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November 3, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Milad Haghani, Associate Professor and Principal Fellow in Urban Risk and Resilience, The University of Melbourne In September, US electric car maker Tesla rolled out a semi-autonomous driving feature it describes as “the future of transport” in Australia. As its name suggests, the Full Self-Driving (Supervised) system ... <a title="‘Supervised’ self-driving cars are here – and Australia’s laws aren’t ready. Here are 3 ways to fix them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/03/supervised-self-driving-cars-are-here-and-australias-laws-arent-ready-here-are-3-ways-to-fix-them-268381/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Supervised’ self-driving cars are here – and Australia’s laws aren’t ready. Here are 3 ways to fix them">Read more</a>
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November 3, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Leonora Risse, Associate Professor in Economics, University of Canberra Canva/The Conversation, CC BY-SA All those thousands of hours that Australians put towards unpaid household work and care – cooking, cleaning and caring for family members – are an essential thread that keeps our economy stitched together. But ... <a title="Unpaid ‘women’s work’ is worth $427 billion, new research shows. See how much your unpaid labour is worth" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/03/unpaid-womens-work-is-worth-427-billion-new-research-shows-see-how-much-your-unpaid-labour-is-worth-267860/" aria-label="Read more about Unpaid ‘women’s work’ is worth $427 billion, new research shows. See how much your unpaid labour is worth">Read more</a>
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November 3, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amy Maguire, Professor in Human Rights and International Law, University of Newcastle Netflix, 10play As the year begins to wind down, and the days grow longer, our critics have a fresh slate of films and series to keep you glued to your screen. This month’s streaming picks ... <a title="‘Wog’ humour, tense US politics and real-world monsters: what to watch in November" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/03/wog-humour-tense-us-politics-and-real-world-monsters-what-to-watch-in-november-268647/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Wog’ humour, tense US politics and real-world monsters: what to watch in November">Read more</a>
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November 3, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Luis Gómez Romero, Senior Lecturer in Human Rights, Constitutional Law and Legal Theory, University of Wollongong In recent weeks, the Trump administration has launched military strikes against more than a dozen boats off the coasts of Venezuela and Colombia, killing more than 60 people. The administration claims ... <a title="Trump is repeating the long, painful history of US ‘policing’ of Latin America" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/03/trump-is-repeating-the-long-painful-history-of-us-policing-of-latin-america-268393/" aria-label="Read more about Trump is repeating the long, painful history of US ‘policing’ of Latin America">Read more</a>
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November 3, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Justin Chapman, Research Policy Officer in Mental Health, Charles Sturt University AlexLinch/Getty If you know five people, the chances are at least one is living with a mental health condition. More than 8.5 million Australians will need mental health treatment in their lifetime for depression, anxiety, substance ... <a title="Here’s why people with mental illness die, on average, 11 years earlier than other Australians" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/03/heres-why-people-with-mental-illness-die-on-average-11-years-earlier-than-other-australians-266892/" aria-label="Read more about Here’s why people with mental illness die, on average, 11 years earlier than other Australians">Read more</a>
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November 2, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Once again, the Nationals have got out in front of the Liberals on a key issue, this time net zero, announcing on Sunday they were dumping their commitment to it. This is not unexpected, but more than awkward for their ... <a title="View from The Hill: Nationals dump net zero – say Australia shouldn’t cut emissions faster than comparable countries" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/02/view-from-the-hill-nationals-dump-net-zero-say-australia-shouldnt-cut-emissions-faster-than-comparable-countries-268100/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Nationals dump net zero – say Australia shouldn’t cut emissions faster than comparable countries">Read more</a>
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October 31, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gemma McKibbin, Senior Research Fellow in Social Work, The University of Melbourne Darya Komarova/Getty Images Allegations of sexual abuse by early childhood educators have rocked Australia in recent months. Now, the ABC’s investigation into the childcare sector has revealed hundreds more cases – this time committed by ... <a title="How to recognise child-on-child sexual abuse – and how to respond appropriately" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/31/how-to-recognise-child-on-child-sexual-abuse-and-how-to-respond-appropriately-268762/" aria-label="Read more about How to recognise child-on-child sexual abuse – and how to respond appropriately">Read more</a>
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October 31, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Daryl Higgins, Professor & Director, Institute of Child Protection Studies, Australian Catholic University Gpointstudio/ Getty Images Parents have spoken about harrowing cases of their young children being abused by other children in daycare centres, as part of an ABC investigation into the New South Wales sector. How ... <a title="How common is sexually abusive behaviour between children? How should daycare centres respond?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/31/how-common-is-sexually-abusive-behaviour-between-children-how-should-daycare-centres-respond-268760/" aria-label="Read more about How common is sexually abusive behaviour between children? How should daycare centres respond?">Read more</a>
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October 31, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jonathan Graffam-O’Meara, PhD Candidate in Theatre, Monash University Pia Johnson/Melbourne Theatre Company What makes a good death? Quietly surrounded by friends and family or going out in a flash of blazing glory (whatever that means)? Would you like to know when you’re going to die? Will knowing ... <a title="A stage adaptation of Dying: A Memoir asks the big questions about death – but ends up strangely unmoving" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/31/a-stage-adaptation-of-dying-a-memoir-asks-the-big-questions-about-death-but-ends-up-strangely-unmoving-267635/" aria-label="Read more about A stage adaptation of Dying: A Memoir asks the big questions about death – but ends up strangely unmoving">Read more</a>
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October 31, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Helen Fraser, Director of the Research Hub for Language in Forensic Evidence, The University of Melbourne On September 8 1988, 20-year-old Janine Balding was abducted, raped, and brutally murdered in New South Wales. Police quickly arrested four youths, who accused an older man nicknamed “Shorty”. Two weeks ... <a title="New linguistics research casts doubt on decades-old murder conviction" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/31/new-linguistics-research-casts-doubt-on-decades-old-murder-conviction-267425/" aria-label="Read more about New linguistics research casts doubt on decades-old murder conviction">Read more</a>
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October 31, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cindy McCreery, Associate Professor of History, University of Sydney Prince Andrew will be stripped of his royal titles, meaning he will no longer be called “prince” or “His Royal Highness”. A statement from Buckingham Palace said: His Majesty has today initiated a formal process to remove the ... <a title="No longer ‘Prince Andrew’: an expert on how royals can be stripped of their titles" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/31/no-longer-prince-andrew-an-expert-on-how-royals-can-be-stripped-of-their-titles-268766/" aria-label="Read more about No longer ‘Prince Andrew’: an expert on how royals can be stripped of their titles">Read more</a>
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October 31, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Angela (Ang) McGaughran, Senior Lecturer in Population Genomics, University of Waikato Getty Images The global crisis of diminishing biological diversity is challenging our current ability to monitor changes in ecosystems. Environmental DNA, or eDNA, has become a popular method. It involves taking a sample from the environment ... <a title="Spiders inspired biologists to create artificial webs to capture airborne DNA for biodiversity monitoring" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/31/spiders-inspired-biologists-to-create-artificial-webs-to-capture-airborne-dna-for-biodiversity-monitoring-265741/" aria-label="Read more about Spiders inspired biologists to create artificial webs to capture airborne DNA for biodiversity monitoring">Read more</a>
