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September 24, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Frank Beard, Associate Professor in Public Health, University of Sydney CHBD/Getty The World Health Organization (WHO) declared Australia free of measles in 2014. Historically, high childhood measles vaccination coverage and thorough follow-up of suspected cases have helped prevent outbreaks. But in the last six weeks, a growing ... <a title="New measles cases in Queensland show ‘herd immunity’ is more important than ever" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/24/new-measles-cases-in-queensland-show-herd-immunity-is-more-important-than-ever-265850/" aria-label="Read more about New measles cases in Queensland show ‘herd immunity’ is more important than ever">Read more</a>
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September 24, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Catherine Strong, Associate Professor, Music Industry, RMIT University Last week, Spain joined Ireland, Slovenia, Iceland and the Netherlands in announcing it will not take part in Eurovision 2026 if Israel is allowed to participate. Other countries such as Belgium and Finland have indicated they are considering withdrawing. ... <a title="Countries are threatening to boycott Eurovision over Israel’s inclusion. How will Australia respond?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/24/countries-are-threatening-to-boycott-eurovision-over-israels-inclusion-how-will-australia-respond-265747/" aria-label="Read more about Countries are threatening to boycott Eurovision over Israel’s inclusion. How will Australia respond?">Read more</a>
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September 24, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julia Talbot-Jones, Senior Lecturer | School of Government, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Getty Images By now you should have received those familiar orange envelopes containing your local body election papers. Have you opened them? Will you vote? And will you remember to post ... <a title="Another local election, another low turnout? Syncing local and general elections could be the answer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/24/another-local-election-another-low-turnout-syncing-local-and-general-elections-could-be-the-answer-265385/" aria-label="Read more about Another local election, another low turnout? Syncing local and general elections could be the answer">Read more</a>
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September 23, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The foreign policy performances on both sides of politics currently have a dash of the amateur hour about them. Anthony Albanese has seemingly again received the brush off, after months of diplomatic effort to secure a bilateral meeting with Donald ... <a title="View from The Hill: Albanese left off Trump’s meeting list, as Ley oversteps the mark" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/23/view-from-the-hill-albanese-left-off-trumps-meeting-list-as-ley-oversteps-the-mark-265856/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Albanese left off Trump’s meeting list, as Ley oversteps the mark">Read more</a>
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September 23, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nial Wheate, Professor, School of Natural Sciences, Macquarie University The US government has announced controversial guidance on the prevention and treatment of autism in children. New health recommendations aim to discourage pregnant women from taking the painkiller paracetamol – also known as acetaminophen and by the brand ... <a title="What is leucovorin, the drug the Trump administration says can treat autism?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/23/what-is-leucovorin-the-drug-the-trump-administration-says-can-treat-autism-265849/" aria-label="Read more about What is leucovorin, the drug the Trump administration says can treat autism?">Read more</a>
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September 23, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Zoe Goodall, Research Associate, HHAUS research group, Swinburne University of Technology Sladic/Getty Sharehousing has traditionally been a rite of passage for many young people and students in Australia, but is also increasingly common among all age groups. Conflicts with landlords – over issues such as repairs, leaks ... <a title="Managing mould, housemates, and landlords: new research reveals sharehousing horror stories" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/23/managing-mould-housemates-and-landlords-new-research-reveals-sharehousing-horror-stories-265851/" aria-label="Read more about Managing mould, housemates, and landlords: new research reveals sharehousing horror stories">Read more</a>
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September 23, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicholas Wood, Professor, The Children’s Hospital at Westmead Clinical School, University of Sydney United States President Donald Trump has urged pregnant women to avoid paracetamol except in cases of extremely high fever, because of a possible link to autism. Paracetamol – known as acetaminophen or by the ... <a title="It’s OK to use paracetamol in pregnancy. Here’s what the science says about the link with autism" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/23/its-ok-to-use-paracetamol-in-pregnancy-heres-what-the-science-says-about-the-link-with-autism-265768/" aria-label="Read more about It’s OK to use paracetamol in pregnancy. Here’s what the science says about the link with autism">Read more</a>
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September 23, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chloe Hayes, Postdoctoral Researcher in Marine Ecology, University of Adelaide Blackblotched porcupinefish (_Diodon liturosus_). Glen Whisson/iNaturalist, CC BY-ND Species across the planet are on the move. Climate change has already caused more than 12,000 species to shift their homes across land, freshwater and the sea. They move ... <a title="Fish ‘fingerprints’ in the ocean reveal which species are moving homes due to climate change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/23/fish-fingerprints-in-the-ocean-reveal-which-species-are-moving-homes-due-to-climate-change-264683/" aria-label="Read more about Fish ‘fingerprints’ in the ocean reveal which species are moving homes due to climate change">Read more</a>
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September 23, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Daniel Thomas, Honorary Lecturer in Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Getty Images Three million years ago, an extinct relative of todays’s great penguins – emperors and kings – lived in Aotearoa New Zealand. We know this because our new study describes a spectacular fossilised ... <a title="Close relatives of emperor penguins lived in NZ some 3 million years ago. What caused their extinction?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/23/close-relatives-of-emperor-penguins-lived-in-nz-some-3-million-years-ago-what-caused-their-extinction-265585/" aria-label="Read more about Close relatives of emperor penguins lived in NZ some 3 million years ago. What caused their extinction?">Read more</a>
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September 23, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Eliza Middleton, Senior Ecologist, University of Sydney Tawny Coster (_Acraea terpsicore_) butterflies. Jeffry S.S/Pexels Spring in Australia has arrived like a celebration. Magpies are warbling in the morning, wildflowers are bursting open across bushland, and the air is humming with life as tiny creatures have stirred back ... <a title="Spring air is humming with insects. But we’re blind to what’s happening to them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/23/spring-air-is-humming-with-insects-but-were-blind-to-whats-happening-to-them-265200/" aria-label="Read more about Spring air is humming with insects. But we’re blind to what’s happening to them">Read more</a>
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September 23, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Harrison Brennan, Director, Sydney Policy Lab, University of Sydney Ruslan Alekso/Pexels, Ketut Subiyanto/Pexels, Darya Kameneva/Unsplash, The Conversation, CC BY-SA The upcoming social media ban for people aged under 16 continues to be hotly debated. Bans in public policy are a blunt instrument with a mixed track ... <a title="Banning something to reduce harm is a tricky business. Here’s what works" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/23/banning-something-to-reduce-harm-is-a-tricky-business-heres-what-works-265498/" aria-label="Read more about Banning something to reduce harm is a tricky business. Here’s what works">Read more</a>
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September 23, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joshua Pate, Senior Lecturer in Physiotherapy, University of Technology Sydney Connect Images/Pancake Pictures Most children bounce back from pain after an injury or illness. But for one in five – approximately 877,000 children in Australia – the pain continues. Clinicians call this chronic or persistent pain, meaning ... <a title="Not just ‘growing pains’: 1 in 5 Australian kids live with chronic pain, but it’s often invisible" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/23/not-just-growing-pains-1-in-5-australian-kids-live-with-chronic-pain-but-its-often-invisible-265680/" aria-label="Read more about Not just ‘growing pains’: 1 in 5 Australian kids live with chronic pain, but it’s often invisible">Read more</a>
