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May 26, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Linda Botterill, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Australia in 2025 is living up to Dorothy McKellar’s poetic vision of a country stricken by “drought and flooding rains”. The clean up is underway from the deadly floods in the Hunter and mid-north coast ... <a title="The drought is back – we need a new way to help farmers survive tough times" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/26/the-drought-is-back-we-need-a-new-way-to-help-farmers-survive-tough-times-256576/" aria-label="Read more about The drought is back – we need a new way to help farmers survive tough times">Read more</a>
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May 26, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hunter Bennett, Lecturer in Exercise Science, University of South Australia Maksim Goncharenok/Pexels You’ve probably heard the terms “abs” and “core” used in social media videos, Pilates classes, or even by physiotherapists. Given they seem to refer to the same general area of your body, you might have ... <a title="What’s the difference between abs and core? One term focuses on aesthetics – and the other on function" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/26/whats-the-difference-between-abs-and-core-one-term-focuses-on-aesthetics-and-the-other-on-function-254582/" aria-label="Read more about What’s the difference between abs and core? One term focuses on aesthetics – and the other on function">Read more</a>
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May 26, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Carwyn Jones, Honorary Adjunct Professor, Te Kawa a Māui – School of Māori Studies, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington ACT Party leader David Seymour. Getty Images With the ACT Party’s Regulatory Standards Bill now before the Finance and Expenditure Committee, having passed its first ... <a title="Fourth time lucky? ACT’s regulatory standards law may finally pass, despite Treaty and legal doubts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/26/fourth-time-lucky-acts-regulatory-standards-law-may-finally-pass-despite-treaty-and-legal-doubts-257107/" aria-label="Read more about Fourth time lucky? ACT’s regulatory standards law may finally pass, despite Treaty and legal doubts">Read more</a>
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May 26, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ha Nguyen, Senior Research Fellow, The Kids Research Institute Australia Ryan DeBerardinis/Shutterstock People who’ve lived through natural disasters, such as floods or cyclones, often re-assess their priorities. But for Australians who’ve lived through a severe cyclone, this can affect them in a way that’s received little attention. ... <a title="Cyclones drive people to buy health insurance, more so than some government campaigns" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/26/cyclones-drive-people-to-buy-health-insurance-more-so-than-some-government-campaigns-256807/" aria-label="Read more about Cyclones drive people to buy health insurance, more so than some government campaigns">Read more</a>
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May 26, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Patrick Finnerty, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in conservation and wildlife management, University of Sydney Pavel Mikoska By 2050, almost 70% of the world’s population will live in cities – 20% more than today. As cities expand, the natural world around them contracts. Species decline faster in and around ... <a title="Urban rewilding has brought back beavers, hornbills and platypuses to city parks – and that’s just the start" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/26/urban-rewilding-has-brought-back-beavers-hornbills-and-platypuses-to-city-parks-and-thats-just-the-start-256102/" aria-label="Read more about Urban rewilding has brought back beavers, hornbills and platypuses to city parks – and that’s just the start">Read more</a>
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May 26, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bjorn Nansen, Associate Professor, School of Computing and Information Systems, The University of Melbourne Imagine you are planning the funeral music for a loved one who has died. You can’t remember their favourite song, so you try to login to their Spotify account. Then you realise the ... <a title="Most of us will leave behind a large ‘digital legacy’ when we die. Here’s how to plan what happens to it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/26/most-of-us-will-leave-behind-a-large-digital-legacy-when-we-die-heres-how-to-plan-what-happens-to-it-257121/" aria-label="Read more about Most of us will leave behind a large ‘digital legacy’ when we die. Here’s how to plan what happens to it">Read more</a>
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May 26, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Elise Stephenson, Deputy Director, Global Institute for Women’s Leadership, Australian National University The Albanese government has achieved a striking gender equality milestone following its election for a second term. For the first time in Australian history, there will be more women than men in federal cabinet.This comes ... <a title="Labor women make history by overtaking men in cabinet. So is the job done?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/26/labor-women-make-history-by-overtaking-men-in-cabinet-so-is-the-job-done-256603/" aria-label="Read more about Labor women make history by overtaking men in cabinet. So is the job done?">Read more</a>
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May 24, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris Hall, Associate Professor of Immunology, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Getty Images Ever found yourself out of sync with normal sleep patterns after late nights or working a night shift? It could be you’re experiencing what scientists call social jet lag. The term describes the ... <a title="Daylight can boost the immune system’s ability to fight infections – new study" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/24/daylight-can-boost-the-immune-systems-ability-to-fight-infections-new-study-257224/" aria-label="Read more about Daylight can boost the immune system’s ability to fight infections – new study">Read more</a>
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May 23, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Coalition is being glued together again, after a Liberal Party meeting on Friday gave the go ahead for Liberal leader Sussan Ley to negotiate with Nationals leader David Littleproud on the fine print of a settlement on policy. The ... <a title="View from The Hill: Coalition is being glued together again after crisis week" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/23/view-from-the-hill-coalition-is-being-glued-together-again-after-crisis-week-257332/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Coalition is being glued together again after crisis week">Read more</a>
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May 23, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Steve Macfarlane, Head of Clinical Services, Dementia Support Australia, & Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Monash University Kateryna Kon/Shutterstock This week, Australia’s Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) approved a drug called donanemab for people in the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease. Donanemab has previously been approved in a number ... <a title="The TGA has approved donanemab for Alzheimer’s disease. How does this drug work and who will be able to access it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/23/the-tga-has-approved-donanemab-for-alzheimers-disease-how-does-this-drug-work-and-who-will-be-able-to-access-it-257321/" aria-label="Read more about The TGA has approved donanemab for Alzheimer’s disease. How does this drug work and who will be able to access it?">Read more</a>
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May 23, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lauren Breen, Professor of Psychology, Curtin University Grieving the death of a parent is often considered a natural part of life. But there are added layers of complexity when you had a difficult or estranged relationship. This week former tennis star Jelena Dokic confirmed the death of ... <a title="The death of Jelena Dokic’s father reveals the ‘difficult and complicated grief’ of losing an estranged parent" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/23/the-death-of-jelena-dokics-father-reveals-the-difficult-and-complicated-grief-of-losing-an-estranged-parent-257324/" aria-label="Read more about The death of Jelena Dokic’s father reveals the ‘difficult and complicated grief’ of losing an estranged parent">Read more</a>
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May 23, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ellie Ong, Research Fellow, ARC Centre of Excellence for 21st Century Weather, Monash University The Australian ice-breaker RSV Nuyina, cruising around Antarctica. Pete Harmsen/Australian Antarctic Division A little-known ocean current surrounds Antarctica, shielding it from warm water further north. But our new research shows Antarctica’s melting ice ... <a title="Antarctica has its own ‘shield’ against warm water – but this could now be under threat" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/23/antarctica-has-its-own-shield-against-warm-water-but-this-could-now-be-under-threat-255738/" aria-label="Read more about Antarctica has its own ‘shield’ against warm water – but this could now be under threat">Read more</a>
