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December 12, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ilya Ilyankou, PhD candidate at SpaceTimeLab, UCL Night-time view of Derry city centre in Northern Ireland, where the Safest Way app is promoted in pubs to advise on safer walking routes. Irina WS/Shutterstock In the historic walled city of Derry (also known as Londonderry) in Northern Ireland, ... <a title="What’s the safest way to walk home at night? We’ve created an AI-powered app that shows you" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/12/whats-the-safest-way-to-walk-home-at-night-weve-created-an-ai-powered-app-that-shows-you-271710/" aria-label="Read more about What’s the safest way to walk home at night? We’ve created an AI-powered app that shows you">Read more</a>
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December 11, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Among those cheering Wednesday’s start of the Albanese government’s groundbreaking ban on social media accounts for under-16s was former Liberal MP David Coleman, who lost his seat in May. Coleman, who’d been assistant minister to Prime Minister Scott Morrison for ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Albanese’s social media ban is bold reform, but it will take years to judge its real success" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/11/grattan-on-friday-albaneses-social-media-ban-is-bold-reform-but-it-will-take-years-to-judge-its-real-success-270795/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Albanese’s social media ban is bold reform, but it will take years to judge its real success">Read more</a>
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December 11, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Thalia Anthony, Professor of Law, University of Technology Sydney When a First Nations person dies in custody, it sends shockwaves through families and communities. The trauma of losing a loved one adds to a sense of despair that First Nations lives are expendable, that no one is ... <a title="‘Tough on crime’ policies are causing Indigenous people to die in custody" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/11/tough-on-crime-policies-are-causing-indigenous-people-to-die-in-custody-271829/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Tough on crime’ policies are causing Indigenous people to die in custody">Read more</a>
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December 11, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Wyles, PhD candidate and Research Fellow at the Disrupting Violence Beacon, Griffith University Kian Mousazadeh Unsplash One person dies from suicide every 40 seconds according to the World Health Organisation. In Australia, men are three times more likely to die by suicide than women. The Australian ... <a title="More focus is needed on childhood sexual abuse to combat Australia’s suicide problem" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/11/more-focus-is-needed-on-childhood-sexual-abuse-to-combat-australias-suicide-problem-270803/" aria-label="Read more about More focus is needed on childhood sexual abuse to combat Australia’s suicide problem">Read more</a>
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December 11, 2025
ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on December 11, 2025.
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December 11, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Giselle Woodley, Lecturer and Research Fellow, Edith Cowan University There has been massive global interest in the new social media legislation introduced in Australia aimed at protecting children from the dangers of doom‑scrolling and mental‑health risks potentially posed by these platforms during their developmental years The platforms’ ... <a title="The social media ban is just the start of Australia’s forthcoming restrictions – and teens have legitimate concerns" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/11/the-social-media-ban-is-just-the-start-of-australias-forthcoming-restrictions-and-teens-have-legitimate-concerns-271754/" aria-label="Read more about The social media ban is just the start of Australia’s forthcoming restrictions – and teens have legitimate concerns">Read more</a>
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December 11, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christiane Kehoe, Senior Lecturer in Psychiatry, The University of Melbourne Maskot/Getty Watching your teenager grieve the loss of their social media account can be confronting. Many are genuinely distressed or struggling with the change, and many parents are unsure how to respond. Australia’s social media ban, which ... <a title="How to handle teen ‘big feelings’ as the social media ban kicks in" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/11/how-to-handle-teen-big-feelings-as-the-social-media-ban-kicks-in-271726/" aria-label="Read more about How to handle teen ‘big feelings’ as the social media ban kicks in">Read more</a>
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December 11, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Timothy Welch, Senior Lecturer in Urban Planning, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Another morning, another crash on one of Auckland’s major roads. Traffic isn’t moving. Drivers sit in their cars rehearsing reasons for being late again. Radio hosts offer the usual advice: leave earlier and find ... <a title="Higher speeds lower productivity: what the data shows crash delays really cost Auckland" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/11/higher-speeds-lower-productivity-what-the-data-shows-crash-delays-really-cost-auckland-271734/" aria-label="Read more about Higher speeds lower productivity: what the data shows crash delays really cost Auckland">Read more</a>
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December 11, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Liam Burke, Associate Professor and Cinema and Screen Studies Discipline Leader, Swinburne University of Technology Jametlene Reskp/Unsplash The world’s dominant streaming service, Netflix, has announced its planned acquisition of Warner Bros with a deal valued at US$82.7 billion (A$124.5 billion). The acquisition has provoked criticism from film ... <a title="Netflix is buying Warner Brothers. Is this the end of the cinema?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/11/netflix-is-buying-warner-brothers-is-this-the-end-of-the-cinema-271518/" aria-label="Read more about Netflix is buying Warner Brothers. Is this the end of the cinema?">Read more</a>
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December 11, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adele Webb, Research Fellow, Democracy and Citizen Engagement, Centre for Deliberative Democracy, University of Canberra The Citizens’ Assembly/X Across the world, democracies are grappling with a widening gap between citizens and those who govern. Australia is no exception. Increasingly, people feel politics is something done to them, ... <a title="Politicians bank on people not caring about democracy – but research shows we do" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/11/politicians-bank-on-people-not-caring-about-democracy-but-research-shows-we-do-271106/" aria-label="Read more about Politicians bank on people not caring about democracy – but research shows we do">Read more</a>
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December 11, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Wellett Potter, Lecturer in Law, University of New England Getty/Pedro Gomes/Redferns Imagine this: a band removes its entire music catalogue off Spotify in protest, only to discover an AI-generated impersonator has replaced it. The impersonator offers songs that sound much like the band’s originals. The imposter tops ... <a title="King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard quit Spotify in protest, only for an AI doppelgänger to step in" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/11/king-gizzard-and-the-lizard-wizard-quit-spotify-in-protest-only-for-an-ai-doppelganger-to-step-in-271735/" aria-label="Read more about King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard quit Spotify in protest, only for an AI doppelgänger to step in">Read more</a>
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December 11, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joanne Orlando, Researcher, Digital Wellbeing, Western Sydney University Jordan Siemens/Getty Images As Australia’s ban on under-16-year-olds having certain social media accounts kicks in this week, debate on whether it’s a good idea or even legal rages on – both at home and overseas. Yet barely acknowledged in ... <a title="If social media for kids is so bad, should we be allowed to post kids’ photos online?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/11/if-social-media-for-kids-is-so-bad-should-we-be-allowed-to-post-kids-photos-online-271387/" aria-label="Read more about If social media for kids is so bad, should we be allowed to post kids’ photos online?">Read more</a>
