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September 30, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Elizabeth Macpherson, Professor of Law and Rutherford Discovery Fellow, University of Canterbury Getty Images The ratification by more than 60 states, the minimum required to turn the Agreement on Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction (better known as the High Seas Treaty) into law, means it will enter into ... <a title="74 countries have now ratified a landmark treaty to protect the high seas. Why hasn’t NZ?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/30/74-countries-have-now-ratified-a-landmark-treaty-to-protect-the-high-seas-why-hasnt-nz-265846/" aria-label="Read more about 74 countries have now ratified a landmark treaty to protect the high seas. Why hasn’t NZ?">Read more</a>
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September 30, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Martin Jucker, Senior Lecturer in Atmospheric Science, Climate Change Research Centre, UNSW Sydney Jeremy Stewardson/Getty Right now, cold air high above Antarctica is up to 35ºC warmer than normal. Normally, strong winds and the lack of sun would keep the temperature at around –55°C. But it’s risen ... <a title="Air temperatures over Antarctica have soared 35ºC above average. What does this unusual event mean for Australia?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/30/air-temperatures-over-antarctica-have-soared-35-c-above-average-what-does-this-unusual-event-mean-for-australia-265079/" aria-label="Read more about Air temperatures over Antarctica have soared 35ºC above average. What does this unusual event mean for Australia?">Read more</a>
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September 30, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ben Zunica, Lecturer in Mathematics Education, University of Sydney BrianAJackson/Getty Images Private tutoring for Australian school students is reported to be a “booming”, billion-dollar industry. It’s estimated one in six students get private tutoring at some point in their schooling. In some pockets – such as Sydney ... <a title="Private tutoring for school kids is ‘booming’. But this poses risks for students" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/30/private-tutoring-for-school-kids-is-booming-but-this-poses-risks-for-students-266217/" aria-label="Read more about Private tutoring for school kids is ‘booming’. But this poses risks for students">Read more</a>
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September 30, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Taylor Hardwick, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Sydney Games and Play Lab, University of Sydney klyaksun / Getty Images In September 2024, Australia introduced a new classification approach for games with gambling-like content. Under this scheme, videogames containing in-game purchases linked to chance-based features such as “loot ... <a title="Loot boxes are still rife in kids’ mobile games, despite ban on ‘gambling-like’ features" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/30/loot-boxes-are-still-rife-in-kids-mobile-games-despite-ban-on-gambling-like-features-266226/" aria-label="Read more about Loot boxes are still rife in kids’ mobile games, despite ban on ‘gambling-like’ features">Read more</a>
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September 29, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Darius von Guttner Sporzynski, Historian, Australian Catholic University Jarosław Sosiński/Netflix Netflix’s 1670 is one of the sharpest period comedies of recent years. Shot in a mockumentary style, it follows Jan Paweł Adamczewski (Bartlomiej Topa), a vain provincial nobleman, and his family, in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth of the ... <a title="Netflix’s 1670 satirises the absurd ruling class of 17th century Poland-Lithuania – with lessons for today" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/29/netflixs-1670-satirises-the-absurd-ruling-class-of-17th-century-poland-lithuania-with-lessons-for-today-266056/" aria-label="Read more about Netflix’s 1670 satirises the absurd ruling class of 17th century Poland-Lithuania – with lessons for today">Read more</a>
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September 29, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne US President Donald Trump’s net approval in analyst Nate Silver’s aggregate of US national polls slid two points in the last week to -9.4, after his ratings ... <a title="Trump’s approval ratings slide, with Americans angry over inflation and Jimmy Kimmel" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/29/trumps-approval-ratings-slide-with-americans-angry-over-inflation-and-jimmy-kimmel-265388/" aria-label="Read more about Trump’s approval ratings slide, with Americans angry over inflation and Jimmy Kimmel">Read more</a>
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September 29, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brenton Griffin, Academic Status in the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, Flinders University Russell Marion Nelson Sr, prophet and leader of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, has died aged 101. Nelson was married to Dantzel White from 1945 until her passing in ... <a title="Mormon leader Russell Nelson has died aged 101. What’s next for the church?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/29/mormon-leader-russell-nelson-has-died-aged-101-whats-next-for-the-church-263276/" aria-label="Read more about Mormon leader Russell Nelson has died aged 101. What’s next for the church?">Read more</a>
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September 29, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Steve Macfarlane, Head of Clinical Services, Dementia Support Australia, & Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Monash University Maskot/Getty Images Dementia is a condition that results in progressive memory or thinking problems. It’s now the most common cause of death in Australia. There are many different causes of dementia, ... <a title="What is lecanemab, the newly approved Alzheimer’s drug? Can it really slow down dementia?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/29/what-is-lecanemab-the-newly-approved-alzheimers-drug-can-it-really-slow-down-dementia-266055/" aria-label="Read more about What is lecanemab, the newly approved Alzheimer’s drug? Can it really slow down dementia?">Read more</a>
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September 29, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Carla Liuzzo, Lecturer, Graduate School of Business, Queensland University of Technology Endless economic expansion isn’t sustainable. Scientists are telling us our planet is already beyond its limits, with the risks to communities and the economy made clear in the federal government’s recent climate risk assessment. Sustainability is ... <a title="Are business schools priming students for a world that no longer exists?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/29/are-business-schools-priming-students-for-a-world-that-no-longer-exists-265587/" aria-label="Read more about Are business schools priming students for a world that no longer exists?">Read more</a>
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September 29, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tan Yigitcanlar, Professor of Urban Studies and Planning, Queensland University of Technology ROMAIN TERPREAU/Unsplash Ahead of the 2032 Brisbane Olympic and Paralympic Games, Queensland stands at an historic crossroads. An A$7.1 billion plan for Olympic venues is in place, with funding split 50:50 between the federal and ... <a title="7 ways Brisbane 2032 can avoid repeating past Olympic planning disasters" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/29/7-ways-brisbane-2032-can-avoid-repeating-past-olympic-planning-disasters-264366/" aria-label="Read more about 7 ways Brisbane 2032 can avoid repeating past Olympic planning disasters">Read more</a>
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September 29, 2025
ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on September 29, 2025.
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September 29, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Trinajstic, John Curtin Distinguished Professor, Molecular and Life Sciences, Curtin University Artist’s illustration of Bullerichthys, a placoderm fish that could resorb its teeth like modern bony fishes do. Brian Choo & Peter Schouten Losing your baby teeth is a strange experience. The teeth gradually loosen until ... <a title="Many animals can reshape and shed their teeth – and now scientists have traced this ability back 380 million years" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/29/many-animals-can-reshape-and-shed-their-teeth-and-now-scientists-have-traced-this-ability-back-380-million-years-265390/" aria-label="Read more about Many animals can reshape and shed their teeth – and now scientists have traced this ability back 380 million years">Read more</a>
