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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>
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August 22, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brian Q. Jenkins, Lecturer, School of Health Sciences and Social Work, Griffith University This year Australia has seen a horrific string of reports and allegations about abuse and neglect in childcare centres. Families are desperate to ensure their kids are safe and political leaders have been rushing ... <a title="Australia will get a register to track educators and CCTV trial in centres – we still need more to keep kids safe" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/22/australia-will-get-a-register-to-track-educators-and-cctv-trial-in-centres-we-still-need-more-to-keep-kids-safe-263641/" aria-label="Read more about Australia will get a register to track educators and CCTV trial in centres – we still need more to keep kids safe">Read more</a>
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August 22, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Konstantine Panegyres, Lecturer in Classics and Ancient History, The University of Western Australia Athenians voted for Socrates to be put to death. Jacques Louis David, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Collection, Wolfe Fund, 1931 The ancient Greek orator Dio Chrysostom (1st-2nd century CE) said ... <a title="The ancient Greeks invented democracy – and warned us how it could go horribly wrong" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/22/the-ancient-greeks-invented-democracy-and-warned-us-how-it-could-go-horribly-wrong-250058/" aria-label="Read more about The ancient Greeks invented democracy – and warned us how it could go horribly wrong">Read more</a>
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August 22, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bryce Barker, Professor in Archaeology, University of Southern Queensland Shutterstock New research conducted at Walufeni Cave, an important archaeological site in Papua New Guinea, reveals new evidence of long-distance interactions between Oceania’s Indigenous societies, as far back as 3,200 years ago. Our new study, published in the ... <a title="Ancient shells and pottery reveal the vast 3,200-years-old trade routes of Oceania’s Indigenous peoples" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/22/ancient-shells-and-pottery-reveal-the-vast-3-200-years-old-trade-routes-of-oceanias-indigenous-peoples-261950/" aria-label="Read more about Ancient shells and pottery reveal the vast 3,200-years-old trade routes of Oceania’s Indigenous peoples">Read more</a>
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August 22, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Catherine Houlihan, Senior Lecturer in Clinical Psychology, University of the Sunshine Coast Eugene Chystiakov/Unsplash Eating disorders can affect anybody, no matter their age, gender, ethnicity, socioeconomic status or body size. Yet the myth that eating disorders are “diseases of affluence” persists, and can mean those from wealthier ... <a title="Eating disorder symptoms in teens can be traced back to family hardship, new study shows" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/22/eating-disorder-symptoms-in-teens-can-be-traced-back-to-family-hardship-new-study-shows-263529/" aria-label="Read more about Eating disorder symptoms in teens can be traced back to family hardship, new study shows">Read more</a>
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August 22, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ka Hang Wong, PhD candidate, University of Technology Sydney It’s been five years since Beijing imposed a harsh new national security law on Hong Kong. During this time, the law has fundamentally altered the city-state, prompting scores of pro-democracy leaders to flee overseas and instilling a climate ... <a title="Overseas bounties, patriotic education and suppression: how the national security law is changing Hong Kong" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/22/overseas-bounties-patriotic-education-and-suppression-how-the-national-security-law-is-changing-hong-kong-262958/" aria-label="Read more about Overseas bounties, patriotic education and suppression: how the national security law is changing Hong Kong">Read more</a>
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August 22, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Philip Johnson, Lecturer, College of Business, Government and Law, Flinders University In early August, US President Donald Trump signed a not-so-secretive order to make plans for the use of US military force against specific Latin American criminal organisations. The plans were acted upon this week. The US ... <a title="The US government wants to use the military against drug traffickers. History suggests this may backfire" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/22/the-us-government-wants-to-use-the-military-against-drug-traffickers-history-suggests-this-may-backfire-263124/" aria-label="Read more about The US government wants to use the military against drug traffickers. History suggests this may backfire">Read more</a>
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August 22, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Bartos, Professor of Economics, University of Canberra Day three of the government’s economic reform roundtable was about budget sustainability. It’s a slow burn issue. If the Australian government spends more than it raises in revenue, it has to finance the difference (the budget deficit) by borrowing. ... <a title="After three days of talks, a fairer tax system is on the agenda. There’s no shortage of ideas" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/22/after-three-days-of-talks-a-fairer-tax-system-is-on-the-agenda-theres-no-shortage-of-ideas-263330/" aria-label="Read more about After three days of talks, a fairer tax system is on the agenda. There’s no shortage of ideas">Read more</a>
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August 22, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vanessa Jordan, Associate Professor and Cochrane New Zealand Fellow, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Getty Images For almost two decades, all New Zealanders had free access to one of the world’s most trusted libraries on medical information. The Cochrane Library is known as the gold standard ... <a title="The Cochrane library is a global source of independent health evidence for everyone – why is NZ restricting access?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/22/the-cochrane-library-is-a-global-source-of-independent-health-evidence-for-everyone-why-is-nz-restricting-access-263272/" aria-label="Read more about The Cochrane library is a global source of independent health evidence for everyone – why is NZ restricting access?">Read more</a>
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August 22, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peninah Kansiime, Lecturer in Social Work, Edith Cowan University Eyad Baba/Getty This article contains descriptions of sexual violence some readers may find distressing. Recently, the United Nations Chief warned Israel he had consistently noted “patterns of certain forms of sexual violence” perpetrated by Israeli armed forces against ... <a title="Israel is on notice for using sexual violence against Palestinians. It’s all too common as a war tactic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/22/israel-is-on-notice-for-using-sexual-violence-against-palestinians-its-all-too-common-as-a-war-tactic-262951/" aria-label="Read more about Israel is on notice for using sexual violence against Palestinians. It’s all too common as a war tactic">Read more</a>
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August 22, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Raphael Trouve, Senior Research Fellow in Forest Dynamics and Statistical Modelling, The University of Melbourne Tom Fairman Something silent and sinister is happening in Australia’s mountain ash forests. As temperatures rise, these ecosystems are slowly, steadily losing their trees – and with them, their ability to store ... <a title="Climate change is driving a silent, sinister change in Australia’s mountain ash forests" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/22/climate-change-is-driving-a-silent-sinister-change-in-australias-mountain-ash-forests-255737/" aria-label="Read more about Climate change is driving a silent, sinister change in Australia’s mountain ash forests">Read more</a>
