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August 11, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brianna Le Busque, Lecturer in Environmental Science, University of South Australia John White Photos/Getty In March 2025, surfers and swimmers were the first to notice the harmful algal bloom taking hold in South Australian waters. People catching waves at a popular break on the Fleurieu Peninsula later ... <a title="When a beach walk feels like grief: disasters like SA’s algal bloom cut us off from nature when we need it most" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/11/when-a-beach-walk-feels-like-grief-disasters-like-sas-algal-bloom-cut-us-off-from-nature-when-we-need-it-most-262705/" aria-label="Read more about When a beach walk feels like grief: disasters like SA’s algal bloom cut us off from nature when we need it most">Read more</a>
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August 11, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hussein Dia, Professor of Transport Technology and Sustainability, Swinburne University of Technology Alexwise/Getty Many electric vehicles (EVs) now come with range estimates of 400–500 kilometres, while some premium models claim ranges of more than 600km. Drivers new to EVs may look at the range figures given by ... <a title="Want to know how far your new EV can actually go? Take 10–20% off its claimed range" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/11/want-to-know-how-far-your-new-ev-can-actually-go-take-10-20-off-its-claimed-range-262805/" aria-label="Read more about Want to know how far your new EV can actually go? Take 10–20% off its claimed range">Read more</a>
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August 11, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Azadeh Dastyari, Director, Centre for Western Sydney, Western Sydney University Access to the internet is not a luxury. It’s an essential part of life. It shapes how people study, find and do work, access healthcare, stay connected with community and interact with government services. For Indigenous peoples, ... <a title="‘I end up buying less food’: Indigenous people should not have to go hungry to use the internet" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/11/i-end-up-buying-less-food-indigenous-people-should-not-have-to-go-hungry-to-use-the-internet-262203/" aria-label="Read more about ‘I end up buying less food’: Indigenous people should not have to go hungry to use the internet">Read more</a>
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August 11, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexa Scarlata, Lecturer, Digital Communication, RMIT University ABC At first glance, the ABC’s new flagship drama looks like a soapy cross between Neighbours and Home and Away. Sweeping shots of rugged coastline and holiday homes roll into a tree-lined cul-de-sac near identical to Ramsay Street. The sun ... <a title="ABC’s new suburban mystery The Family Next Door is understated and addictive" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/11/abcs-new-suburban-mystery-the-family-next-door-is-understated-and-addictive-261171/" aria-label="Read more about ABC’s new suburban mystery The Family Next Door is understated and addictive">Read more</a>
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August 11, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vera Korasidis, Lecturer in Environmental Geoscience, The University of Melbourne Pollinators play a vital role in fertilising flowers, which grow into seeds and fruits and underpin our agriculture. But climate change can cause a mismatch between plants and their pollinators, affecting where they live and what time ... <a title="56 million years ago, Earth underwent rapid global warming. Here’s what it did to pollinators" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/11/56-million-years-ago-earth-underwent-rapid-global-warming-heres-what-it-did-to-pollinators-260297/" aria-label="Read more about 56 million years ago, Earth underwent rapid global warming. Here’s what it did to pollinators">Read more</a>
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August 11, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Blake Bennett, Senior Lecturer in Sport Coaching and Pedagogy, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau As the international rugby season kicks off in earnest, and other sporting codes compete for TV airtime and fans’ disposable income, something worrying is happening down at the grassroots. Sports clubs across ... <a title="Where have all the coaches gone? The volunteer crisis hitting grassroots sport in NZ" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/11/where-have-all-the-coaches-gone-the-volunteer-crisis-hitting-grassroots-sport-in-nz-262607/" aria-label="Read more about Where have all the coaches gone? The volunteer crisis hitting grassroots sport in NZ">Read more</a>
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August 11, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Heather Ford, Professor, Communications, University of Technology Sydney Franckreporter / Getty Images Last month, the American non-profit organisation behind Wikipedia issued draft guidelines for researchers studying how neutral Wikipedia really is. But instead of supporting open inquiry, the guidelines reveal just how unaware the Wikimedia Foundation is ... <a title="Wikipedia’s ‘neutrality’ has always been complicated. New rules will make questioning it harder" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/11/wikipedias-neutrality-has-always-been-complicated-new-rules-will-make-questioning-it-harder-262706/" aria-label="Read more about Wikipedia’s ‘neutrality’ has always been complicated. New rules will make questioning it harder">Read more</a>
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August 11, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lisa Nissen, HERA Program Director – Health Workforce Optimisation Centre for the Business & Economics of Health, The University of Queensland sturti/Getty You’re discharged from hospital with some painkillers but aren’t sure if they’re safe to take with the heart medication you’ve been prescribed for years or ... <a title="Pharmacists could one day work in GP clinics. Here’s what’s in it for you" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/11/pharmacists-could-one-day-work-in-gp-clinics-heres-whats-in-it-for-you-262321/" aria-label="Read more about Pharmacists could one day work in GP clinics. Here’s what’s in it for you">Read more</a>
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August 11, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tim Cowan, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Applied Climate Sciences, University of Southern Queensland Soaking mid-winter rains have brought some relief to drought-stricken farms and rural towns across southern Australia, but the crisis is not over yet. And there’s more to this challenging episode than you might ... <a title="Triple whammy: how 3 types of drought crippled southern Australia this year" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/11/triple-whammy-how-3-types-of-drought-crippled-southern-australia-this-year-262320/" aria-label="Read more about Triple whammy: how 3 types of drought crippled southern Australia this year">Read more</a>
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August 11, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Karyn Healy, Honorary Principal Research Fellow in Psychology, The University of Queensland Monkey Business Images/ Shutterstock Bullying in schools can can have a devastating impact on victims. Research shows it can lead to reduced academic performance depression, anxiety and even suicidal behaviour. So, preventing and reducing bullying ... <a title="Often parents and schools disagree about whether something is ‘bullying’: what happens next?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/11/often-parents-and-schools-disagree-about-whether-something-is-bullying-what-happens-next-261474/" aria-label="Read more about Often parents and schools disagree about whether something is ‘bullying’: what happens next?">Read more</a>
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August 11, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julian Pearce, Adjunct Lecturer in public finance, Griffith University Treasurer Jim Chalmers has made budget sustainability one of the key pillars of the reform roundtable to be held next week. Concern that budget spending is on an unsustainable trend has been caused by rising government spending as ... <a title="No one holds the government to account on spending. We need a budget watchdog that can bite" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/11/no-one-holds-the-government-to-account-on-spending-we-need-a-budget-watchdog-that-can-bite-261764/" aria-label="Read more about No one holds the government to account on spending. We need a budget watchdog that can bite">Read more</a>
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August 9, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Parmeter, Research Scholar, Middle East Studies, Australian National University Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is moving forward with his plan to take full control of Gaza, expanding his war efforts amid a deepening starvation crisis in the strip and intensifying international condemnation. In the plan, Netanyahu’s ... <a title="Israel is deepening its war in Gaza – here are 5 big questions about Netanyahu’s ill-advised next phase" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/09/israel-is-deepening-its-war-in-gaza-here-are-5-big-questions-about-netanyahus-ill-advised-next-phase-262918/" aria-label="Read more about Israel is deepening its war in Gaza – here are 5 big questions about Netanyahu’s ill-advised next phase">Read more</a>
