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April 8, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gary Mortimer, Professor of Marketing and Consumer Behaviour, Queensland University of Technology Zigres/Shutterstock About 14% of Australians experienced personal fraud last year. Of these, 2.1 million experienced credit card fraud, 675,300 were caught in a scam, 255,000 had their identities stolen and 433,000 were impersonated online. According ... <a title="3.5 million Australians experienced fraud last year. This could be avoided through 6 simple steps" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/08/3-5-million-australians-experienced-fraud-last-year-this-could-be-avoided-through-6-simple-steps-253623/" aria-label="Read more about 3.5 million Australians experienced fraud last year. This could be avoided through 6 simple steps">Read more</a>
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April 8, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emma Knowles, Lecturer, Western Civilisation Program, Australian Catholic University Getty The New York Times Connections game asks players to categorise 16 words into four groups of four. For example, in one collection of 16, a category included “blow”, “cat”, “gold” and “sword”: these are all words that ... <a title="What do medieval puzzles and the New York Times Connections have in common?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/08/what-do-medieval-puzzles-and-the-new-york-times-connections-have-in-common-250155/" aria-label="Read more about What do medieval puzzles and the New York Times Connections have in common?">Read more</a>
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April 8, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ritesh Chugh, Associate Professor, Information and Communications Technology, CQUniversity Australia berdiyandriy/Shutterstock You’re about to recycle your laptop or your phone, so you delete all your photos and personal files. Maybe you even reset the device to factory settings. You probably think your sensitive data is now safe. ... <a title="Selling your old laptop or phone? You might be handing over your data too" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/08/selling-your-old-laptop-or-phone-you-might-be-handing-over-your-data-too-251613/" aria-label="Read more about Selling your old laptop or phone? You might be handing over your data too">Read more</a>
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April 8, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rebecca Strating, Director, La Trobe Asia, and Professor of International Relations, La Trobe University Much of the world is finding out it’s a very difficult time to be a friend and ally of the United States. That includes the major parties vying for power at the May ... <a title="Donald Trump has gatecrashed the federal election. It’s creating huge challenges for Australia’s next government" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/08/donald-trump-has-gatecrashed-the-federal-election-its-creating-huge-challenges-for-australias-next-government-251912/" aria-label="Read more about Donald Trump has gatecrashed the federal election. It’s creating huge challenges for Australia’s next government">Read more</a>
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April 8, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Amid the chaos of the tariff crisis and the dark clouds internationally, there is a potential silver lining for Australian mortgage holders. Treasurer Jim Chalmers on Monday pointed out that the markets were expecting several cuts in Australia’s interest rates ... <a title="Election Diary: Jim Chalmers highlights expectations of May interest rate cut – after the election" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/08/election-diary-jim-chalmers-highlights-expectations-of-may-interest-rate-cut-after-the-election-253733/" aria-label="Read more about Election Diary: Jim Chalmers highlights expectations of May interest rate cut – after the election">Read more</a>
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April 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chen Zhao, ARC DECRA Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania LouieLea, Shutterstock One of the biggest challenges in predicting Antarctica’s deeply uncertain future is understanding exactly what’s driving its ice loss. A vast network of lakes and streams lies beneath the ... <a title="Antarctica’s hidden threat: meltwater under the ice sheet amplifies sea-level rise" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/07/antarcticas-hidden-threat-meltwater-under-the-ice-sheet-amplifies-sea-level-rise-250780/" aria-label="Read more about Antarctica’s hidden threat: meltwater under the ice sheet amplifies sea-level rise">Read more</a>
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April 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Griffin, Professor, Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, The University of Queensland Tijana Simic/Shutterstock Australians are being urged to roll up their sleeves for a flu vaccine amid rising cases of influenza. It’s an opportune time to think about other vaccines too, particularly because some vaccines can be ... <a title="Do I need another COVID booster? Which one should I choose? Can I get it with my flu shot?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/07/do-i-need-another-covid-booster-which-one-should-i-choose-can-i-get-it-with-my-flu-shot-252914/" aria-label="Read more about Do I need another COVID booster? Which one should I choose? Can I get it with my flu shot?">Read more</a>
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April 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Luke Hartigan, Lecturer in Economics, University of Sydney Financial markets around the world have been slammed by the Trump adminstration’s sweeping tariffs on its trading partners, and China’s swift retaliation. Share markets have posted their biggest declines since the COVID pandemic hit in 2020, as fears of ... <a title="Financial markets are tanking. Here’s why it’s best not to panic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/07/financial-markets-are-tanking-heres-why-its-best-not-to-panic-253929/" aria-label="Read more about Financial markets are tanking. Here’s why it’s best not to panic">Read more</a>
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April 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Percy, Professor of International Relations, The University of Queensland Australia faces crisis-level workforce shortfalls in security and defence. Recruiting more people to the defence force is now an urgent matter of national security. So, comments – such as those recently made by a Liberal candidate that ... <a title="Without women, Australia’s defence force will struggle to recruit enough people" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/07/without-women-australias-defence-force-will-struggle-to-recruit-enough-people-253844/" aria-label="Read more about Without women, Australia’s defence force will struggle to recruit enough people">Read more</a>
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April 7, 2025
RNZ Pacific Autonomous Bougainville Government President Ishmael Toroama has condemned the circulation of an artificial intelligence (AI)-generated video depicting a physical confrontation between him and Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape. The clip, first shared on Facebook last week, is generated from the above picture of Toroama and Marape taken at a news conference ... <a title="Bougainville president condemns ‘dangerous’ AI-generated fake video of scuffle with Marape" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/07/bougainville-president-condemns-dangerous-ai-generated-fake-video-of-scuffle-with-marape/" aria-label="Read more about Bougainville president condemns ‘dangerous’ AI-generated fake video of scuffle with Marape">Read more</a>
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April 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rohan Best, Senior Lecturer, Department of Economics, Macquarie University NOWRA photography/Shutterstock Over the weekend, Labor promised to subsidise home batteries by 30%. This would save about A$4,000 per household up front for an average battery. The scheme has a goal of one million batteries by 2030, costing ... <a title="Batteries for all, not just the rich? Labor’s home battery plan must be properly targeted to be fair" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/07/batteries-for-all-not-just-the-rich-labors-home-battery-plan-must-be-properly-targeted-to-be-fair-253445/" aria-label="Read more about Batteries for all, not just the rich? Labor’s home battery plan must be properly targeted to be fair">Read more</a>
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April 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexandra James, Research Fellow, Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University News feeds have been flooded with reactions to Adolescence, Netflix’s newest viral hit. Released in March, the limited series racked up over 66 million views in just two weeks, making it the ... <a title="What our reaction to Adolescence tells us about our fear of boys, sex and the internet" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/07/what-our-reaction-to-adolescence-tells-us-about-our-fear-of-boys-sex-and-the-internet-253746/" aria-label="Read more about What our reaction to Adolescence tells us about our fear of boys, sex and the internet">Read more</a>
