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June 19, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Olivier Sterck, Associate professor, University of Oxford Humanitarian needs are rising around the world. At the same time, major donors such as the US and the UK are pulling back support, placing increasing strain on already overstretched aid systems. Global humanitarian needs have quadrupled since 2015, driven ... <a title="What happens when aid is cut to a large refugee camp? Kenyan study paints a bleak picture" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/19/what-happens-when-aid-is-cut-to-a-large-refugee-camp-kenyan-study-paints-a-bleak-picture-259055/" aria-label="Read more about What happens when aid is cut to a large refugee camp? Kenyan study paints a bleak picture">Read more</a>
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June 19, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Foulds, Associate Professor of Information Systems, University of Maryland, Baltimore County Someone altered the AI chatbot Grok to make it insert text about a debunked conspiracy theory in unrelated responses. Cheng Xin/Getty Images The AI chatbot Grok spent one day in May 2025 spreading debunked conspiracy ... <a title="Grok’s ‘white genocide’ responses show how generative AI can be weaponized" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/19/groks-white-genocide-responses-show-how-generative-ai-can-be-weaponized-257880/" aria-label="Read more about Grok’s ‘white genocide’ responses show how generative AI can be weaponized">Read more</a>
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June 18, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Asanka Ratnayake/Getty Images While the world’s media is largely focused on conflict in the Middle East, the focus for many Australians remains at home, with the government preparing the long task ahead of trying to lift Australia’s productivity. Last week, ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: an ‘impatient’ Jim Chalmers on taking political risks in Labor’s second term" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/18/politics-with-michelle-grattan-an-impatient-jim-chalmers-on-taking-political-risks-in-labors-second-term-259269/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: an ‘impatient’ Jim Chalmers on taking political risks in Labor’s second term">Read more</a>
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June 18, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Jim Chalmers speaking to the National Press Club June 18, 2025. Screenshot from the ABC Broadcast, CC BY-NC Jim Chalmers cast his Wednesday National Press Club speech as a second instalment in a two-part presentation that was kicked off by ... <a title="View from The Hill: Jim Chalmers wants to get on with economic reform and tax is in his sights" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/18/view-from-the-hill-jim-chalmers-wants-to-get-on-with-economic-reform-and-tax-is-in-his-sights-258973/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Jim Chalmers wants to get on with economic reform and tax is in his sights">Read more</a>
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June 18, 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, Victoria University Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has gone beyond his initial aim of destroying Iran’s ability to produce nuclear weapons. He has called on the Iranian people ... <a title="Iran’s long history of revolution, defiance and outside interference – and why its future is so uncertain" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/18/irans-long-history-of-revolution-defiance-and-outside-interference-and-why-its-future-is-so-uncertain-259270/" aria-label="Read more about Iran’s long history of revolution, defiance and outside interference – and why its future is so uncertain">Read more</a>
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June 18, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yasmin Mowat, Clinical Project Manager, Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney AnnaStills/Getty Images Many gay and bisexual men have been excluded from donating blood and plasma (the liquid portion of blood) for decades because of rules developed during the HIV crisis in the 1980s. The Australian Red Cross’ blood ... <a title="Gay and bisexual men will soon be able to donate blood and plasma" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/18/gay-and-bisexual-men-will-soon-be-able-to-donate-blood-and-plasma-259136/" aria-label="Read more about Gay and bisexual men will soon be able to donate blood and plasma">Read more</a>
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June 18, 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, Victoria University Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has gone beyond his initial aim of destroying Iran’s ability to produce nuclear weapons. He has called on the Iranian people ... <a title="Iran’s long history of revolution, defiance and outside interference – and why its future so uncertain" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/18/irans-long-history-of-revolution-defiance-and-outside-interference-and-why-its-future-so-uncertain-259270/" aria-label="Read more about Iran’s long history of revolution, defiance and outside interference – and why its future so uncertain">Read more</a>
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June 18, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Shannon Bosch, Associate Professor (Law), Edith Cowan University Israel’s major military operation against Iran has targeted its nuclear program, including its facilities and scientists, as well as its military leadership. In response, the United Nations Security Council has quickly convened an emergency sitting. There, the Israeli ambassador ... <a title="Are Israel’s actions in Iran illegal? Could it be called self-defence? An international law expert explains" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/18/are-israels-actions-in-iran-illegal-could-it-be-called-self-defence-an-international-law-expert-explains-259259/" aria-label="Read more about Are Israel’s actions in Iran illegal? Could it be called self-defence? An international law expert explains">Read more</a>
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June 18, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jaime Simpson, Doctoral Researcher, Domestic Family Violence Counsellor, University of Newcastle Paul shuang/Shutterstock The Victorian parliament has launched a long-overdue inquiry into abuse and coercive control within cults and religious fringe groups. It is a welcome acknowledgement of the damage that can flourish under the guise of ... <a title="Victoria is looking into religious cults – here’s what it should examine" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/18/victoria-is-looking-into-religious-cults-heres-what-it-should-examine-259152/" aria-label="Read more about Victoria is looking into religious cults – here’s what it should examine">Read more</a>
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June 18, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Tuffley, Senior Lecturer in Applied Ethics & CyberSecurity, Griffith University On The Back Of Camera/Shutterstock Earlier today, Iranian officials urged the country’s citizens to remove the messaging platform WhatsApp from their smartphones. Without providing any supporting evidence, they alleged the app gathers user information to send ... <a title="Can a foreign government hack WhatsApp? A cybersecurity expert explains how that might work" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/18/can-a-foreign-government-hack-whatsapp-a-cybersecurity-expert-explains-how-that-might-work-259261/" aria-label="Read more about Can a foreign government hack WhatsApp? A cybersecurity expert explains how that might work">Read more</a>
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June 18, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Patrick Finnerty, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in conservation and wildlife management, University of Sydney Fidel Fernando / Unsplash Ever since modern environmentalism took off in the 1960s, people have tried to undo the damage humans have caused to nature. Efforts have ranged from reducing threats, to restoring habitats, ... <a title="‘Guerrilla rewilding’ aims for DIY conservation – but it may do more harm than good" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/18/guerrilla-rewilding-aims-for-diy-conservation-but-it-may-do-more-harm-than-good-258818/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Guerrilla rewilding’ aims for DIY conservation – but it may do more harm than good">Read more</a>
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June 18, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tom Murray, Professor in Screen Media and Creative Arts, Macquarie University Photograph by Robert Walker, Eric Smith in the studio, c.1973 black and white photograph, 52cmx42cm. Barbara Smith Collection. Used with permission There are many routes to artistic obscurity. The surest path, of course, is to have ... <a title="Artist Eric Smith won 3 Archibalds, then vanished. A new show reveals his unseen works" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/18/artist-eric-smith-won-3-archibalds-then-vanished-a-new-show-reveals-his-unseen-works-255957/" aria-label="Read more about Artist Eric Smith won 3 Archibalds, then vanished. A new show reveals his unseen works">Read more</a>
