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March 13, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Shima Ziajahromi, Advance Queensland Research Fellow, Australian Rivers Institute, Griffith University Gary D Chapman/Shutterstock Compost applied to agricultural soils in Australia each year contains tonnes of microplastics, our research has revealed. These microplastics can harm soil and plant health and eventually enter food crops, potentially posing a ... <a title="Tonnes of microplastics infiltrate Australia’s agricultural soils each year, study shows" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/13/tonnes-of-microplastics-infiltrate-australias-agricultural-soils-each-year-study-shows-250624/" aria-label="Read more about Tonnes of microplastics infiltrate Australia’s agricultural soils each year, study shows">Read more</a>
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March 13, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ferdi Botha, Senior Research Fellow, Melbourne Institute: Applied Economic & Social Research, The University of Melbourne Australia already has the highest gambling losses globally. Now, new data show that between 2015 and 2022, the number of Australian men involved in sports betting has increased substantially. And for ... <a title="The rate of sports betting has surged more than 57% – and younger people are betting more" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/13/the-rate-of-sports-betting-has-surged-more-than-57-and-younger-people-are-betting-more-251902/" aria-label="Read more about The rate of sports betting has surged more than 57% – and younger people are betting more">Read more</a>
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March 13, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Thomas Jeffries, Senior Lecturer in Microbiology, Western Sydney University Pamela Au/Shutterstock News that a health worker at a Sydney hospital’s birth unit was infectious with hepatitis B for more than a decade has led to a health alert for mothers and babies. The staff member worked at ... <a title="What is hepatitis B, the virus at the centre of the recent hospital infection alert?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/13/what-is-hepatitis-b-the-virus-at-the-centre-of-the-recent-hospital-infection-alert-252037/" aria-label="Read more about What is hepatitis B, the virus at the centre of the recent hospital infection alert?">Read more</a>
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March 13, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tanya Hill, Honorary Fellow at University of Melbourne and Senior Curator (Astronomy), Museums Victoria Research Institute As the full moon rises tomorrow (Friday March 14), it will be a special sight for those in Aotearoa New Zealand. It will also be worth a look for people along ... <a title="A lunar eclipse is on tomorrow – NZ and parts of Australia are in for a spectacle" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/13/a-lunar-eclipse-is-on-tomorrow-nz-and-parts-of-australia-are-in-for-a-spectacle-251369/" aria-label="Read more about A lunar eclipse is on tomorrow – NZ and parts of Australia are in for a spectacle">Read more</a>
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March 13, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bethany Butchers, Associate Lecturer in Law, University of Newcastle Shutterstock Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article contains the name of a deceased person. The High Court of Australia has handed down a landmark judgement on native title law in Australia. Commonwealth vs Yunupingu ... <a title="The High Court made a landmark decision on native title law. Here’s what it means" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/13/the-high-court-made-a-landmark-decision-on-native-title-law-heres-what-it-means-236507/" aria-label="Read more about The High Court made a landmark decision on native title law. Here’s what it means">Read more</a>
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March 13, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mary Iliadis, Associate professor, Deakin University Shutterstock The Australian Law Reform Commission has launched its final report on how the justice system deals with sexual violence. The Safe, Informed, Supported: Reforming Justice Responses to Sexual Violence report found there are widespread barriers to victim-survivors’ access to, and ... <a title="Victims of sexual violence often feel they’re the ones on trial. Independent lawyers would help" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/13/victims-of-sexual-violence-often-feel-theyre-the-ones-on-trial-independent-lawyers-would-help-247688/" aria-label="Read more about Victims of sexual violence often feel they’re the ones on trial. Independent lawyers would help">Read more</a>
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March 13, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lisa M. Given, Professor of Information Sciences & Director, Social Change Enabling Impact Platform, RMIT University Chay_Tee/Shutterstock False and misleading health information online and on social media is on the rise, thanks to rapid developments in deepfake technology and generative artificial intelligence (AI). This allows videos, photos ... <a title="Generative AI and deepfakes are fuelling health misinformation. Here’s what to look out for so you don’t get scammed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/13/generative-ai-and-deepfakes-are-fuelling-health-misinformation-heres-what-to-look-out-for-so-you-dont-get-scammed-246149/" aria-label="Read more about Generative AI and deepfakes are fuelling health misinformation. Here’s what to look out for so you don’t get scammed">Read more</a>
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March 13, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jonathan W. Marshall, Associate Professor & Postgraduate Research Coordinator, Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, Edith Cowan University Big Name, No Blankets. James Henry/Perth Festival In the Perth Festival exhibitions brochure, artistic director Anna Reece noted that the city is “uniquely positioned in relation to Southeast Asia ... <a title="Aboriginal bands, experimental dance and a Hindu epic: the highlights of Perth Festival 2025" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/13/aboriginal-bands-experimental-dance-and-a-hindu-epic-the-highlights-of-perth-festival-2025-252030/" aria-label="Read more about Aboriginal bands, experimental dance and a Hindu epic: the highlights of Perth Festival 2025">Read more</a>
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March 13, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jacquie Rand, Emeritus Professor of Companion Animal Health, The University of Queensland Angelica Pasquali/Shutterstock Cats and milk often go hand in hand in popular culture. But on dairy farms, cats do much more than enjoy a saucer of milk – their mousing skills are essential. That’s because ... <a title="Working dogs and horses have tax-deductible upkeep. But Australia’s thousands of working cats go unrecognised" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/13/working-dogs-and-horses-have-tax-deductible-upkeep-but-australias-thousands-of-working-cats-go-unrecognised-248675/" aria-label="Read more about Working dogs and horses have tax-deductible upkeep. But Australia’s thousands of working cats go unrecognised">Read more</a>
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March 13, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nic Rawlence, Associate Professor in Ancient DNA, University of Otago Getty Images What actually was the biggest dinosaur? – Zavier, 14, Tauranga, New Zealand. Great question Zavier, and one that palaeontologists (scientists who study fossil animals and plants) are interested in all around the world. And let’s ... <a title="Curious Kids: what was the biggest dinosaur that ever lived?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/13/curious-kids-what-was-the-biggest-dinosaur-that-ever-lived-250885/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: what was the biggest dinosaur that ever lived?">Read more</a>
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March 13, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Karinna Saxby, Research Fellow, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne The mental health of trans, nonbinary and gender-diverse Australians is worse than the general population and the gulf is getting wider. Our new study, published recently in BMJ Mental Health, shows ... <a title="We tracked the mental health of trans and gender-diverse Australians for over 20 years. And we’re worried" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/13/we-tracked-the-mental-health-of-trans-and-gender-diverse-australians-for-over-20-years-and-were-worried-249355/" aria-label="Read more about We tracked the mental health of trans and gender-diverse Australians for over 20 years. And we’re worried">Read more</a>
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March 13, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Kenny, Professor, Australian Studies Institute, Australian National University Signing off his 26-year parliamentary career three years ago, the retiring Labor MP Joel Fitzgibbon lamented a power imbalance that allowed the majority party routinely to railroad the national legislature. In a refreshingly frank valedictory speech, the former ... <a title="Independent MPs are elected for a reason – hung parliaments may be precisely what voters want" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/13/independent-mps-are-elected-for-a-reason-hung-parliaments-may-be-precisely-what-voters-want-251900/" aria-label="Read more about Independent MPs are elected for a reason – hung parliaments may be precisely what voters want">Read more</a>
