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April 28, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nial Wheate, Professor, School of Natural Sciences, Macquarie University WPixz/Shutterstock An antidepressant containing a form of the drug ketamine has been added to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS), making it much cheaper for the estimated 30,000 Australians with treatment-resistant depression. This is when a patient has tried ... <a title="A ketamine nasal spray will be subsidised for treatment-resistant depression. Here’s what you need to know about Spravato" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/28/a-ketamine-nasal-spray-will-be-subsidised-for-treatment-resistant-depression-heres-what-you-need-to-know-about-spravato-255403/" aria-label="Read more about A ketamine nasal spray will be subsidised for treatment-resistant depression. Here’s what you need to know about Spravato">Read more</a>
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April 28, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Denis Muller, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism, The University of Melbourne In front of a crowd of party faithful last weekend, Opposition Leader Peter Dutton referred to the ABC, Guardian Australia and other news platforms as “hate media”. The language was extreme, the inference being ... <a title="Peter Dutton calling the ABC and the Guardian ‘hate media’ rings alarm bells for democracy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/28/peter-dutton-calling-the-abc-and-the-guardian-hate-media-rings-alarm-bells-for-democracy-255412/" aria-label="Read more about Peter Dutton calling the ABC and the Guardian ‘hate media’ rings alarm bells for democracy">Read more</a>
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April 28, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mohan Yellishetty, Professor, Co-Founder, Critical Minerals Consortium, and Australia-India Critical Minerals Research Hub, Monash University RHJPhtotos/Shutterstock The world needs huge quantities of critical minerals to make batteries, electric vehicles, wind turbines, mobile phones, computers and advanced weaponry. Many of these minerals lie under Australian soil. Australia is ... <a title="Plans to stockpile critical minerals will help Australia weather global uncertainty – and encourage smaller miners" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/28/plans-to-stockpile-critical-minerals-will-help-australia-weather-global-uncertainty-and-encourage-smaller-miners-255320/" aria-label="Read more about Plans to stockpile critical minerals will help Australia weather global uncertainty – and encourage smaller miners">Read more</a>
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April 28, 2025
PodTalk.live After a successful beta-launch this month, PodTalk.live has now called for people to register as foundation members — it’s free to join the post and podcast social platform. The foundation membership soft-launch is a great opportunity for founders to help shape a brand new, vibrant, algorithm-free, info discussion and debate social platform. “PodTalk.live has ... <a title="PodTalk.live ushers in new ‘indie’ information and debate era" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/28/podtalk-live-ushers-in-new-indie-information-and-debate-era/" aria-label="Read more about PodTalk.live ushers in new ‘indie’ information and debate era">Read more</a>
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April 28, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Daniel Angus, Professor of Digital Communication, Director of QUT Digital Media Research Centre, Queensland University of Technology In the lead-up to the 2025 Australian federal election, political advertising is seemingly everywhere. We’ve been mapping the often invisible world of digital political advertising across Facebook, Instagram and TikTok. ... <a title="What political ads are Australians seeing online? Astroturfing, fake grassroots groups, and outright falsehoods" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/28/what-political-ads-are-australians-seeing-online-astroturfing-fake-grassroots-groups-and-outright-falsehoods-255225/" aria-label="Read more about What political ads are Australians seeing online? Astroturfing, fake grassroots groups, and outright falsehoods">Read more</a>
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April 28, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Intifar Chowdhury, Lecturer in Government, Flinders University Unsplash As was widely predicted, the cost of living has dominated the federal election campaign. Soaring rents, grocery bills and energy prices have squeezed household budgets. But these pressures aren’t new. In 2022, voter frustration over living costs helped Labor ... <a title="Young women are among those who care most about the cost of living. It could be bad for the major parties" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/28/young-women-are-among-those-who-care-most-about-the-cost-of-living-it-could-be-bad-for-the-major-parties-254988/" aria-label="Read more about Young women are among those who care most about the cost of living. It could be bad for the major parties">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 With the May 3 federal election less than a week away, voters still have little reliable information on the costs of Labor or Coalition policies. Treasurer Jim Chalmers has said Labor’s policy costings will be released imminently. At the ... <a title="How much do election promises cost? And why haven’t we seen the costings yet?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/28/how-much-do-election-promises-cost-and-why-havent-we-seen-the-costings-yet-255104/" aria-label="Read more about How much do election promises cost? And why haven’t we seen the costings yet?">Read more</a>
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April 28, 2025
ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on April 28, 2025.
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April 28, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James J Bell, Professor of Marine Biology, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington James Bell, CC BY-SA The latest update on the state of New Zealand’s environment paints a concerning outlook for marine environments, especially amid the increasing push to use the marine estate for ... <a title="Reefs in the ‘middle’ light zone along NZ’s coast are biodiversity hotspots – many are home to protected species" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/28/reefs-in-the-middle-light-zone-along-nzs-coast-are-biodiversity-hotspots-many-are-home-to-protected-species-254597/" aria-label="Read more about Reefs in the ‘middle’ light zone along NZ’s coast are biodiversity hotspots – many are home to protected species">Read more</a>
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April 28, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Charles Livingstone, Associate Professor, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University Recently, much public attention has been given to the way online wagering and its incessant promotion has infiltrated sport and our TV screens. Despite a 2023 parliamentary inquiry that recommended new restrictions on online ... <a title="Pokies line the coffers of governments and venues – but there are ways to tame this gambling gorilla" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/28/pokies-line-the-coffers-of-governments-and-venues-but-there-are-ways-to-tame-this-gambling-gorilla-252038/" aria-label="Read more about Pokies line the coffers of governments and venues – but there are ways to tame this gambling gorilla">Read more</a>
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April 28, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ali Asgary, Professor, Disaster & Emergency Management, Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies & Director, CIFAL York, York University, Canada A car attack at a Filipino street festival in Vancouver just two days before Canada’s federal election has killed at least 11 people and injured many ... <a title="Vancouver SUV attack exposes crowd management falldowns and casts a pall on Canada’s election" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/28/vancouver-suv-attack-exposes-crowd-management-falldowns-and-casts-a-pall-on-canadas-election-255395/" aria-label="Read more about Vancouver SUV attack exposes crowd management falldowns and casts a pall on Canada’s election">Read more</a>
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April 28, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Daniel Hoyer, Senior Researcher, Historian and Complexity Scientist, University of Toronto Canada is, by nearly any measure, a large, advanced, prosperous nation. A founding member of the G7, Canada is one of the world’s most “advanced economies,” ranking fourth in the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development’s ... <a title="Is Canada heading down a path that has caused the collapse of mighty civilizations in the past?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/28/is-canada-heading-down-a-path-that-has-caused-the-collapse-of-mighty-civilizations-in-the-past-254378/" aria-label="Read more about Is Canada heading down a path that has caused the collapse of mighty civilizations in the past?">Read more</a>
