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December 3, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jan Kabatek, Research Fellow, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne Nes/Getty Working from home has become a fixture of Australian work culture, but its effect on mental health is still widely debated. Can working from home boost your mental health? If ... <a title="What’s working from home doing to your mental health? We tracked 16,000 Australians to find out" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/03/whats-working-from-home-doing-to-your-mental-health-we-tracked-16-000-australians-to-find-out-270356/" aria-label="Read more about What’s working from home doing to your mental health? We tracked 16,000 Australians to find out">Read more</a>
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December 3, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Aruna Sathanapally, Chief Executive, Grattan Institute The May 2026 federal budget will mark one year since the Albanese government’s unexpected landslide win at the last election. That budget is arguably the most important one for this term: setting the agenda for the government’s final two years and ... <a title="The clock is ticking on a golden opportunity for real change in Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/03/the-clock-is-ticking-on-a-golden-opportunity-for-real-change-in-australia-270568/" aria-label="Read more about The clock is ticking on a golden opportunity for real change in Australia">Read more</a>
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December 3, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rachel Williamson, Senior Tutor in English, University of Canterbury Prime Video With less than a month to go, the telltale signs that Christmas is coming have begun appearing in shops and malls around the country. Fairy lights and tinsel adorn store displays while Mariah Carey’s All I ... <a title="Oh. What. Fun. is a light, frivolous Christmas comedy – about motherhood and female rage" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/03/oh-what-fun-is-a-light-frivolous-christmas-comedy-about-motherhood-and-female-rage-269713/" aria-label="Read more about Oh. What. Fun. is a light, frivolous Christmas comedy – about motherhood and female rage">Read more</a>
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December 2, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra An independent inquiry has strongly condemned the politicisation of appointments to government boards, declaring present processes have “let down the Australian people” and are not fit for purpose. In her report former public service commissioner Lynelle Briggs has recommended a ... <a title="Albanese government shies away from tougher recommendations from ‘jobs for mates’ inquiry" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/02/albanese-government-shies-away-from-tougher-recommendations-from-jobs-for-mates-inquiry-270790/" aria-label="Read more about Albanese government shies away from tougher recommendations from ‘jobs for mates’ inquiry">Read more</a>
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December 2, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tony Butler, Professor and Program Head, Justice Health Research Program, UNSW Sydney MChromatique – Own work/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY In April 2024, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese declared domestic and family violence a “national crisis” calling for proactive responses that “focus on the perpetrators and focus on prevention”. ... <a title="Giving men a common antidepressant could help tackle domestic violence: world-first study" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/02/giving-men-a-common-antidepressant-could-help-tackle-domestic-violence-world-first-study-270968/" aria-label="Read more about Giving men a common antidepressant could help tackle domestic violence: world-first study">Read more</a>
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December 2, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nial Wheate, Professor, School of Natural Sciences, Macquarie University The rise of GLP-1 drugs such as Ozempic and Mounjaro has been nothing short of meteoric. Originally developed to treat diabetes, these drugs are now widely used for weight loss and have become household names. But alongside headlines ... <a title="Taking a drug like Ozempic? What you need to know about risks of suicidal thoughts and contraception failure" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/02/taking-a-drug-like-ozempic-what-you-need-to-know-about-risks-of-suicidal-thoughts-and-contraception-failure-271082/" aria-label="Read more about Taking a drug like Ozempic? What you need to know about risks of suicidal thoughts and contraception failure">Read more</a>
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December 2, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jake Goldenfein, Senior Lecturer, Law and Technology, The University of Melbourne Igor Omilaev/Unsplash Today, the Albanese Labor government released the long-awaited National AI Plan, “a whole-of-government framework that ensures technology works for people, not the other way around”. With this plan, the government promises an inclusive artificial ... <a title="Australia’s national AI plan has just been released. Who exactly will benefit?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/02/australias-national-ai-plan-has-just-been-released-who-exactly-will-benefit-270981/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s national AI plan has just been released. Who exactly will benefit?">Read more</a>
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December 2, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Imogen Richards, Senior Lecturer in Criminology, Deakin University This year, a series of rallies organised by neo-Nazi groups in Australian cities sparked public outrage and concern about the extreme right. Yet, some media coverage of the rallies downplayed the role neo-Nazis played in what they called “anti-immigration ... <a title="Euphemisms and false balance: how the media is helping to normalise far-right views" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/02/euphemisms-and-false-balance-how-the-media-is-helping-to-normalise-far-right-views-267418/" aria-label="Read more about Euphemisms and false balance: how the media is helping to normalise far-right views">Read more</a>
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December 2, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Philip Zylstra, Research Associate, University of New South Wales, and Adjunct Associate Professor, Curtin University A planned burn near Perth, Western Australia. Posnov/Getty Every year, government workers around Australia start fires in the bush. The idea behind these prescribed burning programs is that removing dry leaves and ... <a title="In 1939, a Royal Commission found burning forests leads to more bushfires. But this cycle of destruction can be stopped" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/02/in-1939-a-royal-commission-found-burning-forests-leads-to-more-bushfires-but-this-cycle-of-destruction-can-be-stopped-269099/" aria-label="Read more about In 1939, a Royal Commission found burning forests leads to more bushfires. But this cycle of destruction can be stopped">Read more</a>
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December 2, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Kidson, Associate Professor in Educational Leadership, Australian Catholic University Nick David/ Getty Images Last week, police confirmed four students at Victorian boarding school Ballarat Grammar had been cautioned over a series of “strappings” of younger students. This followed other allegations of hazings and abuse at the ... <a title="What makes a healthy and safe boarding school culture?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/02/what-makes-a-healthy-and-safe-boarding-school-culture-270973/" aria-label="Read more about What makes a healthy and safe boarding school culture?">Read more</a>
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December 2, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Courtney Addison, Senior Lecturer, School of Science in Society, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Catherine Falls Commercial/Getty Images Conservationists have long anticipated the recent announcement that the national effort to eradicate possums, stoats and rats will now include feral cats. But the government’s decision ... <a title="NZ is taking aim at feral cats. Are we ready for the ethical and practical implications?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/02/nz-is-taking-aim-at-feral-cats-are-we-ready-for-the-ethical-and-practical-implications-270885/" aria-label="Read more about NZ is taking aim at feral cats. Are we ready for the ethical and practical implications?">Read more</a>
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December 2, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Terry Goldsworthy, Associate Professor in Criminal Justice and Criminology, Bond University Liz Minchin/The Conversation, CC BY From causing a major phone outage to shutting down street lights across parks, suburbs and roads, copper theft has become a clear public safety risk. Last week, Optus said a phone ... <a title="Copper theft is hitting building sites, street lights – and now phones. How do we stop it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/02/copper-theft-is-hitting-building-sites-street-lights-and-now-phones-how-do-we-stop-it-270781/" aria-label="Read more about Copper theft is hitting building sites, street lights – and now phones. How do we stop it?">Read more</a>
