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December 9, 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 Labor expanded its national lead in a Resolve poll as a DemosAU MRP poll had One Nation winning 12 House seats. In Victoria, the Coalition has a ... <a title="Labor gains in Resolve poll as DemosAU poll has One Nation winning 12 House seats" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/09/labor-gains-in-resolve-poll-as-demosau-poll-has-one-nation-winning-12-house-seats-271097/" aria-label="Read more about Labor gains in Resolve poll as DemosAU poll has One Nation winning 12 House seats">Read more</a>
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December 9, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Miriam McCaleb, Fellow in Public Health, University of Canterbury Getty Images We already know excessive smartphone use affects people’s mental health and their relationships. But when new parents use digital technologies during care giving, they might also compromise their baby’s development. Smartphone use in the presence of ... <a title="Caregiver smartphone use can affect a baby’s development. New parents should get more guidance" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/09/caregiver-smartphone-use-can-affect-a-babys-development-new-parents-should-get-more-guidance-270449/" aria-label="Read more about Caregiver smartphone use can affect a baby’s development. New parents should get more guidance">Read more</a>
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December 9, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jaelen Nicole Myers, Research Officer, TropWATER, James Cook University A cowtail stingray. Scott Plume/iNaturalist, CC BY-NC As an ecologist who studies stingrays, people always ask me: what do these creatures eat? It may well be the reason I’ve spent the past three years tackling this very question. ... <a title="What do stingrays actually eat? New study reveals some only prefer a single type of prawn" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/09/what-do-stingrays-actually-eat-new-study-reveals-some-only-prefer-a-single-type-of-prawn-271303/" aria-label="Read more about What do stingrays actually eat? New study reveals some only prefer a single type of prawn">Read more</a>
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December 9, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christian Jakob, Director, ARC Centre of Excellence for the Weather of the 21st Century, Monash University The Gadi supercomputer at the National Computational Infrastructure in Canberra, Australia. NCI Australia As Earth continues to warm, Australia faces some important decisions. For example, where should we place solar and ... <a title="Australia’s supercomputers are falling behind – and it’s hurting our ability to adapt to climate change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/09/australias-supercomputers-are-falling-behind-and-its-hurting-our-ability-to-adapt-to-climate-change-267628/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s supercomputers are falling behind – and it’s hurting our ability to adapt to climate change">Read more</a>
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December 9, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nisa Salim, Director, Swinburne-CSIRO National Testlab for Composite Additive Manufacturing, Swinburne University of Technology Dan Gold / Unsplash As the cold season ends and we fold away our favourite wool jumpers and silk scarves, some fascinating material science is about to unfold quietly in our wardrobes. Subtle ... <a title="Putting away your winter clothes? Science explains how to keep them safe over summer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/09/putting-away-your-winter-clothes-science-explains-how-to-keep-them-safe-over-summer-271089/" aria-label="Read more about Putting away your winter clothes? Science explains how to keep them safe over summer">Read more</a>
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December 9, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Duckett, Honorary Enterprise Professor, School of Population and Global Health, and Department of General Practice and Primary Care, The University of Melbourne Con Chronis/AAP, Esther Linder/AAP, Luke Jones/Unsplash, The Conversation The clock is ticking for the Commonwealth government to strike a new hospital funding deal with ... <a title="Hospitals in crisis: why state and federal governments are fighting about funding" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/09/hospitals-in-crisis-why-state-and-federal-governments-are-fighting-about-funding-270285/" aria-label="Read more about Hospitals in crisis: why state and federal governments are fighting about funding">Read more</a>
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December 9, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Melinda Hildebrandt, Education Policy Fellow, Mitchell Institute, Victoria University Year 12 Students across Australia will receive their ATARs this week and next. It’s a significant moment, with the ATAR often dominating media coverage of schooling at this time of year. But as the 2025 results come in, ... <a title="How important is the ATAR? 30% of Year 12s who go to uni don’t use it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/09/how-important-is-the-atar-30-of-year-12s-who-go-to-uni-dont-use-it-271091/" aria-label="Read more about How important is the ATAR? 30% of Year 12s who go to uni don’t use it">Read more</a>
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December 9, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rod McNaughton, Professor of Entrepreneurship, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Getty Images The government’s recently released Tertiary Education Strategy 2025–2030 signals a shift towards harnessing the sector to address New Zealand’s long-standing productivity issues. But the strategy and its goals aren’t necessarily aligned. Universities and polytechnics ... <a title="NZ needs more entrepreneurs. Will its new tertiary strategy reward real risk takers?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/09/nz-needs-more-entrepreneurs-will-its-new-tertiary-strategy-reward-real-risk-takers-271498/" aria-label="Read more about NZ needs more entrepreneurs. Will its new tertiary strategy reward real risk takers?">Read more</a>
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December 9, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Quiggin, Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland Darling Downs Public Health Unit Most Australians have probably noticed the proliferation of tobacconists and “convenience stores” in the last few years. These stores aren’t making much from the limited offerings on public display. Rather, their profitability ... <a title="Illegal tobacco is messing up economic data. That won’t stop until it’s managed like alcohol" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/09/illegal-tobacco-is-messing-up-economic-data-that-wont-stop-until-its-managed-like-alcohol-271304/" aria-label="Read more about Illegal tobacco is messing up economic data. That won’t stop until it’s managed like alcohol">Read more</a>
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December 9, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nick Scroxton, Research Fellow, Palaeoclimate, National University of Ireland Maynooth _Homo floresiensis_ skull. Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA About 50,000 years ago, humanity lost one of its last surviving hominin cousins, Homo floresiensis (also known as “the hobbit” thanks to its small stature). The cause of its disappearance, ... <a title="The ‘hobbits’ mysteriously disappeared 50,000 years ago. Our new study reveals what happened to their home" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/09/the-hobbits-mysteriously-disappeared-50-000-years-ago-our-new-study-reveals-what-happened-to-their-home-268668/" aria-label="Read more about The ‘hobbits’ mysteriously disappeared 50,000 years ago. Our new study reveals what happened to their home">Read more</a>
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December 8, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra There are two glaring lessons for politicians from the Anika Wells’ entitlements affair. First, don’t grab greedily at every generous entitlement MPs and especially ministers can get, even if “the rules” allow you to do so. Second, if you do ... <a title="View from The Hill: in awkward timing, government ends energy rebate as it defends Wells’ spendathon" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/08/view-from-the-hill-in-awkward-timing-government-ends-energy-rebate-as-it-defends-wells-spendathon-270791/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: in awkward timing, government ends energy rebate as it defends Wells’ spendathon">Read more</a>
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December 8, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Greens have suffered a year of significant setbacks. The election saw their numbers go backwards, losing three of their four lower house seats, then one of their senators, Dorinda Cox, defected to Labor. But the year ended on a ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Sarah Hanson-Young on the social media ban as a risky ‘fake silver bullet’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/08/politics-with-michelle-grattan-sarah-hanson-young-on-the-social-media-ban-as-a-risky-fake-silver-bullet-271517/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Sarah Hanson-Young on the social media ban as a risky ‘fake silver bullet’">Read more</a>
