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August 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jo Coghlan, Associate Professor, Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, University of New England Mr Squiggle, 1958, and Rocket, about 1975. National Museum of Australia If you grew up in Australia any time between the 1960s and the late 1990s, chances are you knew a little man from ... <a title="Mr Squiggle entertained Australia’s children for 40 years. Now, he’s back in the spotlight" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/27/mr-squiggle-entertained-australias-children-for-40-years-now-hes-back-in-the-spotlight-263813/" aria-label="Read more about Mr Squiggle entertained Australia’s children for 40 years. Now, he’s back in the spotlight">Read more</a>
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August 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ehsan Noroozinejad, Senior Researcher and Sustainable Future Lead, Urban Transformations Research Centre, Western Sydney University Luis Ascui/Getty Images Climate change is making home insurance costlier and, for some, harder to secure. According to one analysis, one in ten Australian properties will be uninsurable within a decade. Insurance ... <a title="Australia faces a home insurance reckoning – and we can learn from California’s bold move" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/27/australia-faces-a-home-insurance-reckoning-and-we-can-learn-from-californias-bold-move-263530/" aria-label="Read more about Australia faces a home insurance reckoning – and we can learn from California’s bold move">Read more</a>
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August 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jimena de Mello Heredia, PhD candidate, Faculty of Education, Monash University Imagine a student working on an assignment and they are stuck. Their lecturer or tutor is not available. Or maybe they feel worried about looking silly if they ask for help. So they turn to ChatGPT ... <a title="Uni students are using AI to ‘ask stupid questions’ and get feedback on their work" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/27/uni-students-are-using-ai-to-ask-stupid-questions-and-get-feedback-on-their-work-263535/" aria-label="Read more about Uni students are using AI to ‘ask stupid questions’ and get feedback on their work">Read more</a>
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August 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Troy Miller, Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Plants for Space, The University of Western Australia ARC Centre of Excellence in Plants for Space, CC BY-ND Sometime in the 2040s, humans may well reach a new frontier – Mars. To get there, we’ll ... <a title="Why grow plants in space? They can improve how we produce food and medicine on Earth" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/27/why-grow-plants-in-space-they-can-improve-how-we-produce-food-and-medicine-on-earth-263539/" aria-label="Read more about Why grow plants in space? They can improve how we produce food and medicine on Earth">Read more</a>
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August 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emma Shakespeare, PhD Candidate, Griffith University As the tragic events evolve in Porepunkah, northeast Victoria, media outlets have reported the alleged shooter, Dezi Freeman, is known to be a “sovereign citizen”. Sovereign citizens believe they are not subject to the law. This view stems from deeply held ... <a title="Why are police a target for sovereign citizen violence?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/27/why-are-police-a-target-for-sovereign-citizen-violence-264016/" aria-label="Read more about Why are police a target for sovereign citizen violence?">Read more</a>
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August 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Scales, PhD Candidate, School of Social Sciences, Media, Film and Education, Swinburne University of Technology taylorswift/Instagram Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce have announced their engagement, posting on Instagram images of the proposal with the caption “Your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married”. “America’s ... <a title="Taylor Swift is engaged. She’s been getting her fans ready for this moment for 20 years" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/27/taylor-swift-is-engaged-shes-been-getting-her-fans-ready-for-this-moment-for-20-years-264027/" aria-label="Read more about Taylor Swift is engaged. She’s been getting her fans ready for this moment for 20 years">Read more</a>
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August 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Samara McPhedran, Principal Research Fellow, Griffith University Australians have been shocked by the news two police officers were killed in rural Victoria when a 56-year-old man allegedly shot them before fleeing into the bush. Another police officer was injured during the incident, which sparked fresh debate about ... <a title="What’s behind the rise in gun ownership in Australia?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/27/whats-behind-the-rise-in-gun-ownership-in-australia-263810/" aria-label="Read more about What’s behind the rise in gun ownership in Australia?">Read more</a>
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August 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rick Sarre, Emeritus Professor in Law and Criminal Justice, University of South Australia The Queensland government will this week table legislation creating Australia’s first public child sex offender register. The Queensland legislation, to be known as Daniel’s Law, was named in honour of Sunshine Coast teenager Daniel ... <a title="Queensland is creating a public child sex offender register. Will it keep people safer?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/27/queensland-is-creating-a-public-child-sex-offender-register-will-it-keep-people-safer-263807/" aria-label="Read more about Queensland is creating a public child sex offender register. Will it keep people safer?">Read more</a>
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August 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marta Khomyn, Lecturer, Finance and Data Analytics, University of Adelaide Chip Somodevilla /Getty We may already live in the post-truth world, but are we about to enter the era of post-truth statistics? Each month, the US employment report is one of the most closely watched releases on ... <a title="In a post-truth world, what happens if we can’t trust US economic data any more?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/27/in-a-post-truth-world-what-happens-if-we-cant-trust-us-economic-data-any-more-263338/" aria-label="Read more about In a post-truth world, what happens if we can’t trust US economic data any more?">Read more</a>
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August 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Trembath, Head of Autism Research and Senior Principal Research Fellow, The Kids Research Institute Australia Autistic children with mild to moderate developmental delay will no longer be eligible for the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) from mid-2027. Instead, they will be directed to a new support ... <a title="What’s the best way to support autistic kids with mild to moderate delay?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/27/whats-the-best-way-to-support-autistic-kids-with-mild-to-moderate-delay-263622/" aria-label="Read more about What’s the best way to support autistic kids with mild to moderate delay?">Read more</a>
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August 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Janet Fanslow, Professor in Violence Prevention and Mental Health Promotion, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Getty Images More than 60% of women in New Zealand have experienced some form of interpersonal violence – an alarming statistic with serious implications for public health. Interpersonal violence broadly refers ... <a title="Interpersonal violence in NZ is a public health crisis, not just a social one – new research" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/27/interpersonal-violence-in-nz-is-a-public-health-crisis-not-just-a-social-one-new-research-263902/" aria-label="Read more about Interpersonal violence in NZ is a public health crisis, not just a social one – new research">Read more</a>
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August 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Susan Thorp, Professor of Finance, University of Sydney While discussion was focused on the federal government’s economic reform roundtable last week, a significant change that will mainly affect age pensioners flew under the radar. For the first time in five years, the government will adjust the rates ... <a title="A key measure used to calculate age pension payments is changing. How will this affect your benefits?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/27/a-key-measure-used-to-calculate-age-pension-payments-is-changing-how-will-this-affect-your-benefits-263542/" aria-label="Read more about A key measure used to calculate age pension payments is changing. How will this affect your benefits?">Read more</a>
