ecosystems. Adapting to these impacts is urgent. But many cities and countries remain chronically unprepared in what the UN calls an “adaptation gap”. Building ... <a title="Five ways to make cities more resilient to climate change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/29/five-ways-to-make-cities-more-resilient-to-climate-change-252853/" aria-label="Read more about Five ways to make cities more resilient to climate change">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra As we enter the final days of campaigning, Labor leads with its nose in front on most polls, but the devil is in the detail of particular seats. To help get a read on what the voters are feeling at ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: pollster Kos Samaras on how voters are leaving the major parties behind" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/29/politics-with-michelle-grattan-pollster-kos-samaras-on-how-voters-are-leaving-the-major-parties-behind-255421/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: pollster Kos Samaras on how voters are leaving the major parties behind">Read more</a>
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April 28, 2025
Communities in Vanuatu are learning to grow climate resilient crops, 18 months after Cyclone Lola devastated the country. The category 5 storm struck in October 2023, generating wind speeds of up to 215 kmph, which destroyed homes, schools, plantations, and left at least four people dead. It was all the worse for following twin cyclones ... <a title="Vanuatu communities growing climate resilience in wake of Cyclone Lola" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/28/vanuatu-communities-growing-climate-resilience-in-wake-of-cyclone-lola/" aria-label="Read more about Vanuatu communities growing climate resilience in wake of Cyclone Lola">Read more</a>
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April 28, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The government has dug out last-minute savings of more than A$7 billion, to ensure its election commitments are more than offset in every year of the forward estimates. Its costings, released Monday, include savings of $6.4 billion from further reducing ... <a title="Election Diary: Labor to slash more consultant costs and increase visa charges to pay for fresh election commitments" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/28/election-diary-labor-to-slash-more-consultant-costs-and-increase-visa-charges-to-pay-for-fresh-election-commitments-255386/" aria-label="Read more about Election Diary: Labor to slash more consultant costs and increase visa charges to pay for fresh election commitments">Read more</a>
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April 28, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Bartos, Professor of Economics, University of Canberra The federal budget will be stronger than suggested in last month’s budget, according to Treasurer Jim Chalmers who released Labor’s costings on Monday. Many of the policies included in the costings were already detailed in either the 2025 Budget ... <a title="Big and small spending included in Labor costings, but off-budget items yet to be revealed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/28/big-and-small-spending-included-in-labor-costings-but-off-budget-items-yet-to-be-revealed-255425/" aria-label="Read more about Big and small spending included in Labor costings, but off-budget items yet to be revealed">Read more</a>
