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April 11, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ben Egliston, Senior Lecturer in Digital Cultures, Australian Research Council DECRA Fellow, University of Sydney Last week, Nintendo announced the June 5 release of its long anticipated Switch 2. But the biggest talking point wasn’t the console’s launch titles or features. At US$449 in the United States, ... <a title="Sorry gamers, Nintendo’s hefty Switch 2 price tag signals the new normal – and it might still go up" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/11/sorry-gamers-nintendos-hefty-switch-2-price-tag-signals-the-new-normal-and-it-might-still-go-up-254063/" aria-label="Read more about Sorry gamers, Nintendo’s hefty Switch 2 price tag signals the new normal – and it might still go up">Read more</a>
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April 11, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dan Woodman, TR Ashworth Professor in Sociology, The University of Melbourne Securing the welfare of future generations seems like solid grounds for judging policies and politicians, especially during an election campaign. Political legacies are on the line because the stakes are so high. There is a real ... <a title="A fair go for young Australians in this election? Voters are weighing up intergenerational inequity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/11/a-fair-go-for-young-australians-in-this-election-voters-are-weighing-up-intergenerational-inequity-250782/" aria-label="Read more about A fair go for young Australians in this election? Voters are weighing up intergenerational inequity">Read more</a>
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April 11, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tony Wood, Program Director, Energy, Grattan Institute The Coalition has been forced to reassert its commitment to the Paris climate agreement after its energy spokesman Ted O’Brien appeared to waver on the pledge on Thursday. O’Brien faced off against Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen at ... <a title="The Coalition prepares to soften Australia’s 2030 climate target, while reaffirming its commitment to the Paris Agreement" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/11/the-coalition-prepares-to-soften-australias-2030-climate-target-while-reaffirming-its-commitment-to-the-paris-agreement-249945/" aria-label="Read more about The Coalition prepares to soften Australia’s 2030 climate target, while reaffirming its commitment to the Paris Agreement">Read more</a>
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April 10, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra When Jim Chalmers and Angus Taylor met for this week’s treasurers’ debate, the moderator observed that in three or six years they might be facing each other as prime minister and opposition leader. Election results trigger, or subsequently lead to, ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Will there be leadership changes on both sides of politics next parliamentary term?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/10/grattan-on-friday-will-there-be-leadership-changes-on-both-sides-of-politics-next-parliamentary-term-254203/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Will there be leadership changes on both sides of politics next parliamentary term?">Read more</a>
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April 10, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Laurenceson, Director and Professor, Australia-China Relations Institute (UTS:ACRI), University of Technology Sydney Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Opposition Leader Peter Dutton have both committed to stripping a Chinese company, Landbridge, of the lease to operate Darwin Port. Landbridge paid A$506 million for the 99-year lease from ... <a title="‘Alarmist nonsense’: Labor and Coalition dismissed security risks over the Port of Darwin for years. What’s changed?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/10/alarmist-nonsense-labor-and-coalition-dismissed-security-risks-over-the-port-of-darwin-for-years-whats-changed-253941/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Alarmist nonsense’: Labor and Coalition dismissed security risks over the Port of Darwin for years. What’s changed?">Read more</a>
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April 10, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Giesecke, Professor, Centre of Policy Studies and the Impact Project, Victoria University The Trump administration has announced a 90-day pause on its plan to impose so-called “reciprocal” tariffs on nearly all US imports. But the pause does not extend to China, where import duties will rise ... <a title="This chart explains why Trump backflipped on tariffs. The economic damage would have been huge" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/10/this-chart-explains-why-trump-backflipped-on-tariffs-the-economic-damage-would-have-been-huge-253632/" aria-label="Read more about This chart explains why Trump backflipped on tariffs. The economic damage would have been huge">Read more</a>
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April 10, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hal Swerissen, Emeritus Professor of Public Health, La Trobe University Ground Picture/Shutterstock There has been little new in pre-election promises for Australia’s aged-care workers, providers or the 1.3 million people who use aged care. In March, Labor announced A$2.6 billion for another pay rise for aged-care nurses ... <a title="Big changes are planned for aged care in 2025. But you’d never know from the major parties" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/10/big-changes-are-planned-for-aged-care-in-2025-but-youd-never-know-from-the-major-parties-253727/" aria-label="Read more about Big changes are planned for aged care in 2025. But you’d never know from the major parties">Read more</a>
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April 10, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cassandra Mudgway, Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Canterbury Media Whale Stock/Shutterstock Women MPs are increasingly targets of misogynistic, racist and sexual online abuse, but New Zealand’s legal framework to protect them is simply not fit for purpose. Recently released research found online threats of physical and ... <a title="A damning study of online abuse of female MPs shows urgent legal reform is needed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/10/a-damning-study-of-online-abuse-of-female-mps-shows-urgent-legal-reform-is-needed-254184/" aria-label="Read more about A damning study of online abuse of female MPs shows urgent legal reform is needed">Read more</a>
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April 10, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jane McAdam, Scientia Professor and ARC Laureate Fellow, Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, UNSW Sydney The details of a new visa enabling Tuvaluan citizens to permanently migrate to Australia were released this week. The visa was created as part of a bilateral treaty Australia and Tuvalu ... <a title="Fresh details emerge on Australia’s new climate migration visa for Tuvalu residents. An expert explains" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/10/fresh-details-emerge-on-australias-new-climate-migration-visa-for-tuvalu-residents-an-expert-explains-254195/" aria-label="Read more about Fresh details emerge on Australia’s new climate migration visa for Tuvalu residents. An expert explains">Read more</a>
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April 10, 2025
ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on April 10, 2025.
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April 10, 2025
Essay by Keith Rankin. ‘Rational Expectations’ is a problematic theory in economics. Here I want to focus more away from economics; and more on the meanings of ‘rationality’ in decision-making, than on the problematic ambiguity of the word ‘expect’ (and its derivatives such as ‘expectations’). ‘Expectation’ here means what we believe ‘will’ happen, not ‘should’ ... <a title="Keith Rankin Essay – Rational Expectations, Intelligence, and War" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/10/keith-rankin-essay-rational-expectations-intelligence-and-war/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Essay – Rational Expectations, Intelligence, and War">Read more</a>
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April 10, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Maria Atienzar-Prieto, PhD Candidate, School of Health Sciences and Social Work, Griffith University The Conversation/Snapchat Location-sharing apps are shaping how we connect and communicate – especially among younger people. Snap Map, a popular feature within Snapchat, is widely used by teens and young adults to stay in ... <a title="Location-sharing apps are enabling domestic violence. But young people aren’t aware of the danger" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/10/location-sharing-apps-are-enabling-domestic-violence-but-young-people-arent-aware-of-the-danger-253932/" aria-label="Read more about Location-sharing apps are enabling domestic violence. But young people aren’t aware of the danger">Read more</a>
