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October 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rochelle Wynne, Chair in Nursing, Western Health Deakin University Partnership, Deakin University Anchiy/Getty Even a short stay in hospital produces a large amount of waste. Just picture all the disposable items designed to be used once and thrown away: face masks, gloves, packaging, intravenous tubing, and even ... <a title="Reusing medical equipment is good for the planet. But is it safe?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/07/reusing-medical-equipment-is-good-for-the-planet-but-is-it-safe-265681/" aria-label="Read more about Reusing medical equipment is good for the planet. But is it safe?">Read more</a>
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October 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jemimah Widdicombe, Research Associate, Museums Victoria, Museums Victoria Research Institute The first attempt to lay submarine telegraph cable between Britain and France. Universal History Archive/Getty When we post to a group chat or talk to an AI chatbot, we don’t think about how these technologies came to ... <a title="From the telegraph to AI, our communications systems have always had hidden environmental cost" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/07/from-the-telegraph-to-ai-our-communications-systems-have-always-had-hidden-environmental-cost-263811/" aria-label="Read more about From the telegraph to AI, our communications systems have always had hidden environmental cost">Read more</a>
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October 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jessa Rogers, Associate Professor, Faculty of Education, The University of Melbourne Our new report follows the lives of around 1,700 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in the largest study of its kind. We wanted to understand what helps them thrive as they grow up. For more ... <a title="Our study followed Indigenous children for 15 years to understand what helps them thrive" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/07/our-study-followed-indigenous-children-for-15-years-to-understand-what-helps-them-thrive-266593/" aria-label="Read more about Our study followed Indigenous children for 15 years to understand what helps them thrive">Read more</a>
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October 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lachlan Vass, Fellow, Tax and Transfer Policy Institute, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Chris Putnam/Future Publishing via Getty Images Governments of all stripes provide support to small businesses in the form of tax concessions, lighter-touch regulation or government grants. They’re called the “engine room” ... <a title="Young businesses create 6 in 10 new jobs in Australia – far more than established firms" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/07/young-businesses-create-6-in-10-new-jobs-in-australia-far-more-than-established-firms-266573/" aria-label="Read more about Young businesses create 6 in 10 new jobs in Australia – far more than established firms">Read more</a>
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October 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Samuel Cornell, PhD Candidate in Public Health & Community Medicine, School of Population Health, UNSW Sydney In a new online trend, people are scuttling, crawling, and bounding around on all fours while filming themselves – and their videos are getting a lot of attention. The practice is ... <a title="Experts unpack ‘quadrobics’, the fitness trend that claims leaping around on all fours will make you fit" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/07/experts-unpack-quadrobics-the-fitness-trend-that-claims-leaping-around-on-all-fours-will-make-you-fit-266360/" aria-label="Read more about Experts unpack ‘quadrobics’, the fitness trend that claims leaping around on all fours will make you fit">Read more</a>
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October 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jeffrey McNeill, Honorary Research Associate, School of People, Environment and Planning, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University With less than a week until voting in local elections closes, it seems early voter turnout may have increased compared to 2022 – up from 10% of eligible voters ... <a title="Not voting in local elections is rational. Voters need better reasons to engage" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/07/not-voting-in-local-elections-is-rational-voters-need-better-reasons-to-engage-266463/" aria-label="Read more about Not voting in local elections is rational. Voters need better reasons to engage">Read more</a>
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October 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rick Sarre, Emeritus Professor in Law and Criminal Justice, University of South Australia The Victorian Director of Public Prosecutions, who has carriage of the Erin Patterson murder case, has chosen to appeal against what he considers to be an overly lenient sentence. This comes on the back ... <a title="There are now two appeals in the Erin Patterson mushroom murder case. What’s going on?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/06/there-are-now-two-appeals-in-the-erin-patterson-mushroom-murder-case-whats-going-on-266796/" aria-label="Read more about There are now two appeals in the Erin Patterson mushroom murder case. What’s going on?">Read more</a>
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October 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra When you look at Sussan Ley’s predicament, you can’t help thinking of Brendan Nelson. Nelson, a Liberal moderate and a former minister who was a competent but not outstanding performer, won the Liberal leadership after the 2007 defeat of the ... <a title="View from The Hill: Can Sussan Ley avoid Brendan Nelson’s fate?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/06/view-from-the-hill-can-sussan-ley-avoid-brendan-nelsons-fate-265855/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Can Sussan Ley avoid Brendan Nelson’s fate?">Read more</a>
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October 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Eyal Mayroz, Senior Lecturer in Peace and Conflict Studies, University of Sydney Two years into the most horrific chapter in the history of Israel and Palestine, a glimmer of hope has been offered to both sides by US President Donald Trump’s plan for a permanent ceasefire and ... <a title="On a grim anniversary, an end to Gaza’s violence is suddenly clear – if both sides can make sacrifices" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/06/on-a-grim-anniversary-an-end-to-gazas-violence-is-suddenly-clear-if-both-sides-can-make-sacrifices-266771/" aria-label="Read more about On a grim anniversary, an end to Gaza’s violence is suddenly clear – if both sides can make sacrifices">Read more</a>
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October 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Austin, Senior Lecturer in Theatre, The University of Melbourne Pia Johnson Melbourne Theatre Company’s (MTC) latest offering is a striking adaptation of the 1938 gothic novel Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier. Like Alfred Hitchcock’s 1940 film, the story follows a young woman who marries a widower, ... <a title="New adaptation of Rebecca is visually haunting, but misses the core tensions of the original story" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/06/new-adaptation-of-rebecca-is-visually-haunting-but-misses-the-core-tensions-of-the-original-story-265746/" aria-label="Read more about New adaptation of Rebecca is visually haunting, but misses the core tensions of the original story">Read more</a>
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October 6, 2025
ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on October 6, 2025.
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October 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Guido Carim Junior, Senior Lecturer in Aviation, Griffith University redcharlie/Unsplash “It is the closest all of us passengers ever want to come to a plane crash,” a Qantas flight QF1889’s passenger said after the plane suddenly descended about 20,000 feet on Monday September 22, and diverted back ... <a title="These 4 aeroplane failures are more common than you think – and not as scary as they sound" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/06/these-4-aeroplane-failures-are-more-common-than-you-think-and-not-as-scary-as-they-sound-265866/" aria-label="Read more about These 4 aeroplane failures are more common than you think – and not as scary as they sound">Read more</a>
