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April 9, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Wanning Sun, Professor of Media and Cultural Studies, University of Technology Sydney Chinese-Australian voters were pivotal to Labor’s win in the 2022 election, with the swing against the Liberals in several key marginal seats almost twice that of other seats. Many traditionally pro-business Liberal supporters switched sides ... <a title="Chinese-Australian voters were key to Labor’s win in 2022. Are some now swinging back to the Liberals?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/09/chinese-australian-voters-were-key-to-labors-win-in-2022-are-some-now-swinging-back-to-the-liberals-254052/" aria-label="Read more about Chinese-Australian voters were key to Labor’s win in 2022. Are some now swinging back to the Liberals?">Read more</a>
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April 9, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joel Anderson, Associate Professor in LGBTIQA+ Psychology, La Trobe University Pixel-Shot/Shutterstock From The Bachelor to Married at First Sight, reality TV sells us the idea that one perfect partner will complete us. The formula is familiar: find “the one,” lock it down and live happily ever after. ... <a title="The ‘monogamy superiority myth’: new research suggests unconventional relationships are just as satisfying" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/09/the-monogamy-superiority-myth-new-research-suggests-unconventional-relationships-are-just-as-satisfying-253443/" aria-label="Read more about The ‘monogamy superiority myth’: new research suggests unconventional relationships are just as satisfying">Read more</a>
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April 9, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mathew Doidge, Senior Research Fellow, National Centre for Research on Europe, University of Canterbury Getty Images It’s unlikely many New Zealanders paid close attention to Foreign Minister Winston Peters’ statement late last year that “New Zealand and Germany are committed to enhancing their partnership”. Peters had been ... <a title="‘Germany is back’: 3 ways NZ can benefit from Europe’s renewed centre of power" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/09/germany-is-back-3ways-nz-can-benefit-from-europes-renewed-centre-of-power-253926/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Germany is back’: 3 ways NZ can benefit from Europe’s renewed centre of power">Read more</a>
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April 9, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Susan Stone, Credit Union SA Chair of Economics, University of South Australia Shutterstock The past week has seen the United States single-handedly rewrite the underlying paradigm for global trade. And while it is fair to say that the methods are extreme, the underlying goal of the policy ... <a title="Bringing manufacturing back from overseas isn’t an easy solution to Trump’s trade war" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/09/bringing-manufacturing-back-from-overseas-isnt-an-easy-solution-to-trumps-trade-war-253744/" aria-label="Read more about Bringing manufacturing back from overseas isn’t an easy solution to Trump’s trade war">Read more</a>
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April 9, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vincent Tran, Academic Tutor at Swinburne University of Technology, Swinburne University of Technology Since Iron Man hit the big screen in 2008, the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) has made more than US$30 billion, from films to series, to merchandise and comics. As scholars and the press have ... <a title="How to build a cinematic universe: the secret to Marvel’s enormous success among a history of failures" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/09/how-to-build-a-cinematic-universe-the-secret-to-marvels-enormous-success-among-a-history-of-failures-250510/" aria-label="Read more about How to build a cinematic universe: the secret to Marvel’s enormous success among a history of failures">Read more</a>
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April 9, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Zena Assaad, Senior Lecturer, School of Engineering, Australian National University Hanna Barakat & Cambridge Diversity Fund/Better Images of AI, CC BY-SA There have been several headlines over the past week about an AI chatbot officially passing the Turing test. These news reports are based on a recent ... <a title="ChatGPT just passed the Turing test. But that doesn’t mean AI is now as smart as humans" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/09/chatgpt-just-passed-the-turing-test-but-that-doesnt-mean-ai-is-now-as-smart-as-humans-253946/" aria-label="Read more about ChatGPT just passed the Turing test. But that doesn’t mean AI is now as smart as humans">Read more</a>
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April 9, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Cull, Associate professor, Western Sydney University Secure and affordable housing is a fundamental human right for all Australians. Therefore, it is unsurprising the election campaign is being played out against a backdrop of heightened voter anxiety about rental stress and housing affordability. A growing number of ... <a title="A grab bag of campaign housing policies. But will they fix the affordability crisis beyond the election?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/09/a-grab-bag-of-campaign-housing-policies-but-will-they-fix-the-affordability-crisis-beyond-the-election-252185/" aria-label="Read more about A grab bag of campaign housing policies. But will they fix the affordability crisis beyond the election?">Read more</a>
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April 9, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jon Wardle, Professor of Public Health, Southern Cross University Rui Dias/Pexels Private health insurers may soon be able to offer rebates for seven complementary therapies previously prohibited. This includes some movement therapies – Pilates, yoga, tai chi and Alexander technique, which teaches body awareness and posture – ... <a title="These complementary therapies may soon be eligible for private health insurance rebates" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/09/these-complementary-therapies-may-soon-be-eligible-for-private-health-insurance-rebates-253841/" aria-label="Read more about These complementary therapies may soon be eligible for private health insurance rebates">Read more</a>
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April 9, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Grant Duncan, Teaching Fellow in Politics and International Relations, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Getty Images Winston Peters turns a venerable 80 on April 11, but he showed no sign of retiring as New Zealand’s archetypal populist during his recent state of the nation speech. He ... <a title="Winston Peters at 80: the populist’s populist clocks up 50 years of political comebacks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/09/winston-peters-at-80-the-populists-populist-clocks-up-50-years-of-political-comebacks-253322/" aria-label="Read more about Winston Peters at 80: the populist’s populist clocks up 50 years of political comebacks">Read more</a>
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April 9, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kaitlyn DeGhetto, Associate Professor of Management, University of Dayton To attract business investment, American cities and states offer companies billions of dollars in incentives, such as tax credits. As the theory goes, when governments create a business-friendly environment, it encourages investment, leading to job creation and economic ... <a title="Cities that want to attract business might want to focus less on financial incentives and more on making people feel safe" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/09/cities-that-want-to-attract-business-might-want-to-focus-less-on-financial-incentives-and-more-on-making-people-feel-safe-250247/" aria-label="Read more about Cities that want to attract business might want to focus less on financial incentives and more on making people feel safe">Read more</a>
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April 9, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The election’s first debate, on Sky News on Tuesday night, was disappointingly dull. Viewers who’d been following the campaign would have learned little. There was minimal spontaneity. Among the 100 undecided voters in the room, 44 said Anthony Albanese won, ... <a title="Election Diary: The election’s first debate was disaster-free but passion-free too" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/09/election-diary-the-elections-first-debate-was-disaster-free-but-passion-free-too-183208/" aria-label="Read more about Election Diary: The election’s first debate was disaster-free but passion-free too">Read more</a>
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April 9, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Corey J. A. Bradshaw, Matthew Flinders Professor of Global Ecology and Node Leader in the ARC Centre of Excellence for Indigenous and Environmental Histories and Futures, Flinders University A coral ‘rope’ nursery in the Maldives Luca Saponari/University of Milan, CC BY-ND Coral reefs are much more than ... <a title="Reality check: coral restoration won’t save the world’s reefs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/09/reality-check-coral-restoration-wont-save-the-worlds-reefs-251055/" aria-label="Read more about Reality check: coral restoration won’t save the world’s reefs">Read more</a>
