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September 4, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Aruna Sathanapally, Chief Executive, Grattan Institute When last month’s economic reform roundtable was announced, there was both hope and cynicism about the potential for progressing policy reforms in Australia that have been long understood to be necessary – tax reform being a leading example – but have ... <a title="Why major policy reform in Australia has stalled for decades – and how to change it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/04/why-major-policy-reform-in-australia-has-stalled-for-decades-and-how-to-change-it-263818/" aria-label="Read more about Why major policy reform in Australia has stalled for decades – and how to change it">Read more</a>
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September 4, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Blake Bennett, Senior Lecturer in Sport Coaching and Pedagogy, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Getty Images Every weekend, thousands of New Zealand children pull on team jerseys, play on well-kept fields, and benefit from the quiet dedication of volunteers. Few stop to think about where the ... <a title="New online gambling laws could deal a bad hand to NZ’s grassroots sports clubs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/04/new-online-gambling-laws-could-deal-a-bad-hand-to-nzs-grassroots-sports-clubs-264181/" aria-label="Read more about New online gambling laws could deal a bad hand to NZ’s grassroots sports clubs">Read more</a>
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September 4, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vincent Ho, Associate Professor and Clinical Academic Gastroenterologist, Western Sydney University Arisara_Tongdonnoi/Getty Many of us are guilty of scrolling our smartphones on the toilet. But a new study from the United States, published today, has found this habit may increase your risk of developing haemorrhoids by up ... <a title="Scrolling on the toilet increases your risk of haemorrhoids, new study shows" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/04/scrolling-on-the-toilet-increases-your-risk-of-haemorrhoids-new-study-shows-264107/" aria-label="Read more about Scrolling on the toilet increases your risk of haemorrhoids, new study shows">Read more</a>
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September 4, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joshua Zeunert, Scientia Associate Professor in Environmental Design, UNSW Sydney A 1970s photo of farmland in Glenorie, around 45 km from the Sydney CBD. Spatial Services NSW, CC BY-NC-ND For much of Sydney’s history, the city supported its population with crops, orchards, dairies, abattoirs, oyster beds, wineries ... <a title="Sydney once produced its own food – but urban development has devoured the city’s food bowl" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/04/sydney-once-produced-its-own-food-but-urban-development-has-devoured-the-citys-food-bowl-263105/" aria-label="Read more about Sydney once produced its own food – but urban development has devoured the city’s food bowl">Read more</a>
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September 4, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jia White, Lecturer in Education, Curtin University DGLimages/ Getty Images An increasing number of young Australians are autistic. About 4.4% of children aged to 10 to 14 years and 3.4% of older teens have an autism diagnosis. While research shows including autistic students in mainstream education benefits ... <a title="Autistic students say they want schools to focus on their strengths – not their diagnosis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/04/autistic-students-say-they-want-schools-to-focus-on-their-strengths-not-their-diagnosis-264026/" aria-label="Read more about Autistic students say they want schools to focus on their strengths – not their diagnosis">Read more</a>
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September 4, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Crosby, Professor of Economics, Monash University William West/AFP via Getty Images The Australian sharemarket has had a remarkably strong run since December 2023, when the S&P/ASX 200 index was around 7,000. In recent weeks the index topped 9,000 for the first time, a rise of about ... <a title="Is the Australian sharemarket headed for a correction? Here’s one way to judge" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/04/is-the-australian-sharemarket-headed-for-a-correction-heres-one-way-to-judge-264044/" aria-label="Read more about Is the Australian sharemarket headed for a correction? Here’s one way to judge">Read more</a>
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September 4, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Darian-Smith, Professorial Fellow in History, School of Historical and Philosophical Studies, The University of Melbourne Mitchell Library, State library of New South Wales, ON 388/Box 076/Item 102 The introduction of television in Australia in 1956 coincided with mass post-war immigration, initially from Britain and Europe, and ... <a title="How migrant stories and contributions have shaped Australian TV since the 1950s" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/04/how-migrant-stories-and-contributions-have-shaped-australian-tv-since-the-1950s-262949/" aria-label="Read more about How migrant stories and contributions have shaped Australian TV since the 1950s">Read more</a>
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September 3, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rob Nicholls, Senior Research Associate in Media and Communications, University of Sydney Google will not have to sell its Chrome web browser in order to fix its illegal monopoly in the online search business, a United States federal judge has ruled. It will, however, need to do ... <a title="Google just dodged a major penalty in the courts – here’s what happens next" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/03/google-just-dodged-a-major-penalty-in-the-courts-heres-what-happens-next-264473/" aria-label="Read more about Google just dodged a major penalty in the courts – here’s what happens next">Read more</a>
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September 3, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicola Henry, Professor, Australian Research Council Future Fellow, & Deputy Director, Social Equity Research Centre, RMIT University Karla Rivera/Unsplash The Australian government has announced plans to ban “nudify” tools and hold tech platforms accountable for failing to prevent users from accessing them. This is part of the ... <a title="Australia set to ban ‘nudify’ apps. How will it work?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/03/australia-set-to-ban-nudify-apps-how-will-it-work-264349/" aria-label="Read more about Australia set to ban ‘nudify’ apps. How will it work?">Read more</a>
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September 3, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Albanese government has announced 20,000 home care packages will be brought forward to be delivered before the end of October – immediately after opposing doing so in the Senate. The Coalition, Greens and crossbenchers passed an amendment to aged ... <a title="Albanese government to bring forward home care packages in major backdown" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/03/albanese-government-to-bring-forward-home-care-packages-in-major-backdown-263912/" aria-label="Read more about Albanese government to bring forward home care packages in major backdown">Read more</a>
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September 3, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stella Huangfu, Associate Professor, School of Economics, University of Sydney Diego Fedele/Getty Images The Australian economy picked up strength in the June quarter as consumers opened their wallets, boosted by interest rate cuts earlier in the year. New figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics showed gross ... <a title="Australia’s economy shows best result in two years as consumer spending picks up" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/03/australias-economy-shows-best-result-in-two-years-as-consumer-spending-picks-up-264277/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s economy shows best result in two years as consumer spending picks up">Read more</a>
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September 3, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katie Turlington, PhD Candidate, Australian Rivers Institute, Griffith University Airam Dato-on/Pexels Scientists have long used sound to study wildlife. Bird calls, bat echolocation and whale songs, for example, have provided valuable insights for decades. But listening to entire ecosystems is a much newer frontier. Listening to rivers ... <a title="Australia’s rivers play secret symphonies. Click to hear what this underwater world is telling us" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/03/australias-rivers-play-secret-symphonies-click-to-hear-what-this-underwater-world-is-telling-us-264262/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s rivers play secret symphonies. Click to hear what this underwater world is telling us">Read more</a>
