ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on September 10, 2025.
‘Fortress stores’ can fight theft – but is it how we want to shop?
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Townsley, Professor, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Griffith University “Fortress stores” with security-tagged chicken and steaks in wire security cages. GPS-tracked jars of instant coffee. Everything from toothpaste and deodorant to face creams, locked inside display cases, with buttons to call for staff. While those
Could Labor’s super tax reforms be headed for a makeover? Here’s how a redesign might work
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Natalie Peng, Lecturer in Accounting, The University of Queensland Late last week, citing anonymous sources, the Australian Financial Review reported the federal government was considering delaying and possibly overhauling its plan to impose a higher tax on superannuation balances above $3 million. The federal government has not
At Primavera 2025, young Australian artists consider making art in the age of commodities
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sara Oscar, Senior Lecturer, Visual Communication, School of Design, University of Technology Sydney Alexandra Peters, The Infinite Image (detail), Defenestration (Autoantibodies), acrylic and water-based ink with screen-print medium and paste on leatherette and Leg Over Leg V, commercial carpet, 2025, installation view, Primavera 2025: Young Australian Artists,
Can you say no to your doctor using an AI scribe?
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Saeed Akhlaghpour, Associate Professor of Business Information Systems, The University of Queensland Fly View Productions/Getty Doctors’ offices were once private. But increasingly, artificial intelligence (AI) scribes (also known as digital scribes) are listening in. These tools can record and transcribe the conversation between doctor and patient, and
Politicians love comparing NZ’s economy to Singapore or Ireland – but it’s simplistic and misleading
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Angus Dowell, PhD Candidate, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Canva, The Conversation, CC BY-NC Unveiling Amazon Web Services’ long-awaited NZ$7.5 billion “cloud region” – a cluster of local data centres – Prime Minister Christopher Luxon specifically referenced Ireland and Singapore as “two economies we often look
High-tech plans to save polar ice will fail, new research finds
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Steven Chown, Director, Securing Antarctica’s Environmental Future and Professor of Biological Sciences, Monash University Derek Oyen/Unsplash Our planet continues to warm because of greenhouse gas emissions from human activities. The polar regions are especially vulnerable to this warming. Sea ice extent is already declining in both the
Just 6% of mass murders are by women. Here’s how, when and why they kill
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Xanthe Mallett, Criminologist, CQUniversity Australia The world has been transfixed by the case of Erin Patterson: the Australian woman convicted of mass murder, having brutally killed three members of her family using death cap mushrooms, as well as the attempted murder of a fourth. While Australia doesn’t
View from The Hill: Should Sussan Ley extend the apology to Indian community that Jacinta Price refuses to give?
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Sussan Ley’s difficulties in dealing with the Jacinta Nampijinpa Price affair have widened, amid signs it could be weaponised by her factional enemies. Victorian Liberal senator Sarah Henderson on Tuesday backed the embattled Price, including over her attack on Ley’s
There’s a new vaccine for pneumococcal disease in Australia. Here’s what to know
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christopher Blyth, Paediatrician, Infectious Diseases Physician and Clinical Microbiologist, The Kids Research Institute Australia, The University of Western Australia The Australian government announced last week there’s a new vaccine for pneumococcal disease on the National Immunisation Program for all children. This vaccine replaces previously listed pneumococcal vaccines,
Murdoch resolves succession drama – a win for Lachlan; a loss for public interest journalism
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Dodd, Professor of Journalism, Director of the Centre for Advancing Journalism, The University of Melbourne Rupert Murdoch has succeeded in securing his vision for the future of News Corporation, the global media empire he has always thought of as his family business. To achieve this, he
Koalas are running out of time. Will a $140 million national park save them?
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christine Hosking, Conservation Planner/Researcher, The University of Queensland In a historic move, the New South Wales government has announced a Great Koala National Park will be established on the state’s Mid North Coast, in a bid to protect vital koala habitat and stop the species’ sharp decline.
My knee is clicking. Should I be worried? Am I getting arthritis?
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jamon Couch, Lecturer, Department of Microbiology, Anatomy, Physiology & Pharmacology, and PhD Candidate, La Trobe University It’s a quiet morning. You lace up your shoes, step outside and begin a brisk morning stroll. But as you take those first few steps, there it is, a faint grinding
Congratulations, Get Rich! is a glittering ghost story where emotion is lost to theatrics
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Cantrell, Senior Lecturer, Writing, Editing and Publishing, University of Southern Queensland Stephen Henry Merlynn Tong’s new play, Congratulations, Get Rich!, bursts onto stage with all the colour and flair you’d expect from a work set in a struggling Singaporean-style karaoke bar. Currently playing at Brisbane’s La
Actually, AI is a ‘word calculator’ – but not in the sense you might think
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Eldin Milak, Lecturer, School of Media, Creative Arts and Social Inquiry, Curtin University Srihari Kapu/Unsplash Attempts at communicating what generative artificial intelligence (AI) is and what it does have produced a range of metaphors and analogies. From a “black box” to “autocomplete on steroids”, a “parrot”, and
As storms become more extreme, it’s time to rethink how we design roofs
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Shubham Tiwari, PhD Candidate in Civil Engineering, University of Waikato Getty Images As extreme wind events are becoming more intense across New Zealand and the Pacific, roofs are often the first point of failure. But they remain one of the most overlooked elements in discussions about resilience
ER Report: A Roundup of Significant Articles on EveningReport.nz for September 9, 2025
ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on September 9, 2025.
