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Month: May 2025

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Fake news and the election campaign – how worried should voters be?

May 2, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrea Carson, 2024 Oxford University visiting research fellow RIJS; Professor of Political Communication., La Trobe University shutterstock JRdes/Shutterstock The spread of electoral misinformation and disinformation is undermining democracies around the world. The World Economic Forum has identified the proliferation of false content as the leading short-term global ... <a title="Fake news and the election campaign – how worried should voters be?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/02/fake-news-and-the-election-campaign-how-worried-should-voters-be-255514/" aria-label="Read more about Fake news and the election campaign – how worried should voters be?">Read more</a>

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The MMR vaccine doesn’t contain ‘aborted fetus debris’, as RFK Jr has claimed. Here’s the science

May 2, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hassan Vally, Associate Professor, Epidemiology, Deakin University Robert F. Kennedy Jr, the United States’ top public health official, recently claimed some religious groups avoid the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine because it contains “aborted fetus debris” and “DNA particles”. The US is facing its worst measles ... <a title="The MMR vaccine doesn’t contain ‘aborted fetus debris’, as RFK Jr has claimed. Here’s the science" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/02/the-mmr-vaccine-doesnt-contain-aborted-fetus-debris-as-rfk-jr-has-claimed-heres-the-science-255718/" aria-label="Read more about The MMR vaccine doesn’t contain ‘aborted fetus debris’, as RFK Jr has claimed. Here’s the science">Read more</a>

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Scientists surprised to discover mayflies and shrimp making their bodies out of ancient gas

May 2, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul McInerney, Senior Research Scientist in Ecosystem Ecology, CSIRO The native shrimp _Paratya australiensis_ was among the species found to incorporate carbon from natural gas into their bodies in the Condamine River. Chris Van Wyk/Flickr, CC BY-NC-ND What’s the currency for all life on Earth? Carbon. Every ... <a title="Scientists surprised to discover mayflies and shrimp making their bodies out of ancient gas" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/02/scientists-surprised-to-discover-mayflies-and-shrimp-making-their-bodies-out-of-ancient-gas-253334/" aria-label="Read more about Scientists surprised to discover mayflies and shrimp making their bodies out of ancient gas">Read more</a>

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Archibald Packing Room Prize goes to Abdul Abdullah for Jason Phu portrait, among broader set of bold and deeply personal works

May 2, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joanna Mendelssohn, Honorary Senior Fellow, School of Culture and Communication. Editor in Chief, Design and Art of Australia Online, The University of Melbourne Winner Packing Room Prize 2025, Abdul Abdullah ‘No mountain high enough’, oil on linen, 162.4 x 136.7cm © the artist, image © Art Gallery ... <a title="Archibald Packing Room Prize goes to Abdul Abdullah for Jason Phu portrait, among broader set of bold and deeply personal works" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/02/archibald-packing-room-prize-goes-to-abdul-abdullah-for-jason-phu-portrait-among-broader-set-of-bold-and-deeply-personal-works-253747/" aria-label="Read more about Archibald Packing Room Prize goes to Abdul Abdullah for Jason Phu portrait, among broader set of bold and deeply personal works">Read more</a>

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New Zealand condemned for failing to make ICJ humanitarian case over Gaza genocide

May 2, 2025

Asia Pacific Report The advocacy group Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa has condemned the New Zealand government fpr failing to make a humanitarian submission to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) hearings at The Hague this week into Israel blocking vital supplies entering Gaza. The ICJ’s ongoing investigation into Israeli genocide in the besieged enclave is ... <a title="New Zealand condemned for failing to make ICJ humanitarian case over Gaza genocide" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/02/new-zealand-condemned-for-failing-to-make-icj-humanitarian-case-over-gaza-genocide/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand condemned for failing to make ICJ humanitarian case over Gaza genocide">Read more</a>

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The Liberals’ women problem may seem intractable, but here’s what they could learn from the Teals

