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August 29, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Josh Roose, Associate Professor of Politics, Deakin University Australia has watched on as authorities have searched for Dezi Freeman, a so-called “sovereign citizen” accused of killing two police officers in the regional Victorian town of Porepunkah. The case has put the spotlight on the sovereign citizen, or ... <a title="The ‘sovereign citizen’ movement is growing. So is the risk of more violence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/29/the-sovereign-citizen-movement-is-growing-so-is-the-risk-of-more-violence-264182/" aria-label="Read more about The ‘sovereign citizen’ movement is growing. So is the risk of more violence">Read more</a>
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August 29, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Clare Littleton, Associate Professor and Director of the Centre for Healthy Sustainable Development, Torrens University Australia Westend61/Getty Images An experimental aged-care model in South Australia, where purpose-built independent retirement living apartments are co-located with an early learning centre, is seeking to foster connections between residents and children. ... <a title="‘We need to look after our grand-friends’: how childcare in aged care can help young and old" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/29/we-need-to-look-after-our-grand-friends-how-childcare-in-aged-care-can-help-young-and-old-263275/" aria-label="Read more about ‘We need to look after our grand-friends’: how childcare in aged care can help young and old">Read more</a>
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August 29, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sally Mackay, Senior Lecturer in Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Getty Images From images of fruit to claims of being “sugar-free”, manufacturers of baby and toddler foods try to convince parents their products are a healthy choice, convenient and good for their child’s ... <a title="New research finds many infant food products make claims that don’t match the main ingredients" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/29/new-research-finds-many-infant-food-products-make-claims-that-dont-match-the-main-ingredients-263424/" aria-label="Read more about New research finds many infant food products make claims that don’t match the main ingredients">Read more</a>
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August 29, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jessica Geraghty, Senior Associate, Economic Prosperity and Democracy program, Grattan Institute Claudio Schwarz/Unsplash, CC BY Australia’s workforce is almost evenly split between men and women. Yet fewer than one in four Australians work in a gender-balanced occupation. This has improved over time, but at a glacial rate. ... <a title="Fewer than 1 in 4 Australians work in a gender-balanced occupation. Fixing it is in all our interests" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/29/fewer-than-1-in-4-australians-work-in-a-gender-balanced-occupation-fixing-it-is-in-all-our-interests-264130/" aria-label="Read more about Fewer than 1 in 4 Australians work in a gender-balanced occupation. Fixing it is in all our interests">Read more</a>
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August 29, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brendon Hyndman, Associate Dean (Academic), Faculty of Arts and Education, Charles Sturt University In sports such as wrestling, boxing, rowing, weight lifting and the martial arts, athletes are grouped by weight to make things fairer. It wouldn’t make sense for someone who weighs 60 kilograms to fight ... <a title="Why endurance events like marathons should have weight divisions for heavier runners" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/29/why-endurance-events-like-marathons-should-have-weight-divisions-for-heavier-runners-261663/" aria-label="Read more about Why endurance events like marathons should have weight divisions for heavier runners">Read more</a>
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August 29, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kylie Message, Professor of Public Humanities and Director of the ANU Humanities Research Centre, Australian National University United States President Donald Trump first signalled his intention to target the Smithsonian Institution in March, when he signed an executive order titled Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History. ... <a title="Trump isn’t the first US politician to pick a fight with the Smithsonian. But this time could be different" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/29/trump-isnt-the-first-us-politician-to-pick-a-fight-with-the-smithsonian-but-this-time-could-be-different-264022/" aria-label="Read more about Trump isn’t the first US politician to pick a fight with the Smithsonian. But this time could be different">Read more</a>
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August 29, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ada Cheung, Professorial Fellow in Endocrinology, The University of Melbourne Brit Worgan/Getty For the first time in Australia, an independent committee is considering whether Medicare should fund gender-affirming surgery for trans adults (those aged 18 and over). Gender-affirming surgery is any surgical procedure that helps trans and ... <a title="Gender-affirming surgeries may be added to Medicare – but the evidence is still being reviewed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/29/gender-affirming-surgeries-may-be-added-to-medicare-but-the-evidence-is-still-being-reviewed-263714/" aria-label="Read more about Gender-affirming surgeries may be added to Medicare – but the evidence is still being reviewed">Read more</a>
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August 29, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Pep Canadell, Chief Research Scientist, CSIRO Environment; Executive Director, Global Carbon Project, CSIRO Costfoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images The climate benefits of planting trees may have been greatly overestimated, but swift action could ensure reforestation meets its potential to curb dangerous emissions, new research has found. Reforestation – ... <a title="The climate case for planting trees has been overhyped — but it’s not too late to fix it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/29/the-climate-case-for-planting-trees-has-been-overhyped-but-its-not-too-late-to-fix-it-259998/" aria-label="Read more about The climate case for planting trees has been overhyped — but it’s not too late to fix it">Read more</a>
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August 29, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bruce Wolpe, Non-resident Senior Fellow, United States Study Centre, University of Sydney The last governor of California who became president of the United States was Republican Ronald Reagan. Democrat Gavin Newsom wants to be the next one. To get there, Newsom is in a knife fight with ... <a title="The governor of California is in a high-stakes battle with Donald Trump. It’s not yet clear who will win" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/29/the-governor-of-california-is-in-a-high-stakes-battle-with-donald-trump-its-not-yet-clear-who-will-win-263803/" aria-label="Read more about The governor of California is in a high-stakes battle with Donald Trump. It’s not yet clear who will win">Read more</a>
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August 29, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vibhu Arya, PhD Student, UTS Business School, University of Technology Sydney Proxyclick Visitor Management System/Pexels, CC BY Every day, when Australians tap their card at a cafe checkout or hit pay on an online order, there’s often an unpredictable, frustrating extra cost: the card surcharge. Australians pay ... <a title="No more card charges: how Australians can switch to fast, fee-free payments right now" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/29/no-more-card-charges-how-australians-can-switch-to-fast-fee-free-payments-right-now-264023/" aria-label="Read more about No more card charges: how Australians can switch to fast, fee-free payments right now">Read more</a>
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August 28, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra If the intelligence community had its Logies, ASIO chief Mike Burgess would be chasing gold this week. The director-general of security, who is better known than some junior ministers, appeared beside Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Tuesday as they revealed ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Mike Burgess, the spycatcher who gives ASIO a very public face" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/28/grattan-on-friday-mike-burgess-the-spycatcher-who-gives-asio-a-very-public-face-263913/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Mike Burgess, the spycatcher who gives ASIO a very public face">Read more</a>
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August 28, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Milad Haghani, Associate Professor and Principal Fellow in Urban Risk and Resilience, The University of Melbourne The recent Stonehaven school bus rollover in Victoria, in which 12-year-old Milla Killeen was killed and many others were injured, reminds us that bus crashes, though uncommon, can have devastating consequences. ... <a title="Bus seatbelts can save lives. How do we get more people to wear them?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/28/bus-seatbelts-can-save-lives-how-do-we-get-more-people-to-wear-them-264112/" aria-label="Read more about Bus seatbelts can save lives. How do we get more people to wear them?">Read more</a>
