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Eradicating mould would save millions in health-care costs: how our homes affect our health

September 15, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rebecca Bentley, Professor of Social Epidemiology and Director of the Centre of Research Excellence in Healthy Housing at the Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne Olga Rolenko/Getty Images Housing is a key determinant of physical health. Housing conditions can increase or reduce ... <a title="Eradicating mould would save millions in health-care costs: how our homes affect our health" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/15/eradicating-mould-would-save-millions-in-health-care-costs-how-our-homes-affect-our-health-260311/" aria-label="Read more about Eradicating mould would save millions in health-care costs: how our homes affect our health">Read more</a>

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Keith Rankin on Lookism

September 14, 2025

Analysis by Keith Rankin Keith Rankin – One of our least-discussed discriminatory ‘isms’ is what I call ‘lookism’. Discrimination on the basis of a person’s or a group’s appearance, noting in particular features of ancestry, age, and culture. Discrimination based on how individuals and peoples look to other people. Discrimination on the basis of the presence ... <a title="Keith Rankin on Lookism" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/14/keith-rankin-on-lookism/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin on Lookism">Read more</a>

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Yes, this is who we are: America’s 250-year history of political violence

September 14, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Maurizio Valsania, Professor of American History, Università di Torino Punishment by tar and feather of Thomas Ditson, who purchased a gun from a British soldier in Boston in March 1775. Interim Archives/Getty Images The day after conservative activist Charlie Kirk was shot and killed while speaking at ... <a title="Yes, this is who we are: America’s 250-year history of political violence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/14/yes-this-is-who-we-are-americas-250-year-history-of-political-violence-265171/" aria-label="Read more about Yes, this is who we are: America’s 250-year history of political violence">Read more</a>

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Peter Mandelson was always a high-risk appointment – his departure will not end the matter for Keir Starmer

September 14, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Martin Farr, Senior Lecturer in Contemporary British History, Newcastle University The line between pulling off a diplomatic masterstroke and setting up an accident waiting to happen can be a fine one. In the seven-month fable of Peter Mandelson’s UK ambassadorship to the US, the crossing of that ... <a title="Peter Mandelson was always a high-risk appointment – his departure will not end the matter for Keir Starmer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/14/peter-mandelson-was-always-a-high-risk-appointment-his-departure-will-not-end-the-matter-for-keir-starmer-265159/" aria-label="Read more about Peter Mandelson was always a high-risk appointment – his departure will not end the matter for Keir Starmer">Read more</a>

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Donald Trump’s vision for Gaza’s future: what a leaked plan tells us about US regional strategy

September 14, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rafeef Ziadah, Senior Lecturer in Politics and Public Policy (Emerging Economies), King’s College London The Gaza Reconstitution, Economic Acceleration and Transformation Trust (Great Trust) vision. Supplied Entire neighbourhoods in Gaza lie in ruins. Hundreds of thousands are crammed into tents, struggling for food, water and power. Despite ... <a title="Donald Trump’s vision for Gaza’s future: what a leaked plan tells us about US regional strategy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/14/donald-trumps-vision-for-gazas-future-what-a-leaked-plan-tells-us-about-us-regional-strategy-264899/" aria-label="Read more about Donald Trump’s vision for Gaza’s future: what a leaked plan tells us about US regional strategy">Read more</a>

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3D printed mini-placentas offer a new way to study pregnancy complications

September 12, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Claire Richards, Lecturer in Biotechnology, University of Technology Sydney The placenta is a unique organ which exists only during pregnancy, growing at tumour-like speed to the size of a small dinner plate. The placenta is essential to the growth of every baby, but we’re missing key details ... <a title="3D printed mini-placentas offer a new way to study pregnancy complications" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/12/3d-printed-mini-placentas-offer-a-new-way-to-study-pregnancy-complications-261571/" aria-label="Read more about 3D printed mini-placentas offer a new way to study pregnancy complications">Read more</a>

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Belvoir’s Orlando is a love letter to the contemporary queer community that doesn’t quite come together

September 12, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cymbeline Buhler King, Research Officer, School of Social Sciences, Western Sydney University Brett Boardman/Belvoir The production opens on skates. We are flung into an Elizabethan world articulated with the beautiful simplicity of a circle motif. A circle is dusted on the stage, the queen is dressed with ... <a title="Belvoir’s Orlando is a love letter to the contemporary queer community that doesn’t quite come together" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/12/belvoirs-orlando-is-a-love-letter-to-the-contemporary-queer-community-that-doesnt-quite-come-together-264793/" aria-label="Read more about Belvoir’s Orlando is a love letter to the contemporary queer community that doesn’t quite come together">Read more</a>

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AI hype has just shaken up the world’s rich list. What if the boom is really a bubble?

