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August 8, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Milena Heinsch, Professor and Head of Social Work, University of Tasmania Adam Pretty/Getty If someone close to you has attempted suicide, you may be feeling scared, confused or overwhelmed. You’re not alone – the most recent data shows more than one in three Australians have been close ... <a title="What to say and how to help if someone close to you has attempted suicide" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/08/what-to-say-and-how-to-help-if-someone-close-to-you-has-attempted-suicide-262699/" aria-label="Read more about What to say and how to help if someone close to you has attempted suicide">Read more</a>
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August 8, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Riona Moodley, Lecturer in Law, UNSW Institute for Climate Risk and Response, UNSW Sydney Belle Co/Pexels Going “green” is not just good for the environment and climate, it can also be great for business. Consumers increasingly demand eco-friendly goods and services, and are willing to pay more ... <a title="From ‘reef-friendly’ sunscreens to ‘sustainable’ super, greenwashing allegations are rife. Here’s how the claims stack up" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/08/from-reef-friendly-sunscreens-to-sustainable-super-greenwashing-allegations-are-rife-heres-how-the-claims-stack-up-261377/" aria-label="Read more about From ‘reef-friendly’ sunscreens to ‘sustainable’ super, greenwashing allegations are rife. Here’s how the claims stack up">Read more</a>
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August 8, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ivan Franceschini, Lecturer, Chinese Studies, The University of Melbourne Last month, the Cambodian government launched the largest crackdown to date on the online scam industry that has taken root in the country and operated largely in the open. On July 16, a directive from Prime Minister Hun ... <a title="Cambodia is vowing to ‘rid’ the country of scam compounds. But we’ve seen several still operating in the open" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/08/cambodia-is-vowing-to-rid-the-country-of-scam-compounds-but-weve-seen-several-still-operating-in-the-open-262792/" aria-label="Read more about Cambodia is vowing to ‘rid’ the country of scam compounds. But we’ve seen several still operating in the open">Read more</a>
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August 8, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jonathan Graffam-O’Meara, PhD Candidate in Theatre, Monash University Pia Johnson/Malthouse Theatre Pony Cam makes its mainstage debut at Malthouse Theatre with The Orchard, an adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s classic. The company has recently produced a string of successes by launching new works at the Melbourne Fringe Festival ... <a title="‘What ‘are’ we going to do about the orchard?‘ Pony Cam takes on Chekhov classic for Malthouse debut" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/08/what-are-we-going-to-do-about-the-orchard-pony-cam-takes-on-chekhov-classic-for-malthouse-debut-261769/" aria-label="Read more about ‘What ‘are’ we going to do about the orchard?‘ Pony Cam takes on Chekhov classic for Malthouse debut">Read more</a>
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August 8, 2025
ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on August 8, 2025.
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August 8, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Angel Zhong, Professor of Finance, RMIT University It was the latest blow to the credibility of the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). This time, the nation’s stock exchange mixed up two company names in an error that briefly wiped A$400 million off the market value of our third ... <a title="The ASX’s rookie error is just the latest of many blunders. Investors are losing confidence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/08/the-asxs-rookie-error-is-just-the-latest-of-many-blunders-investors-are-losing-confidence-262790/" aria-label="Read more about The ASX’s rookie error is just the latest of many blunders. Investors are losing confidence">Read more</a>
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August 8, 2025
Analysis by Keith Rankin. In the wake of the recent release of labour force data (Household Labour Force Survey, HLFS, Nicola Willis bemoans ‘glass half empty’ view of unemployment figures, RNZ 6 August 2025), 1918-1920 National Party Leader Simon Bridges, has called for economic “stimulus” to rescue in particular the dire Auckland economy. (See Call ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – Stimulate or Suffocate, in the light of Older Women’s Spending?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/08/keith-rankin-analysis-stimulate-or-suffocate-in-the-light-of-older-womens-spending/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – Stimulate or Suffocate, in the light of Older Women’s Spending?">Read more</a>
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August 8, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stuart Deerness, Senior Lecturer in Education, Auckland University of Technology As New Zealanders digest the news about government plans to scrap NCEA from 2028, we should also consider the role influential and prestigious schools had on its demise. Since NCEA was introduced between 2002 and 2004, these ... <a title="The Cambridge factor: how influential NZ schools hastened the demise of NCEA" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/08/the-cambridge-factor-how-influential-nz-schools-hastened-the-demise-of-ncea-262617/" aria-label="Read more about The Cambridge factor: how influential NZ schools hastened the demise of NCEA">Read more</a>
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August 8, 2025
Analysis by Keith Rankin. The above chart shows – in red – the annual percentage increase (since 1988) in numbers employed of women aged 65-69, based on Household Labour Force Survey employment data. (And it shows, for comparison, males aged 30-34; in blue, their percentages are shown on the right-hand side of the chart. I ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Employment growth in New Zealand for retirement-age women" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/08/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-employment-growth-in-new-zealand-for-retirement-age-women/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Employment growth in New Zealand for retirement-age women">Read more</a>
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August 8, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kai Riemer, Professor of Information Technology and Organisation, University of Sydney Have you ever sat in a meeting where someone half your age casually mentions “prompting ChatGPT” or “running this through AI”, and felt a familiar knot in your stomach? You’re not alone. There’s a growing narrative ... <a title="Are you in a mid-career to senior job? Don’t fear AI – you could have this important advantage" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/08/are-you-in-a-mid-career-to-senior-job-dont-fear-ai-you-could-have-this-important-advantage-262347/" aria-label="Read more about Are you in a mid-career to senior job? Don’t fear AI – you could have this important advantage">Read more</a>
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August 8, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Laura Nicole Driessen, Postdoctoral Researcher in Radio Astronomy, University of Sydney An artist’s impression of Chiron and its coma of gas. William Gonzalez Sierra / UCF You might have seen an interesting phrase popping up in your social media feeds lately: “Chiron is in retrograde.” If you’re ... <a title="Move over Mercury – Chiron is in retrograde. What even is Chiron?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/08/move-over-mercury-chiron-is-in-retrograde-what-even-is-chiron-262509/" aria-label="Read more about Move over Mercury – Chiron is in retrograde. What even is Chiron?">Read more</a>
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August 8, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Howard Manns, Senior Lecturer in Linguistics, Monash University Bonzer. Dinkum. Troppo. We love our distinctive words and phrases. We revel in the confusion they cause outsiders. We celebrate the stories behind them. We even make up a few furphies about them. What many Australians might not know, ... <a title="The ANU is moving to kill the Australian National Dictionary – this is why it matters" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/08/the-anu-is-moving-to-kill-the-australian-national-dictionary-this-is-why-it-matters-261844/" aria-label="Read more about The ANU is moving to kill the Australian National Dictionary – this is why it matters">Read more</a>
