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May 8, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lisa Farrell, Professor of Economics (Health Economist), RMIT University ThirtyPlus/Shutterstock Imagine having to pay A$39 dollars a day to park your car while visiting your sick child in hospital. For families already struggling in a cost-of-living crisis, hospital parking fees are not just another expense. They can ... <a title="Why is hospital parking so expensive? Two economics researchers explain" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/08/why-is-hospital-parking-so-expensive-two-economics-researchers-explain-255716/" aria-label="Read more about Why is hospital parking so expensive? Two economics researchers explain">Read more</a>
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May 8, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anne Vo, Senior lecturer in Vietnamese culture and politics, University of Wollongong Aritra Deb/Shutterstock At a time of widespread global trade instability, Australia should be expanding and diversifying its economic partnerships. Supply chains remain fragile, and protectionist rhetoric is once again gaining traction in major Western economies. ... <a title="Vietnam is poised to become a top 20 economy, so why is Australia taking so long to make trade and investment links?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/08/vietnam-is-poised-to-become-a-top-20-economy-so-why-is-australia-taking-so-long-to-make-trade-and-investment-links-255722/" aria-label="Read more about Vietnam is poised to become a top 20 economy, so why is Australia taking so long to make trade and investment links?">Read more</a>
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May 8, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emily Baulch, Research Associate, Discipline of Media and Communications, University of Sydney Marvel Studios This piece contains spoilers. Marvel’s men are sad. And that’s a good thing. Thor’s depressed in Avengers: Endgame. Tony Stark has panic attacks in Iron Man 3. Peter grieves in Spider-Man: No Way ... <a title="Marvel’s Thunderbolts* shines a light on men’s mental illness – but falls down with this outdated plotline" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/08/marvels-thunderbolts-shines-a-light-on-mens-mental-illness-but-falls-down-with-this-outdated-plotline-255869/" aria-label="Read more about Marvel’s Thunderbolts* shines a light on men’s mental illness – but falls down with this outdated plotline">Read more</a>
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May 8, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Wesley Morgan, Research Associate, Institute for Climate Risk and Response, UNSW Sydney bmphotographer/Shutterstock An emphatic election victory for the incumbent Labor government means Australia’s rapid shift to renewable energy will continue. As Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen said on Saturday: In 2022, the Australian people ... <a title="Australia is set to be a renewables nation. After Labor’s win, there’s no turning back" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/08/australia-is-set-to-be-a-renewables-nation-after-labors-win-theres-no-turning-back-256081/" aria-label="Read more about Australia is set to be a renewables nation. After Labor’s win, there’s no turning back">Read more</a>
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May 8, 2025
EDITORIAL: The Financial Times editorial board After 19 months of conflict that has killed tens of thousands of Palestinians and drawn accusations of war crimes against Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu is once more preparing to escalate Israel’s offensive in Gaza. The latest plan puts Israel on course for full occupation of the Palestinian territory and would ... <a title="Financial Times: The West’s shameful silence on Gaza – do more to restrain Benjamin Netanyahu" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/08/financial-times-the-wests-shameful-silence-on-gaza-do-more-to-restrain-benjamin-netanyahu/" aria-label="Read more about Financial Times: The West’s shameful silence on Gaza – do more to restrain Benjamin Netanyahu">Read more</a>
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May 7, 2025
Pacific Media Watch The author of the book Eyes of Fire, one of the countless publications on the Rainbow Warrior bombing almost 40 years ago but the only one by somebody actually on board the bombed ship, says he was under no illusions that France was behind the attack. Journalist David Robie was speaking last ... <a title="‘Under no illusions’ about France, says author of new Rainbow Warrior book" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/07/under-no-illusions-about-france-says-author-of-new-rainbow-warrior-book/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Under no illusions’ about France, says author of new Rainbow Warrior book">Read more</a>
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May 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amy Maguire, Professor in Human Rights and International Law, University of Newcastle Master1305/Shutterstock The Albanese government has achieved an historic re-election, substantially building its majority in the House of Representatives. Much has already been written about the potential for a more ambitious legislative program on the back ... <a title="Australia doesn’t have a federal Human Rights Act – but the election clears the way for overdue reform" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/07/australia-doesnt-have-a-federal-human-rights-act-but-the-election-clears-the-way-for-overdue-reform-255863/" aria-label="Read more about Australia doesn’t have a federal Human Rights Act – but the election clears the way for overdue reform">Read more</a>
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May 7, 2025
Talamua Online News Samoa has dropped in its media and information freedom world ranking from 22 in 2024 to 44 in 2025 in the latest World Press Freedom Index compiled annually by the Paris-based Reporters Without Borders (RSF). For the Pacific region, New Zealand is ranked highest at 16, Australia at 29, Fiji at 40, ... <a title="Samoa down in RSF media freedom world ranking due to ‘authoritarian pressure’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/07/samoa-down-in-rsf-media-freedom-world-ranking-due-to-authoritarian-pressure/" aria-label="Read more about Samoa down in RSF media freedom world ranking due to ‘authoritarian pressure’">Read more</a>
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May 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christian Tietz, Senior Lecturer in Industrial Design, UNSW Sydney Macquarie Correctional Centre Media Unit At Macquarie Correctional Centre in western New South Wales, a story of collaboration and persistence is unfolding. Inmates and prison officers are farming commercial quantities of fresh food in a purpose-built indoor facility. ... <a title="How maximum security prison inmates and officers worked together to create a farm behind bars" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/07/how-maximum-security-prison-inmates-and-officers-worked-together-to-create-a-farm-behind-bars-244962/" aria-label="Read more about How maximum security prison inmates and officers worked together to create a farm behind bars">Read more</a>
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May 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jennifer Koplin, Evidence and Translation Lead, National Allergy Centre of Excellence; Chief Investigator, Centre of Food Allergy Research; Associate Professor and Group Leader, Childhood Allergy & Epidemiology Group, Child Health Research Centre, The University of Queensland Maria Evseyeva/Shutterstock Many questions pop up when you’re growing or raising ... <a title="Can what you eat during pregnancy and breastfeeding affect whether your child develops food allergies?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/07/can-what-you-eat-during-pregnancy-and-breastfeeding-affect-whether-your-child-develops-food-allergies-255114/" aria-label="Read more about Can what you eat during pregnancy and breastfeeding affect whether your child develops food allergies?">Read more</a>
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May 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark David Ryan, Professor, Film, Screen, Animation, Queensland University of Technology Kirk Wester/Shutterstock US President Donald Trump’s recent announcement of a plan to impose a 100% tariff on movies “produced in foreign lands” could have a massive impact on the global entertainment industry. Film and television production ... <a title="How do you put a tariff on movies? Here’s what Trump’s plan could mean for Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/07/how-do-you-put-a-tariff-on-movies-heres-what-trumps-plan-could-mean-for-australia-255948/" aria-label="Read more about How do you put a tariff on movies? Here’s what Trump’s plan could mean for Australia">Read more</a>
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May 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Roy Green, Emeritus Professor of Innovation, University of Technology Sydney Summit Art Creations/Shutterstock In his victory speech, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese highlighted social policy as a major factor in Labor’s electoral success, particularly Medicare, housing and cost of living relief. He was justified in doing so. But ... <a title="Labor says its second term will be about productivity reform. These ideas could help shift the dial" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/07/labor-says-its-second-term-will-be-about-productivity-reform-these-ideas-could-help-shift-the-dial-255880/" aria-label="Read more about Labor says its second term will be about productivity reform. These ideas could help shift the dial">Read more</a>
