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June 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ari Mattes, Lecturer in Communications and Media, University of Notre Dame Australia Redux Redux. Sydney Film Festival In an era of the atomisation of viewing practices through streaming, increasingly short, self-produced videos for TikTok and YouTube, and the reduction of all audiovisual material to “content” for various ... <a title="The 2025 Sydney Film Festival reminded me: there is nothing like a bunch of strangers assembling in the dark" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/17/the-2025-sydney-film-festival-reminded-me-there-is-nothing-like-a-bunch-of-strangers-assembling-in-the-dark-259032/" aria-label="Read more about The 2025 Sydney Film Festival reminded me: there is nothing like a bunch of strangers assembling in the dark">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anastasia Hronis, Clinical Psychologist, University of Technology Sydney Vardan Papikyan/Unsplash Ever find yourself unable to stop scrolling through your phone, chasing that next funny video or interesting post? Or maybe you’ve felt a rush of excitement when you achieve a goal, eat a delicious meal, or fill ... <a title="Dopamine can make it hard to put down our phone or abandon the online shopping cart. Here’s why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/17/dopamine-can-make-it-hard-to-put-down-our-phone-or-abandon-the-online-shopping-cart-heres-why-254811/" aria-label="Read more about Dopamine can make it hard to put down our phone or abandon the online shopping cart. Here’s why">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Elle Bowd, Research Fellow, Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University For millennia, First Nations people have shaped Australian ecosystems through the purposeful and skilful use of fire. This cultural burning is an important way for Aboriginal people to connect to and care for Country. ... <a title="Colonisation cleared 95% of these woodlands – Indigenous cultural burning is bringing it back" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/17/colonisation-cleared-95-of-these-woodlands-indigenous-cultural-burning-is-bringing-it-back-257883/" aria-label="Read more about Colonisation cleared 95% of these woodlands – Indigenous cultural burning is bringing it back">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Westaway, Australian Research Council Future Fellow, Archaeology, School of Social Science, The University of Queensland Last week, the Queensland government launched the ambitious Destination 2045 tourism plan, which aims to make the state a global leader in tourism. The plan highlights that one in six jobs ... <a title="Cape York deserves World Heritage status – and Queensland may need it to become a global leader in tourism" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/17/cape-york-deserves-world-heritage-status-and-queensland-may-need-it-to-become-a-global-leader-in-tourism-248660/" aria-label="Read more about Cape York deserves World Heritage status – and Queensland may need it to become a global leader in tourism">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2025
ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on June 17, 2025.
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June 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Andrews, Senior Manager, Policy & Engagement, Australian National University Speculation is swirling around the future of the A$368 billion AUKUS agreement, following Washington’s decision to review the nuclear submarine deal to ensure it meets President Donald Trump’s “America first” agenda. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was planning ... <a title="In view of Trump’s review of AUKUS, should Australia cancel the subs deal? We asked 5 experts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/17/in-view-of-trumps-review-of-aukus-should-australia-cancel-the-subs-deal-we-asked-5-experts-258921/" aria-label="Read more about In view of Trump’s review of AUKUS, should Australia cancel the subs deal? We asked 5 experts">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Caitlin Davey, Lecturer of Criminology, Griffith University New research has found that while Australians generally support strong punishments, people living in the bush are significantly more likely than city dwellers to want to punish more harshly those who break the law. It means Australians living in rural ... <a title="Australians in the bush want tougher penalties on crime. Here’s why – and what’s needed now" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/17/australians-in-the-bush-want-tougher-penalties-on-crime-heres-why-and-whats-needed-now-259131/" aria-label="Read more about Australians in the bush want tougher penalties on crime. Here’s why – and what’s needed now">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Moya Costello, Adjunct Lecturer in Creative Writing, Southern Cross University Brett Boardman/Belvoir In The Spare Room, Judy Davis lights up the stage with a singularly vivid performance. Adapted by Eamon Flack from Helen Garner’s 2008 novel of the same name, Davis plays sharp-tongued Helen (or Hel) to ... <a title="Judy Davis gives a singularly vivid performance in The Spare Room – but the play falls short" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/17/judy-davis-gives-a-singularly-vivid-performance-in-the-spare-room-but-the-play-falls-short-257244/" aria-label="Read more about Judy Davis gives a singularly vivid performance in The Spare Room – but the play falls short">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2025
RNZ Pacific New Zealand’s Foreign Minister Winston Peters says countries have the right to choose who enters their borders in response to reports that the Trump administration is planning to impose travel restrictions on three dozen nations, including three in the Pacific. But opposition Labour’s deputy leader Carmel Sepuloni says the foreign minister should push ... <a title="US travel ban on Pacific 3 – countries have right to decide over borders, Peters says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/17/us-travel-ban-on-pacific-3-countries-have-right-to-decide-over-borders-peters-says/" aria-label="Read more about US travel ban on Pacific 3 – countries have right to decide over borders, Peters says">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2025
Pacific Media Watch Israel targeted one of the buildings of the state-run Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) in Tehran on the fourth day of attacks on Iran, interrupting a live news broadcast, reports Press TV. The attack, involving at least four bombs, struck the central building housing IRIB’s news department, while a live news ... <a title="Attack on Iran’s state media – Israel bombs IRIB building in new war crime" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/17/attack-on-irans-state-media-israel-bombs-irib-building-in-new-war-crime/" aria-label="Read more about Attack on Iran’s state media – Israel bombs IRIB building in new war crime">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Melinda Jackson, Associate Professor at Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health, School of Psychological Sciences, Monash University Ursula Ferrara/Shutterstock If you’ve been on social media lately – perhaps scrolling in the middle of the night, when you know you shouldn’t but you just can’t sleep – ... <a title="What is ‘cognitive shuffling’ and does it really help you get to sleep? Two sleep scientists explain" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/17/what-is-cognitive-shuffling-and-does-it-really-help-you-get-to-sleep-two-sleep-scientists-explain-256444/" aria-label="Read more about What is ‘cognitive shuffling’ and does it really help you get to sleep? Two sleep scientists explain">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sora Park, Professor of Communication, News & Media Research Centre, University of Canberra As consumption of traditional news continues to fall, audiences are turning to social media personalities and influencers for their information. These figures are increasingly shaping public debates. But Australian news audiences are sceptical. More ... <a title="New research shows Australians see influencers as major sources of misinformation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/17/new-research-shows-australians-see-influencers-as-major-sources-of-misinformation-257803/" aria-label="Read more about New research shows Australians see influencers as major sources of misinformation">Read more</a>
