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October 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lachlan Vass, Fellow, Tax and Transfer Policy Institute, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Chris Putnam/Future Publishing via Getty Images Governments of all stripes provide support to small businesses in the form of tax concessions, lighter-touch regulation or government grants. They’re called the “engine room” ... <a title="Young businesses create 6 in 10 new jobs in Australia – far more than established firms" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/07/young-businesses-create-6-in-10-new-jobs-in-australia-far-more-than-established-firms-266573/" aria-label="Read more about Young businesses create 6 in 10 new jobs in Australia – far more than established firms">Read more</a>
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October 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Samuel Cornell, PhD Candidate in Public Health & Community Medicine, School of Population Health, UNSW Sydney In a new online trend, people are scuttling, crawling, and bounding around on all fours while filming themselves – and their videos are getting a lot of attention. The practice is ... <a title="Experts unpack ‘quadrobics’, the fitness trend that claims leaping around on all fours will make you fit" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/07/experts-unpack-quadrobics-the-fitness-trend-that-claims-leaping-around-on-all-fours-will-make-you-fit-266360/" aria-label="Read more about Experts unpack ‘quadrobics’, the fitness trend that claims leaping around on all fours will make you fit">Read more</a>
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October 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jeffrey McNeill, Honorary Research Associate, School of People, Environment and Planning, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University With less than a week until voting in local elections closes, it seems early voter turnout may have increased compared to 2022 – up from 10% of eligible voters ... <a title="Not voting in local elections is rational. Voters need better reasons to engage" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/07/not-voting-in-local-elections-is-rational-voters-need-better-reasons-to-engage-266463/" aria-label="Read more about Not voting in local elections is rational. Voters need better reasons to engage">Read more</a>
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October 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rick Sarre, Emeritus Professor in Law and Criminal Justice, University of South Australia The Victorian Director of Public Prosecutions, who has carriage of the Erin Patterson murder case, has chosen to appeal against what he considers to be an overly lenient sentence. This comes on the back ... <a title="There are now two appeals in the Erin Patterson mushroom murder case. What’s going on?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/06/there-are-now-two-appeals-in-the-erin-patterson-mushroom-murder-case-whats-going-on-266796/" aria-label="Read more about There are now two appeals in the Erin Patterson mushroom murder case. What’s going on?">Read more</a>
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October 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra When you look at Sussan Ley’s predicament, you can’t help thinking of Brendan Nelson. Nelson, a Liberal moderate and a former minister who was a competent but not outstanding performer, won the Liberal leadership after the 2007 defeat of the ... <a title="View from The Hill: Can Sussan Ley avoid Brendan Nelson’s fate?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/06/view-from-the-hill-can-sussan-ley-avoid-brendan-nelsons-fate-265855/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Can Sussan Ley avoid Brendan Nelson’s fate?">Read more</a>
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October 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Eyal Mayroz, Senior Lecturer in Peace and Conflict Studies, University of Sydney Two years into the most horrific chapter in the history of Israel and Palestine, a glimmer of hope has been offered to both sides by US President Donald Trump’s plan for a permanent ceasefire and ... <a title="On a grim anniversary, an end to Gaza’s violence is suddenly clear – if both sides can make sacrifices" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/06/on-a-grim-anniversary-an-end-to-gazas-violence-is-suddenly-clear-if-both-sides-can-make-sacrifices-266771/" aria-label="Read more about On a grim anniversary, an end to Gaza’s violence is suddenly clear – if both sides can make sacrifices">Read more</a>
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October 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Austin, Senior Lecturer in Theatre, The University of Melbourne Pia Johnson Melbourne Theatre Company’s (MTC) latest offering is a striking adaptation of the 1938 gothic novel Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier. Like Alfred Hitchcock’s 1940 film, the story follows a young woman who marries a widower, ... <a title="New adaptation of Rebecca is visually haunting, but misses the core tensions of the original story" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/06/new-adaptation-of-rebecca-is-visually-haunting-but-misses-the-core-tensions-of-the-original-story-265746/" aria-label="Read more about New adaptation of Rebecca is visually haunting, but misses the core tensions of the original story">Read more</a>
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October 6, 2025
ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on October 6, 2025.
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October 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Guido Carim Junior, Senior Lecturer in Aviation, Griffith University redcharlie/Unsplash “It is the closest all of us passengers ever want to come to a plane crash,” a Qantas flight QF1889’s passenger said after the plane suddenly descended about 20,000 feet on Monday September 22, and diverted back ... <a title="These 4 aeroplane failures are more common than you think – and not as scary as they sound" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/06/these-4-aeroplane-failures-are-more-common-than-you-think-and-not-as-scary-as-they-sound-265866/" aria-label="Read more about These 4 aeroplane failures are more common than you think – and not as scary as they sound">Read more</a>
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October 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marcelo Feitosa de Paula Dias, PhD candidate in Environmental Law, Queensland University of Technology Giselleflissak/Getty Have you noticed more QR codes or country-of-origin labels on the meat at the supermarket or timber decking from the hardware shop? You’re not imagining it. We’re in a new era of ... <a title="From beef to timber, a new era of labels will reveal where your shopping comes from" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/06/from-beef-to-timber-a-new-era-of-labels-will-reveal-where-your-shopping-comes-from-265083/" aria-label="Read more about From beef to timber, a new era of labels will reveal where your shopping comes from">Read more</a>
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October 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nick Fuller, Clinical Trials Director, Department of Endocrinology, RPA Hospital, University of Sydney Anastassiya Bezhekeneva/Getty Images Walk down the health aisle of any supermarket and you’ll see shelves lined with brightly packaged vitamin and mineral supplements designed for children. These products promise to support immunity, boost brain ... <a title="Do kids really need vitamin supplements?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/06/do-kids-really-need-vitamin-supplements-257624/" aria-label="Read more about Do kids really need vitamin supplements?">Read more</a>
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October 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sebastian Maslow, Associate Professor, International Relations, Contemporary Japanese Politics & Society, University of Tokyo Under the slogan “#ChangeLDP”, Japan’s long-ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has elected Sanae Takaichi as its new leader. Pending a vote in the Diet’s lower house later this month, she is poised to ... <a title="Is Sanae Takaichi Japan’s Margaret Thatcher — or its next Liz Truss?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/06/is-sanae-takaichi-japans-margaret-thatcher-or-its-next-liz-truss-266478/" aria-label="Read more about Is Sanae Takaichi Japan’s Margaret Thatcher — or its next Liz Truss?">Read more</a>
