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August 14, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Sitting beside Treasurer Jim Chalmers at next week’s three-day economic reform roundtable will be a handpicked list of invited business, policy and union “thought leaders” – all coming with their own ideas for what needs to change. Among them will ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: union boss Sally McManus on the push for shorter work hours in the age of AI" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/14/politics-with-michelle-grattan-union-boss-sally-mcmanus-on-the-push-for-shorter-work-hours-in-the-age-of-ai-263192/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: union boss Sally McManus on the push for shorter work hours in the age of AI">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Evangeline Mantzioris, Program Director of Nutrition and Food Sciences, Accredited Practising Dietitian, University of South Australia If you’ve walked down the wellness aisle at your local supermarket recently, or scrolled the latest wellness trends on social media, you’ve likely heard about creatine. Creatine is a compound our ... <a title="What is creatine? What does the science say about its claims to build muscle and boost brain health?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/14/what-is-creatine-what-does-the-science-say-about-its-claims-to-build-muscle-and-boost-brain-health-258800/" aria-label="Read more about What is creatine? What does the science say about its claims to build muscle and boost brain health?">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tama Leaver, Professor of Internet Studies, Curtin University ‘An Aboriginal Australian’s house’ generated by Meta AI in May 2024. Meta AI Big tech company hype sells generative artificial intelligence (AI) as intelligent, creative, desirable, inevitable, and about to radically reshape the future in many ways. Published by ... <a title="‘Australiana’ images made by AI are racist and full of tired cliches, new study shows" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/14/australiana-images-made-by-ai-are-racist-and-full-of-tired-cliches-new-study-shows-263117/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Australiana’ images made by AI are racist and full of tired cliches, new study shows">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Niamatullah Ibrahimi, Senior Research Fellow, Initiative for Peacebuilding, The University of Melbourne On August 15 2021, Afghanistan’s democratic republic collapsed. As the last US and NATO troops departed the country, the Taliban swept back into power and the Afghan people braced for an uncertain future. Despite promises ... <a title="After 4 years of repressive Taliban rule, Afghans are suffering in silence. Is the world still watching?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/14/after-4-years-of-repressive-taliban-rule-afghans-are-suffering-in-silence-is-the-world-still-watching-262801/" aria-label="Read more about After 4 years of repressive Taliban rule, Afghans are suffering in silence. Is the world still watching?">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Simon Griffith, Professor of Avian Behavioural Ecology, Macquarie University Carlos Quintero, unsplash, CC BY Living in cities exposes people to all sorts of chemical pollutants. Many are harmful even at low concentrations. But it is hard to know what the risks and consequences might be. The animals ... <a title="The canary in the concrete jungle: how polluted towns make sparrows frail, anxious and old before their time" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/14/the-canary-in-the-concrete-jungle-how-polluted-towns-make-sparrows-frail-anxious-and-old-before-their-time-262788/" aria-label="Read more about The canary in the concrete jungle: how polluted towns make sparrows frail, anxious and old before their time">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Simon Avenell, Professor in Modern Japanese History, Australian National University Aleksander Pasaric/Pexels This year marks 80 years since Japan’s catastrophic defeat in the Asia-Pacific War. In 1945, the country lay in ruins. Millions had died in battle or in the devastating Allied bombings of Tokyo, Hiroshima, Nagasaki, ... <a title="Postwar Japan at 80: 10 factors that changed the nation forever" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/14/postwar-japan-at-80-10-factors-that-changed-the-nation-forever-263039/" aria-label="Read more about Postwar Japan at 80: 10 factors that changed the nation forever">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Antje Fiedler, Senior Lecturer, Management and International Business, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Bevan Goldswain/Getty Images Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are the backbone of the Australian and New Zealand economies, employing 42% of Australia’s workforce and 31% of New Zealand’s workers. But rising costs, weak ... <a title="Small business, big pressure: why the backbones of the NZ and Australian economies need more support" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/14/small-business-big-pressure-why-the-backbones-of-the-nz-and-australian-economies-need-more-support-261947/" aria-label="Read more about Small business, big pressure: why the backbones of the NZ and Australian economies need more support">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Greste, Professor of Journalism and Communications, Macquarie University The New York-based media freedom organisation, the Committee to Protect Journalists, is scrupulous with its words. So, when the organisation described the killing of six Palestinian journalists in an Israeli air strike as “murder”, the word was a ... <a title="Israel must allow independent investigations of Palestinian journalist killings – and let international media into Gaza" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/14/israel-must-allow-independent-investigations-of-palestinian-journalist-killings-and-let-international-media-into-gaza-263106/" aria-label="Read more about Israel must allow independent investigations of Palestinian journalist killings – and let international media into Gaza">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ana Gamarra Rondinel, Research Fellow, Faculty of Business and Economics, The University of Melbourne Roman Biernacki/Pexels, CC BY From paid parental leave to expanded childcare and free kindergarten, Australia has made positive changes over the past two decades to better support families. But for many parents juggling ... <a title="Many parents – mostly mothers – lose family payments from the first dollar they earn. Here’s how we could fix it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/14/many-parents-mostly-mothers-lose-family-payments-from-the-first-dollar-they-earn-heres-how-we-could-fix-it-262119/" aria-label="Read more about Many parents – mostly mothers – lose family payments from the first dollar they earn. Here’s how we could fix it">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adam Guastella, Professor and Clinical Psychologist, Michael Crouch Chair in Child and Youth Mental Health, University of Sydney Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a neurodevelopmental condition that affects around 7% of children and 2.5% of adults. ADHD causes difficulties holding and sustaining attention over periods of time. ... <a title="For people with ADHD, medication can reduce the risk of accidents, crime and suicide" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/14/for-people-with-adhd-medication-can-reduce-the-risk-of-accidents-crime-and-suicide-263044/" aria-label="Read more about For people with ADHD, medication can reduce the risk of accidents, crime and suicide">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nic Rawlence, Associate Professor in Ancient DNA, University of Otago An artist’s depiction of the Rēkohu shelduck. Sasha Votyakova/Te Papa , CC BY-ND Islands are natural laboratories where evolution can run rampant as plants and animals adapt to new environmental conditions and vacancies in the ecosystem. This ... <a title="The discovery of an extinct shelduck highlights the rich ancient biodiversity of the remote Rēkohu Chatham Islands" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/14/the-discovery-of-an-extinct-shelduck-highlights-the-rich-ancient-biodiversity-of-the-remote-rekohu-chatham-islands-259656/" aria-label="Read more about The discovery of an extinct shelduck highlights the rich ancient biodiversity of the remote Rēkohu Chatham Islands">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Martin, Senior Lecturer in Criminology, Deakin University Recently, you may have noticed an increase in the number of shops selling tobacco in your area. Alongside cigarettes, these shops often sell vapes. In July 2024, the federal government banned the sale of recreational vapes nationwide. The only ... <a title="If recreational vapes are banned, why are there still vape shops everywhere?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/14/if-recreational-vapes-are-banned-why-are-there-still-vape-shops-everywhere-262433/" aria-label="Read more about If recreational vapes are banned, why are there still vape shops everywhere?">Read more</a>
