ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on September 3, 2025.
So-called ‘clutch’ athletes might be more hype than nerveless match-winners
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ger Post, Lecturer Neuroscience, PhD student collaborative reasoning, The University of Melbourne With the AFL finals approaching, discussions about the league’s clutch players – those who excel under pressure – will soon appear in the media and be debated among fans. Last year, Gold Coast captain Noah
Not all processed foods are bad for you. Here’s what you can tell from reading the label
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Clare Collins, Laureate Professor in Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Newcastle If you follow wellness content on social media or in the news, you’ve probably heard that processed food is not just unhealthy, but can cause serious harm. Eating a diet dominated by highly processed foods means
What happens if I eat too much protein?
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Margaret Murray, Senior Lecturer, Nutrition, Swinburne University of Technology lakshmiprasad S/Getty Images The hype around protein intake doesn’t seem to be going away. Social media is full of people urging you to eat more protein, including via supplements such as protein shakes. Food companies have also started
Touch reveals what eyes can’t see – so museums should embrace interactivity
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sanné Mestrom, Senior Lecturer, DECRA Fellow, Sydney College of the Arts, University of Sydney Maja Baska Photography Walk into most art galleries with children, and you’ll hear the familiar refrain “look but don’t touch”. This instruction reveals something troubling about how cultural institutions understand learning. Museums have
Chris Hedges: The betrayal of Palestinian journalists
The colleagues of these Palestinian journalists in the Western press broadcast from the border fence with Gaza decked out in flak jackets and helmets, where they have as much chance of being hit by shrapnel or a bullet as being struck by an asteroid. They scurry like lemmings to briefings by Israeli officials. They are
What are ShinyHunters, the hackers that attacked Google? Should we all be worried?
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jennifer Medbury, Lecturer in Intelligence and Security, Edith Cowan University Cyber crime group ShinyHunters has received global attention after Google urged 2.5 billion users to tighten their security following a data breach via Salesforce, a customer management platform. Unlike data breaches where hackers directly break into databases
UN chief to address PNG parliament today during ‘historic’ visit
RNZ Pacific The United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres will address Papua New Guinea’s national Parliament today. The UN chief is in Papua New Guinea on a four-day official state visit September 2-5. Prime Minister James Marape has held bilateral discussions with Guterres at his Melanesian House Office in Port Moresby yesterday. “We remain fully committed
Here’s what we know – and don’t know – about using IVF sperm donors from overseas
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Karin Hammarberg, Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, Global and Women’s Health, School of Public Health & Preventive Medicine, Monash University fitopardo/Getty Australia’s fertility sector has been rocked by yet more reports of serious errors, this time involving sperm donors from overseas. On Monday, an ABC investigation revealed a
Half a century ago, the Great Barrier Reef was to be drilled for oil. It was saved – for a time
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rohan Lloyd, Lecturer in Science and Society, James Cook University Peter Harrison/Getty At the end of the 1960s, there was every expectation the Great Barrier Reef would be drilled for oil. The first gas well had been drilled in Victoria’s Bass Strait in 1965 and oil was
Some unis are moving away from in-person lectures. Here’s why that’s not such a bad thing
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alice Brown, Associate Professor, School of Education, University of Southern Queensland Maskot/Getty Images Students have been protesting to keep in-person lectures at the newly amalgamated Adelaide University next year. University representatives say Adelaide University will not remove face-to-face lectures but “rework” the traditional format in line with
Underuse of migrants’ skills is costing us billions. Discrimination often starts at the job interview
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Melissa Parris, Senior Lecturer, Deakin Business School, Deakin University David Gray/AFP via Getty Images Pathways to resolving Australia’s skills shortage were a key discussion point at the government’s recent economic reform roundtable. One of those discussions specifically focused on the need to streamline skills recognition for qualified
YouTube’s AI editing scandal reveals how reality can be manipulated without our consent
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Timothy Koskie, Postdoctoral Researcher, School of Media and Communications, University of Sydney ThisIsEngineering/Pexels Disclosure, consent and platform power have become newly invigorated battlefields with the rise of AI. The issue came to the fore recently with YouTube’s controversial decision to use AI-powered tools to “unblur, denoise and
Third time lucky for a 4-year parliamentary term? A lack of checks and balances is still the problem
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Grant Duncan, Visiting Scholar in Politics, School of Policy and Global Affairs, City St George’s, University of London Getty Images If history is a guide, any future referendum on extending the parliamentary term to four years will be rejected by New Zealanders. Two previous referendums, in 1967
How Australia’s anti-immigration rallies were amplified online by the global far right
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Callum Jones, Associate research fellow, Deakin University Over the weekend, rallies were staged across various Australian cities under the branding “March for Australia”. The rallies, which were attended by avowed neo-Nazis and elected politicians alike, called for an end to mass migration. These protests are not unique
Russia’s GPS interference: do I need to worry when flying?
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lucia McCallum, Senior Scientist in Geodesy, University of Tasmania Gints Ivuskans / AFP via Getty Images On Sunday, a plane carrying European Union chief Ursula von der Leyen was reportedly forced to land in Bulgaria using paper maps after its GPS navigation systems were jammed. Bulgarian authorities
Albanese government sets unchanged 185,000 intake under permanent migration program
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The government will keep the permanent migration level for 2025-26 at 185,000, the same level as the previous financial year. Immigration Minister Tony Burke announced the figure amid a fresh divisive debate about immigration, intensified by the weekend marches calling
Long-hidden methane leak in Darwin raises fresh doubts over Australia’s climate action
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Melissa Haswell, Professor of Health, Safety and Environment, School of Public Health and Social Work, Queensland University of Technology Environment groups have called for federal intervention following revelations an LNG export hub in Darwin has emitted large volumes of methane from an LNG storage tank since 2006.
Donald Trump was once India’s best friend. How did it all go wrong?
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Hall, Professor of International Relations, Griffith University Just months into President Donald Trump’s second term in office, one of the United States’ most important strategic partnerships is in crisis. Relations between the US and India are at their lowest ebb in a quarter of a century.
Neo-Nazis and racist rallies: why it’s important the Australian media call them for what they are
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Denis Muller, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism, The University of Melbourne If there was any doubt about neo-Nazi leader Thomas Sewell’s racist and anti-democratic attitudes, they were dispelled on the morning of September 2 when he gatecrashed a press conference by Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan
A warm, wet spring means more mozzies. How to protect yourself from the diseases they spread
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cameron Webb, Clinical Associate Professor, School of Medical Science & Sydney Infectious Diseases Institute; Principal Hospital Scientist, University of Sydney Mosquito bites are annoying. They can also have deadly consequences. So what diseases do mosquitoes in Australia carry? And with warmer weather on its way and rain
