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August 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amir Arjomandi, Associate Professor of Economics, School of Business, University of Wollongong Pixabay/Pexels Over recent decades, farmland values in Australia have soared. Nationally, the price of broadacre farmland – used for cropping or sheep and beef grazing – has increased by more than eightfold since 1992. It ... <a title="Australian farmland values are at lofty heights. Research reveals this could be hurting some farmers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/20/australian-farmland-values-are-at-lofty-heights-research-reveals-this-could-be-hurting-some-farmers-263180/" aria-label="Read more about Australian farmland values are at lofty heights. Research reveals this could be hurting some farmers">Read more</a>
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August 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lauren Ball, Professor of Community Health and Wellbeing, The University of Queensland Ever ordered a salad on a first date when you really wanted the burger? Many of us eat differently when we’re around other people, often without realising it. Our food choices shift depending on who’s ... <a title="Matcha latte for the likes: how ‘performative eating’ is changing our relationship with food" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/20/matcha-latte-for-the-likes-how-performative-eating-is-changing-our-relationship-with-food-262620/" aria-label="Read more about Matcha latte for the likes: how ‘performative eating’ is changing our relationship with food">Read more</a>
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August 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John McCormick, Director of the Centre for Transformative Media Technologies, Professor of Interactive Media, Swinburne University of Technology A relay race at World Humanoid Robot Games, August 17 2025, Beijing, China. Kevin Frayer/Getty Images News Robots come in a vast array of shapes and sizes. By definition, ... <a title="Humans keep building robots that are shaped like us – what’s the point?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/20/humans-keep-building-robots-that-are-shaped-like-us-whats-the-point-261172/" aria-label="Read more about Humans keep building robots that are shaped like us – what’s the point?">Read more</a>
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August 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Niven Winchester, Professor of Economics, Auckland University of Technology Adrian Dennis/AFP via Getty Images Women’s rugby is growing rapidly worldwide, and now accounts for 25% of the total global playing base. US women’s rugby star Ilona Maher is the most followed rugby player in the world, ahead ... <a title="Who will win the 2025 Women’s Rugby World Cup? We ran 10,000 simulations to rank the contenders" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/20/who-will-win-the-2025-womens-rugby-world-cup-we-ran-10-000-simulations-to-rank-the-contenders-262795/" aria-label="Read more about Who will win the 2025 Women’s Rugby World Cup? We ran 10,000 simulations to rank the contenders">Read more</a>
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August 19, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has lashed out at prime minister Anthony Albanese, accusing him of betraying Israel and abandoning Australia’s Jews. The extraordinary outburst follows Israel revoking the visas of Australian diplomats to the Palestinian Authority in retaliation for ... <a title="Israeli PM Netanyahu denounces ‘weak’ Albanese in social media outburst." class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/19/israeli-pm-netanyahu-denounces-weak-albanese-in-social-media-outburst-263473/" aria-label="Read more about Israeli PM Netanyahu denounces ‘weak’ Albanese in social media outburst.">Read more</a>
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August 19, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sonia Mycak, Research Fellow in Ukrainian Studies, Australian National University The last time Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visited the White House earlier this year, he was berated by Donald Trump. On Monday, he returned with European leaders by his side. He emerged with some signs of progress ... <a title="Zelensky leaves Washington with Trump’s security guarantees, but are they enough?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/19/zelensky-leaves-washington-with-trumps-security-guarantees-but-are-they-enough-263423/" aria-label="Read more about Zelensky leaves Washington with Trump’s security guarantees, but are they enough?">Read more</a>
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August 19, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Hawkins, Head, Canberra School of Government, University of Canberra After weeks of build up, Treasurer Jim Chalmers has set out his objectives for the government’s three-day economic reform roundtable, which kicked off on Tuesday. Most importantly, to make our economy more productive over time, because that’s ... <a title="With just ‘three days to inform the next three budgets’, here’s how Chalmers’ roundtable kicked off" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/19/with-just-three-days-to-inform-the-next-three-budgets-heres-how-chalmers-roundtable-kicked-off-263186/" aria-label="Read more about With just ‘three days to inform the next three budgets’, here’s how Chalmers’ roundtable kicked off">Read more</a>
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August 19, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Israeli government has revoked the visas of Australian diplomats to the Palestinian Authority, in the latest deterioration of relations between the two countries. In a statement on social media Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar said he had also told ... <a title="Israel bans Australian diplomats from occupied territories, as bilateral relations dive further" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/19/israel-bans-australian-diplomats-from-occupied-territories-as-bilateral-relations-dive-further-262604/" aria-label="Read more about Israel bans Australian diplomats from occupied territories, as bilateral relations dive further">Read more</a>
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August 19, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robert Turnbull, Senior Research Data Specialist, The University of Melbourne A herbarium specimen of _Cheiranthera linearis_ (commonly known as finger-flower), collected in 1912 by Edwin James Semmens, former principal of the Victorian School of Forestry. University of Melbourne In 1770, after Captain Cook’s Endeavour struck the Great ... <a title="Botanical time machines: AI is unlocking a treasure trove of data held in herbarium collections" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/19/botanical-time-machines-ai-is-unlocking-a-treasure-trove-of-data-held-in-herbarium-collections-253236/" aria-label="Read more about Botanical time machines: AI is unlocking a treasure trove of data held in herbarium collections">Read more</a>
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August 19, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hunter Bennett, Lecturer in Exercise Science, University of South Australia Inti St Clair/Getty You may have heard high-impact activity – exercise such as running, jumping, football and basketball – is good at building bone density and strength. But what about when you’re standing still, lifting weights at ... <a title="Does weightlifting improve bone density?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/19/does-weightlifting-improve-bone-density-263045/" aria-label="Read more about Does weightlifting improve bone density?">Read more</a>
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August 19, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Samuel Cornell, PhD Candidate in Public Health & Community Medicine, School of Population Health, UNSW Sydney If you’ve spent time on social media recently you have probably been exposed to questionable “wellness” content. You may have been instructed to dip your toes in icy water or let ... <a title="Why do smart people get hooked on wellness trends? Personality traits may play a role" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/19/why-do-smart-people-get-hooked-on-wellness-trends-personality-traits-may-play-a-role-263041/" aria-label="Read more about Why do smart people get hooked on wellness trends? Personality traits may play a role">Read more</a>
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August 19, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mojtaba Rajabi, Senior Lecturer in Geoscience, The University of Queensland World Stress Map / GFZ Data Services Last Saturday at 9:49am local time, a magnitude 5.6 earthquake occurred about 50km west of Gympie in Queensland. The earthquake was experienced as strong shaking locally, but did not produce ... <a title="Why does Australia have earthquakes? The whole continent is under stress from distant forces" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/19/why-does-australia-have-earthquakes-the-whole-continent-is-under-stress-from-distant-forces-263334/" aria-label="Read more about Why does Australia have earthquakes? The whole continent is under stress from distant forces">Read more</a>
