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September 1, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lin Tian, Research Fellow, Data Science Institute, University of Technology Sydney Bart Fish & Power Tools of AI / https://betterimagesofai.org, CC BY When you ask ChatGPT or other AI assistants to help create misinformation, they typically refuse, with responses like “I cannot assist with creating false information.” ... <a title="How we tricked AI chatbots into creating misinformation, despite ‘safety’ measures" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/01/how-we-tricked-ai-chatbots-into-creating-misinformation-despite-safety-measures-264184/" aria-label="Read more about How we tricked AI chatbots into creating misinformation, despite ‘safety’ measures">Read more</a>
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September 1, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kaaren Mathias, Associate Professor in Public Health and Social Justice, University of Canterbury Getty Images Because Health New Zealand has refused to reveal how much it is paying private hospitals to perform elective surgeries under a new government contract, it is difficult to assess whether taxpayers are ... <a title="NZ’s shift to more private healthcare will likely raise costs and reduce quality: what the evidence tells us" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/01/nzs-shift-to-more-private-healthcare-will-likely-raise-costs-and-reduce-quality-what-the-evidence-tells-us-263416/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s shift to more private healthcare will likely raise costs and reduce quality: what the evidence tells us">Read more</a>
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September 1, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Suzanne Nielsen, Professor and Deputy Director, Monash Addiction Research Centre, Monash University Maskot/Getty When we talk about drug overdose deaths, many of us imagine a problem that affects young people. But new data from Australia’s Annual Overdose Report, published on Sunday, reveals a significant jump in the ... <a title="New data shows a jump in older people dying from drug overdoses" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/01/new-data-shows-a-jump-in-older-people-dying-from-drug-overdoses-264048/" aria-label="Read more about New data shows a jump in older people dying from drug overdoses">Read more</a>
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September 1, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kolaia Raisele, PhD Candidate in Anthropology, La Trobe University DrPixel/Getty In recent years, Pacific island nations have earned global credibility as champions of climate action. Pacific leaders view sea level rise as an existential threat. But this united front is now under strain as some Pacific nations ... <a title="The Pacific’s united front on climate action is splintering over deep-sea mining" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/01/the-pacifics-united-front-on-climate-action-is-splintering-over-deep-sea-mining-263199/" aria-label="Read more about The Pacific’s united front on climate action is splintering over deep-sea mining">Read more</a>
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September 1, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jess Harris, Associate Professor in Education, University of Newcastle AJ_Watt/Getty Images Casual and contract workers are crucial teachers to Australians of all ages: from infants and young kids at daycare, to children at school, to being key educators for adults at universities and TAFEs. Casual staff or ... <a title="From daycare through to uni, we’ve all had this type of teacher" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/01/from-daycare-through-to-uni-weve-all-had-this-type-of-teacher-264111/" aria-label="Read more about From daycare through to uni, we’ve all had this type of teacher">Read more</a>
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September 1, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rachel Ong ViforJ, John Curtin Distinguished Professor & ARC Future Fellow, Curtin University As many young Australians struggle to enter the housing market, research shows the “bank of mum and dad” is often called on to help. But what kind of financial support are parents willing to ... <a title="Australian parents are helping their kids buy a first home with less money, but more rent-free living" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/01/australian-parents-are-helping-their-kids-buy-a-first-home-with-less-money-but-more-rent-free-living-263637/" aria-label="Read more about Australian parents are helping their kids buy a first home with less money, but more rent-free living">Read more</a>
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September 1, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexa Scarlata, Lecturer, Digital Communication, RMIT University With September comes spring: flowering trees, warmer weather, longer days. But just as it felt like spring had sprung, a new cold front came over much of south east Australia. No matter if you’re looking for something to while away ... <a title="Over-the-top melodrama, a platonic rom-com and retirement village murders: what to watch in September" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/01/over-the-top-melodrama-a-platonic-rom-com-and-retirement-village-murders-what-to-watch-in-september-263925/" aria-label="Read more about Over-the-top melodrama, a platonic rom-com and retirement village murders: what to watch in September">Read more</a>
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September 1, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Simon Levett, PhD candidate, public international law, University of Technology Sydney Journalist Mariam Dagga was just 33 when she was brutally killed by an Israeli airstrike in Gaza on August 25. As a freelance photographer and videographer, she had captured the suffering in Gaza through indelible images ... <a title="Local journalists and fixers are dying at unprecedented rates in Gaza. Can anyone protect them?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/01/local-journalists-and-fixers-are-dying-at-unprecedented-rates-in-gaza-can-anyone-protect-them-263923/" aria-label="Read more about Local journalists and fixers are dying at unprecedented rates in Gaza. Can anyone protect them?">Read more</a>
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September 1, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The government’s trial has found age-assurance for its under-16 social media ban can be done effectively and protect privacy but there is not a one-size-fits-all model. The report, from an independent company and released in full, also warns continued vigilance ... <a title="Report on social media age assurance trial says there is not a one-size-fits-all solution" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/01/report-on-social-media-age-assurance-trial-says-there-is-not-a-one-size-fits-all-solution-263909/" aria-label="Read more about Report on social media age assurance trial says there is not a one-size-fits-all solution">Read more</a>
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August 31, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Albanese government’s deal with Nauru to take up to 280 former immigration detainees again shows both sides of politics will resort to drastic and expensive actions when faced with intractable issues around illegal non-citizens. On Friday news came from ... <a title="View from The Hill: Albanese government resorts to whatever-it-takes to rid Australia of former detainees" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/31/view-from-the-hill-albanese-government-resorts-to-whatever-it-takes-to-rid-australia-of-former-detainees-263914/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Albanese government resorts to whatever-it-takes to rid Australia of former detainees">Read more</a>
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August 29, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Anthony Albanese appears to be edging closer to landing the long-sought meeting with President Donald Trump when the prime minister is in the United States in September. Despite Albanese’s reluctance to admit it, Deputy Prime Minster’s Richard Marles’ high level ... <a title="View from The Hill: Albanese edging closer to landing Trump September meeting" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/29/view-from-the-hill-albanese-edging-closer-to-landing-trump-september-meeting-263917/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Albanese edging closer to landing Trump September meeting">Read more</a>
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August 29, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Blunden, Professor and Head of Paediatric Sleep Research, CQUniversity Australia Vitaliia Hryshchenko/Getty US-based online store iHerb has suspended sales of melatonin gummies to Australia. This comes after a rise in reports of non-fatal overdoses in Western Australia in children who took these popular supplements. This latest ... <a title="Can kids overdose on melatonin gummies? Yes, and an online store has suspended sales" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/29/can-kids-overdose-on-melatonin-gummies-yes-and-an-online-store-has-suspended-sales-264116/" aria-label="Read more about Can kids overdose on melatonin gummies? Yes, and an online store has suspended sales">Read more</a>
