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July 31, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amin Saikal, Emeritus Professor of Middle Eastern and Central Asian Studies, Australian National University; and Vice Chancellor’s Strategic Fellow, Australian National University When it comes to dealing with two of the biggest current crises in the Muslim world – the devastation of Gaza and the Taliban’s draconian ... <a title="The Muslim world has been strong on rhetoric, short on action over Gaza and Afghanistan" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/31/the-muslim-world-has-been-strong-on-rhetoric-short-on-action-over-gaza-and-afghanistan-262121/" aria-label="Read more about The Muslim world has been strong on rhetoric, short on action over Gaza and Afghanistan">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dileep Sharma, Professor and Head of Discipline – Oral Health, University of Newcastle Jonathan Borba/Pexels A survey from the Australian Dental Association out this week shows about three in four children never floss their teeth, or have adults do it for them. Many of the survey respondents ... <a title="Kids need to floss too, even their baby teeth. But how do you actually get them to do it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/31/kids-need-to-floss-too-even-their-baby-teeth-but-how-do-you-actually-get-them-to-do-it-262209/" aria-label="Read more about Kids need to floss too, even their baby teeth. But how do you actually get them to do it?">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Huw Griffiths, Associate Professor of English Literature, University of Sydney Brett Boardman/Belvoir The idea of the titular Crow in Ted Hughes’ poems is wild, untameable and irreducible to words. In an early poem in the sequence, words come at Crow from all angles but he just ignores ... <a title="Grief is the Thing with Feathers comes to the stage with a glorious intensity of purpose" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/31/grief-is-the-thing-with-feathers-comes-to-the-stage-with-a-glorious-intensity-of-purpose-260414/" aria-label="Read more about Grief is the Thing with Feathers comes to the stage with a glorious intensity of purpose">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra With parliament now finished its first fortnight’s session, attention will soon be on the government’s August 19-21 economic reform roundtable, bringing together business, unions, experts and community representatives to pursue consensus on ways to lift Australia’s flagging productivity. Independent member ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: independent MP Allegra Spender on making tax fairer for younger Australians" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/31/politics-with-michelle-grattan-independent-mp-allegra-spender-on-making-tax-fairer-for-younger-australians-262225/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: independent MP Allegra Spender on making tax fairer for younger Australians">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Magnus Söderberg, Professor and Director, Centre for Applied Energy Economics and Policy Research, Griffith University Saeed Khan/Getty Building a solar farm in Australia is getting about 8% cheaper each year as panel prices fall and technology improves, according to an official new report. Battery storage costs are ... <a title="5 reasons why wind farms are costing more in Australia – and what to do about it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/31/5-reasons-why-wind-farms-are-costing-more-in-australia-and-what-to-do-about-it-262126/" aria-label="Read more about 5 reasons why wind farms are costing more in Australia – and what to do about it">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kasey Symons, Lecturer of Communication, Sports Media, Deakin University Sports fans might love their teams, cheer or curse each game’s result and admire their favourite athletes, but we rarely associate sports with romance. However, that may be slowly changing thanks to the recent spike in the popularity ... <a title="Sporty spice: how romance fiction is adding a new dynamic to sports fandom" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/31/sporty-spice-how-romance-fiction-is-adding-a-new-dynamic-to-sports-fandom-261569/" aria-label="Read more about Sporty spice: how romance fiction is adding a new dynamic to sports fandom">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lori Leigh, Research Fellow in Public Health, University of Otago Getty Images New Zealand’s 2023 census was the first to collect data on gender identity and sexual orientation, showing one in 20 adults identify as LGBTQIA+. But just as reports from this more inclusive census are being ... <a title="Just as NZ began collecting meaningful data on rainbow communities, census changes threaten their visibility" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/31/just-as-nz-began-collecting-meaningful-data-on-rainbow-communities-census-changes-threaten-their-visibility-261753/" aria-label="Read more about Just as NZ began collecting meaningful data on rainbow communities, census changes threaten their visibility">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Uri Gal, Professor in Business Information Systems, University of Sydney Imaginima / Getty Images AI is on the agenda in Canberra. In August, the Productivity Commission will release an interim report on harnessing data and digital technology such as AI “to boost productivity growth, accelerate innovation and ... <a title="Big tech says AI could boost Australia’s economy by $115 billion a year. Does the evidence stack up?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/31/big-tech-says-ai-could-boost-australias-economy-by-115-billion-a-year-does-the-evidence-stack-up-260705/" aria-label="Read more about Big tech says AI could boost Australia’s economy by $115 billion a year. Does the evidence stack up?">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Madeleine Pugin, Research Fellow, School of Government and International Relations, Griffith University The Productivity Commission’s latest data on Closing the Gap progress represents an unsurprisingly grim overview of the socioeconomic inequalities experienced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Closing the Gap is the plan federal and ... <a title="Progress on Closing the Gap is stagnant or going backwards. Here are 3 things to help fix it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/31/progress-on-closing-the-gap-is-stagnant-or-going-backwards-here-are-3-things-to-help-fix-it-262042/" aria-label="Read more about Progress on Closing the Gap is stagnant or going backwards. Here are 3 things to help fix it">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle H. Lim, Associate Professor, Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney Oliver Rossi/Getty Images Loneliness is not a word often associated with young people. We tend to think of our youth as a time spent with family, friends and being engaged with school and work ... <a title="More than 2 in 5 young Australians are lonely, our new report shows. This is what could help" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/31/more-than-2-in-5-young-australians-are-lonely-our-new-report-shows-this-is-what-could-help-261260/" aria-label="Read more about More than 2 in 5 young Australians are lonely, our new report shows. This is what could help">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Shea X. Fan, Associate Professor, Human Resource Management, Deakin University Odua Images/Shutterstock Too often, it’s anti-immigration sentiment dominating headlines in Australia. But a quieter story is going untold. Migrants are not just fitting into Australian society, they’re actively reshaping it through entrepreneurship. Starting a business is difficult ... <a title="How migrant business owners turn their identity into an asset, despite some bumps along the way" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/31/how-migrant-business-owners-turn-their-identity-into-an-asset-despite-some-bumps-along-the-way-261948/" aria-label="Read more about How migrant business owners turn their identity into an asset, despite some bumps along the way">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gregory Ferris, Senior Lecturer, Media Arts & Production, University of Technology Sydney LMPC via Getty Images A cinematic firecracker of a film exploded onto international screens 50 years ago this week, blending martial arts mayhem, Bond-esque set pieces, casual racism – and a distinctly Australian swagger. From ... <a title="The Man from Hong Kong at 50: how the first ever Australian–Hong Kong co-production became a cult classic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/31/the-man-from-hong-kong-at-50-how-the-first-ever-australian-hong-kong-co-production-became-a-cult-classic-260306/" aria-label="Read more about The Man from Hong Kong at 50: how the first ever Australian–Hong Kong co-production became a cult classic">Read more</a>
