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May 2, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hassan Vally, Associate Professor, Epidemiology, Deakin University Robert F. Kennedy Jr, the United States’ top public health official, recently claimed some religious groups avoid the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine because it contains “aborted fetus debris” and “DNA particles”. The US is facing its worst measles ... <a title="The MMR vaccine doesn’t contain ‘aborted fetus debris’, as RFK Jr has claimed. Here’s the science" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/02/the-mmr-vaccine-doesnt-contain-aborted-fetus-debris-as-rfk-jr-has-claimed-heres-the-science-255718/" aria-label="Read more about The MMR vaccine doesn’t contain ‘aborted fetus debris’, as RFK Jr has claimed. Here’s the science">Read more</a>
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May 2, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul McInerney, Senior Research Scientist in Ecosystem Ecology, CSIRO The native shrimp _Paratya australiensis_ was among the species found to incorporate carbon from natural gas into their bodies in the Condamine River. Chris Van Wyk/Flickr, CC BY-NC-ND What’s the currency for all life on Earth? Carbon. Every ... <a title="Scientists surprised to discover mayflies and shrimp making their bodies out of ancient gas" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/02/scientists-surprised-to-discover-mayflies-and-shrimp-making-their-bodies-out-of-ancient-gas-253334/" aria-label="Read more about Scientists surprised to discover mayflies and shrimp making their bodies out of ancient gas">Read more</a>
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May 2, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joanna Mendelssohn, Honorary Senior Fellow, School of Culture and Communication. Editor in Chief, Design and Art of Australia Online, The University of Melbourne Winner Packing Room Prize 2025, Abdul Abdullah ‘No mountain high enough’, oil on linen, 162.4 x 136.7cm © the artist, image © Art Gallery ... <a title="Archibald Packing Room Prize goes to Abdul Abdullah for Jason Phu portrait, among broader set of bold and deeply personal works" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/02/archibald-packing-room-prize-goes-to-abdul-abdullah-for-jason-phu-portrait-among-broader-set-of-bold-and-deeply-personal-works-253747/" aria-label="Read more about Archibald Packing Room Prize goes to Abdul Abdullah for Jason Phu portrait, among broader set of bold and deeply personal works">Read more</a>
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May 2, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Phoebe Hayman, PhD Candidate and Casual Academic in Politics, La Trobe University The impression of the Liberal Party as out of touch with women persists in this year’s election. The party’s “women problem” was brought into sharp focus by the backlash to its now-abandoned policy to stop ... <a title="The Liberals’ women problem may seem intractable, but here’s what they could learn from the Teals" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/02/the-liberals-women-problem-may-seem-intractable-but-heres-what-they-could-learn-from-the-teals-254058/" aria-label="Read more about The Liberals’ women problem may seem intractable, but here’s what they could learn from the Teals">Read more</a>
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May 2, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Plum, Senior Research Fellow, Auckland University of Technology Andrey_Popov/Shutterstock If you own a business, would you be willing to hire a person who has been convicted for a crime? Give them a chance when a background check shows they have a criminal record? The answers matter ... <a title="This NZ law aims to give people with criminal convictions a ‘clean slate’. It’s not working" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/02/this-nz-law-aims-to-give-people-with-criminal-convictions-a-clean-slate-its-not-working-254687/" aria-label="Read more about This NZ law aims to give people with criminal convictions a ‘clean slate’. It’s not working">Read more</a>
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May 2, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Claudia Sandberg, Senior Lecturer, Technology in Culture and Society, The University of Melbourne Foreign audiences often associate German cinema with tragedy, trauma and death. Certainly, major historical events such as the second world war and the Fall of the Berlin Wall — cornerstones of German film — ... <a title="Unexpected humour and reflections on a complex past: my top 5 films from the 2025 German Film Festival" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/02/unexpected-humour-and-reflections-on-a-complex-past-my-top-5-films-from-the-2025-german-film-festival-254788/" aria-label="Read more about Unexpected humour and reflections on a complex past: my top 5 films from the 2025 German Film Festival">Read more</a>
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May 2, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Philippa Specker, Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Refugee Trauma and Recovery Program, School of Psychology, UNSW Sydney PeopleImages.com – Yuri A/Shutterstock When Australia signed the United Nations 1951 Refugee Convention, it committed to providing protection to people who have fled war, persecution and human rights violations. Refugees ... <a title="Explainer: what mental health support do refugees and asylum seekers get in Australia?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/02/explainer-what-mental-health-support-do-refugees-and-asylum-seekers-get-in-australia-255427/" aria-label="Read more about Explainer: what mental health support do refugees and asylum seekers get in Australia?">Read more</a>
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May 2, 2025
Teals and Greens are under political attack from a new pro-fossil fuel, pro-Israel astroturfing group, adding to the onslaught by far-right lobbyists Advance Australia for Australian federal election tomorrow — World Press Freedom Day. Wendy Bacon and Yaakov Aharon investigate. SPECIAL REPORT: By Wendy Bacon and Yaakov Aharon On February 12 this year, former prime ... <a title="Dark money: Labor and Liberal join forces in attacks on Teals and Greens for Australian election" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/02/dark-money-labor-and-liberal-join-forces-in-attacks-on-teals-and-greens-for-australian-election/" aria-label="Read more about Dark money: Labor and Liberal join forces in attacks on Teals and Greens for Australian election">Read more</a>
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May 2, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bethan Greener, Associate Professor of Politics, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth during a visit with Michigan Air National Guard troops, April 29. Getty Images With US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s “proud” cancellation this week of the military’s Women, Peace ... <a title="How the US ‘war on woke’ and women risks weakening its own military capability" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/02/how-the-us-war-on-woke-and-women-risks-weakening-its-own-military-capability-255710/" aria-label="Read more about How the US ‘war on woke’ and women risks weakening its own military capability">Read more</a>
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May 2, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Phoebe Williams, Paediatrician & Infectious Diseases Physician; Senior Lecturer & NHMRC Fellow, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sydney fotohay/Shutterstock So far in 2025 (as of May 1), 70 cases of measles have been notified in Australia, with all states and territories except Tasmania and the Australian Capital ... <a title="What are the symptoms of measles? How long does the vaccine last? Experts answer 6 key questions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/02/what-are-the-symptoms-of-measles-how-long-does-the-vaccine-last-experts-answer-6-key-questions-255496/" aria-label="Read more about What are the symptoms of measles? How long does the vaccine last? Experts answer 6 key questions">Read more</a>
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May 2, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Maldwyn John Evans, Senior Research Fellow, Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University Old growth mountain ash forest in the Maroondah water supply catchment, Victoria. Chris Taylor Following the end of native logging in Victoria on January 1 2024, the state’s majestic forests might be ... <a title="Logging devastated Victoria’s native forests – and new research shows 20% has failed to grow back" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/02/logging-devastated-victorias-native-forests-and-new-research-shows-20-has-failed-to-grow-back-254465/" aria-label="Read more about Logging devastated Victoria’s native forests – and new research shows 20% has failed to grow back">Read more</a>
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May 2, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kristin R. Laurens, Professor, School of Psychology and Counselling, Queensland University of Technology DGLImages/Shutterstock The school curriculum has changed a lot from when many parents and grandparents were at school. Alongside new approaches to learning maths and increasing attention on technology, there is a compulsory focus on ... <a title="Schools today also teach social and emotional skills. Why is this important? And what’s involved?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/02/schools-today-also-teach-social-and-emotional-skills-why-is-this-important-and-whats-involved-253342/" aria-label="Read more about Schools today also teach social and emotional skills. Why is this important? And what’s involved?">Read more</a>
