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May 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christian Tietz, Senior Lecturer in Industrial Design, UNSW Sydney Macquarie Correctional Centre Media Unit At Macquarie Correctional Centre in western New South Wales, a story of collaboration and persistence is unfolding. Inmates and prison officers are farming commercial quantities of fresh food in a purpose-built indoor facility. ... <a title="How maximum security prison inmates and officers worked together to create a farm behind bars" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/07/how-maximum-security-prison-inmates-and-officers-worked-together-to-create-a-farm-behind-bars-244962/" aria-label="Read more about How maximum security prison inmates and officers worked together to create a farm behind bars">Read more</a>
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May 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jennifer Koplin, Evidence and Translation Lead, National Allergy Centre of Excellence; Chief Investigator, Centre of Food Allergy Research; Associate Professor and Group Leader, Childhood Allergy & Epidemiology Group, Child Health Research Centre, The University of Queensland Maria Evseyeva/Shutterstock Many questions pop up when you’re growing or raising ... <a title="Can what you eat during pregnancy and breastfeeding affect whether your child develops food allergies?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/07/can-what-you-eat-during-pregnancy-and-breastfeeding-affect-whether-your-child-develops-food-allergies-255114/" aria-label="Read more about Can what you eat during pregnancy and breastfeeding affect whether your child develops food allergies?">Read more</a>
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May 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark David Ryan, Professor, Film, Screen, Animation, Queensland University of Technology Kirk Wester/Shutterstock US President Donald Trump’s recent announcement of a plan to impose a 100% tariff on movies “produced in foreign lands” could have a massive impact on the global entertainment industry. Film and television production ... <a title="How do you put a tariff on movies? Here’s what Trump’s plan could mean for Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/07/how-do-you-put-a-tariff-on-movies-heres-what-trumps-plan-could-mean-for-australia-255948/" aria-label="Read more about How do you put a tariff on movies? Here’s what Trump’s plan could mean for Australia">Read more</a>
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May 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Roy Green, Emeritus Professor of Innovation, University of Technology Sydney Summit Art Creations/Shutterstock In his victory speech, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese highlighted social policy as a major factor in Labor’s electoral success, particularly Medicare, housing and cost of living relief. He was justified in doing so. But ... <a title="Labor says its second term will be about productivity reform. These ideas could help shift the dial" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/07/labor-says-its-second-term-will-be-about-productivity-reform-these-ideas-could-help-shift-the-dial-255880/" aria-label="Read more about Labor says its second term will be about productivity reform. These ideas could help shift the dial">Read more</a>
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May 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Uri Gal, Professor in Business Information Systems, University of Sydney Tony Lam Hoang/Unsplash Last week, Meta – the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, Threads and WhatsApp – unveiled a new “personal artificial intelligence (AI)”. Powered by the Llama 4 language model, Meta AI is designed to assist, ... <a title="Meta’s new AI chatbot is yet another tool for harvesting data to potentially sell you stuff" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/07/metas-new-ai-chatbot-is-yet-another-tool-for-harvesting-data-to-potentially-sell-you-stuff-255966/" aria-label="Read more about Meta’s new AI chatbot is yet another tool for harvesting data to potentially sell you stuff">Read more</a>
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May 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Hall, Professor of International Relations, Griffith University India conducted military strikes against Pakistan overnight, hitting numerous sites in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir and deeper into Pakistan itself. Security officials say precision strike weapon systems, including drones, were used to carry out the strikes. Pakistan says at least eight ... <a title="India and Pakistan have fought many wars in the past. Are we on the precipice of a new one?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/07/india-and-pakistan-have-fought-many-wars-in-the-past-are-we-on-the-precipice-of-a-new-one-256080/" aria-label="Read more about India and Pakistan have fought many wars in the past. Are we on the precipice of a new one?">Read more</a>
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May 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alex Beattie, Lecturer, Media and Communication, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington metamorworks/Getty Images Government coalition partners National and Act are at odds over proposed restrictions on social media use by New Zealanders aged 16 and under. Prime Minister Christopher Luxon recently announced a National ... <a title="10 reasons why banning social media for New Zealanders under 16 is a bad idea – and will affect adults too" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/07/10-reasons-why-banning-social-media-for-new-zealanders-under-16-is-a-bad-idea-and-will-affect-adults-too-256065/" aria-label="Read more about 10 reasons why banning social media for New Zealanders under 16 is a bad idea – and will affect adults too">Read more</a>
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May 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Meru Sheel, Associate Professor and Epidemiologist, Infectious Diseases, Immunisation and Emergencies (IDIE) Group, Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney Five years ago, COVID was all we could think about. Today, we’d rather forget about lockdowns, testing queues and social distancing. But the virus that sparked ... <a title="COVID is still around and a risk to vulnerable people. What are the symptoms in 2025? And how long does it last?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/07/covid-is-still-around-and-a-risk-to-vulnerable-people-what-are-the-symptoms-in-2025-and-how-long-does-it-last-253840/" aria-label="Read more about COVID is still around and a risk to vulnerable people. What are the symptoms in 2025? And how long does it last?">Read more</a>
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May 7, 2025
ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on May 7, 2025.
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May 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Mills, Honorary Senior Lecturer, School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Sydney With the election campaign now fading into the rear-view mirror, the parties, particularly the Liberals, will be reviewing their campaign strategies. A part of this will likely be the use of televised debates. ... <a title="In an election that played out on social media as much as TV, do leaders’ debates still matter?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/07/in-an-election-that-played-out-on-social-media-as-much-as-tv-do-leaders-debates-still-matter-255771/" aria-label="Read more about In an election that played out on social media as much as TV, do leaders’ debates still matter?">Read more</a>
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May 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Norton, Professor of Higher Education Policy, Monash University Labor’s federal election win means university fees and costs are set to change. But some of these changes will not be immediate. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has already said planned cuts to student debt will be a top ... <a title="Labor has promised fast action to cut student debt, but arts students will have to wait for lower fees" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/07/labor-has-promised-fast-action-to-cut-student-debt-but-arts-students-will-have-to-wait-for-lower-fees-255872/" aria-label="Read more about Labor has promised fast action to cut student debt, but arts students will have to wait for lower fees">Read more</a>
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May 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jye Marshall, Lecturer, Fashion Design, School of Design and Architecture, Swinburne University of Technology While the official theme of the 2025 Met Gala was Superfine: Tailoring Black Style, another trend emerged among those on the red carpet: no pants. While many might shudder at the thought of ... <a title="How having no pants in public went from a nightmare to the Met Gala’s hottest fashion trend" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/07/how-having-no-pants-in-public-went-from-a-nightmare-to-the-met-galas-hottest-fashion-trend-255952/" aria-label="Read more about How having no pants in public went from a nightmare to the Met Gala’s hottest fashion trend">Read more</a>
