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May 21, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dan Baumgardt, Senior Lecturer, School of Physiology, Pharmacology and Neuroscience, University of Bristol He’s leapt from cliffs, clung to planes mid-takeoff and held his breath underwater for as long as professional freedivers. Now, at 62, Tom Cruise returns as Ethan Hunt for one final mission – and ... <a title="Feats of the human body behind Tom Cruise’s stunts in Mission: Impossible movies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/21/feats-of-the-human-body-behind-tom-cruises-stunts-in-mission-impossible-movies-256908/" aria-label="Read more about Feats of the human body behind Tom Cruise’s stunts in Mission: Impossible movies">Read more</a>
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May 21, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stefan Wolff, Professor of International Security, University of Birmingham After a two-hour phone call with Russian leader Vladimir Putin on May 19, US president Donald Trump took to social media to declare that Russia and Ukraine will “immediately start negotiations” towards a ceasefire and an end to ... <a title="After another call with Putin, it looks like Trump has abandoned efforts to mediate peace in Ukraine" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/21/after-another-call-with-putin-it-looks-like-trump-has-abandoned-efforts-to-mediate-peace-in-ukraine-257021/" aria-label="Read more about After another call with Putin, it looks like Trump has abandoned efforts to mediate peace in Ukraine">Read more</a>
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May 21, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Leonora Risse, Associate Professor in Economics, University of Canberra NDAB Creativity/Shutterstock After two years of publishing the gender pay gaps of Australia’s private-sector companies, the Workplace Gender Equality Agency has released public-sector employer data for the first time. The report shows a stark contrast between the private ... <a title="The public service has a much smaller gender pay gap than the private sector. It’s a big achievement" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/21/the-public-service-has-a-much-smaller-gender-pay-gap-than-the-private-sector-its-a-big-achievement-256810/" aria-label="Read more about The public service has a much smaller gender pay gap than the private sector. It’s a big achievement">Read more</a>
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May 21, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Barbara Catinella, Professor and Senior Principal Research Fellow, International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR), The University of Western Australia One of the galaxies mapped by WALLABY: the red shade shows the atomic hydrogen gas content of the galaxy, overlaid on an optical image showing the stars. ... <a title="For making stars, it’s not just how much gas a galaxy has that matters – it’s where it’s hiding" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/21/for-making-stars-its-not-just-how-much-gas-a-galaxy-has-that-matters-its-where-its-hiding-257011/" aria-label="Read more about For making stars, it’s not just how much gas a galaxy has that matters – it’s where it’s hiding">Read more</a>
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May 21, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Thomas Jeffries, Senior Lecturer in Microbiology, Western Sydney University ap-studio/Shutterstock The outbreak of the deadly “mud bug” melioidosis in north Queensland has not yet abated since it began at the start of this year. So far there have been 221 cases and 31 deaths from the disease ... <a title="The Queensland melioidosis outbreak is still growing. What’s keeping this deadly mud bug active?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/21/the-queensland-melioidosis-outbreak-is-still-growing-whats-keeping-this-deadly-mud-bug-active-256794/" aria-label="Read more about The Queensland melioidosis outbreak is still growing. What’s keeping this deadly mud bug active?">Read more</a>
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May 21, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jun Eric Fu, Senior Research Fellow, Youth Research Collective, The University of Melbourne LBeddoe/Shutterstock Australia’s school system – and whether it is doing its job – is often under the microscope from politicians, experts and parents. The most recent NAPLAN results in 2024 triggered a wave of ... <a title="‘Outdated and irrelevant’: what do young Australians think of their schooling?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/21/outdated-and-irrelevant-what-do-young-australians-think-of-their-schooling-256889/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Outdated and irrelevant’: what do young Australians think of their schooling?">Read more</a>
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May 21, 2025
ANALYSIS: By Birte Leonhardt, Folker Hanusch and Shailendra B. Singh The role of journalism in society is shaped not only by professional norms but also by deeply held cultural values. This is particularly evident in the Pacific Islands region, where journalists operate in media environments that are often small, tight-knit and embedded within traditional communities. ... <a title="Culture at the core: examining journalism values in the Pacific" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/21/culture-at-the-core-examining-journalism-values-in-the-pacific/" aria-label="Read more about Culture at the core: examining journalism values in the Pacific">Read more</a>
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May 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joshua Black, Visitor, School of History, Australian National University I remember seeing footage, several years ago, of a jubilant Malcolm Turnbull, then prime minister and Liberal leader, speaking in Tamworth to loyal members of the National Party. These were the rank and file who had spent weeks ... <a title="The band is breaking up: has the Coalition stopped making sense?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/20/the-band-is-breaking-up-has-the-coalition-stopped-making-sense-257118/" aria-label="Read more about The band is breaking up: has the Coalition stopped making sense?">Read more</a>
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May 20, 2025
ANALYSIS: By Ian Powell In February 2025, Dr Diana Sarfati resigned, not unexpectedly, as Director-General of Health after only two years into her five-year term. As a medical specialist, and in her role as developing the successful cancer control agency, she had extensive experience in New Zealand’s health system. However, she did not conform to ... <a title="Health chief ‘conductor of an orchestra who’s never played an instrument’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/20/health-chief-conductor-of-an-orchestra-whos-never-played-an-instrument/" aria-label="Read more about Health chief ‘conductor of an orchestra who’s never played an instrument’">Read more</a>
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May 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Hayward, Emeritus Professor of Public Policy, RMIT University There was not a lot of cheer in the media reporting ahead of the 2025/6 Victorian budget released on Wednesday. Debt and deficits dominated the coverage. All eyes turned to new treasurer, Jaclyn Symes, to see if in ... <a title="Victorian budget has cash to splash on health, transport but new levies, job cuts, rising debt signal pain ahead" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/20/victorian-budget-has-cash-to-splash-on-health-transport-but-new-levies-job-cuts-rising-debt-signal-pain-ahead-257013/" aria-label="Read more about Victorian budget has cash to splash on health, transport but new levies, job cuts, rising debt signal pain ahead">Read more</a>
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May 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Hawkins, Senior Lecturer, Canberra School of Politics, Economics and Society, University of Canberra Reserve Bank Governor Michele Bullock speaks at a forum during the World Bank/IMF meetings in Washington in April. Jose Luis Magana/AP The Reserve Bank of Australia cut the official interest rate for the ... <a title="RBA cuts interest rates, ready to respond again if the economy weakens further" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/20/rba-cuts-interest-rates-ready-to-respond-again-if-the-economy-weakens-further-256798/" aria-label="Read more about RBA cuts interest rates, ready to respond again if the economy weakens further">Read more</a>
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May 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Linda Botterill, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University In the weeks since the federal election, there’s been much speculation about the future of the Coalition agreement. In their soul-searching, it seemed possible the Liberals might pull the pin, given the degree of their ... <a title="The Coalition is on a break, but the Nationals risk finding their former partner doesn’t want them back" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/20/the-coalition-is-on-a-break-but-the-nationals-risk-finding-their-former-partner-doesnt-want-them-back-257117/" aria-label="Read more about The Coalition is on a break, but the Nationals risk finding their former partner doesn’t want them back">Read more</a>
