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July 3, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brittany Ferdinands, Lecturer in Digital Content Creation, Discipline of Media and Communications, University of Sydney The Conversation, CC BY Emojis, as well as memes and other forms of short-form content, have become central to how we express ourselves and connect online. Yet as meanings shift across different ... <a title="Thumbs up: good or passive aggressive? How emojis became the most confusing kind of online language" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/03/thumbs-up-good-or-passive-aggressive-how-emojis-became-the-most-confusing-kind-of-online-language-259151/" aria-label="Read more about Thumbs up: good or passive aggressive? How emojis became the most confusing kind of online language">Read more</a>
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July 3, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katy Bell, Professor of Clinical Epidemiology, Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney There is much to commend about Australia’s lung cancer screening program, which started on July 1. The program is based on gold-standard trial evidence showing this type of screening is likely to reduce ... <a title="Lung cancer screening hopes to save lives. But we also need to watch for possible harms" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/03/lung-cancer-screening-hopes-to-save-lives-but-we-also-need-to-watch-for-possible-harms-253625/" aria-label="Read more about Lung cancer screening hopes to save lives. But we also need to watch for possible harms">Read more</a>
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July 3, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rich Mallett, Research Associate and Independent Researcher, ODI Global Motorcycle-taxis are one of the fastest and most convenient ways to get around Uganda’s congested capital, Kampala. But they are also the most dangerous. Though they account for one-third of public transport trips taking place within the city, ... <a title="Uganda’s ride-hailing motorbike service promised safety – but drivers are under pressure to speed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/03/ugandas-ride-hailing-motorbike-service-promised-safety-but-drivers-are-under-pressure-to-speed-259310/" aria-label="Read more about Uganda’s ride-hailing motorbike service promised safety – but drivers are under pressure to speed">Read more</a>
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July 3, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jade Craig, Assistant Professor of Law, University of Mississippi The Parker administration says it will issue $800 million in bonds over the next four years to fund affordable housing. Jeff Fusco/The Conversation, CC BY-NC-SA Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker’s Housing Opportunities Made Easy initiative, which was included in ... <a title="Philadelphia’s $2B affordable housing plan relies heavily on municipal bonds, which can come with hidden costs for taxpayers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/03/philadelphias-2b-affordable-housing-plan-relies-heavily-on-municipal-bonds-which-can-come-with-hidden-costs-for-taxpayers-253522/" aria-label="Read more about Philadelphia’s $2B affordable housing plan relies heavily on municipal bonds, which can come with hidden costs for taxpayers">Read more</a>
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July 2, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Merdith, DECRA Fellow, School of Earth Sciences, University of Adelaide Some 252 million years ago, almost all life on Earth disappeared. Known as the Permian–Triassic mass extinction – or the Great Dying – this was the most catastrophic of the five mass extinction events recognised in ... <a title="Around 250 million years ago, Earth was near-lifeless and locked in a hothouse state. Now scientists know why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/02/around-250-million-years-ago-earth-was-near-lifeless-and-locked-in-a-hothouse-state-now-scientists-know-why-260203/" aria-label="Read more about Around 250 million years ago, Earth was near-lifeless and locked in a hothouse state. Now scientists know why">Read more</a>
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July 2, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra From this Sunday, Australians will be celebrating NAIDOC Week, which marks its 50th anniversary this year. The week highlights the achievements, history and culture of Australia’s First Peoples. It’s also a time to reflect on the huge effort needed to ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Kerrynne Liddle on seizing more opportunities with Indigenous Australians" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/02/politics-with-michelle-grattan-kerrynne-liddle-on-seizing-more-opportunities-with-indigenous-australians-260288/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Kerrynne Liddle on seizing more opportunities with Indigenous Australians">Read more</a>
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July 2, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marg Rogers, Senior Lecturer, Early Childhood Education; Post Doctoral Fellow, Manna Institute, University of New England Suwatchai Pluemruetai/Shutterstock The horrific allegations of child abuse by an early childhood educator in Victoria came to light at a time when the early learning sector was already under fire for ... <a title="Supervision gaps can lead to child abuse – what can be done?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/02/supervision-gaps-can-lead-to-child-abuse-what-can-be-done-260284/" aria-label="Read more about Supervision gaps can lead to child abuse – what can be done?">Read more</a>
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July 2, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lester Munson, Non-Resident Fellow, United States Studies Centre, University of Sydney Igor Link/Shutterstock One of the unique aspects of Washington life is a Senate “vote-a-rama,” in which the upper house of Congress tortures itself by pulling a marathon all-nighter of speeches, amendments and votes on a critical ... <a title="Trump’s ‘big beautiful bill’ has passed the US Senate – these are the winners and losers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/02/trumps-big-beautiful-bill-has-passed-the-us-senate-these-are-the-winners-and-losers-260287/" aria-label="Read more about Trump’s ‘big beautiful bill’ has passed the US Senate – these are the winners and losers">Read more</a>
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July 2, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lisa M. Given, Professor of Information Sciences & Director, Social Change Enabling Impact Platform, RMIT University Shutterstock By the end of this year, the experience of using search engines in Australia won’t be as simple as it has always been. That’s thanks to a new online safety ... <a title="Australians will soon need their age checked to log into online search tools – here’s why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/02/australians-will-soon-need-their-age-checked-to-log-into-online-search-tools-heres-why-260199/" aria-label="Read more about Australians will soon need their age checked to log into online search tools – here’s why">Read more</a>
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July 2, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Martyn Mills-Bayne, Senior Lecturer in Early Childhood Education, University of South Australia Getty Images Horrific allegations of child sexual abuse in childcare centres across Melbourne have put the role of men in early childhood education back in the spotlight. Coming after other major media reports of child ... <a title="Parents are feeling anxious about men in childcare centres. Stronger rules would make everyone feel safer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/02/parents-are-feeling-anxious-about-men-in-childcare-centres-stronger-rules-would-make-everyone-feel-safer-260282/" aria-label="Read more about Parents are feeling anxious about men in childcare centres. Stronger rules would make everyone feel safer">Read more</a>
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July 2, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Thomas Jeffries, Senior Lecturer in Microbiology, Western Sydney University Helen Camacaro/Getty Coles is recalling two of its homebrand peanut butter products, over concerns they have been contaminated with aflatoxin, a toxic chemical linked to liver cancer. The supermarket chain has issued the recall notice for Coles Smooth ... <a title="What is aflatoxin, the toxic chemical behind Coles’ peanut butter recall?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/02/what-is-aflatoxin-the-toxic-chemical-behind-coles-peanut-butter-recall-260194/" aria-label="Read more about What is aflatoxin, the toxic chemical behind Coles’ peanut butter recall?">Read more</a>
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July 2, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rosemary Sheehan, Professor of Social Work, Monash University Catherine Falls Commercial/ Getty Images Disturbing allegations have emerged about a Melbourne childcare worker, who has been charged with more than 70 offences, including sexual assault and producing child abuse material. Health authorities have urged about 1,200 children to ... <a title="What are working with children checks? Why aren’t they keeping kids safe at daycare?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/02/what-are-working-with-children-checks-why-arent-they-keeping-kids-safe-at-daycare-260209/" aria-label="Read more about What are working with children checks? Why aren’t they keeping kids safe at daycare?">Read more</a>
