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August 11, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Heather Ford, Professor, Communications, University of Technology Sydney Franckreporter / Getty Images Last month, the American non-profit organisation behind Wikipedia issued draft guidelines for researchers studying how neutral Wikipedia really is. But instead of supporting open inquiry, the guidelines reveal just how unaware the Wikimedia Foundation is ... <a title="Wikipedia’s ‘neutrality’ has always been complicated. New rules will make questioning it harder" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/11/wikipedias-neutrality-has-always-been-complicated-new-rules-will-make-questioning-it-harder-262706/" aria-label="Read more about Wikipedia’s ‘neutrality’ has always been complicated. New rules will make questioning it harder">Read more</a>
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August 11, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lisa Nissen, HERA Program Director – Health Workforce Optimisation Centre for the Business & Economics of Health, The University of Queensland sturti/Getty You’re discharged from hospital with some painkillers but aren’t sure if they’re safe to take with the heart medication you’ve been prescribed for years or ... <a title="Pharmacists could one day work in GP clinics. Here’s what’s in it for you" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/11/pharmacists-could-one-day-work-in-gp-clinics-heres-whats-in-it-for-you-262321/" aria-label="Read more about Pharmacists could one day work in GP clinics. Here’s what’s in it for you">Read more</a>
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August 11, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tim Cowan, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Applied Climate Sciences, University of Southern Queensland Soaking mid-winter rains have brought some relief to drought-stricken farms and rural towns across southern Australia, but the crisis is not over yet. And there’s more to this challenging episode than you might ... <a title="Triple whammy: how 3 types of drought crippled southern Australia this year" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/11/triple-whammy-how-3-types-of-drought-crippled-southern-australia-this-year-262320/" aria-label="Read more about Triple whammy: how 3 types of drought crippled southern Australia this year">Read more</a>
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August 11, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Karyn Healy, Honorary Principal Research Fellow in Psychology, The University of Queensland Monkey Business Images/ Shutterstock Bullying in schools can can have a devastating impact on victims. Research shows it can lead to reduced academic performance depression, anxiety and even suicidal behaviour. So, preventing and reducing bullying ... <a title="Often parents and schools disagree about whether something is ‘bullying’: what happens next?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/11/often-parents-and-schools-disagree-about-whether-something-is-bullying-what-happens-next-261474/" aria-label="Read more about Often parents and schools disagree about whether something is ‘bullying’: what happens next?">Read more</a>
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August 11, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julian Pearce, Adjunct Lecturer in public finance, Griffith University Treasurer Jim Chalmers has made budget sustainability one of the key pillars of the reform roundtable to be held next week. Concern that budget spending is on an unsustainable trend has been caused by rising government spending as ... <a title="No one holds the government to account on spending. We need a budget watchdog that can bite" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/11/no-one-holds-the-government-to-account-on-spending-we-need-a-budget-watchdog-that-can-bite-261764/" aria-label="Read more about No one holds the government to account on spending. We need a budget watchdog that can bite">Read more</a>
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August 9, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Parmeter, Research Scholar, Middle East Studies, Australian National University Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is moving forward with his plan to take full control of Gaza, expanding his war efforts amid a deepening starvation crisis in the strip and intensifying international condemnation. In the plan, Netanyahu’s ... <a title="Israel is deepening its war in Gaza – here are 5 big questions about Netanyahu’s ill-advised next phase" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/09/israel-is-deepening-its-war-in-gaza-here-are-5-big-questions-about-netanyahus-ill-advised-next-phase-262918/" aria-label="Read more about Israel is deepening its war in Gaza – here are 5 big questions about Netanyahu’s ill-advised next phase">Read more</a>
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August 8, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ihsan Yilmaz, Deputy Directory (Research Development), Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation & Research Professor of Political Science and International Relations, Deakin University Padini Carine/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA Last week, Australian authorities arrested a woman for foreign interference. The Chinese citizen and Canberra resident is just the ... <a title="Foreign interference can be hidden in plain sight. Here’s how countries use ‘sharp power’ in Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/08/foreign-interference-can-be-hidden-in-plain-sight-heres-how-countries-use-sharp-power-in-australia-262709/" aria-label="Read more about Foreign interference can be hidden in plain sight. Here’s how countries use ‘sharp power’ in Australia">Read more</a>
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August 8, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amin Saikal, Emeritus Professor of Middle Eastern Studies, Australian National University; Vice Chancellor’s Strategic Fellow, Victoria University; Adjunct Professor of Social Sciences, The University of Western Australia For all its claims of being a democracy that adheres to international law and the rules of war, Israel’s global ... <a title="As Netanyahu moves toward full takeover of Gaza, Israel faces a crisis of international credibility" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/08/as-netanyahu-moves-toward-full-takeover-of-gaza-israel-faces-a-crisis-of-international-credibility-262864/" aria-label="Read more about As Netanyahu moves toward full takeover of Gaza, Israel faces a crisis of international credibility">Read more</a>
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August 8, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anne Twomey, Professor Emerita in Constitutional Law, University of Sydney Gareth Ward, who was recently found guilty of four sexual offences, has resigned as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly. In itself, this is unremarkable. Politicians accused of serious crimes or facing the threat ... <a title="Why Gareth Ward’s challenge to the power to expel him from the NSW parliament failed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/08/why-gareth-wards-challenge-to-the-power-to-expel-him-from-the-nsw-parliament-failed-262610/" aria-label="Read more about Why Gareth Ward’s challenge to the power to expel him from the NSW parliament failed">Read more</a>
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August 8, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Milena Heinsch, Professor and Head of Social Work, University of Tasmania Adam Pretty/Getty If someone close to you has attempted suicide, you may be feeling scared, confused or overwhelmed. You’re not alone – the most recent data shows more than one in three Australians have been close ... <a title="What to say and how to help if someone close to you has attempted suicide" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/08/what-to-say-and-how-to-help-if-someone-close-to-you-has-attempted-suicide-262699/" aria-label="Read more about What to say and how to help if someone close to you has attempted suicide">Read more</a>
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August 8, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Riona Moodley, Lecturer in Law, UNSW Institute for Climate Risk and Response, UNSW Sydney Belle Co/Pexels Going “green” is not just good for the environment and climate, it can also be great for business. Consumers increasingly demand eco-friendly goods and services, and are willing to pay more ... <a title="From ‘reef-friendly’ sunscreens to ‘sustainable’ super, greenwashing allegations are rife. Here’s how the claims stack up" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/08/from-reef-friendly-sunscreens-to-sustainable-super-greenwashing-allegations-are-rife-heres-how-the-claims-stack-up-261377/" aria-label="Read more about From ‘reef-friendly’ sunscreens to ‘sustainable’ super, greenwashing allegations are rife. Here’s how the claims stack up">Read more</a>
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August 8, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ivan Franceschini, Lecturer, Chinese Studies, The University of Melbourne Last month, the Cambodian government launched the largest crackdown to date on the online scam industry that has taken root in the country and operated largely in the open. On July 16, a directive from Prime Minister Hun ... <a title="Cambodia is vowing to ‘rid’ the country of scam compounds. But we’ve seen several still operating in the open" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/08/cambodia-is-vowing-to-rid-the-country-of-scam-compounds-but-weve-seen-several-still-operating-in-the-open-262792/" aria-label="Read more about Cambodia is vowing to ‘rid’ the country of scam compounds. But we’ve seen several still operating in the open">Read more</a>
