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June 26, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adam Daniel, Associate Lecturer in Communication, Western Sydney University © 2025 Universal Studios. All Rights Reserved. Filmgoers have long been captivated by stories about robots. We are fascinated by their utopian promise, their superhuman intelligence and, in the case of the cyborg, their often uncanny resemblance to ... <a title="From HAL 9000 to ME3AN: what film’s evil robots tell us about contemporary tech fears" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/26/from-hal-9000-to-me3an-what-films-evil-robots-tell-us-about-contemporary-tech-fears-258397/" aria-label="Read more about From HAL 9000 to ME3AN: what film’s evil robots tell us about contemporary tech fears">Read more</a>
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June 26, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hsiao-chun Hung, Senior Research Fellow, School of Culture, History & Language, Australian National University Ritidian beach, Guam. Hsiao-chun Hung In a new study published today in Science Advances, my colleagues and I have uncovered the earliest evidence of rice in the Pacific Islands – at an ancient ... <a title="Remote cave discovery shows ancient voyagers brought rice across 2,300km of Pacific Ocean" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/26/remote-cave-discovery-shows-ancient-voyagers-brought-rice-across-2-300km-of-pacific-ocean-259667/" aria-label="Read more about Remote cave discovery shows ancient voyagers brought rice across 2,300km of Pacific Ocean">Read more</a>
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June 26, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sebastian Rosenberg, Associate Professor, Health Research Institute, University of Canberra, and Brain and Mind Centre, University of Sydney stellalevi/Getty Half a million Australians are living with moderate to severe mental illness, but they don’t qualify for the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) and cannot access the support ... <a title="500,000 Australians live with mental illness but don’t qualify for the NDIS. A damning new report says they need more support" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/26/500-000-australians-live-with-mental-illness-but-dont-qualify-for-the-ndis-a-damning-new-report-says-they-need-more-support-259549/" aria-label="Read more about 500,000 Australians live with mental illness but don’t qualify for the NDIS. A damning new report says they need more support">Read more</a>
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June 26, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lucas Walsh, Professor and Director of the Centre for Youth Policy and Education Practice, Monash University Oliver Rossi/ Getty Images On Wednesday, Education Minister Jason Clare hailed an increase in the numbers of Australians starting a university degree. In 2024, there was a 3.7% increase in Australian ... <a title="‘I’m not going to give up’: how to help more disadvantaged young people go to uni and TAFE" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/26/im-not-going-to-give-up-how-to-help-more-disadvantaged-young-people-go-to-uni-and-tafe-259444/" aria-label="Read more about ‘I’m not going to give up’: how to help more disadvantaged young people go to uni and TAFE">Read more</a>
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June 26, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rachel Baird, Senior Lecturer , University of Tasmania PaeGAG/Shutterstock A new financial year starts on July 1. For Australia’s large companies, that means new rules on climate-related disclosures come into force. These requirements are the culmination of years of planning to ensure companies disclose climate-related risks and ... <a title="New climate reporting rules start on July 1. Many companies are not ready for the change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/26/new-climate-reporting-rules-start-on-july-1-many-companies-are-not-ready-for-the-change-258706/" aria-label="Read more about New climate reporting rules start on July 1. Many companies are not ready for the change">Read more</a>
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June 26, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Olli Hellmann, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Waikato The winter school holidays will mean families across Aotearoa New Zealand will be looking for indoor activities to entertain children. With millions of visitors each year, museums focused on the country’s history will inevitably play host to ... <a title="Whose story is being told — and why? 4 questions museum visitors should ask themselves this school holidays" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/26/whose-story-is-being-told-and-why-4-questions-museum-visitors-should-ask-themselves-this-school-holidays-259538/" aria-label="Read more about Whose story is being told — and why? 4 questions museum visitors should ask themselves this school holidays">Read more</a>
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June 26, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Eric Zillmer, Professor of Neuropsychology, Drexel University Rittenhouse Square Park in Center City made it onto the Philly Happiness Map. Matthew Lovette/Jumping Rocks/Universal Images Group via Getty Images What makes you happy? Perhaps a good night’s sleep, or a wonderful meal with friends? I am the director ... <a title="Philly psychology students map out local landmarks and hidden destinations where they feel happiest" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/26/philly-psychology-students-map-out-local-landmarks-and-hidden-destinations-where-they-feel-happiest-258790/" aria-label="Read more about Philly psychology students map out local landmarks and hidden destinations where they feel happiest">Read more</a>
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June 25, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The opposition is commencing the challenging task of framing a new energy policy, including deciding whether to stick by its commitment to net zero emissions by 2050. Liberal leader Sussan Ley, appearing at the National Press Club, announced a Coalition ... <a title="Opposition starts on challenge of crafting (yet another) energy policy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/25/opposition-starts-on-challenge-of-crafting-yet-another-energy-policy-259683/" aria-label="Read more about Opposition starts on challenge of crafting (yet another) energy policy">Read more</a>
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June 25, 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 Minor party preference flows for the federal election have been released, with Labor winning Greens preferences by 88.2–11.8, while the Coalition won One Nation preferences by 74.5–24.5. ... <a title="Election flows reveal nearly 90% of Greens preferenced Labor ahead of Coalition" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/25/election-flows-reveal-nearly-90-of-greens-preferenced-labor-ahead-of-coalition-259438/" aria-label="Read more about Election flows reveal nearly 90% of Greens preferenced Labor ahead of Coalition">Read more</a>
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June 25, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kit Prendergast, Postdoctoral Researcher, Pollination Ecology, University of Southern Queensland Kit Prendergast (@bee.babette_performer) After a devastating bushfire, efforts to help nature recover typically focus on vertebrates and plants. Yet extreme fires can threaten insects, too. After the Black Summer fires of 2019–20, I embarked on world-first research ... <a title="Australia’s native bees struggled after the Black Summer fires – but a world-first solution brought them buzzing back" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/25/australias-native-bees-struggled-after-the-black-summer-fires-but-a-world-first-solution-brought-them-buzzing-back-258299/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s native bees struggled after the Black Summer fires – but a world-first solution brought them buzzing back">Read more</a>
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June 25, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Hawkins, Head, Canberra School of Government, University of Canberra It looks, at least for now, as though tensions in the Middle East are easing somewhat. It appears much less likely Iran will try to close the Strait of Hormuz, through which flows about a fifth of ... <a title="Wild swings in the oil price make the Reserve Bank’s job harder" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/25/wild-swings-in-the-oil-price-make-the-reserve-banks-job-harder-259555/" aria-label="Read more about Wild swings in the oil price make the Reserve Bank’s job harder">Read more</a>
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June 25, 2025
Analysis by Keith Rankin. It’s time that the nations of the world (or at least the influential western nations) accept the reality that all the lands that constituted 1920-1948 Mandatory Palestine should be formally recognised as a single nation-state; ideally called Palestine Israel or Israel-Palestine, but more realistically called Israel. In other words, the never-viable ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – Palestine Israel: Implementing a One-State Solution" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/25/keith-rankin-analysis-palestine-israel-implementing-a-one-state-solution/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – Palestine Israel: Implementing a One-State Solution">Read more</a>
