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March 31, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Frank Bongiorno, Professor of History, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University Tony Abbott was once unelectable. So were Donald Trump and Boris Johnson. And so was Peter Dutton, not so long ago. But opinion polls over much of 2024 and early 2025 indicated ... <a title="Uncertainty and pessimism abound. Will fear be enough to push Dutton into office?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/31/uncertainty-and-pessimism-abound-will-fear-be-enough-to-push-dutton-into-office-247360/" aria-label="Read more about Uncertainty and pessimism abound. Will fear be enough to push Dutton into office?">Read more</a>
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March 31, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marcus Foth, Professor of Urban Informatics, Queensland University of Technology When Brisbane was awarded the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games, it came with a widely publicised landmark promise: the world’s first “climate-positive” games. The International Olympic Committee had already announced all games would be climate-positive from 2030. ... <a title="Brisbane 2032 is no longer legally bound to be ‘climate positive’. Will it still leave a green legacy?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/31/brisbane-2032-is-no-longer-legally-bound-to-be-climate-positive-will-it-still-leave-a-green-legacy-246672/" aria-label="Read more about Brisbane 2032 is no longer legally bound to be ‘climate positive’. Will it still leave a green legacy?">Read more</a>
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March 31, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Kidson, Senior Lecturer in Educational Leadership, Australian Catholic University Isuzek/Getty Images School principals around Australia are responsible for about 4.5 million staff and students in almost 10,000 schools. Not only do they oversee students’ progress, but they are also responsible for the performance of staff and ... <a title="‘It is a seriously difficult role and only getting harder’: school principals speak about stress, violence and abuse in their jobs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/31/it-is-a-seriously-difficult-role-and-only-getting-harder-school-principals-speak-about-stress-violence-and-abuse-in-their-jobs-253327/" aria-label="Read more about ‘It is a seriously difficult role and only getting harder’: school principals speak about stress, violence and abuse in their jobs">Read more</a>
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March 31, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ksenia Kosheleva, Doctoral candidate, Marketing, Hanken School of Economics Stokkete/Shutterstock When Auckland mayor Wayne Brown said in 2022 that the Auckland Art Gallery had the foot traffic of a corner dairy and cast the institution as an “uneconomic” entity, he conceded he was at risk of “being ... <a title="Art for art’s sake? How NZ’s cultural organisations can maintain integrity and still make money" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/31/art-for-arts-sake-how-nzs-cultural-organisations-can-maintain-integrity-and-still-make-money-252362/" aria-label="Read more about Art for art’s sake? How NZ’s cultural organisations can maintain integrity and still make money">Read more</a>
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March 30, 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 Labor’s regaining of polling momentum has continued into the first week of the formal election campaign. A national Newspoll, conducted March 27–29 from a sample of 1,249, ... <a title="Labor gains lead in post-budget Newspoll; would be one seat short of majority in YouGov MRP poll" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/30/labor-gains-lead-in-post-budget-newspoll-would-be-one-seat-short-of-majority-in-yougov-mrp-poll-253410/" aria-label="Read more about Labor gains lead in post-budget Newspoll; would be one seat short of majority in YouGov MRP poll">Read more</a>
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March 30, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Peter Dutton is a tease when it comes to the fine print of policies. At least that’s the benign explanation. Critics have a harsher take on why we’re always being told to wait for the detail. They would claim his ... <a title="View from The Hill: Dutton has questions to answer on gas; Albanese has supermarket answer still hunting for the problem" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/30/view-from-the-hill-dutton-has-questions-to-answer-on-gas-albanese-has-supermarket-answer-still-hunting-for-the-problem-253118/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Dutton has questions to answer on gas; Albanese has supermarket answer still hunting for the problem">Read more</a>
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March 29, 2025
Pacific Media Watch Global press freedom organisations have condemned the killing of two journalists in Gaza this week, who died in separate targeted airstrikes by the Israeli armed forces. And protesters in Aotearoa New Zealand dedicated their week 77 rally and march in the heart of Auckland to their memory, declaring “Journalism is not a ... <a title="NZ protesters honour killed Gaza journalists – ‘targeted’ say press freedom groups" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/29/nz-protesters-honour-killed-gaza-journalists-targeted-say-press-freedom-groups/" aria-label="Read more about NZ protesters honour killed Gaza journalists – ‘targeted’ say press freedom groups">Read more</a>
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March 29, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adam Simpson, Senior Lecturer, International Studies, University of South Australia In early 2021, after a decade of political and economic reforms, Myanmar looked like it was finally beginning to shake off the hangover of decades of military rule. Foreign investment was growing, and standards of living were ... <a title="Thousands are feared dead in Myanmar’s quake. Trump’s USAID cuts will cause even more unnecessary deaths" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/29/thousands-are-feared-dead-in-myanmars-quake-trumps-usaid-cuts-will-cause-even-more-unnecessary-deaths-253403/" aria-label="Read more about Thousands are feared dead in Myanmar’s quake. Trump’s USAID cuts will cause even more unnecessary deaths">Read more</a>
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March 29, 2025
Asia Pacific Report Dozens of Filipinos and supporters in Aotearoa New Zealand came together in a Black Friday vigil and Rally for Justice in the heart of two cities tonight — Auckland and Christchurch. They celebrated the arrest of former President Rodrigo Duterte by the International Criminal Court (ICC) earlier this month to face trial ... <a title="Filipino activists praise arrest of ex-president Duterte as first step to end impunity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/29/filipino-activists-praise-arrest-of-ex-president-duterte-as-first-step-to-end-impunity/" aria-label="Read more about Filipino activists praise arrest of ex-president Duterte as first step to end impunity">Read more</a>
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March 28, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bridianne O’Dea, Little Heroes Professor of Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Flinders University Ground Picture/Shutterstock Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has promised a Coalition government would spend an extra A$400 million on youth mental health services. This is in addition to raising the number of subsidised psychology sessions ... <a title="The Coalition has promised $400m for youth mental health. Young people told us what they need" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/28/the-coalition-has-promised-400m-for-youth-mental-health-young-people-told-us-what-they-need-253328/" aria-label="Read more about The Coalition has promised $400m for youth mental health. Young people told us what they need">Read more</a>
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March 28, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Fei Gao, Lecturer in Taxation, Discipline of Accounting, Governance & Regulation, The University of Sydney, University of Sydney Tuesday night’s federal budget revealed a sharp drop in what was once a major source of revenue for the government – the tobacco excise. This financial year, the government ... <a title="Tobacco excise revenue has tanked amid a booming black market. That’s a diabolical problem for the government" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/28/tobacco-excise-revenue-has-tanked-amid-a-booming-black-market-thats-a-diabolical-problem-for-the-government-253329/" aria-label="Read more about Tobacco excise revenue has tanked amid a booming black market. That’s a diabolical problem for the government">Read more</a>
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March 28, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Digital Storytelling Team, The Conversation, The Conversation The Conversation, CC BY-SA ➡️ View the full interactive version of this article here Digital Storytelling Team does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and ... <a title="Policy tracker: how will Labor, the Coalition, the Greens and the independents make Australia better?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/28/policy-tracker-how-will-labor-the-coalition-the-greens-and-the-independents-make-australia-better-253345/" aria-label="Read more about Policy tracker: how will Labor, the Coalition, the Greens and the independents make Australia better?">Read more</a>
