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March 28, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Oops. Anthony Albanese’s own department pre-empted its boss on Thursday. Some unfortunate official, pressing the wrong button, posted on X that the government was in “caretaker” mode, although the prime minister had not yet called the election. There was a ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: an ‘arms race’ of promises as prime minister set to call election" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/28/grattan-on-friday-an-arms-race-of-promises-as-prime-minister-set-to-call-election-251257/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: an ‘arms race’ of promises as prime minister set to call election">Read more</a>
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March 28, 2025
Asia Pacific Report A West Papuan doctoral candidate has warned that indigenous noken-weaving practices back in her homeland are under threat with the world’s biggest deforestation project. About 60 people turned up for the opening of her “Noken/Men: String Bags of the Muyu Tribe of Southern West Papua” exhibition by Veronika T Kanem at Auckland ... <a title="Researcher warns over West Papuan deforestation impact on traditional noken weaving" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/28/researcher-warns-over-west-papuan-deforestation-impact-on-traditional-noken-weaving/" aria-label="Read more about Researcher warns over West Papuan deforestation impact on traditional noken weaving">Read more</a>
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March 28, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Oops. Anthony Albanese’s own department pre-empted its boss on Thursday. Some unfortunate official, pressing the wrong button, posted on X that the government was in “caretaker” mode, although the prime minister had not yet called the election. There was a ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: an ‘arms race’ of promises as prime minister set to call election on Friday" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/28/grattan-on-friday-an-arms-race-of-promises-as-prime-minister-set-to-call-election-on-friday-251257/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: an ‘arms race’ of promises as prime minister set to call election on Friday">Read more</a>
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March 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Wesley Morgan, Research Associate, Institute for Climate Risk and Response, UNSW Sydney Opposition Leader Peter Dutton says a Coalition government would introduce a long-awaited gas reservation scheme, in a budget reply speech that puts energy policy firmly at the centre of the upcoming election campaign. On Thursday ... <a title="Dutton unveils plan to force more gas into Australian market and expand production in major pre-election pitch" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/27/dutton-unveils-plan-to-force-more-gas-into-australian-market-and-expand-production-in-major-pre-election-pitch-253228/" aria-label="Read more about Dutton unveils plan to force more gas into Australian market and expand production in major pre-election pitch">Read more</a>
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March 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Anthony Albanese is set to announce on Friday that Australians will go to the polls on May 3, after he makes an early morning visit to Governor-General Sam Mostyn. The prime minster’s timing means Thursday night’s budget reply from Opposition ... <a title="Albanese to call election on Friday as Dutton pledges fuel tax relief and national gas plan" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/27/albanese-to-call-election-on-friday-as-dutton-pledges-fuel-tax-relief-and-national-gas-plan-253241/" aria-label="Read more about Albanese to call election on Friday as Dutton pledges fuel tax relief and national gas plan">Read more</a>
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March 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Anthony Albanese is set to announce on Friday that Australians will go to the polls on May 3, after he makes an early morning visit to Governor-General Sam Mostyn. The prime minster’s timing means Thursday night’s budget reply from Opposition ... <a title="Albanese to call election on Friday as Peter Dutton announces a plan to protect gas supply for Australians" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/27/albanese-to-call-election-on-friday-as-peter-dutton-announces-a-plan-to-protect-gas-supply-for-australians-253241/" aria-label="Read more about Albanese to call election on Friday as Peter Dutton announces a plan to protect gas supply for Australians">Read more</a>
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March 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Hawkins, Senior Lecturer, Canberra School of Politics, Economics and Society, University of Canberra Daria Nipot/Shutterstock The opposition has unveiled its response to Labor’s A$17 billion “top-up” tax cuts outlined in Tuesday night’s federal budget: cheaper fuel for Australians. Opposition Leader Peter Dutton will take to the ... <a title="We calculated how much Dutton’s excise cut would save you on fuel – and few will save as much as promised" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/27/we-calculated-how-much-duttons-excise-cut-would-save-you-on-fuel-and-few-will-save-as-much-as-promised-253214/" aria-label="Read more about We calculated how much Dutton’s excise cut would save you on fuel – and few will save as much as promised">Read more</a>
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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>
