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August 25, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sora Lee, Lecturer in Ageing and End of Life, La Trobe University Australia’s job market is facing a paradox. Employers across every major sector – from construction to healthcare – report crippling skills shortages. A key measure of skills shortages, the proportion of advertised vacancies filled, shows ... <a title="Officially, the unemployment rate is 4.2%. But that doesn’t count all the hidden workers in Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/25/officially-the-unemployment-rate-is-4-2-but-that-doesnt-count-all-the-hidden-workers-in-australia-262870/" aria-label="Read more about Officially, the unemployment rate is 4.2%. But that doesn’t count all the hidden workers in Australia">Read more</a>
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August 25, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Douglas, Lecturer, Monash Bioethics Centre, Monash University Alexander Spatari / Getty Images Earlier this month, when OpenAI released its latest flagship artificial intelligence (AI) system, GPT-5, the company said it was “much smarter across the board” than earlier models. Backing up the claim were high scores ... <a title="AI systems are great at tests. But how do they perform in real life?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/25/ai-systems-are-great-at-tests-but-how-do-they-perform-in-real-life-260176/" aria-label="Read more about AI systems are great at tests. But how do they perform in real life?">Read more</a>
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August 25, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Aleta Moriarty, PhD student, economic opportunities for people with autism, The University of Melbourne Recent images of an emaciated Gazan child, Muhammad Zakariya Ayyoub al-Matouq, provoked global outrage. Some sought to minimise this harm, attributing it instead to pre-existing conditions or disability. But framing starvation deaths in ... <a title="Israel’s attacks on Gaza are putting people with disabilities at extreme risk" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/25/israels-attacks-on-gaza-are-putting-people-with-disabilities-at-extreme-risk-263029/" aria-label="Read more about Israel’s attacks on Gaza are putting people with disabilities at extreme risk">Read more</a>
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August 25, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Danielle Hitch, Senior Lecturer in Occupational Therapy, Deakin University elenaleonova/Getty When most people think of COVID now, they picture a short illness like a cold – a few days of fever, sore throat or cough before getting better. But for many, the story doesn’t end there. Long ... <a title="Long COVID is more than fatigue. Our new study suggests its impact is similar to a stroke or Parkinson’s" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/25/long-covid-is-more-than-fatigue-our-new-study-suggests-its-impact-is-similar-to-a-stroke-or-parkinsons-263623/" aria-label="Read more about Long COVID is more than fatigue. Our new study suggests its impact is similar to a stroke or Parkinson’s">Read more</a>
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August 25, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nial Wheate, Professor, School of Natural Sciences, Macquarie University Ayla Verschueren/Unsplash When your dog starts limping or your cat comes down with a sniffle, it’s natural to worry. For many families, pets are more than just animals – and we want them to have a standard of ... <a title="Yes, vets sometimes prescribe human drugs to pets. But don’t try it at home" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/25/yes-vets-sometimes-prescribe-human-drugs-to-pets-but-dont-try-it-at-home-259675/" aria-label="Read more about Yes, vets sometimes prescribe human drugs to pets. But don’t try it at home">Read more</a>
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August 25, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dennis Wesselbaum, Associate Professor, Department of Economics, University of Otago jax10289/Getty Images What is the true value of a policy project? For governments tasked with improving citizens’ lives while spending taxpayers’ money responsibly, this is no mere academic question. It lies at the heart of good governance. ... <a title="Treasury has a great cost-benefit calculator for big-spending projects – we just need to use it better" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/25/treasury-has-a-great-cost-benefit-calculator-for-big-spending-projects-we-just-need-to-use-it-better-263619/" aria-label="Read more about Treasury has a great cost-benefit calculator for big-spending projects – we just need to use it better">Read more</a>
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August 25, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ramona Alaggia, Professor, Social Work, University of Toronto Noel and Liam Gallagher are seen on the jumbo screen at a recent concert in Edinburgh. (Lee-Anne Goodman) The long-awaited Oasis reunion tour is a rousing success. Since launching in Wales in July, the band has been selling out ... <a title="The triumph of the Oasis reunion: Resilience rules the day as the Gallaghers end their feud" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/25/the-triumph-of-the-oasis-reunion-resilience-rules-the-day-as-the-gallaghers-end-their-feud-263789/" aria-label="Read more about The triumph of the Oasis reunion: Resilience rules the day as the Gallaghers end their feud">Read more</a>
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August 25, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kam Phung, Assistant Professor of Business & Society, Beedie School of Business, Simon Fraser University Despite growing awareness and legislation aimed at eradicating modern slavery — including forced labour, bonded labour and other extreme forms of human exploitation — efforts to combat the issue remain largely ineffective. ... <a title="How businesses deflect responsibilities for addressing modern slavery in their supply chains" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/25/how-businesses-deflect-responsibilities-for-addressing-modern-slavery-in-their-supply-chains-262859/" aria-label="Read more about How businesses deflect responsibilities for addressing modern slavery in their supply chains">Read more</a>
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August 25, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hanlie Smuts, Professor and Head of Department, University of Pretoria In today’s world, huge amounts of data are being created all the time, yet more than half of it is never used. It stays in silos, or isn’t managed, or can’t be accessed because systems change, or ... <a title="Data that is stored and not used has a carbon footprint. How companies can manage dark data better" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/25/data-that-is-stored-and-not-used-has-a-carbon-footprint-how-companies-can-manage-dark-data-better-262966/" aria-label="Read more about Data that is stored and not used has a carbon footprint. How companies can manage dark data better">Read more</a>
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August 25, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Asher Kaufman, Professor of History and Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame Israel’s conduct in Gaza increasingly risks turning the state into a pariah. Whereas world leaders initially rallied around Israel after the Oct. 7, 2023, massacre by Hamas militants, the resulting destruction inside the Palestinian enclave ... <a title="Netanyahu remains unmoved by Israel’s lurch toward pariah status − but at home and abroad, Israelis are suffering the consequences" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/25/netanyahu-remains-unmoved-by-israels-lurch-toward-pariah-status-but-at-home-and-abroad-israelis-are-suffering-the-consequences-263154/" aria-label="Read more about Netanyahu remains unmoved by Israel’s lurch toward pariah status − but at home and abroad, Israelis are suffering the consequences">Read more</a>
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August 25, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Albanese government is bringing forward by three months to October 1 implementation of its 5% deposit guarantee for all first home buyers purchasing properties up to a specified limit. The universal guarantee was an election promise. The bring-forward, from ... <a title="Albanese government to bring forward start of its home deposit guarantee changes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/25/albanese-government-to-bring-forward-start-of-its-home-deposit-guarantee-changes-263432/" aria-label="Read more about Albanese government to bring forward start of its home deposit guarantee changes">Read more</a>
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August 22, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Libby (Elizabeth) Sander, MBA Director & Associate Professor of Organisational Behaviour, Bond Business School, Bond University So your boss wants you in the office more? If this makes you anxious, you’re not alone. Return-to-work tensions aren’t simply resistance to change. They reflect deeper questions about how different ... <a title="When it comes to wellbeing, what are the pros and cons of working in an office vs from home?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/22/when-it-comes-to-wellbeing-what-are-the-pros-and-cons-of-working-in-an-office-vs-from-home-263540/" aria-label="Read more about When it comes to wellbeing, what are the pros and cons of working in an office vs from home?">Read more</a>
