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June 4, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Thomas, Lecturer in Middle East Studies, Deakin University As Israel’s devastating war in Gaza has ground on, the two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict was thought to be “dead”. Now, it is showing signs of life again. French President Emmanuel Macron is reportedly pressing other European ... <a title="A two-state solution is gaining momentum again. Does it have a chance of success?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/04/a-two-state-solution-is-gaining-momentum-again-does-it-have-a-chance-of-success-257890/" aria-label="Read more about A two-state solution is gaining momentum again. Does it have a chance of success?">Read more</a>
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June 4, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Helen Dickinson, Professor, Public Service Research, UNSW Sydney Many bold claims have been made about Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) and its capacity to improve productivity and generate workplace efficiencies. A recent Microsoft survey found 24% of private sector leaders have already deployed GenAI across their organisations. Many ... <a title="Senior public servants think GenAI will boost productivity – but are worried about the risks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/04/senior-public-servants-think-genai-will-boost-productivity-but-are-worried-about-the-risks-256566/" aria-label="Read more about Senior public servants think GenAI will boost productivity – but are worried about the risks">Read more</a>
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June 4, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sebastian Rosenberg, Associate Professor, Health Research Institute, University of Canberra, and Brain and Mind Centre, University of Sydney Matthew Ashmore/Shutterstock On ABC’s 4 Corners this week, psychiatrists and nurses have warned New South Wales’ mental health system is in crisis. They report some patients with severe mental ... <a title="People with severe mental illness are waiting for days in hospital EDs. Here’s how we can do better" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/04/people-with-severe-mental-illness-are-waiting-for-days-in-hospital-eds-heres-how-we-can-do-better-257971/" aria-label="Read more about People with severe mental illness are waiting for days in hospital EDs. Here’s how we can do better">Read more</a>
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June 4, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marilyn Campbell, Professor, School of Early Childhood & Inclusive Education, Queensland University of Technology Rawpixel.com/Shutterstock The federal government has launched a “rapid review” to look at what works to prevent bullying in schools. Led by mental health experts, the review will underpin a new national standard to ... <a title="With a government review underway, we have to ask why children bully other kids" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/04/with-a-government-review-underway-we-have-to-ask-why-children-bully-other-kids-257643/" aria-label="Read more about With a government review underway, we have to ask why children bully other kids">Read more</a>
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June 4, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Draper, Professor, and Executive Director: Institute for International Trade, and Director of the Jean Monnet Centre of Trade and Environment, University of Adelaide General_4530/Getty While the Trump administration’s on-again, off-again trade wars wreak havoc on the business plans of the world’s exporters, the risks to the ... <a title="In the trade wars, there are lessons for the US from Brexit. Australia and our trading partners should take note" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/04/in-the-trade-wars-there-are-lessons-for-the-us-from-brexit-australia-and-our-trading-partners-should-take-note-257555/" aria-label="Read more about In the trade wars, there are lessons for the US from Brexit. Australia and our trading partners should take note">Read more</a>
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June 4, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gregory Camp, Senior Lecturer, School of Music, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau A few snippets of musicalised dialogue from the cast album of the new Broadway musical Death Becomes Her – with music and lyrics by Julia Mattison and Noel Carey, and a book by Marco ... <a title="‘That was rude’: why the new Broadway musical Death Becomes Her was ripe for TikTok memes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/04/that-was-rude-why-the-new-broadway-musical-death-becomes-her-was-ripe-for-tiktok-memes-257550/" aria-label="Read more about ‘That was rude’: why the new Broadway musical Death Becomes Her was ripe for TikTok memes">Read more</a>
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June 3, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Buchanan, Professor, Discipline of Business Information Systems, University of Sydney Business School, University of Sydney Carlos Castilla/Shutterstock A week ago, the Australian Financial Review released this year’s “Rich List”. It reported the number of billionaires in Australia increased from 150 to 166 between 2024 and 2025. ... <a title="Australia’s lowest paid workers just got a 3.5% wage increase. Their next boost could be even better" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/03/australias-lowest-paid-workers-just-got-a-3-5-wage-increase-their-next-boost-could-be-even-better-258072/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s lowest paid workers just got a 3.5% wage increase. Their next boost could be even better">Read more</a>
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June 3, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Teresa Ubide, ARC Future Fellow and Associate Professor in Igneous Petrology/Volcanology, The University of Queensland Fabrizio Villa / Getty Images On Monday morning local time, a huge cloud of ash, hot gas and rock fragments began spewing from Italy’s Mount Etna. An enormous plume was seen stretching ... <a title="What’s a ‘Strombolian eruption?’ A volcanologist explains what happened at Mount Etna" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/03/whats-a-strombolian-eruption-a-volcanologist-explains-what-happened-at-mount-etna-258060/" aria-label="Read more about What’s a ‘Strombolian eruption?’ A volcanologist explains what happened at Mount Etna">Read more</a>
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June 3, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tony Wood, Program Director, Energy, Grattan Institute Johan Larson/Shutterstock On the surface, Queensland’s new government is doing exactly what it pledged before winning office in October – repealing the state’s ambitious renewable energy targets and cancelling a huge pumped hydro project near Mackay. But since the start ... <a title="The Queensland government is cancelling renewable energy projects. Can the state still reach net zero?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/03/the-queensland-government-is-cancelling-renewable-energy-projects-can-the-state-still-reach-net-zero-257958/" aria-label="Read more about The Queensland government is cancelling renewable energy projects. Can the state still reach net zero?">Read more</a>
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June 3, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anastasia Powell, Professor of Family and Sexual Violence, RMIT University One in three men (32%) aged 18 to 57 years report using emotional abuse towards a partner. One in ten (9%) say they have used physical violence. These are some of the statistics from the latest report ... <a title="1 in 3 men report using intimate partner violence. Here’s how we can better protect women – and help men" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/03/1-in-3-men-report-using-intimate-partner-violence-heres-how-we-can-better-protect-women-and-help-men-258058/" aria-label="Read more about 1 in 3 men report using intimate partner violence. Here’s how we can better protect women – and help men">Read more</a>
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June 3, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kay Cook, Professor and Associate Dean Research, School of Social Sciences, Media, Film and Education, Swinburne University of Technology Tar Pichet/Shutterstock The Commonwealth ombudsman has released his long-awaited report into the “weaponisation” of the child support program. He has identified widespread financial abuse throughout the system. This ... <a title="‘Unfair and unreasonable’ – report finds $1.9 billion in unpaid child support in system rife with financial abuse" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/03/unfair-and-unreasonable-report-finds-1-9-billion-in-unpaid-child-support-in-system-rife-with-financial-abuse-258063/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Unfair and unreasonable’ – report finds $1.9 billion in unpaid child support in system rife with financial abuse">Read more</a>
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June 3, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kelly Sansom, Research Associate, College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University; Research Associate, Centre for Healthy Ageing, Murdoch University Maria Korneeva/Getty Images Have you ever noticed how some people bounce out of bed after just a few hours of sleep, while others can barely function without ... <a title="Why do some people need less sleep than others? A gene variation could have something to do with it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/03/why-do-some-people-need-less-sleep-than-others-a-gene-variation-could-have-something-to-do-with-it-256342/" aria-label="Read more about Why do some people need less sleep than others? A gene variation could have something to do with it">Read more</a>