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October 30, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robert Breunig, Professor of Economics and Director, Tax and Transfer Policy Institute, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Australians are retiring with unprecedented levels of wealth. This wealth, which is primarily held in housing, investment properties and superannuation, allows retirees to draw incomes to support ... <a title="Taking from the young, giving to the old: how our tax system is letting us down" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/30/taking-from-the-young-giving-to-the-old-how-our-tax-system-is-letting-us-down-263258/" aria-label="Read more about Taking from the young, giving to the old: how our tax system is letting us down">Read more</a>
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October 30, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Konstantine Panegyres, Lecturer in Classics and Ancient History, The University of Western Australia Dallas and John Heaton/Getty One of the earliest figures known to have faked an illness for personal advantage was Odysseus. Odysseus was the hero of Homer’s Odyssey, which was probably written around the 8th ... <a title="A 2,000-year history of chucking a sickie" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/30/a-2-000-year-history-of-chucking-a-sickie-267535/" aria-label="Read more about A 2,000-year history of chucking a sickie">Read more</a>
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October 30, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Thomas Newsome, Associate Professor in Global Ecology, University of Sydney abstractaerialart/Getty Climate change has been on the world’s radar for decades. Predictions made by scientists at oil giant Exxon in the early 1980s are proving accurate. The damage done by a hotter, more chaotic world is worsening ... <a title="In 2024, the climate crisis worsened in all ways. But we can still limit warming with bold action" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/30/in-2024-the-climate-crisis-worsened-in-all-ways-but-we-can-still-limit-warming-with-bold-action-268579/" aria-label="Read more about In 2024, the climate crisis worsened in all ways. But we can still limit warming with bold action">Read more</a>
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October 30, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Jefferson, Senior Lecturer in Education, Edith Cowan University Mart Production/ Pexels The period immediately after completing Year 12 can feel unexpectedly anticlimactic. You have been building up to the end of school for years, then there is the intensity and pressure of exams and festivities of ... <a title="Are you finishing Year 12? Here’s how to avoid a post-school slump" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/30/are-you-finishing-year-12-heres-how-to-avoid-a-post-school-slump-268214/" aria-label="Read more about Are you finishing Year 12? Here’s how to avoid a post-school slump">Read more</a>
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October 30, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Aayushi Badhwar, Lecturer in Enterprise and Technology, RMIT University Earlier this year, the consumer watchdog fined three retailers, Michael Hill, MyHouse and Hairhouse Online, almost A$20,000 each for advertising “site-wide discounts” that allegedly never applied to all items on the website. At first glance, this might look ... <a title="When you click on an ad in sales season, retailers get to harvest your data" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/30/when-you-click-on-an-ad-in-sales-season-retailers-get-to-harvest-your-data-266774/" aria-label="Read more about When you click on an ad in sales season, retailers get to harvest your data">Read more</a>
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October 30, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Pauline Hastings, Affiliate, School of Philosophical, Historical & Indigenous Studies (SOPHIS), Monash University The Australian Women’s Weekly, November 17 1965 issues (page 3). Today marks 60 years since English photographic model Jean Shrimpton, dubbed “The Shrimp”, caused a stir among conservative racegoers at the Melbourne Cup. On ... <a title="60 years ago, supermodel Jean Shrimpton’s Cup outfit shocked the nation – but few know the full story" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/30/60-years-ago-supermodel-jean-shrimptons-cup-outfit-shocked-the-nation-but-few-know-the-full-story-267106/" aria-label="Read more about 60 years ago, supermodel Jean Shrimpton’s Cup outfit shocked the nation – but few know the full story">Read more</a>
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October 29, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Sussan Ley will survive “the killing season”, as commentators dub the fag end of the political year. But she’s in bad shape. In an Essential poll published this week, Ley polled just 13% when people were asked who, from a ... <a title="View from The Hill: pressure on embattled Ley to do a deal on EPBC reform" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/29/view-from-the-hill-pressure-on-embattled-ley-to-do-a-deal-on-epbc-reform-268102/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: pressure on embattled Ley to do a deal on EPBC reform">Read more</a>
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October 29, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Melissa Haswell, Professor of Health, Safety and Environment, School of Public Health and Social Work, Queensland University of Technology The federal government is considering enforcement action against oil and gas company Inpex after it admitted serious reporting errors that significantly underestimated hazardous emissions released from its liquefied ... <a title="Darwin residents are worried about toxic chemicals and gas leaks. We need laws to protect clean air" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/29/darwin-residents-are-worried-about-toxic-chemicals-and-gas-leaks-we-need-laws-to-protect-clean-air-268200/" aria-label="Read more about Darwin residents are worried about toxic chemicals and gas leaks. We need laws to protect clean air">Read more</a>
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October 29, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra This weekend, the aged care sector will see a major shakeup that’s been a long time coming. The reforms include a statement of rights for older people who are receiving publicly funded care, as well as putting the system on ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Sam Rae on big changes to aged care" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/29/politics-with-michelle-grattan-sam-rae-on-big-changes-to-aged-care-268559/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Sam Rae on big changes to aged care">Read more</a>
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October 29, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stella Huangfu, Associate Professor, School of Economics, University of Sydney Inflation jumped 1.3% in the September quarter, above economists’ and the Reserve Bank’s own expectations. That is likely to rule out a cut in interest rates next week. The Australian Bureau of Statistics today released the consumer ... <a title="Higher than expected inflation report dashes hopes for further RBA rate cuts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/29/higher-than-expected-inflation-report-dashes-hopes-for-further-rba-rate-cuts-268387/" aria-label="Read more about Higher than expected inflation report dashes hopes for further RBA rate cuts">Read more</a>
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October 29, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Shadi Rouhshahbaz, Associate Research Fellow at Alfred Deakin Institute, Deakin University Three years ago, protests erupted across Iran after the death of Mahsa Jina Amini, a 22-year-old woman who had been arrested by the morality police for not wearing her hijab properly. The Islamic Republic cracked down ... <a title="‘I want my daughter to see a strong, free mother’: Iranian women keep hope alive with daily acts of resistance" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/29/i-want-my-daughter-to-see-a-strong-free-mother-iranian-women-keep-hope-alive-with-daily-acts-of-resistance-264873/" aria-label="Read more about ‘I want my daughter to see a strong, free mother’: Iranian women keep hope alive with daily acts of resistance">Read more</a>
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October 29, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Steve Turton, Adjunct Professor of Environmental Geography, CQUniversity Australia Nico Soro/Getty Every day, almost 2 million Australians visit the Bureau of Meteorology website for weather information. The data gathered and processed by the government agency’s radars, weather stations and supercomputers are converted into short and medium-term forecasts ... <a title="Stormy weather: here’s what went wrong with the Bureau of Meteorology’s website redesign" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/29/stormy-weather-heres-what-went-wrong-with-the-bureau-of-meteorologys-website-redesign-268490/" aria-label="Read more about Stormy weather: here’s what went wrong with the Bureau of Meteorology’s website redesign">Read more</a>
