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September 9, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lauren Ball, Professor of Community Health and Wellbeing, The University of Queensland d3sign/Getty Australia is now meeting the World Health Organization’s (WHO) guidelines on sugar, which recommend keeping sugar below 10% of daily energy intake. New data published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) shows there ... <a title="Latest data suggests Australia is overcoming its sugar addiction" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/09/latest-data-suggests-australia-is-overcoming-its-sugar-addiction-264700/" aria-label="Read more about Latest data suggests Australia is overcoming its sugar addiction">Read more</a>
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September 9, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Noel D. Preece, Adjunct Asssociate Professor, James Cook University In Far North Queensland, one special winged mammal helps keep rainforests alive. The spectacled flying fox travels vast distances each night, pollinating flowers and spreading seeds far and wide. But the species is in trouble. It’s now listed ... <a title="Yes, spectacled flying foxes are noisy and drop poo everywhere. But our rainforests need them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/09/yes-spectacled-flying-foxes-are-noisy-and-drop-poo-everywhere-but-our-rainforests-need-them-264114/" aria-label="Read more about Yes, spectacled flying foxes are noisy and drop poo everywhere. But our rainforests need them">Read more</a>
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September 9, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yvette Grant, PhD Candidate in Dance and Dance History Tutor, The University of Melbourne Colin Peasley in Coppelia, and Garth Welch in Raymonda. The Australian Ballet September has seen the passing of two of Australia’s ballet legends, Colin Peasley and Garth Welch. Their passing signals the end ... <a title="Two profound but different ballet legacies: vale Colin Peasley and Garth Welch" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/09/two-profound-but-different-ballet-legacies-vale-colin-peasley-and-garth-welch-264682/" aria-label="Read more about Two profound but different ballet legacies: vale Colin Peasley and Garth Welch">Read more</a>
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September 8, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Shaban Sulejman, PhD Candidate, Faculty of Science, The University of Melbourne Nanoplastic particles are captured by cavities in the optical sieve. Lukas Wesemann and Mario Hentschel Plastic pollution is everywhere: in rivers and oceans, in the air and the mountains, even in our blood and vital organs. ... <a title="New type of ‘sieve’ detects the smallest pieces of plastic in the environment more easily than ever before" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/08/new-type-of-sieve-detects-the-smallest-pieces-of-plastic-in-the-environment-more-easily-than-ever-before-264593/" aria-label="Read more about New type of ‘sieve’ detects the smallest pieces of plastic in the environment more easily than ever before">Read more</a>
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September 8, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tom Dillon, Research Fellow, The University of Melbourne Australian supermarket giants Woolworths and Coles now face the prospect of a combined bill exceeding A$1 billion in relation to the alleged underpayment of close to 30,000 staff over several years. These alarming liabilities were raised in statements issued ... <a title="Why a possible $1 billion bill for Coles and Woolworths has put a common employment clause in the spotlight" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/08/why-a-possible-1-billion-bill-for-coles-and-woolworths-has-put-a-common-employment-clause-in-the-spotlight-264774/" aria-label="Read more about Why a possible $1 billion bill for Coles and Woolworths has put a common employment clause in the spotlight">Read more</a>
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September 8, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra In their different ways, Liberal frontbenchers Jacinta Nampijinpa Price and Alex Hawke are two bare-knuckle fighters. Price, who switched from the Nationals in the (unachieved) hope of becoming deputy leader of the opposition, has made her career on cultivating a ... <a title="View from The Hill: Damage done by Jacinta Price’s Indian immigration comment likely to long haunt Liberals" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/08/view-from-the-hill-damage-done-by-jacinta-prices-indian-immigration-comment-likely-to-long-haunt-liberals-263915/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Damage done by Jacinta Price’s Indian immigration comment likely to long haunt Liberals">Read more</a>
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September 8, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ross Hendy, Lecturer in Criminology, Monash University DJ Mills/AFP via Getty Images New Zealand police have tonight found two children, alone at a camp site in a remote location, after their fugitive father was shot dead during a burglary early on Monday morning. The death of Tom ... <a title="Tom Phillips shooting in NZ shows what police face with skilled and desperate fugitives" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/08/tom-phillips-shooting-in-nz-shows-what-police-face-with-skilled-and-desperate-fugitives-264776/" aria-label="Read more about Tom Phillips shooting in NZ shows what police face with skilled and desperate fugitives">Read more</a>
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September 8, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Hawkins, Head, Canberra School of Government, University of Canberra Monica Bertolazzi/Getty This month, the Australian government will release its emissions-reduction target for 2035, likely to be between 65% and 75%. A 70% cut would mean reducing Australia’s emissions from about 440 million tonnes of carbon dioxide ... <a title="Rapid climate action will come at a cost, according to the Business Council. But experts say the benefits are far larger" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/08/rapid-climate-action-will-come-at-a-cost-according-to-the-business-council-but-experts-say-the-benefits-are-far-larger-264694/" aria-label="Read more about Rapid climate action will come at a cost, according to the Business Council. But experts say the benefits are far larger">Read more</a>
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September 8, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Charlotte Gupta, Sleep Researcher, Appleton Institute, HealthWise Research Group, CQUniversity Australia Kristina Paukshtite/Pexels Have you recently cut down on caffeine and feel like you’re having the most vivid dreams of your life? While there are a number of potential benefits of reducing our caffeine intake – such ... <a title="Could cutting back on caffeine really give you more vivid dreams? Here’s what the science says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/08/could-cutting-back-on-caffeine-really-give-you-more-vivid-dreams-heres-what-the-science-says-262687/" aria-label="Read more about Could cutting back on caffeine really give you more vivid dreams? Here’s what the science says">Read more</a>
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September 8, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sebastian Maslow, Associate Professor, International Relations, Contemporary Japanese Politics & Society, University of Tokyo Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has bowed to weeks of pressure from within his party and announced his resignation, less than a year after taking office. His departure plunges Japan back into political ... <a title="Why did Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba resign? And who might replace him?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/08/why-did-japanese-prime-minister-shigeru-ishiba-resign-and-who-might-replace-him-264768/" aria-label="Read more about Why did Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba resign? And who might replace him?">Read more</a>
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September 8, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katherine Kent, Senior Lecturer in Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Wollongong Around one in eight (1.3 million) Australian households experienced food insecurity in 2023. This means they didn’t always have enough money to buy the amount or quality of food they needed for an active and healthy ... <a title="1 in 8 households don’t have the money to buy enough food" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/08/1-in-8-households-dont-have-the-money-to-buy-enough-food-264685/" aria-label="Read more about 1 in 8 households don’t have the money to buy enough food">Read more</a>
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September 8, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Basil Tucker, Senior Lecturer in Management Accounting, University of South Australia Manuel Mazzanti / NurPhoto via Getty Images Since the early days of human space exploration, the endeavour has been haunted by a very good question: why spend so much on space when there are so many ... <a title="Is space worth the cost? Accounting experts say its value can’t be found in spreadsheets" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/08/is-space-worth-the-cost-accounting-experts-say-its-value-cant-be-found-in-spreadsheets-262694/" aria-label="Read more about Is space worth the cost? Accounting experts say its value can’t be found in spreadsheets">Read more</a>