May 2, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Phoebe Hayman, PhD Candidate and Casual Academic in Politics, La Trobe University The impression of the Liberal Party as out of touch with women persists in this year’s election. The party’s “women problem” was brought into sharp focus by the backlash to its now-abandoned policy to stop ... <a title="The Liberals’ women problem may seem intractable, but here’s what they could learn from the Teals" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/02/the-liberals-women-problem-may-seem-intractable-but-heres-what-they-could-learn-from-the-teals-254058/" aria-label="Read more about The Liberals’ women problem may seem intractable, but here’s what they could learn from the Teals">Read more</a>

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This NZ law aims to give people with criminal convictions a ‘clean slate’. It’s not working

May 2, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Plum, Senior Research Fellow, Auckland University of Technology Andrey_Popov/Shutterstock If you own a business, would you be willing to hire a person who has been convicted for a crime? Give them a chance when a background check shows they have a criminal record? The answers matter ... <a title="This NZ law aims to give people with criminal convictions a ‘clean slate’. It’s not working" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/02/this-nz-law-aims-to-give-people-with-criminal-convictions-a-clean-slate-its-not-working-254687/" aria-label="Read more about This NZ law aims to give people with criminal convictions a ‘clean slate’. It’s not working">Read more</a>

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Unexpected humour and reflections on a complex past: my top 5 films from the 2025 German Film Festival

May 2, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Claudia Sandberg, Senior Lecturer, Technology in Culture and Society, The University of Melbourne Foreign audiences often associate German cinema with tragedy, trauma and death. Certainly, major historical events such as the second world war and the Fall of the Berlin Wall — cornerstones of German film — ... <a title="Unexpected humour and reflections on a complex past: my top 5 films from the 2025 German Film Festival" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/02/unexpected-humour-and-reflections-on-a-complex-past-my-top-5-films-from-the-2025-german-film-festival-254788/" aria-label="Read more about Unexpected humour and reflections on a complex past: my top 5 films from the 2025 German Film Festival">Read more</a>

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Explainer: what mental health support do refugees and asylum seekers get in Australia?

May 2, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Philippa Specker, Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Refugee Trauma and Recovery Program, School of Psychology, UNSW Sydney PeopleImages.com – Yuri A/Shutterstock When Australia signed the United Nations 1951 Refugee Convention, it committed to providing protection to people who have fled war, persecution and human rights violations. Refugees ... <a title="Explainer: what mental health support do refugees and asylum seekers get in Australia?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/02/explainer-what-mental-health-support-do-refugees-and-asylum-seekers-get-in-australia-255427/" aria-label="Read more about Explainer: what mental health support do refugees and asylum seekers get in Australia?">Read more</a>

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Dark money: Labor and Liberal join forces in attacks on Teals and Greens for Australian election

May 2, 2025

Teals and Greens are under political attack from a new pro-fossil fuel, pro-Israel astroturfing group, adding to the onslaught by far-right lobbyists Advance Australia for Australian federal election tomorrow — World Press Freedom Day. Wendy Bacon and Yaakov Aharon investigate. SPECIAL REPORT: By Wendy Bacon and Yaakov Aharon On February 12 this year, former prime ... <a title="Dark money: Labor and Liberal join forces in attacks on Teals and Greens for Australian election" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/02/dark-money-labor-and-liberal-join-forces-in-attacks-on-teals-and-greens-for-australian-election/" aria-label="Read more about Dark money: Labor and Liberal join forces in attacks on Teals and Greens for Australian election">Read more</a>

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How the US ‘war on woke’ and women risks weakening its own military capability

May 2, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bethan Greener, Associate Professor of Politics, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth during a visit with Michigan Air National Guard troops, April 29. Getty Images With US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s “proud” cancellation this week of the military’s Women, Peace ... <a title="How the US ‘war on woke’ and women risks weakening its own military capability" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/02/how-the-us-war-on-woke-and-women-risks-weakening-its-own-military-capability-255710/" aria-label="Read more about How the US ‘war on woke’ and women risks weakening its own military capability">Read more</a>