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April 9, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Cull, Associate professor, Western Sydney University Secure and affordable housing is a fundamental human right for all Australians. Therefore, it is unsurprising the election campaign is being played out against a backdrop of heightened voter anxiety about rental stress and housing affordability. A growing number of ... <a title="A grab bag of campaign housing policies. But will they fix the affordability crisis beyond the election?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/09/a-grab-bag-of-campaign-housing-policies-but-will-they-fix-the-affordability-crisis-beyond-the-election-252185/" aria-label="Read more about A grab bag of campaign housing policies. But will they fix the affordability crisis beyond the election?">Read more</a>
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April 9, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jon Wardle, Professor of Public Health, Southern Cross University Rui Dias/Pexels Private health insurers may soon be able to offer rebates for seven complementary therapies previously prohibited. This includes some movement therapies – Pilates, yoga, tai chi and Alexander technique, which teaches body awareness and posture – ... <a title="These complementary therapies may soon be eligible for private health insurance rebates" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/09/these-complementary-therapies-may-soon-be-eligible-for-private-health-insurance-rebates-253841/" aria-label="Read more about These complementary therapies may soon be eligible for private health insurance rebates">Read more</a>
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April 9, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Grant Duncan, Teaching Fellow in Politics and International Relations, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Getty Images Winston Peters turns a venerable 80 on April 11, but he showed no sign of retiring as New Zealand’s archetypal populist during his recent state of the nation speech. He ... <a title="Winston Peters at 80: the populist’s populist clocks up 50 years of political comebacks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/09/winston-peters-at-80-the-populists-populist-clocks-up-50-years-of-political-comebacks-253322/" aria-label="Read more about Winston Peters at 80: the populist’s populist clocks up 50 years of political comebacks">Read more</a>
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April 9, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kaitlyn DeGhetto, Associate Professor of Management, University of Dayton To attract business investment, American cities and states offer companies billions of dollars in incentives, such as tax credits. As the theory goes, when governments create a business-friendly environment, it encourages investment, leading to job creation and economic ... <a title="Cities that want to attract business might want to focus less on financial incentives and more on making people feel safe" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/09/cities-that-want-to-attract-business-might-want-to-focus-less-on-financial-incentives-and-more-on-making-people-feel-safe-250247/" aria-label="Read more about Cities that want to attract business might want to focus less on financial incentives and more on making people feel safe">Read more</a>
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April 9, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The election’s first debate, on Sky News on Tuesday night, was disappointingly dull. Viewers who’d been following the campaign would have learned little. There was minimal spontaneity. Among the 100 undecided voters in the room, 44 said Anthony Albanese won, ... <a title="Election Diary: The election’s first debate was disaster-free but passion-free too" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/09/election-diary-the-elections-first-debate-was-disaster-free-but-passion-free-too-183208/" aria-label="Read more about Election Diary: The election’s first debate was disaster-free but passion-free too">Read more</a>
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April 9, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Corey J. A. Bradshaw, Matthew Flinders Professor of Global Ecology and Node Leader in the ARC Centre of Excellence for Indigenous and Environmental Histories and Futures, Flinders University A coral ‘rope’ nursery in the Maldives Luca Saponari/University of Milan, CC BY-ND Coral reefs are much more than ... <a title="Reality check: coral restoration won’t save the world’s reefs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/09/reality-check-coral-restoration-wont-save-the-worlds-reefs-251055/" aria-label="Read more about Reality check: coral restoration won’t save the world’s reefs">Read more</a>
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April 8, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andy Marks, Vice-President, Public Affairs and Partnerships, Western Sydney University Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Opposition Leader Peter Dutton have faced off in the first leaders’ debate of the 2025 federal election. The debate, hosted by Sky News and The Daily Telegraph, was held at the Wenty ... <a title="No major gaffes and no knockout punch: the first leaders’ debate was a pedestrian affair" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/08/no-major-gaffes-and-no-knockout-punch-the-first-leaders-debate-was-a-pedestrian-affair-253711/" aria-label="Read more about No major gaffes and no knockout punch: the first leaders’ debate was a pedestrian affair">Read more</a>
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April 8, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dorina Pojani, Associate Professor in Urban Planning, The University of Queensland Fizkes/Shutterstock In the pre-industrial era, people often lived and worked in the same building. This removed the need to travel to work. The separation of home and work occurred much later, during the Industrial Revolution. Factories ... <a title="Politics aside, new research shows there are good financial reasons to back working from home" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/08/politics-aside-new-research-shows-there-are-good-financial-reasons-to-back-working-from-home-253629/" aria-label="Read more about Politics aside, new research shows there are good financial reasons to back working from home">Read more</a>
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April 8, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sebastian Rosenberg, Associate Professor, Health Research Institute, University of Canberra, and Brain and Mind Centre, University of Sydney mooremedia/Shutterstock The Labor government has announced it would invest A$1 billion in mental health if re-elected to provide more Australians – particularly young people – with “free, public mental ... <a title="Labor’s $1 billion for mental health is good news for young people in particular – but leaves some gaps" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/08/labors-1-billion-for-mental-health-is-good-news-for-young-people-in-particular-but-leaves-some-gaps-254054/" aria-label="Read more about Labor’s $1 billion for mental health is good news for young people in particular – but leaves some gaps">Read more</a>
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April 8, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Fergus Edwards, Lecturer in English, University of Tasmania Amazon MGM Studios Last One Laughing is a battle royale for stand-ups. Ten comedians, one room, surrounded by cameras. Laugh once and they’re warned. Laugh again, and they’re out. Last comic left wins. It is an international TV phenomenon, ... <a title="We’re hardwired to laugh – this is why watching comedians try to be the ‘Last One Laughing’ is so funny" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/08/were-hardwired-to-laugh-this-is-why-watching-comedians-try-to-be-the-last-one-laughing-is-so-funny-253935/" aria-label="Read more about We’re hardwired to laugh – this is why watching comedians try to be the ‘Last One Laughing’ is so funny">Read more</a>
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April 8, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ben Singh, Research Fellow, Allied Health & Human Performance, University of South Australia Centre for Ageing Better/Unsplash Many of us turn to Sudoku, Wordle or brain-training apps to sharpen our minds. But research is increasingly showing one of the best ways to boost memory, focus and brain ... <a title="Here’s a simple, science-backed way to sharpen your thinking and improve your memory" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/08/heres-a-simple-science-backed-way-to-sharpen-your-thinking-and-improve-your-memory-253751/" aria-label="Read more about Here’s a simple, science-backed way to sharpen your thinking and improve your memory">Read more</a>
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April 8, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hussein Dia, Professor of Future Urban Mobility, Swinburne University of Technology Prapat Aowsakorn/Shutterstock Australia has huge reserves of coal and gas – but very little oil. Before the 20th century, this didn’t matter – trains ran on local coal. But as cars and trucks have come to ... <a title="If Australia switched to EVs, we’d be more reliant on China’s car factories – but wean ourselves off foreign oil" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/08/if-australia-switched-to-evs-wed-be-more-reliant-on-chinas-car-factories-but-wean-ourselves-off-foreign-oil-252388/" aria-label="Read more about If Australia switched to EVs, we’d be more reliant on China’s car factories – but wean ourselves off foreign oil">Read more</a>
