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February 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Louise Pryke, Honorary Research Associate, Department of Classics and Ancient History, University of Sydney Lisa Tomasetti/Opera Australia “It’s an old song”, Hermes (Christine Anu) sings at the opening of Hadestown, but “we’re gonna sing it again and again”. Based on a myth first told in Greece over ... <a title="We’ve told this story for 2,500 years: how Hadestown playfully brings alive an ancient Greek myth" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/17/weve-told-this-story-for-2-500-years-how-hadestown-playfully-brings-alive-an-ancient-greek-myth-249718/" aria-label="Read more about We’ve told this story for 2,500 years: how Hadestown playfully brings alive an ancient Greek myth">Read more</a>
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February 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robert Davis, Associate Professor in Conservation, Edith Cowan University Adwo/Shutterstock Humans have been poisoning rodents for centuries. But fast-breeding rats and mice have evolved resistance to earlier poisons. In response, manufacturers have produced second generation anticoagulant rodenticides such as bromadiolone, widely used in Australian households. Unfortunately, these ... <a title="Lethal second-generation rat poisons are killing endangered quolls and Tasmanian devils" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/17/lethal-second-generation-rat-poisons-are-killing-endangered-quolls-and-tasmanian-devils-250035/" aria-label="Read more about Lethal second-generation rat poisons are killing endangered quolls and Tasmanian devils">Read more</a>
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February 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Gillespie, Professor of Law, University of Waikato It’s an unfortunate fact that bad people sometimes want guns. And while laws are designed to prevent guns falling into the wrong hands, the determined criminal can be highly resourceful. There are three main ways to source an illegal ... <a title="The threat of 3D-printed ‘ghost guns’ is growing, but NZ is yet to act on these 3 big legal gaps" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/17/the-threat-of-3d-printed-ghost-guns-is-growing-but-nz-is-yet-to-act-on-these-3-big-legal-gaps-248541/" aria-label="Read more about The threat of 3D-printed ‘ghost guns’ is growing, but NZ is yet to act on these 3 big legal gaps">Read more</a>
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February 17, 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 A national Newspoll, conducted February 10–14 from a sample of 1,244, gave the Coalition a 51–49 lead, unchanged from the previous Newspoll, three weeks ago. Primary votes ... <a title="Coalition leading narrowly in four polls and would likely win an election held now" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/17/coalition-leading-narrowly-in-four-polls-and-would-likely-win-an-election-held-now-249694/" aria-label="Read more about Coalition leading narrowly in four polls and would likely win an election held now">Read more</a>
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February 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By T.J. Thomson, Senior Lecturer in Visual Communication & Digital Media, RMIT University Indonesia’s TVOne launched an AI news presenter in 2023. T.J. Thomson Generative artificial intelligence (AI) has taken off at lightning speed in the past couple of years, creating disruption in many industries. Newsrooms are no ... <a title="Generative AI is already being used in journalism – here’s how people feel about it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/17/generative-ai-is-already-being-used-in-journalism-heres-how-people-feel-about-it-247232/" aria-label="Read more about Generative AI is already being used in journalism – here’s how people feel about it">Read more</a>
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February 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Abdul Aziz, Lecturer in Media and Communication Studies, School of Arts and Social Sciences, Monash University Google’s search engine handles the vast majority of online searches worldwide. By one estimate, it fields 6.3 million queries every second. Because of the search engine’s enormous scale, its outputs can ... <a title="Unrest in Bangladesh is revealing the bias at the heart of Google’s search engine" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/17/unrest-in-bangladesh-is-revealing-the-bias-at-the-heart-of-googles-search-engine-249131/" aria-label="Read more about Unrest in Bangladesh is revealing the bias at the heart of Google’s search engine">Read more</a>
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February 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amin Saikal, Emeritus Professor of Middle Eastern and Central Asian Studies, Australian National University The dismantling of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) is a serious blow to the soft power of the United States and disastrous for many poor countries where it helps provide humanitarian, ... <a title="In Afghanistan, families are forced to sell children to survive. Trump’s USAID cuts will be devastating" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/17/in-afghanistan-families-are-forced-to-sell-children-to-survive-trumps-usaid-cuts-will-be-devastating-249713/" aria-label="Read more about In Afghanistan, families are forced to sell children to survive. Trump’s USAID cuts will be devastating">Read more</a>
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February 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Janet Hoek, Professor in Public Health, University of Otago Shutterstock/Aliaksandr Barouski New Zealand’s smokefree law was hailed around the world for creating a smokefree generation that would have lifelong protection from smoking’s harms. The smokefree generation would have ended sales of tobacco products to anyone born on ... <a title="We asked young people if they wanted tighter vaping regulation to phase out nicotine – here’s what they said" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/17/we-asked-young-people-if-they-wanted-tighter-vaping-regulation-to-phase-out-nicotine-heres-what-they-said-249456/" aria-label="Read more about We asked young people if they wanted tighter vaping regulation to phase out nicotine – here’s what they said">Read more</a>
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February 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By George Disney, Research Fellow, Social Epidemiology, The University of Melbourne Edwin Tan/Getty Images When the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) was established in 2013, one of its driving aims was to make disability services and support systems fairer. However, our new research shows significant inequalities remain, with ... <a title="NDIS reforms aim to make the scheme fairer. But we’ve found the groups struggling to gain access" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/17/ndis-reforms-aim-to-make-the-scheme-fairer-but-weve-found-the-groups-struggling-to-gain-access-248562/" aria-label="Read more about NDIS reforms aim to make the scheme fairer. But we’ve found the groups struggling to gain access">Read more</a>
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February 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Susan Hazel, Associate Professor, School of Animal and Veterinary Science, University of Adelaide Ground Picture/Shutterstock Living with a pet brings many benefits, including constant presence, love and support. Pet ownership is also linked with a lower long-term risk of early death. Most of us would do anything ... <a title="‘I feel constant anxiety’: how caring for a seriously unwell pet can lead to stress and burnout" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/17/i-feel-constant-anxiety-how-caring-for-a-seriously-unwell-pet-can-lead-to-stress-and-burnout-247329/" aria-label="Read more about ‘I feel constant anxiety’: how caring for a seriously unwell pet can lead to stress and burnout">Read more</a>
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February 16, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra With the unembarrassed audacity parties show as an election nears, the government has stolen the opposition’s policy to ban foreign investors buying established homes. Treasurer Jim Chalmers and Housing Minister Clare O’Neil have announced foreigners won’t be able to purchase ... <a title="View from The Hill: government nabs Coalition policy on foreigners buying houses, Dutton eyes action on insurance companies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/16/view-from-the-hill-government-nabs-coalition-policy-on-foreigners-buying-houses-dutton-eyes-action-on-insurance-companies-250023/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: government nabs Coalition policy on foreigners buying houses, Dutton eyes action on insurance companies">Read more</a>
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February 14, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cecelia Cmielewski, Research Fellow, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University To be selected as the artist and curator team to represent Australia at the Venice Biennale is considered the ultimate exhibition for an artistic team. To have your selection rescinded, as has now happened to ... <a title="‘A shameful call by Creative Australia’: the arts community reacts to Khaled Sabsabi being dropped from the Venice Biennale" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/14/a-shameful-call-by-creative-australia-the-arts-community-reacts-to-khaled-sabsabi-being-dropped-from-the-venice-biennale-249941/" aria-label="Read more about ‘A shameful call by Creative Australia’: the arts community reacts to Khaled Sabsabi being dropped from the Venice Biennale">Read more</a>
