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June 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Caitlin Davey, Lecturer of Criminology, Griffith University New research has found that while Australians generally support strong punishments, people living in the bush are significantly more likely than city dwellers to want to punish more harshly those who break the law. It means Australians living in rural ... <a title="Australians in the bush want tougher penalties on crime. Here’s why – and what’s needed now" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/17/australians-in-the-bush-want-tougher-penalties-on-crime-heres-why-and-whats-needed-now-259131/" aria-label="Read more about Australians in the bush want tougher penalties on crime. Here’s why – and what’s needed now">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Moya Costello, Adjunct Lecturer in Creative Writing, Southern Cross University Brett Boardman/Belvoir In The Spare Room, Judy Davis lights up the stage with a singularly vivid performance. Adapted by Eamon Flack from Helen Garner’s 2008 novel of the same name, Davis plays sharp-tongued Helen (or Hel) to ... <a title="Judy Davis gives a singularly vivid performance in The Spare Room – but the play falls short" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/17/judy-davis-gives-a-singularly-vivid-performance-in-the-spare-room-but-the-play-falls-short-257244/" aria-label="Read more about Judy Davis gives a singularly vivid performance in The Spare Room – but the play falls short">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Melinda Jackson, Associate Professor at Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health, School of Psychological Sciences, Monash University Ursula Ferrara/Shutterstock If you’ve been on social media lately – perhaps scrolling in the middle of the night, when you know you shouldn’t but you just can’t sleep – ... <a title="What is ‘cognitive shuffling’ and does it really help you get to sleep? Two sleep scientists explain" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/17/what-is-cognitive-shuffling-and-does-it-really-help-you-get-to-sleep-two-sleep-scientists-explain-256444/" aria-label="Read more about What is ‘cognitive shuffling’ and does it really help you get to sleep? Two sleep scientists explain">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sora Park, Professor of Communication, News & Media Research Centre, University of Canberra As consumption of traditional news continues to fall, audiences are turning to social media personalities and influencers for their information. These figures are increasingly shaping public debates. But Australian news audiences are sceptical. More ... <a title="New research shows Australians see influencers as major sources of misinformation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/17/new-research-shows-australians-see-influencers-as-major-sources-of-misinformation-257803/" aria-label="Read more about New research shows Australians see influencers as major sources of misinformation">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jairo Gutierrez, Professor, Department of Computer and Information Sciences, Auckland University of Technology Tada Images There’s a certain feeling I get in the pit of my stomach when I’m waiting for an important call to come through. You know the type – maybe a call from your ... <a title="Why does my phone sometimes not ring when people call? A communications expert explains" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/17/why-does-my-phone-sometimes-not-ring-when-people-call-a-communications-expert-explains-258400/" aria-label="Read more about Why does my phone sometimes not ring when people call? A communications expert explains">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Wei Yang, Senior Scientist in Environmental Economics, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University Shutterstock/Wirestock Creators As extreme weather intensifies globally, governments are seeking nature-based solutions that deliver both climate and economic benefits. The restoration of wetlands is an often overlooked opportunity. As our recent study shows, ... <a title="Wetland restoration is seen as sunk cost – but new research shows why it should be considered an investment" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/17/wetland-restoration-is-seen-as-sunk-cost-but-new-research-shows-why-it-should-be-considered-an-investment-258281/" aria-label="Read more about Wetland restoration is seen as sunk cost – but new research shows why it should be considered an investment">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Colin Alexander, Senior Lecturer in Political Communications, Nottingham Trent University Jaws turns 50 on June 20. Last year, Quentin Tarantino called Stephen Spielberg’s film “possibly the greatest movie ever made”. Though he was quick to add that it isn’t the best film in terms of script, cinematography ... <a title="Jaws at 50: a cinematic masterpiece – and an incredible piece of propaganda" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/17/jaws-at-50-a-cinematic-masterpiece-and-an-incredible-piece-of-propaganda-253498/" aria-label="Read more about Jaws at 50: a cinematic masterpiece – and an incredible piece of propaganda">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alistair Evans, Professor, School of Biological Sciences, Monash University Witsawat.S/Shutterstock Imagine a lush forest with tree-ferns, their trunks capped by ribbon-like fronds. Conifers tower overhead, bearing triangular leaves almost sharp enough to pierce skin. Flowering plants are both small and rare. You’re standing in what is now ... <a title="Ancient termite poo reveals 120 million-year-old secrets of Australia’s polar forests" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/17/ancient-termite-poo-reveals-120-million-year-old-secrets-of-australias-polar-forests-258399/" aria-label="Read more about Ancient termite poo reveals 120 million-year-old secrets of Australia’s polar forests">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Delyse Hutchinson, Associate Professor, Clinical Psychologist, and NHMRC Leadership Fellow, SEED Centre for Lifespan Research, School of Psychology, Deakin University D-BASE/Getty In Australia, an estimated one in ten men experience mental health issues such as anxiety and depression before and after their child is born (the perinatal ... <a title="When new dads struggle, their kids’ health can suffer. Tackling mental distress early can help" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/17/when-new-dads-struggle-their-kids-health-can-suffer-tackling-mental-distress-early-can-help-253024/" aria-label="Read more about When new dads struggle, their kids’ health can suffer. Tackling mental distress early can help">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Douglas Hilton, Chief Executive, CSIRO Andy Young Boronias, known for their showy flowers and strong scent, are a quintessential part of the Australian bush. They led Traditional Owners to the best water sources and inspired Australian children’s author and illustrator May Gibbs to pen one of her ... <a title="A weird group of boronias puzzled botanists for decades. Now we’ve solved the pollination mystery" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/17/a-weird-group-of-boronias-puzzled-botanists-for-decades-now-weve-solved-the-pollination-mystery-258393/" aria-label="Read more about A weird group of boronias puzzled botanists for decades. Now we’ve solved the pollination mystery">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lucy Lu, Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Education and Social Work, University of Sydney Rawpixel/ Getty Images About one quarter of Australian school students are learning English as an additional language or dialect. This means their first language or dialect is something other than English and they ... <a title="Some students learning English can take at least 6 years to catch up to their peers. How can we support them better?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/17/some-students-learning-english-can-take-at-least-6-years-to-catch-up-to-their-peers-how-can-we-support-them-better-258819/" aria-label="Read more about Some students learning English can take at least 6 years to catch up to their peers. How can we support them better?">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Erin Wilkins, Aboriginal Cultural Educator, Trainer and Facilitator, Indigenous Knowledge Artist’s impression of Dargan Shelter as it would have looked during the last Ice Age. Painting by Leanne Watson Redpath Travel back 20,000 years into the last Ice Age, to a time when the upper reaches of ... <a title="Ice Age shelter high up in the Blue Mountains reveals Aboriginal heritage from 20,000 years ago" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/17/ice-age-shelter-high-up-in-the-blue-mountains-reveals-aboriginal-heritage-from-20-000-years-ago-247358/" aria-label="Read more about Ice Age shelter high up in the Blue Mountains reveals Aboriginal heritage from 20,000 years ago">Read more</a>