September 12, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Angel Zhong, Professor of Finance, RMIT University Just for a moment this week, Larry Ellison, co-founder of US cloud computing company Oracle, became the world’s richest person. The octogenarian tech titan briefly overtook Elon Musk after Oracle’s share price rocketed 43% in a day, adding about US$100 ... <a title="AI hype has just shaken up the world’s rich list. What if the boom is really a bubble?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/12/ai-hype-has-just-shaken-up-the-worlds-rich-list-what-if-the-boom-is-really-a-bubble-265080/" aria-label="Read more about AI hype has just shaken up the world’s rich list. What if the boom is really a bubble?">Read more</a>

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Lesbian Space Princess is a cheeky, intergalactic romp that turns the sci-fi genre on its head

September 12, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lee Wallace, Professor, Film Studies, University of Sydney Umbrella In Emma Hough Hobbs and Leela Varghese’s award-winning directorial debut, Lesbian Space Princess, outer space emerges as a new and inclusive habitat for a smart, funny story exploring the inner spaces of lesbian consciousness and self-affirmation. The film ... <a title="Lesbian Space Princess is a cheeky, intergalactic romp that turns the sci-fi genre on its head" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/12/lesbian-space-princess-is-a-cheeky-intergalactic-romp-that-turns-the-sci-fi-genre-on-its-head-264352/" aria-label="Read more about Lesbian Space Princess is a cheeky, intergalactic romp that turns the sci-fi genre on its head">Read more</a>

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Landmark report makes 54 recommendations to combat Islamophobia in Australia. Now government must act

September 12, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mehmet Ozalp, Professor of Islamic Studies, Head of School, The Centre for Islamic Studies and Civilisation, Charles Sturt University Australian Muslim communities have been calling for official recognition of Islamophobia as a serious social problem for many years. Now, for the first time, the long-awaited report from ... <a title="Landmark report makes 54 recommendations to combat Islamophobia in Australia. Now government must act" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/12/landmark-report-makes-54-recommendations-to-combat-islamophobia-in-australia-now-government-must-act-264489/" aria-label="Read more about Landmark report makes 54 recommendations to combat Islamophobia in Australia. Now government must act">Read more</a>

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Fossil fuel expansion or Pacific security? Albanese is learning Australia can’t have both

September 12, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Wesley Morgan, Research Associate, Institute for Climate Risk and Response, UNSW Sydney Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese sought to strengthen security ties with Pacific island nations and counter China’s growing influence during a trip to the region this week. If he walks away with one lesson, it’s ... <a title="Fossil fuel expansion or Pacific security? Albanese is learning Australia can’t have both" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/12/fossil-fuel-expansion-or-pacific-security-albanese-is-learning-australia-cant-have-both-265066/" aria-label="Read more about Fossil fuel expansion or Pacific security? Albanese is learning Australia can’t have both">Read more</a>

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Medicinal cannabis concerns include psychosis and child poisonings. We’re not the only ones worried

September 12, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rose Cairns, Senior Lecturer in Pharmacy, NHMRC Emerging Leadership Fellow, University of Sydney LordHenriVoton/Getty The ABC this week revealed more than 600 side effects have been reported in three years to the medicines regulator after Australians took unapproved medicinal cannabis. After a Freedom of Information request, the ... <a title="Medicinal cannabis concerns include psychosis and child poisonings. We’re not the only ones worried" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/12/medicinal-cannabis-concerns-include-psychosis-and-child-poisonings-were-not-the-only-ones-worried-264974/" aria-label="Read more about Medicinal cannabis concerns include psychosis and child poisonings. We’re not the only ones worried">Read more</a>