CoveragePost
April 16, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Duckett, Honorary Enterprise Professor, School of Population and Global Health, and Department of General Practice and Primary Care, The University of Melbourne Worrying signs are emerging about aspects of Australia’s health system, which will require the attention of whoever wins the May election. Despite big money ... <a title="More bulk billing is fine. But what the health system really needs this election is genuine reform" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/16/more-bulk-billing-is-fine-but-what-the-health-system-really-needs-this-election-is-genuine-reform-250644/" aria-label="Read more about More bulk billing is fine. But what the health system really needs this election is genuine reform">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
April 16, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Mills, Honorary Senior Lecturer, School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Sydney More than two weeks in, we know one thing for sure. This time, the election campaign does matter. In decades past, when voters were more loyally rusted on to the major parties, news ... <a title="Half way through the campaign, how are the major party leaders faring?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/16/half-way-through-the-campaign-how-are-the-major-party-leaders-faring-254387/" aria-label="Read more about Half way through the campaign, how are the major party leaders faring?">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
April 16, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anam Bilgrami, Senior Research Fellow, Macquarie University Centre for the Health Economy, Macquarie University On his campaign trail, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese pledged A$200 million to upgrade St John of God Midland Public Hospital in Perth. He promised more beds and operating theatres, and a redesigned obstetrics ... <a title="Safe seat syndrome? Why some hospitals get upgrades and others miss out" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/16/safe-seat-syndrome-why-some-hospitals-get-upgrades-and-others-miss-out-253750/" aria-label="Read more about Safe seat syndrome? Why some hospitals get upgrades and others miss out">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
April 16, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hannah Thomas, PhD candidate in Environmental Policy, The University of Queensland Cynthia A Jackson, Shutterstock Queensland is widely known as the land clearing capital of Australia. But what’s not so well known is many of the cleared trees can grow back naturally. The latest state government figures ... <a title="Allowing forests to regrow and regenerate is a great way to restore habitat" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/16/allowing-forests-to-regrow-and-regenerate-is-a-great-way-to-restore-habitat-254325/" aria-label="Read more about Allowing forests to regrow and regenerate is a great way to restore habitat">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
April 16, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kat Bolstad, Associate professor, Auckland University of Technology The colossal squid was first described in 1925 based on specimens from the stomach of a commercially hunted sperm whale. A century later, an international voyage captured the first confirmed video of this species in its natural habitat – ... <a title="A century after its discovery, scientists capture first confirmed footage of a colossal squid in the deep" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/16/a-century-after-its-discovery-scientists-capture-first-confirmed-footage-of-a-colossal-squid-in-the-deep-254584/" aria-label="Read more about A century after its discovery, scientists capture first confirmed footage of a colossal squid in the deep">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
April 16, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate E. Williams, Professor of Education, University of the Sunshine Coast MalikNalik/ Shutterstock Many teachers and parents know neuroscience, the study of how the brain functions and develops, is important for children’s education. Brain development is recommended as part of teacher education in universities. Neuroscience is even ... <a title="Students are neither left or right brained: how some early childhood educators get this ‘neuromyth’ and others wrong" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/16/students-are-neither-left-or-right-brained-how-some-early-childhood-educators-get-this-neuromyth-and-others-wrong-248888/" aria-label="Read more about Students are neither left or right brained: how some early childhood educators get this ‘neuromyth’ and others wrong">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
April 16, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Darius von Guttner Sporzynski, Historian, Australian Catholic University Jasmine Waheed/Unsplash Hot cross buns aren’t just a sweet snack that appears around Easter. They carry centuries of storytelling in their dough. From ancient gods to modern supermarkets, these sticky spiced buns have crossed many borders and beliefs. Today, ... <a title="Pagan loaves, Christian bread, a secular treat: a brief history of hot cross buns" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/16/pagan-loaves-christian-bread-a-secular-treat-a-brief-history-of-hot-cross-buns-246782/" aria-label="Read more about Pagan loaves, Christian bread, a secular treat: a brief history of hot cross buns">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
April 16, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Niven Winchester, Professor of Economics, Auckland University of Technology Getty Images Forecasting the potential impact of Donald Trump’s turbulent tariff policies is a fraught business – and fraught for business. The United States president has changed, paused and exempted various categories of goods so often, the only ... <a title="US-China trade war leaves NZ worse off, but still well placed to weather the storm – new modelling" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/16/us-china-trade-war-leaves-nz-worse-off-but-still-well-placed-to-weather-the-storm-new-modelling-254469/" aria-label="Read more about US-China trade war leaves NZ worse off, but still well placed to weather the storm – new modelling">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
April 16, 2025
By Koroi Hawkins, RNZ Pacific editor Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape has survived a motion of no confidence against him in Parliament. During the proceedings, livestreamed on EMTV, Speaker Job Pomat announced the results of the vote as 16 votes in favour and 89 against. In moving the motion, the member for Abau, ... <a title="PNG’s ‘chief servant’ James Marape defeats no-confidence vote" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/16/pngs-chief-servant-james-marape-defeats-no-confidence-vote/" aria-label="Read more about PNG’s ‘chief servant’ James Marape defeats no-confidence vote">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
April 15, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew Sussex, Associate Professor (Adj), Griffith Asia Institute; and Fellow, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University A news report that Russia has sought to base long-range aircraft in Indonesia caught Australia’s political leaders by surprise during an already hectic election campaign. The military publication Janes ... <a title="Does Russia have military interest in Indonesia? Here’s what we know – and why Australia would be concerned" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/15/does-russia-have-military-interest-in-indonesia-heres-what-we-know-and-why-australia-would-be-concerned-254601/" aria-label="Read more about Does Russia have military interest in Indonesia? Here’s what we know – and why Australia would be concerned">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
April 15, 2025
Asia Pacific Report Former US President Barack Obama has taken to social media to praise Harvard’s decision to stand up for academic freedom by rebuffing the Trump administration’s demands. “Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions — rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking concrete steps to make ... <a title="Obama praises Harvard for ‘setting example’ to universities resisting Trump" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/15/obama-praises-harvard-for-setting-example-to-universities-resisting-trump/" aria-label="Read more about Obama praises Harvard for ‘setting example’ to universities resisting Trump">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
April 15, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra For a few hours on Tuesday afternoon, it seemed just possible the Russians might be sending their planes to a base very near us. A claim on the military and intelligence site Janes that said the Russians were seeking to ... <a title="Election Diary: for a few hours, it seemed possible the Russians might be coming" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/15/election-diary-for-a-few-hours-it-seemed-possible-the-russians-might-be-coming-254604/" aria-label="Read more about Election Diary: for a few hours, it seemed possible the Russians might be coming">Read more</a>
