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October 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marcelo Feitosa de Paula Dias, PhD candidate in Environmental Law, Queensland University of Technology Giselleflissak/Getty Have you noticed more QR codes or country-of-origin labels on the meat at the supermarket or timber decking from the hardware shop? You’re not imagining it. We’re in a new era of ... <a title="From beef to timber, a new era of labels will reveal where your shopping comes from" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/06/from-beef-to-timber-a-new-era-of-labels-will-reveal-where-your-shopping-comes-from-265083/" aria-label="Read more about From beef to timber, a new era of labels will reveal where your shopping comes from">Read more</a>
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October 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nick Fuller, Clinical Trials Director, Department of Endocrinology, RPA Hospital, University of Sydney Anastassiya Bezhekeneva/Getty Images Walk down the health aisle of any supermarket and you’ll see shelves lined with brightly packaged vitamin and mineral supplements designed for children. These products promise to support immunity, boost brain ... <a title="Do kids really need vitamin supplements?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/06/do-kids-really-need-vitamin-supplements-257624/" aria-label="Read more about Do kids really need vitamin supplements?">Read more</a>
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October 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sebastian Maslow, Associate Professor, International Relations, Contemporary Japanese Politics & Society, University of Tokyo Under the slogan “#ChangeLDP”, Japan’s long-ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has elected Sanae Takaichi as its new leader. Pending a vote in the Diet’s lower house later this month, she is poised to ... <a title="Is Sanae Takaichi Japan’s Margaret Thatcher — or its next Liz Truss?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/06/is-sanae-takaichi-japans-margaret-thatcher-or-its-next-liz-truss-266478/" aria-label="Read more about Is Sanae Takaichi Japan’s Margaret Thatcher — or its next Liz Truss?">Read more</a>
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October 6, 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 retains a large lead in three new national polls including Newspoll, while many more voters thought Labor’s 2035 emissions reduction target too ambitious rather than not ... <a title="Labor retains big lead in Newspoll and all other federal polls" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/06/labor-retains-big-lead-in-newspoll-and-all-other-federal-polls-266376/" aria-label="Read more about Labor retains big lead in Newspoll and all other federal polls">Read more</a>
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October 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Aaron J. Snoswell, Senior Research Fellow in AI Accountability, Queensland University of Technology Sean Gladwell/Getty Images There are many claims to sort through in the current era of ubiquitous artificial intelligence (AI) products, especially generative AI ones based on large language models or LLMs, such as ChatGPT, ... <a title="Does AI pose an existential risk? We asked 5 experts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/06/does-ai-pose-an-existential-risk-we-asked-5-experts-266345/" aria-label="Read more about Does AI pose an existential risk? We asked 5 experts">Read more</a>
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October 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kristy Hess, Professor (Communication), Deakin University Australians and people the world over rely on local journalism to keep them informed, but the sector is in a lot of trouble. More than 200 local newspapers in regional Australia significantly cut their services or closed during the COVID pandemic. ... <a title="Local news is dwindling globally. Here’s how other countries are trying to fix it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/06/local-news-is-dwindling-globally-heres-how-other-countries-are-trying-to-fix-it-266466/" aria-label="Read more about Local news is dwindling globally. Here’s how other countries are trying to fix it">Read more</a>
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October 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Melanie O’Brien, Associate Professor of International Law, The University of Western Australia In September this year, a UN-backed independent commission of inquiry released a report concluding Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. The report said: Israeli authorities deliberately inflicted conditions of life on the Palestinians in Gaza ... <a title="Why are the ICJ and ICC cases on Israel and Gaza taking so long?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/06/why-are-the-icj-and-icc-cases-on-israel-and-gaza-taking-so-long-265674/" aria-label="Read more about Why are the ICJ and ICC cases on Israel and Gaza taking so long?">Read more</a>
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October 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ankur Singh, Chair of Lifespan Oral Health, University of Sydney Natalia Lebedinskaia/Getty When your teeth and gums are in good condition, you might not even notice their impact on your day-to-day life. Good oral health helps us chew, taste, swallow, speak and convey emotions. This means the ... <a title="Why is it so shameful to have missing or damaged teeth?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/06/why-is-it-so-shameful-to-have-missing-or-damaged-teeth-264699/" aria-label="Read more about Why is it so shameful to have missing or damaged teeth?">Read more</a>
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October 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hannah Seligman, Lecturer in Municipal Services and Public Works Engineering, University of Southern Queensland Rafael Ben-Ari/Getty Australia has one of the world’s longest road networks, covering almost 900,000 kilometres. More than 80% of it is rural or remote. It was hard and expensive enough to maintain this ... <a title="Intense rain, landslides and potholes everywhere: how climate change is trashing Australia’s roads" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/06/intense-rain-landslides-and-potholes-everywhere-how-climate-change-is-trashing-australias-roads-264328/" aria-label="Read more about Intense rain, landslides and potholes everywhere: how climate change is trashing Australia’s roads">Read more</a>
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October 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rebecca English, Senior Lecturer in Education, Queensland University of Technology Maskot/Getty Images Across Australia, more families are choosing to homeschool. According to NSW figures released late last month, homeschooling registrations in the state more than doubled between 2019 and 2024, from 5,907 to 12,762. What is fuelling ... <a title="More and more Australian families are homeschooling. How can we make sure they do it well?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/06/more-and-more-australian-families-are-homeschooling-how-can-we-make-sure-they-do-it-well-266150/" aria-label="Read more about More and more Australian families are homeschooling. How can we make sure they do it well?">Read more</a>
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October 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sharon Christensen, Executive Dean, Faculty of Business and Law, Queensland University of Technology Becoming a homeowner is exciting, but the process can be complex and daunting. Perhaps you’ve found a home listing you like, you have your deposit and finances in order and you are going to ... <a title="Checking out a listing you like? Experts explain what to look out for when inspecting a first home" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/06/checking-out-a-listing-you-like-experts-explain-what-to-look-out-for-when-inspecting-a-first-home-265750/" aria-label="Read more about Checking out a listing you like? Experts explain what to look out for when inspecting a first home">Read more</a>
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October 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dennis Wesselbaum, Associate Professor, Department of Economics, University of Otago Finance Minister Nicola Willis. Getty Images Finance Minister Nicola Willis has called them the “merchants of misery”, but critics of her government’s economic performance doubled down when the June quarter GDP figures showed a contraction in many ... <a title="Nicola Willis is right: NZ’s economy isn’t as bad as the ‘merchants of misery’ claim" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/06/nicola-willis-is-right-nzs-economy-isnt-as-bad-as-the-merchants-of-misery-claim-266465/" aria-label="Read more about Nicola Willis is right: NZ’s economy isn’t as bad as the ‘merchants of misery’ claim">Read more</a>
