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June 19, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anne Quain, Senior Lecturer, Sydney School of Veterinary Science, University of Sydney Doug Pensinger/Getty Images Last week, the peak body for equestrian sport in Australia suspended a prominent member after footage allegedly depicted Australian Olympic dressage rider Heath Ryan whipping a horse more than 40 times. Ryan ... <a title="Horse whipping is painful and cruel. The latest incident shows why it should be banned" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/19/horse-whipping-is-painful-and-cruel-the-latest-incident-shows-why-it-should-be-banned-259041/" aria-label="Read more about Horse whipping is painful and cruel. The latest incident shows why it should be banned">Read more</a>
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June 19, 2025
ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on June 19, 2025.
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June 19, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jane McAdam, Scientia Professor and ARC Laureate Fellow, Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, UNSW Sydney As thousands of Australian citizens and permanent residents stuck in Iran and Israel continue to register for repatriation flights, the government is scrambling to find safe ways to evacuate them. With ... <a title="Australian citizens in Iran and Israel are desperate to leave. Is the government required to help?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/19/australian-citizens-in-iran-and-israel-are-desperate-to-leave-is-the-government-required-to-help-259272/" aria-label="Read more about Australian citizens in Iran and Israel are desperate to leave. Is the government required to help?">Read more</a>
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June 19, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anna Friedlander, PhD Candidate in Sociology, University of Waikato Shutterstock/Krotnakro Period-tracking apps are popular digital tools for a range of menstrual, reproductive and general health purposes. But the way these apps collect and use data involves risk. Many apps encourage users to log information well beyond their ... <a title="Popular period-tracking apps can hold years of personal data – new NZ research finds mixed awareness of risk" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/19/popular-period-tracking-apps-can-hold-years-of-personal-data-new-nz-research-finds-mixed-awareness-of-risk-258920/" aria-label="Read more about Popular period-tracking apps can hold years of personal data – new NZ research finds mixed awareness of risk">Read more</a>
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June 19, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Eric Warrant, Professor of Zoology at the University of Lund, Visiting Fellow at the Australian National University, and Adjunct Professor, University of South Australia Vik Dunis/iNaturalist, CC BY-NC It’s a warm January summer afternoon, and as I traverse the flower-strewn western slopes of Australia’s highest mountain, Mount ... <a title="Migrating bogong moths use the stars and Earth’s magnetic field to find ancestral summer caves each year" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/19/migrating-bogong-moths-use-the-stars-and-earths-magnetic-field-to-find-ancestral-summer-caves-each-year-259361/" aria-label="Read more about Migrating bogong moths use the stars and Earth’s magnetic field to find ancestral summer caves each year">Read more</a>
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June 19, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Long, Strategic Professor in Palaeontology, Flinders University Shane Myers Photography/Shutterstock It’s been 50 years since Steven Spielberg’s movie Jaws first cast a terrifying shadow across our screens. At a low point during production, Spielberg worried he’d only ever be known for “a big fish story”. The ... <a title="Jaws at 50: how a single movie changed our perception of white sharks forever" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/19/jaws-at-50-how-a-single-movie-changed-our-perception-of-white-sharks-forever-258306/" aria-label="Read more about Jaws at 50: how a single movie changed our perception of white sharks forever">Read more</a>
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June 19, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adam D Hines, Research Fellow, Centre for Robotics, Queensland University of Technology A hexapod robot navigating outdoors. Adam Hines Robots are increasingly becoming a part of our lives – from warehouse automation to robotic vacuum cleaners. And just like humans, robots need to know where they are ... <a title="Robot eyes are power hungry. What if we gave them tools inspired by the human brain?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/19/robot-eyes-are-power-hungry-what-if-we-gave-them-tools-inspired-by-the-human-brain-257978/" aria-label="Read more about Robot eyes are power hungry. What if we gave them tools inspired by the human brain?">Read more</a>
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June 19, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tu Nguyen, PhD Candidate, Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute Irina Shatilova/Shutterstock Winter is here, along with cold days and the inevitable seasonal surge in respiratory viruses. But it’s not only the sniffles we need to worry about. Heart attacks and strokes also ... <a title="Winter viruses can trigger a heart attack or stroke, our study shows. It’s another good reason to get a flu or COVID shot" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/19/winter-viruses-can-trigger-a-heart-attack-or-stroke-our-study-shows-its-another-good-reason-to-get-a-flu-or-covid-shot-256090/" aria-label="Read more about Winter viruses can trigger a heart attack or stroke, our study shows. It’s another good reason to get a flu or COVID shot">Read more</a>
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June 19, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brendon Hyndman, Associate Dean (Academic), Faculty of Arts and Education, Charles Sturt University Dan Kenyon/ Getty Images Children spend thousands of hours in playgrounds at school. A lot of this time does not have the same levels of teacher preparation and supervision as classrooms do. Research shows ... <a title="School playgrounds are one of the main locations for bullying. How can they be set up to stop it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/19/school-playgrounds-are-one-of-the-main-locations-for-bullying-how-can-they-be-set-up-to-stop-it-258566/" aria-label="Read more about School playgrounds are one of the main locations for bullying. How can they be set up to stop it?">Read more</a>
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June 19, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robert B Whait, Senior Lecturer in Taxation Law, University of South Australia Soon, more than 15 million Australians should be lodging a tax return with the Australian Taxation Office in the hope of receiving at least a small refund. About 60% of taxpayers use an accountant to ... <a title="Would you cheat on your tax? It’s a risky move, the tax office knows a lot about you" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/19/would-you-cheat-on-your-tax-its-a-risky-move-the-tax-office-knows-a-lot-about-you-258587/" aria-label="Read more about Would you cheat on your tax? It’s a risky move, the tax office knows a lot about you">Read more</a>
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June 19, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Llewellyn Spink, AI Corporate Governance Lead, Human Technology Institute, University of Technology Sydney The Conversation, CC BY-NC Australia’s productivity is flatlining, posting the worst vitals we’ve seen in 60 years. Politicians and chief executives are prescribing artificial intelligence (AI) like it’s the new penicillin – a wonder ... <a title="Companies are betting on AI to help lift productivity. Workers need to be part of the process" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/19/companies-are-betting-on-ai-to-help-lift-productivity-workers-need-to-be-part-of-the-process-258396/" aria-label="Read more about Companies are betting on AI to help lift productivity. Workers need to be part of the process">Read more</a>
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June 19, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katrina Muller-Townsend, Lecturer in Psychology, Edith Cowan University Island Records Sabrina Carpenter’s Man’s Best Friend album cover has fans divided. Carpenter poses on all fours, her glossy blond hair grasped by a male figure cropped from the frame. Her wide-eyed expression intensifies an ambiguous performance of subservience, ... <a title="Is Sabrina Carpenter’s Man’s Best Friend album cover satire or self-degradation? A psychology expert explores our reactions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/19/is-sabrina-carpenters-mans-best-friend-album-cover-satire-or-self-degradation-a-psychology-expert-explores-our-reactions-259043/" aria-label="Read more about Is Sabrina Carpenter’s Man’s Best Friend album cover satire or self-degradation? A psychology expert explores our reactions">Read more</a>
