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December 16, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Esterman, Professor of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of South Australia Luis Alvarez/Getty COVID rarely rates a mention in the news these days, yet it hasn’t gone away. SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID, is still with us. It continues to infect thousands of Australians each month, ... <a title="Is there much COVID around? Do I need the new booster shot LP.8.1?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/16/is-there-much-covid-around-do-i-need-the-new-booster-shot-lp-8-1-271933/" aria-label="Read more about Is there much COVID around? Do I need the new booster shot LP.8.1?">Read more</a>
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December 16, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yao-Tai Li, Senior Lecturer of Sociology and Social Policy, UNSW Sydney This week, after a 156-day trial, the Hong Kong pro-democracy campaigner and media tycoon Jimmy Lai was convicted of sedition and collusion with foreign or external forces. Now facing life in prison, Lai was convicted under ... <a title="Hong Kong pro-democracy publisher convicted of sedition, in major blow to press freedom" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/16/hong-kong-pro-democracy-publisher-convicted-of-sedition-in-major-blow-to-press-freedom-272079/" aria-label="Read more about Hong Kong pro-democracy publisher convicted of sedition, in major blow to press freedom">Read more</a>
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December 16, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adam Daniel, Associate Lecturer in Communication, Western Sydney University Rob Reiner, the celebrated Hollywood director whose diverse filmography was loved by a broad array of audiences, was found dead on Sunday in Los Angeles. He was 78. Authorities have described the deaths of Reiner and his wife, ... <a title="In a cynical industry, Rob Reiner’s films taught us the power of sincerity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/16/in-a-cynical-industry-rob-reiners-films-taught-us-the-power-of-sincerity-272164/" aria-label="Read more about In a cynical industry, Rob Reiner’s films taught us the power of sincerity">Read more</a>
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December 16, 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 Labor gained two points in a Redbridge national poll to take a 56–44 lead, despite the expenses claims occurring during the fieldwork period. Redbridge state polls have ... <a title="Labor maintains dominant lead in Redbridge poll despite expenses claims" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/16/labor-maintains-dominant-lead-in-redbridge-poll-despite-expenses-claims-271525/" aria-label="Read more about Labor maintains dominant lead in Redbridge poll despite expenses claims">Read more</a>
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December 16, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kumar Biswajit Debnath, Chancellor’s Research Fellow, School of Architecture, University of Technology Sydney Composite panels made with Australian reishi fungi and biomass waste. Kumar Biswajit Debnath/UTS When mushrooms make the news, it’s often for grim reasons – a mysterious poisoning, toxic species in the bush, or high-profile ... <a title="We think of mushrooms as food. But mycelium-based blocks could be the future of construction" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/16/we-think-of-mushrooms-as-food-but-mycelium-based-blocks-could-be-the-future-of-construction-269273/" aria-label="Read more about We think of mushrooms as food. But mycelium-based blocks could be the future of construction">Read more</a>
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December 16, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tara-Lyn Camilleri, Transgenerational Effects Researcher, Monash University After mass violence such as the Bondi beach terrorist attack on Sunday, distress does not stop with those directly affected. Fear, anger and uncertainty spread through media and social networks. This can intensify harm for survivors and targeted communities. People ... <a title="After mass violence, trauma spreads socially. Here are 3 ways you can help reduce it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/16/after-mass-violence-trauma-spreads-socially-here-are-3-ways-you-can-help-reduce-it-272050/" aria-label="Read more about After mass violence, trauma spreads socially. Here are 3 ways you can help reduce it">Read more</a>
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December 16, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yasmin Mowat, Clinical Project Manager, Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney Australian Red Cross Lifeblood’s website and call centre have been inundated with people responding to calls for blood donations since Sunday night’s terrorist attack at Bondi Beach. At least 16 people are dead and 38 others are in ... <a title="Want to donate blood after the Bondi attacks? Here’s what you need to know" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/16/want-to-donate-blood-after-the-bondi-attacks-heres-what-you-need-to-know-272055/" aria-label="Read more about Want to donate blood after the Bondi attacks? Here’s what you need to know">Read more</a>
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December 16, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bruce Glavovic, Professor in Natural Hazards Planning and Resilience, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University Getty Images Discussions about how New Zealand should adapt to a changing climate have been going on for more than two decades. While both major political parties agree on the need ... <a title="Communities must be central to climate adaptation strategies – 10 insights to guide national policy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/16/communities-must-be-central-to-climate-adaptation-strategies-10-insights-to-guide-national-policy-269926/" aria-label="Read more about Communities must be central to climate adaptation strategies – 10 insights to guide national policy">Read more</a>
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December 16, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jessica Russ-Smith, Associate Professor of Social Work and Chair, Indigenous Research Ethics Advisory Panel, Australian Catholic University Earlier this month, Australia’s long-anticipated National AI Plan was released to a mixed reception. The plan shifts away from the government’s previously promised mandatory AI safeguards. Instead, it’s positioned as ... <a title="Australia’s national plan says existing laws are enough to regulate AI. This is false hope" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/16/australias-national-plan-says-existing-laws-are-enough-to-regulate-ai-this-is-false-hope-271725/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s national plan says existing laws are enough to regulate AI. This is false hope">Read more</a>
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December 16, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Harpur, Associate Professor, TC Beirne School of Law, The University of Queensland; Syracuse University ad0sy/Reddit “Welcome”, the sign at the supermarket entrance says, above a drawing of a shopper walking in and pushing a trolley. But for many shoppers – especially those with wheelchairs, walkers or ... <a title="How stores fighting thieves risk putting off shoppers with disabilities and kids" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/16/how-stores-fighting-thieves-risk-putting-off-shoppers-with-disabilities-and-kids-271397/" aria-label="Read more about How stores fighting thieves risk putting off shoppers with disabilities and kids">Read more</a>
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December 16, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Siobhan McHugh, Honorary Associate Professor, Journalism, University of Wollongong Wellcome Collection Quality narrative podcasts experienced a downturn this year, with industry layoffs in key networks including Pineapple Street Studios and Wondery. But commercial cutbacks have reinvigorated the artistic spirit of the genre. In a class of its ... <a title="Festering families, difficult truths and transcendent grace: best podcasts of 2025" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/16/festering-families-difficult-truths-and-transcendent-grace-best-podcasts-of-2025-270687/" aria-label="Read more about Festering families, difficult truths and transcendent grace: best podcasts of 2025">Read more</a>
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December 16, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ane Grum-Schwensen, Associate Professor at The Hans Christian Andersen Centre, Principal Investigator of "Fairy Tales and Stories – The Digital Manuscript Edition", University of Southern Denmark Hans Christian Andersen is one of Denmark’s most cherished writers – a master of the literary fairy tale whose influence stretches ... <a title="Think you know Hans Christian Andersen? Four experts pick his weirdest fairy tales to read this Christmas" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/16/think-you-know-hans-christian-andersen-four-experts-pick-his-weirdest-fairy-tales-to-read-this-christmas-270725/" aria-label="Read more about Think you know Hans Christian Andersen? Four experts pick his weirdest fairy tales to read this Christmas">Read more</a>
