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August 28, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jacqui Yoxall, Associate Professor & Chair of Discipline – Psychological and Social Health, Southern Cross University Queensland woman Amanda Maree Power has recently been jailed after faking cancer and fraudulently raising about A$24,000 from friends, family and strangers over several years – including to pay for holidays ... <a title="Why scammers fake illness for cash, according to a psychologist" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/28/why-scammers-fake-illness-for-cash-according-to-a-psychologist-263264/" aria-label="Read more about Why scammers fake illness for cash, according to a psychologist">Read more</a>
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August 28, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Martin Brueckner, Pro Vice Chancellor, Sustainability, Murdoch University Jason Edwards/Getty If miners, the media, policymakers and renewable energy companies are to be believed, Australia is in the midst of a green energy transition aimed at preventing the worst effects of climate change. This appealing narrative suggests we ... <a title="Getting rid of fossil fuels is really hard – and we’re not making much progress" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/28/getting-rid-of-fossil-fuels-is-really-hard-and-were-not-making-much-progress-262525/" aria-label="Read more about Getting rid of fossil fuels is really hard – and we’re not making much progress">Read more</a>
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August 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Justin Bergman, International Affairs Editor, The Conversation Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has called Iran’s involvement in at least two antisemitic attacks in Australia last year “extraordinary and dangerous acts of aggression”. Foreign Minister Penny Wong said it “crossed a line”. We asked Kylie Moore-Gilbert, a Middle East ... <a title="Q&A with Kylie Moore-Gilbert: this is why Iran is instigating terrorism in Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/27/qanda-with-kylie-moore-gilbert-this-is-why-iran-is-instigating-terrorism-in-australia-264032/" aria-label="Read more about Q&A with Kylie Moore-Gilbert: this is why Iran is instigating terrorism in Australia">Read more</a>
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August 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rick Sarre, Emeritus Professor in Law and Criminal Justice, University of South Australia Six years on from the Parliament House sexual assault allegations that spurred a public reckoning, the legal fallout continues. This time, a court has found former Western Australian Liberal Senator Linda Reynolds was defamed ... <a title="A court has found Brittany Higgins defamed Linda Reynolds. Here’s why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/27/a-court-has-found-brittany-higgins-defamed-linda-reynolds-heres-why-235967/" aria-label="Read more about A court has found Brittany Higgins defamed Linda Reynolds. Here’s why">Read more</a>
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August 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Thomas, Lecturer in Middle East Studies, Deakin University With news Iran orchestrated two antisemitic attacks in Australia last year, the federal government has declared the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps a terrorist group. The Australian Security Intelligence Organisation’s Director-General Mike Burgess said the group, known as IRGC, ... <a title="What is the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, or the IRGC?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/27/what-is-the-islamic-revolutionary-guard-corps-or-the-irgc-264015/" aria-label="Read more about What is the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, or the IRGC?">Read more</a>
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August 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jo Coghlan, Associate Professor, Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, University of New England Mr Squiggle, 1958, and Rocket, about 1975. National Museum of Australia If you grew up in Australia any time between the 1960s and the late 1990s, chances are you knew a little man from ... <a title="Mr Squiggle entertained Australia’s children for 40 years. Now, he’s back in the spotlight" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/27/mr-squiggle-entertained-australias-children-for-40-years-now-hes-back-in-the-spotlight-263813/" aria-label="Read more about Mr Squiggle entertained Australia’s children for 40 years. Now, he’s back in the spotlight">Read more</a>
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August 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ehsan Noroozinejad, Senior Researcher and Sustainable Future Lead, Urban Transformations Research Centre, Western Sydney University Luis Ascui/Getty Images Climate change is making home insurance costlier and, for some, harder to secure. According to one analysis, one in ten Australian properties will be uninsurable within a decade. Insurance ... <a title="Australia faces a home insurance reckoning – and we can learn from California’s bold move" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/27/australia-faces-a-home-insurance-reckoning-and-we-can-learn-from-californias-bold-move-263530/" aria-label="Read more about Australia faces a home insurance reckoning – and we can learn from California’s bold move">Read more</a>
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August 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jimena de Mello Heredia, PhD candidate, Faculty of Education, Monash University Imagine a student working on an assignment and they are stuck. Their lecturer or tutor is not available. Or maybe they feel worried about looking silly if they ask for help. So they turn to ChatGPT ... <a title="Uni students are using AI to ‘ask stupid questions’ and get feedback on their work" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/27/uni-students-are-using-ai-to-ask-stupid-questions-and-get-feedback-on-their-work-263535/" aria-label="Read more about Uni students are using AI to ‘ask stupid questions’ and get feedback on their work">Read more</a>
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August 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Troy Miller, Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Plants for Space, The University of Western Australia ARC Centre of Excellence in Plants for Space, CC BY-ND Sometime in the 2040s, humans may well reach a new frontier – Mars. To get there, we’ll ... <a title="Why grow plants in space? They can improve how we produce food and medicine on Earth" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/27/why-grow-plants-in-space-they-can-improve-how-we-produce-food-and-medicine-on-earth-263539/" aria-label="Read more about Why grow plants in space? They can improve how we produce food and medicine on Earth">Read more</a>
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August 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emma Shakespeare, PhD Candidate, Griffith University As the tragic events evolve in Porepunkah, northeast Victoria, media outlets have reported the alleged shooter, Dezi Freeman, is known to be a “sovereign citizen”. Sovereign citizens believe they are not subject to the law. This view stems from deeply held ... <a title="Why are police a target for sovereign citizen violence?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/27/why-are-police-a-target-for-sovereign-citizen-violence-264016/" aria-label="Read more about Why are police a target for sovereign citizen violence?">Read more</a>
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August 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Scales, PhD Candidate, School of Social Sciences, Media, Film and Education, Swinburne University of Technology taylorswift/Instagram Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce have announced their engagement, posting on Instagram images of the proposal with the caption “Your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married”. “America’s ... <a title="Taylor Swift is engaged. She’s been getting her fans ready for this moment for 20 years" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/27/taylor-swift-is-engaged-shes-been-getting-her-fans-ready-for-this-moment-for-20-years-264027/" aria-label="Read more about Taylor Swift is engaged. She’s been getting her fans ready for this moment for 20 years">Read more</a>
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August 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Samara McPhedran, Principal Research Fellow, Griffith University Australians have been shocked by the news two police officers were killed in rural Victoria when a 56-year-old man allegedly shot them before fleeing into the bush. Another police officer was injured during the incident, which sparked fresh debate about ... <a title="What’s behind the rise in gun ownership in Australia?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/27/whats-behind-the-rise-in-gun-ownership-in-australia-263810/" aria-label="Read more about What’s behind the rise in gun ownership in Australia?">Read more</a>
