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October 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bruce Mountain, Professor and Director, Victoria Energy Policy Centre, Victoria University Two years ago, Snowy Hydro announced a reset for its troubled Snowy 2.0 giant pumped hydro project amid cost blowouts. The supposed final cost was A$12 billion. Last week, Snowy Hydro acknowledged this figure was no ... <a title="Snowy 2.0 cost blowouts might be OK if the scheme stored power more cheaply than batteries. But it won’t" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/07/snowy-2-0-cost-blowouts-might-be-ok-if-the-scheme-stored-power-more-cheaply-than-batteries-but-it-wont-266776/" aria-label="Read more about Snowy 2.0 cost blowouts might be OK if the scheme stored power more cheaply than batteries. But it won’t">Read more</a>
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October 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robin Shields, Professor of Education and Head of School, The University of Queensland Klaus Vedfelt/ Getty Images Australian teachers are more likely to be using artificial intelligence than their counterparts around the world, according to a new international survey. The OECD’s latest Teaching and Learning International Survey ... <a title="Australian teachers are some of the highest users of AI in classrooms around the world – new survey" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/07/australian-teachers-are-some-of-the-highest-users-of-ai-in-classrooms-around-the-world-new-survey-266894/" aria-label="Read more about Australian teachers are some of the highest users of AI in classrooms around the world – new survey">Read more</a>
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October 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Angela Rintoul, Principal Research Fellow – Gambling and Suicide, The University of Melbourne Paul Ellis/AFP via Getty Images Monday night’s ABC Four Corners’ investigation highlighted major issues with the regulation of online gambling in Australia. Regulators are responsible for safeguarding the public from serious gambling harms. However, ... <a title="Australia’s gambling harm is likely underreported – and authorities are still failing to act" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/07/australias-gambling-harm-is-likely-underreported-and-authorities-are-still-failing-to-act-266773/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s gambling harm is likely underreported – and authorities are still failing to act">Read more</a>
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October 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jason Weismueller, Lecturer, UWA Business School, The University of Western Australia Medy Siregar/Unsplash There’s been a striking decline in public confidence in social media platforms, according to the 2025 Ethics Index published by the Governance Institute of Australia. One in four Australians now rate social media as ... <a title="People trust podcasts more than social media. But is the trust warranted?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/07/people-trust-podcasts-more-than-social-media-but-is-the-trust-warranted-266791/" aria-label="Read more about People trust podcasts more than social media. But is the trust warranted?">Read more</a>
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October 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Johanna Nalau, Associate Professor in Climate Adaptation, Griffith University Today’s release of the Insurance Council of Australia’s report puts Australia on the spot: we rank second in the world in extreme weather-related losses. As the Insurance Council puts it, this is not the silver medal we want ... <a title="Extreme weather now costs Australians $4.5b a year. Better insurance options and loans would help us adapt" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/07/extreme-weather-now-costs-australians-4-5b-a-year-better-insurance-options-and-loans-would-help-us-adapt-266886/" aria-label="Read more about Extreme weather now costs Australians $4.5b a year. Better insurance options and loans would help us adapt">Read more</a>
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October 7, 2025
ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on October 7, 2025.
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October 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lauren Ball, Professor of Community Health and Wellbeing, The University of Queensland stefanamer/Getty You’ve turned up at the doctor’s clinic on time. But you’re scrolling on your phone, watching the clock tick past your appointment time. By the time you’re called in, you’re running late for work ... <a title="Why do doctors run late?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/07/why-do-doctors-run-late-264977/" aria-label="Read more about Why do doctors run late?">Read more</a>
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October 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sheila Skeaff, Professor of Human Nutrition, University of Otago Getty Images A long-awaited expert update on the dietary changes needed to support both human and planetary health comes out clearly in favour of a plant-based approach. The EAT-Lancet Commission says a shift towards its planetary health diet, ... <a title="More veg, less meat: the latest global update on a diet that’s good for people and the planet" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/07/more-veg-less-meat-the-latest-global-update-on-a-diet-thats-good-for-people-and-the-planet-266780/" aria-label="Read more about More veg, less meat: the latest global update on a diet that’s good for people and the planet">Read more</a>
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October 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jemimah Widdicombe, Research Associate, Museums Victoria, Museums Victoria Research Institute The first attempt to lay submarine telegraph cable between Britain and France. Universal History Archive/Getty When we post to a group chat or talk to an AI chatbot, we don’t think about how these technologies came to ... <a title="From the telegraph to AI, our communications systems have always had hidden environmental costs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/07/from-the-telegraph-to-ai-our-communications-systems-have-always-had-hidden-environmental-costs-263811/" aria-label="Read more about From the telegraph to AI, our communications systems have always had hidden environmental costs">Read more</a>
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October 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rochelle Wynne, Chair in Nursing, Western Health Deakin University Partnership, Deakin University Anchiy/Getty Even a short stay in hospital produces a large amount of waste. Just picture all the disposable items designed to be used once and thrown away: face masks, gloves, packaging, intravenous tubing, and even ... <a title="Reusing medical equipment is good for the planet. But is it safe?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/07/reusing-medical-equipment-is-good-for-the-planet-but-is-it-safe-265681/" aria-label="Read more about Reusing medical equipment is good for the planet. But is it safe?">Read more</a>
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October 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jemimah Widdicombe, Research Associate, Museums Victoria, Museums Victoria Research Institute The first attempt to lay submarine telegraph cable between Britain and France. Universal History Archive/Getty When we post to a group chat or talk to an AI chatbot, we don’t think about how these technologies came to ... <a title="From the telegraph to AI, our communications systems have always had hidden environmental cost" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/07/from-the-telegraph-to-ai-our-communications-systems-have-always-had-hidden-environmental-cost-263811/" aria-label="Read more about From the telegraph to AI, our communications systems have always had hidden environmental cost">Read more</a>
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October 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jessa Rogers, Associate Professor, Faculty of Education, The University of Melbourne Our new report follows the lives of around 1,700 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in the largest study of its kind. We wanted to understand what helps them thrive as they grow up. For more ... <a title="Our study followed Indigenous children for 15 years to understand what helps them thrive" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/07/our-study-followed-indigenous-children-for-15-years-to-understand-what-helps-them-thrive-266593/" aria-label="Read more about Our study followed Indigenous children for 15 years to understand what helps them thrive">Read more</a>
