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June 12, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Martin Schweinberger, Lecturer in Applied Linguistics, The University of Queensland Our brains swear for good reasons: to vent, cope, boost our grit and feel closer to those around us. Swear words can act as social glue and play meaningful roles in how people communicate, connect and express ... <a title="201 ways to say ‘fuck’: what 1.7 billion words of online text shows about how the world swears" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/12/201-ways-to-say-fuck-what-1-7-billion-words-of-online-text-shows-about-how-the-world-swears-257815/" aria-label="Read more about 201 ways to say ‘fuck’: what 1.7 billion words of online text shows about how the world swears">Read more</a>
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June 12, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Darius von Guttner Sporzynski, Historian, Australian Catholic University An illustration from a 15th-century manuscript showing the coronation of the first king of Poland, Boleslaw I. Chronica Polonorum by Mathiae de Mechovia For two centuries, scholars have sparred over the roots of the Piasts, Poland’s first documented royal ... <a title="Were the first kings of Poland actually from Scotland? New DNA evidence unsettles a nation’s founding myth" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/12/were-the-first-kings-of-poland-actually-from-scotland-new-dna-evidence-unsettles-a-nations-founding-myth-258579/" aria-label="Read more about Were the first kings of Poland actually from Scotland? New DNA evidence unsettles a nation’s founding myth">Read more</a>
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June 12, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sean Docking, Research Fellow, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University wedmoments.stock/Shutterstock Timely access to high-quality medical imaging can be lifesaving and life-altering. Radiology can confirm a fractured bone, give us an early glimpse of our baby or detect cancer. But behind the x-ray, ultrasound, ... <a title="Medical scans are big business and investors are circling. Here are 3 reasons to be concerned" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/12/medical-scans-are-big-business-and-investors-are-circling-here-are-3-reasons-to-be-concerned-257820/" aria-label="Read more about Medical scans are big business and investors are circling. Here are 3 reasons to be concerned">Read more</a>
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June 12, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rachel Leslie, Lecturer in Curriculum and Pedagogy with a focus on Educational Psychology, University of Southern Queensland Klaus Vedfelt/ Getty Images Bullying is sadly a common experience for Australian children and teenagers. It is estimated at least 25% experience bullying at some point in their schooling. The ... <a title="‘Microaggressions’ can fly under the radar in schools. Here’s how to spot them and respond" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/12/microaggressions-can-fly-under-the-radar-in-schools-heres-how-to-spot-them-and-respond-258684/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Microaggressions’ can fly under the radar in schools. Here’s how to spot them and respond">Read more</a>
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June 11, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Denis Muller, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism, The University of Melbourne Two long-running television current affairs programs are coming to an end at the same time, driving home the fact that no matter what the format, they have a shelf life. The Project on Channel ... <a title="Q+A follows The Project onto the scrap heap – so where to now for non-traditional current affairs?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/11/q-a-follows-the-project-onto-the-scrap-heap-so-where-to-now-for-non-traditional-current-affairs-258690/" aria-label="Read more about Q+A follows The Project onto the scrap heap – so where to now for non-traditional current affairs?">Read more</a>
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June 11, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jessica Whyte, Scientia Associate Professor of Philosophy and ARC Future Fellow, UNSW Sydney The Australian government is imposing financial and travel sanctions on two far-right Israeli ministers: Itamar Ben-Gvir (the national security minister) and Bezalel Smotrich (finance minister). This is a significant development. While Australia has previously ... <a title="Sanctioning extremist Israeli ministers is a start, but Australia and its allies must do more" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/11/sanctioning-extremist-israeli-ministers-is-a-start-but-australia-and-its-allies-must-do-more-258688/" aria-label="Read more about Sanctioning extremist Israeli ministers is a start, but Australia and its allies must do more">Read more</a>
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June 11, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cameron Webb, Clinical Associate Professor and Principal Hospital Scientist, University of Sydney Aspect Drones/Shutterstock Malaria is one of the deadliest diseases spread by mosquitoes. Each year, hundreds of millions of people worldwide are infected and half a million people die from the disease. While mainland Australia was ... <a title="Malaria has returned to the Torres Strait. What does this mean for mainland Australia?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/11/malaria-has-returned-to-the-torres-strait-what-does-this-mean-for-mainland-australia-258289/" aria-label="Read more about Malaria has returned to the Torres Strait. What does this mean for mainland Australia?">Read more</a>
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June 11, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicole Gurran, Professor of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Sydney ymgerman/Shutterstock The Albanese government has a new mantra to describe the housing crisis, which is showing no signs of abating: homes have simply become “too hard to build” in Australia. The prime minister and senior ministers ... <a title="Is regulation really to blame for the housing affordability crisis?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/11/is-regulation-really-to-blame-for-the-housing-affordability-crisis-258077/" aria-label="Read more about Is regulation really to blame for the housing affordability crisis?">Read more</a>
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June 11, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Janet Hoek, Professor in Public Health, University of Otago Getty Images Next week is “scrutiny week” in parliament – one of two weeks each year when opposition MPs can hold ministers accountable for their actions, or lack thereof. For us, it’s a good time to take stock ... <a title="NZ’s goal is to get smoking rates under 5% for all population groups this year – here’s why that’s highly unlikely" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/11/nzs-goal-is-to-get-smoking-rates-under-5-for-all-population-groups-this-year-heres-why-thats-highly-unlikely-258592/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s goal is to get smoking rates under 5% for all population groups this year – here’s why that’s highly unlikely">Read more</a>
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June 11, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne We now have the (almost!) final results from the 2025 federal election – with only Bradfield still to be completely resolved. Labor won 94 of the 150 ... <a title="Labor’s win at the 2025 federal election was the biggest since 1943, with its largest swings in the cities" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/11/labors-win-at-the-2025-federal-election-was-the-biggest-since-1943-with-its-largest-swings-in-the-cities-258402/" aria-label="Read more about Labor’s win at the 2025 federal election was the biggest since 1943, with its largest swings in the cities">Read more</a>
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June 11, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Samara McPhedran, Principal Research Fellow, Griffith University After United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents arrested multiple people on alleged immigration violations, protests broke out in Los Angeles. In response, police and military personnel have been deployed around the greater LA area. Authorities have been using ... <a title="What are the ‘less lethal’ weapons being used in Los Angeles?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/11/what-are-the-less-lethal-weapons-being-used-in-los-angeles-258687/" aria-label="Read more about What are the ‘less lethal’ weapons being used in Los Angeles?">Read more</a>
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June 11, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Australia, together with the United Kingdom, Canada, New Zealand and Norway, has imposed sanctions on two ministers in the Israeli government for “inciting violence against Palestinians in the West Bank”. Australia and the other countries were immediately condemned by the ... <a title="Australia-US rift over sanctions on Israeli ministers further complicates Albanese-Trump expected talks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/11/australia-us-rift-over-sanctions-on-israeli-ministers-further-complicates-albanese-trump-expected-talks-258691/" aria-label="Read more about Australia-US rift over sanctions on Israeli ministers further complicates Albanese-Trump expected talks">Read more</a>
