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September 11, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joel Robert McGregor, Senior Lecturer, Criminology, Swinburne University of Technology Violent crime involving young people is causing significant community concern in Victoria. The recent fatal stabbings of two boys in Cobblebank, along with the high rates of youth involvement in robberies and aggravated burglaries, has fuelled calls ... <a title="Tougher knife laws aren’t the only solution to Victoria’s violent crime problem" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/11/tougher-knife-laws-arent-the-only-solution-to-victorias-violent-crime-problem-264993/" aria-label="Read more about Tougher knife laws aren’t the only solution to Victoria’s violent crime problem">Read more</a>
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September 11, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Grace Thompson, Associate Professor in Music Therapy; Senior Academic Fellow at Melbourne Centre for the Study of Higher Education, The University of Melbourne Halfpoint/Getty From November, music and art therapists will be able to charge the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) the same as counsellors, after an ... <a title="Art and music therapies can be ‘life changing’ for people with disability" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/11/art-and-music-therapies-can-be-life-changing-for-people-with-disability-264973/" aria-label="Read more about Art and music therapies can be ‘life changing’ for people with disability">Read more</a>
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September 11, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chelsea Morrison, PhD Candidate, Occupational Therapy, Southern Cross University The government plans to redirect some children off the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) and onto a new program called Thriving Kids. When announcing the change last month, health and disability minister Mark Butler explained: Tens and tens ... <a title="Autism is lifelong. Here’s what support looks like in adulthood" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/11/autism-is-lifelong-heres-what-support-looks-like-in-adulthood-264121/" aria-label="Read more about Autism is lifelong. Here’s what support looks like in adulthood">Read more</a>
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September 11, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mehdi Seyedmahmoudian, Professor of Electrical Engineering, School of Engineering, Swinburne University of Technology Martin Ollman/Getty Images Australia’s energy story is at a turning point. Demand for electricity is rising rapidly as homes, industries, and transport systems electrify. The nation is also under pressure to cut emissions from ... <a title="Cheap power to the people could shift the dial for renewables in the regions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/11/cheap-power-to-the-people-could-shift-the-dial-for-renewables-in-the-regions-264584/" aria-label="Read more about Cheap power to the people could shift the dial for renewables in the regions">Read more</a>
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September 11, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By DB Subedi, Lecturer, The University of Queensland Earlier this week, thousands of mainly young people in Nepal took to the streets in mass protests triggered by the government’s decision to ban 26 social media platforms. Some 22 people died and hundreds were injured within in a few ... <a title="Deadly Nepal protests reflect a wider pattern of Gen Z political activism across Asia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/11/deadly-nepal-protests-reflect-a-wider-pattern-of-gen-z-political-activism-across-asia-264968/" aria-label="Read more about Deadly Nepal protests reflect a wider pattern of Gen Z political activism across Asia">Read more</a>
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September 11, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris Thompson, Lecturer in Theatre, Australian Catholic University IMDB Carrie, published in 1974 and adapted by screenwriter Lawrence Cohen for Brian De Palma’s 1976 film, is generally cited as Stephen King’s first novel. His actual first novel, The Long Walk, was written some seven years earlier, but ... <a title="The Long Walk proves yet again why Stephen King’s stories are perfect for the big screen" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/11/the-long-walk-proves-yet-again-why-stephen-kings-stories-are-perfect-for-the-big-screen-264024/" aria-label="Read more about The Long Walk proves yet again why Stephen King’s stories are perfect for the big screen">Read more</a>
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September 11, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emma Beckett, Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Nutrition, Dietetics & Food Innovation – School of Health Sciences, UNSW Sydney The Conversation, CC BY-SA If you’ve been supermarket shopping lately, you might have noticed more foods with big, bold protein claims on black packaging – from powders and bars to ... <a title="Want more protein for less money? Don’t be fooled by the slick black packaging" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/11/want-more-protein-for-less-money-dont-be-fooled-by-the-slick-black-packaging-264039/" aria-label="Read more about Want more protein for less money? Don’t be fooled by the slick black packaging">Read more</a>
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September 11, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Davinia Beaver, Postdoctoral research fellow, Clem Jones Centre for Regenerative Medicine, Bond University Pouya Hajiebrahimi/Unsplash You’re introduced to someone and your attention catches on their eyes. They might be a rich, earthy brown, a pale blue, or the rare green that shifts with every flicker of light. ... <a title="Blue, green, brown, or something in between – the science of eye colour explained" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/11/blue-green-brown-or-something-in-between-the-science-of-eye-colour-explained-264681/" aria-label="Read more about Blue, green, brown, or something in between – the science of eye colour explained">Read more</a>
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September 11, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris Ogden, Associate Professor in Global Studies, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Getty Images With the old global order in a heightened state of flux, driven by US President Donald Trump’s attacks on free trade, international organisations and human rights, small states like New Zealand are ... <a title="As the world order shifts, NZ should ‘spread its diplomatic wings’ and look at joining BRICS" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/11/as-the-world-order-shifts-nz-should-spread-its-diplomatic-wings-and-look-at-joining-brics-264861/" aria-label="Read more about As the world order shifts, NZ should ‘spread its diplomatic wings’ and look at joining BRICS">Read more</a>
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September 11, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Newman, Professor of Sustainability, Curtin University Mexico’s Villanueva solar farm is one of the largest in the Americas. Alfredo Estrella/Getty It’s increasingly common to hear from experts and the general public that the global shift away from fossil fuels is glacially slow, or even nonexistent. As ... <a title="Climate action can feel slow – but the fastest energy leap in history has begun" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/11/climate-action-can-feel-slow-but-the-fastest-energy-leap-in-history-has-begun-264483/" aria-label="Read more about Climate action can feel slow – but the fastest energy leap in history has begun">Read more</a>
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September 11, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jeremie M Bracka, Law Lecturer and Transitional Justice Academic, RMIT University Victoria is on the brink of making history. This week, after years of negotiations, the state government tabled a landmark Treaty Bill in parliament. If passed, potentially later this month, it will deliver a formal apology ... <a title="Victoria is on the cusp of signing a Treaty with Indigenous people. It could change lives" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/11/victoria-is-on-the-cusp-of-signing-a-treaty-with-indigenous-people-it-could-change-lives-264476/" aria-label="Read more about Victoria is on the cusp of signing a Treaty with Indigenous people. It could change lives">Read more</a>
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September 11, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tadgh McMahon, Adjunct Senior Lecturer, College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University FG Trade Latin/Getty Images Settling in a new country as a refugee comes with a variety of opportunities and challenges, from forming social connections, to navigating government services, and many others. The challenges can ... <a title="Social connections, service access, language: how disability can make things even harder for refugees" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/11/social-connections-service-access-language-how-disability-can-make-things-even-harder-for-refugees-264339/" aria-label="Read more about Social connections, service access, language: how disability can make things even harder for refugees">Read more</a>
