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March 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ben Hammond, PhD Student, Flinders University Since taking office in January, the Trump administration has adopted a heavy-handed approach to cutting any perceived wasteful spending in the US government. One of the more recent institutions targeted by Trump’s team, Voice of America, holds a potentially staggering implication: ... <a title="Voice of America took jazz behind the Iron Curtain. Now, its demise signals the end of US soft power" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/27/voice-of-america-took-jazz-behind-the-iron-curtain-now-its-demise-signals-the-end-of-us-soft-power-252898/" aria-label="Read more about Voice of America took jazz behind the Iron Curtain. Now, its demise signals the end of US soft power">Read more</a>
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March 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By H. Björn Galjaardt, PhD Candidate, The University of Queensland Brisbane was awarded the Olympics and Paralympics more than 1,300 days ago, and much has happened in between. On Tuesday, upbeat Queensland premier David Crisafulli revealed the 2032 Brisbane Olympic and Paralympic Games plan. This came after a ... <a title="Not just the stadium: what Brisbane Olympic organisers are planning for" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/27/not-just-the-stadium-what-brisbane-olympic-organisers-are-planning-for-251247/" aria-label="Read more about Not just the stadium: what Brisbane Olympic organisers are planning for">Read more</a>
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March 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Therese O’Sullivan, Associate Professor in Nutrition and Dietetics, Edith Cowan University SBS Publicity Alone Australia is back this week for a third season on SBS. And its ten contestants are learning what it means to be really hungry. They’ve been dropped alone into separate areas of the ... <a title="Alone Australia is back. An expert explains what happens to your body and mind when you’re starving" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/27/alone-australia-is-back-an-expert-explains-what-happens-to-your-body-and-mind-when-youre-starving-249937/" aria-label="Read more about Alone Australia is back. An expert explains what happens to your body and mind when you’re starving">Read more</a>
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March 27, 2025
Analysis by Keith Rankin. While World War Two (WW2) always was a set of intersecting conflicts – with Japan fighting a war of imperialism in East Asia and the Western Pacific – the war in Europe has been cast as the ultimate battle of ‘Good’ versus ‘Evil’. Hence the narrative of the Good War. Further, ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – Learning the correct lessons from World War Two in Europe" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/27/keith-rankin-analysis-learning-the-correct-lessons-from-world-war-two-in-europe/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – Learning the correct lessons from World War Two in Europe">Read more</a>
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March 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kristen Sobeck, Research Fellow, Tax and Transfer Policy Institute, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Miha Creative/Shutterstock Labor’s tax changes this week do not tackle tax reform, or why we desperately need it. They only address the amount collected from personal income tax, which is ... <a title="This budget’s tax tinkering isn’t the same as meaningful tax reform. Here’s why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/27/this-budgets-tax-tinkering-isnt-the-same-as-meaningful-tax-reform-heres-why-253121/" aria-label="Read more about This budget’s tax tinkering isn’t the same as meaningful tax reform. Here’s why">Read more</a>
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March 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Howard, Senior Lecturer, Discipline of English and Writing, University of Sydney Prudence Upton Tennessee Williams (1911-1983) is widely regarded as one of America’s greatest playwrights. A prolific and unabashedly autobiographical writer, Williams’ career spanned four decades of the 20th century. The Glass Menagerie, which premiered in ... <a title="The Glass Menagerie: the haunting beauty of Tennessee Wiliams’ play endures in this Sydney revival" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/27/the-glass-menagerie-the-haunting-beauty-of-tennessee-wiliams-play-endures-in-this-sydney-revival-252293/" aria-label="Read more about The Glass Menagerie: the haunting beauty of Tennessee Wiliams’ play endures in this Sydney revival">Read more</a>
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March 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christopher Keneally, Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in Environmental Microbiology, University of Adelaide Darcy Whittaker, CC BY You might know South Australia’s iconic Coorong from the famous Australian children’s book, Storm Boy, set around this coastal lagoon. This internationally important wetland is sacred to the Ngarrindjeri people and a ... <a title="When a 1-in-100 year flood washed through the Coorong, it made the vital microbiome of this lagoon healthier" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/27/when-a-1-in-100-year-flood-washed-through-the-coorong-it-made-the-vital-microbiome-of-this-lagoon-healthier-252633/" aria-label="Read more about When a 1-in-100 year flood washed through the Coorong, it made the vital microbiome of this lagoon healthier">Read more</a>
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March 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Pi-Shen Seet, Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Edith Cowan University Department of Defence Australia’s defence spending is on the rise. The future defence budget has already been increased to 2.4% of GDP. There is pressure from the new Trump administration in the United States to raise this ... <a title="Defence spending: our research shows how Australia can stop buying weapons for the wars of the past" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/27/defence-spending-our-research-shows-how-australia-can-stop-buying-weapons-for-the-wars-of-the-past-242788/" aria-label="Read more about Defence spending: our research shows how Australia can stop buying weapons for the wars of the past">Read more</a>
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March 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rodrigo Rossi Nogueira Rizzo, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Neuroscience Research Australia Monika Wisniewska/Shutterstock Jason, a 42-year-old father of two, has been battling back pain for weeks. Scrolling through his phone, he sees ad after ad promising relief: chiropractic alignments, acupuncture, back braces, vibrating massage guns and herbal patches. ... <a title="Do any non-drug treatments help back pain? Here’s what the evidence says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/27/do-any-non-drug-treatments-help-back-pain-heres-what-the-evidence-says-253122/" aria-label="Read more about Do any non-drug treatments help back pain? Here’s what the evidence says">Read more</a>
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March 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rowan Martin-Hughes, Senior Research Fellow, Burnet Institute CI Photos/Shutterstock In January, the Trump administration ordered a broad pause on all US funding for foreign aid. Among other issues, this has significant effects on US funding for HIV. The United States has been the world’s biggest donor to ... <a title="Foreign aid cuts could mean 10 million more HIV infections by 2030 – and almost 3 million extra deaths" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/27/foreign-aid-cuts-could-mean-10-million-more-hiv-infections-by-2030-and-almost-3-million-extra-deaths-253017/" aria-label="Read more about Foreign aid cuts could mean 10 million more HIV infections by 2030 – and almost 3 million extra deaths">Read more</a>
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March 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Linda Mussell, Senior Lecturer, Political Science and International Relations, University of Canterbury Paremoremo Maximum Security Prison near Auckland. Getty Images With the government’s Sentencing (Reform) Amendment Bill about to become law within days, New Zealand’s already high incarceration rate will almost certainly climb even higher. The new ... <a title="New sentencing laws will drive NZ’s already high imprisonment rates – and budgets – even higher" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/27/new-sentencing-laws-will-drive-nzs-already-high-imprisonment-rates-and-budgets-even-higher-253119/" aria-label="Read more about New sentencing laws will drive NZ’s already high imprisonment rates – and budgets – even higher">Read more</a>
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March 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Andrews, Senior Manager, Policy & Engagement, Australian National University The year 2000 marked an inflection point for many Western countries, including Australia, in their outlook towards the world. The focus began to shift away from the peacekeeping interventions that had dominated the previous decade to one ... <a title="Australia may no longer be a ‘deputy sheriff’, but its reliance on the US has only grown deeper since 2000" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/27/australia-may-no-longer-be-a-deputy-sheriff-but-its-reliance-on-the-us-has-only-grown-deeper-since-2000-252501/" aria-label="Read more about Australia may no longer be a ‘deputy sheriff’, but its reliance on the US has only grown deeper since 2000">Read more</a>
