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May 1, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Griffiths, Democracy Deputy Program Director, Grattan Institute Taras Vyshnya/Shutterstock At the last federal election, the then opposition leader Anthony Albanese pledged to “change the way politics operates in this country”. Integrity was a key issue in 2022, and Australians voted for a change of government and ... <a title="3 years on from the ‘integrity’ election, how is Australia tracking on corruption reforms?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/01/3-years-on-from-the-integrity-election-how-is-australia-tracking-on-corruption-reforms-255635/" aria-label="Read more about 3 years on from the ‘integrity’ election, how is Australia tracking on corruption reforms?">Read more</a>
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May 1, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Farrugia, ARC Future Fellow, School of Education, Deakin University PeopleImages.com – Yuri A/Shutterstock Is a “side hustle” really the only thing separating you from the life you desire? Listening to some influencers on social media could certainly have you thinking so. Side hustles encompass a range ... <a title="Are side hustles really a way to escape the rat race, or just passion projects for a privileged few?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/01/are-side-hustles-really-a-way-to-escape-the-rat-race-or-just-passion-projects-for-a-privileged-few-255002/" aria-label="Read more about Are side hustles really a way to escape the rat race, or just passion projects for a privileged few?">Read more</a>
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May 1, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexa Scarlata, Lecturer, Digital Communication, RMIT University Disney+/Prime/Netflix/Paramount+/The Conversation It’s May! Where did the year go? It must be all the amazing TV we’re watching that’s making the time whiz by. This month’s lineup of expert picks is packed with standout shows across all genres. Whether you’re ... <a title="Feuding mob families, mind control and a murder at the White House: what to watch in May" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/01/feuding-mob-families-mind-control-and-a-murder-at-the-white-house-what-to-watch-in-may-255222/" aria-label="Read more about Feuding mob families, mind control and a murder at the White House: what to watch in May">Read more</a>
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May 1, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tim Bayne, Professor of Philosophy, Monash University cdd20 / Unsplash “Theories are like toothbrushes,” it’s sometimes said. “Everybody has their own and nobody wants to use anybody else’s.” It’s a joke, but when it comes to the study of consciousness – the question of how we have ... <a title="How does consciousness work? Duelling scientists tested two big theories but found no winner" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/01/how-does-consciousness-work-duelling-scientists-tested-two-big-theories-but-found-no-winner-255610/" aria-label="Read more about How does consciousness work? Duelling scientists tested two big theories but found no winner">Read more</a>
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May 1, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicholas Biddle, Professor of Economics and Public Policy, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University Minority governments have been part of Australia’s political history since Federation. In the country’s early decades, Prime Ministers Edmund Barton, Alfred Deakin, Chris Watson, George Reid and Andrew Fisher ... <a title="Australians are warming to minority governments – but they still prefer majority rule" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/01/australians-are-warming-to-minority-governments-but-they-still-prefer-majority-rule-255416/" aria-label="Read more about Australians are warming to minority governments – but they still prefer majority rule">Read more</a>
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May 1, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emma Shortis, Adjunct Senior Fellow, School of Global, Urban and Social Studies, RMIT University Donald Trump is everywhere, inescapable. His return to power in the United States was always going to have some impact on the Australian federal election. The question was how disruptive he would be. ... <a title="Donald Trump has cast a long shadow over the Australian election. Will it prove decisive?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/01/donald-trump-has-cast-a-long-shadow-over-the-australian-election-will-it-prove-decisive-255422/" aria-label="Read more about Donald Trump has cast a long shadow over the Australian election. Will it prove decisive?">Read more</a>
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May 1, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bronwyn Isaacs, Lecturer, Anthropology, University of Waikato Laurence Dutton/Getty Images Seeing is no longer believing in the age of images and videos generated by artificial intelligence (AI), and this is having an impact on elections in New Zealand and elsewhere. Ahead of the 2025 local body elections, ... <a title="Playing politics with AI: why NZ needs rules on the use of ‘fake’ images in election campaigns" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/01/playing-politics-with-ai-why-nz-needs-rules-on-the-use-of-fake-images-in-election-campaigns-255415/" aria-label="Read more about Playing politics with AI: why NZ needs rules on the use of ‘fake’ images in election campaigns">Read more</a>
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May 1, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hassan Vally, Associate Professor, Epidemiology, Deakin University Surface/Unsplash When it comes to our health, we’re constantly being warned about being taken in by misinformation. Yet for most of us what we believe ultimately comes down to who we trust, including which “experts” we trust. The problem is ... <a title="When it comes to health information, who should you trust? 4 ways to spot a dodgy ‘expert’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/01/when-it-comes-to-health-information-who-should-you-trust-4-ways-to-spot-a-dodgy-expert-253437/" aria-label="Read more about When it comes to health information, who should you trust? 4 ways to spot a dodgy ‘expert’">Read more</a>
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May 1, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amal Elawady, Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Florida International University A downburst blasts Bangkok, Thailand, in 2017. Natapat Ariyamongkol/iStock/Getty Images Plus From a distance, a downburst can look like a torrent of heavy rain. But at ground level, its behavior can be far more destructive. ... <a title="What is a downburst? These winds can be as destructive as tornadoes − we recreate them to test building designs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/01/what-is-a-downburst-these-winds-can-be-as-destructive-as-tornadoes-we-recreate-them-to-test-building-designs-254931/" aria-label="Read more about What is a downburst? These winds can be as destructive as tornadoes − we recreate them to test building designs">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2025
COMMENTARY: By Alexandra Wake Despite all the political machinations and hate towards the media coming from the president of the United States, I always thought the majority of Australian politicians supported the role of the press in safeguarding democracy. And I certainly did not expect Peter Dutton — amid an election campaign, one with citizens ... <a title="Amid Dutton’s ‘hate media’ and Trump’s despotism, press freedom is more vital than ever" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/30/amid-duttons-hate-media-and-trumps-despotism-press-freedom-is-more-vital-than-ever/" aria-label="Read more about Amid Dutton’s ‘hate media’ and Trump’s despotism, press freedom is more vital than ever">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra It used to be de rigueur for the prime minister and opposition leader to turn up to the National Press Club in the final week of the election campaign. But now Liberal leaders are not so keen. Scott Morrison gave ... <a title="Election Diary: post-election rate cut and phone call from Trump in the pipeline" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/30/election-diary-post-election-rate-cut-and-phone-call-from-trump-in-the-pipeline-255615/" aria-label="Read more about Election Diary: post-election rate cut and phone call from Trump in the pipeline">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2025
Broadcasting Standards Authority New Zealand’s Broadcasting Standards Authority (BSA) has upheld complaints about two 1News reports relating to violence around a football match in Amsterdam between local team Ajax and Israel’s Maccabi Tel Aviv. The authority found an item on “antisemitic violence” surrounding the match, and another on heightened security in Paris the following week, ... <a title="Inaccurate 1News reporting on football violence breached broadcasting standards, rules BSA" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/30/inaccurate-1news-reporting-on-football-violence-breached-broadcasting-standards-rules-bsa/" aria-label="Read more about Inaccurate 1News reporting on football violence breached broadcasting standards, rules BSA">Read more</a>
