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September 9, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gregory Moore, Senior Research Associate, School of Agriculture, Food and Ecosystem Sciences, The University of Melbourne For many plants, spring is just a really good time. They have endured a cold, dark, hard winter and in some places, winters can be murderously tough for plants. It makes ... <a title="How do flowers know it’s spring? A botanist explains" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/09/how-do-flowers-know-its-spring-a-botanist-explains-264782/" aria-label="Read more about How do flowers know it’s spring? A botanist explains">Read more</a>
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September 9, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah A. Walker, Assistant Professor of Educational Psychology, Durham University Nicoleta Ionescu/Shutterstock You’ve probably seen the word “narcissist” thrown around online in headlines, on dating apps or in therapy-themed TikToks. But the label that people often unthinkingly slap on toxic bosses or reality TV villains hides a ... <a title="What we’ve learned about narcissism over the past 30 years" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/09/what-weve-learned-about-narcissism-over-the-past-30-years-258505/" aria-label="Read more about What we’ve learned about narcissism over the past 30 years">Read more</a>
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September 9, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julian Givi, Assistant Professor of Marketing, West Virginia University Yes, no, maybe so? cundra/iStock via Getty Images Say you win a radio sweepstakes giving you two tickets to a sold-out concert the upcoming weekend. You eagerly text your friend and ask if they’d like to join. Their ... <a title="When you’re caught between ‘yes’ and ‘no,’ here’s why ‘maybe’ isn’t the way to go" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/09/when-youre-caught-between-yes-and-no-heres-why-maybe-isnt-the-way-to-go-263407/" aria-label="Read more about When you’re caught between ‘yes’ and ‘no,’ here’s why ‘maybe’ isn’t the way to go">Read more</a>
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September 9, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jennifer Mathers, Senior Lecturer in International Politics, Aberystwyth University After a meeting hosted by the French president, Emmanuel Macron on September 4, 26 countries have pledged to create a “reassurance force” to provide security guarantees for Ukraine in the event that a peace agreement with Russia is ... <a title="Russia has provided fresh evidence of its territorial ambitions in Ukraine" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/09/russia-has-provided-fresh-evidence-of-its-territorial-ambitions-in-ukraine-264592/" aria-label="Read more about Russia has provided fresh evidence of its territorial ambitions in Ukraine">Read more</a>
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September 9, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lauren Ball, Professor of Community Health and Wellbeing, The University of Queensland d3sign/Getty Australia is now meeting the World Health Organization’s (WHO) guidelines on sugar, which recommend keeping sugar below 10% of daily energy intake. New data published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) shows there ... <a title="Latest data suggests Australia is overcoming its sugar addiction" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/09/latest-data-suggests-australia-is-overcoming-its-sugar-addiction-264700/" aria-label="Read more about Latest data suggests Australia is overcoming its sugar addiction">Read more</a>
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September 9, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Noel D. Preece, Adjunct Asssociate Professor, James Cook University In Far North Queensland, one special winged mammal helps keep rainforests alive. The spectacled flying fox travels vast distances each night, pollinating flowers and spreading seeds far and wide. But the species is in trouble. It’s now listed ... <a title="Yes, spectacled flying foxes are noisy and drop poo everywhere. But our rainforests need them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/09/yes-spectacled-flying-foxes-are-noisy-and-drop-poo-everywhere-but-our-rainforests-need-them-264114/" aria-label="Read more about Yes, spectacled flying foxes are noisy and drop poo everywhere. But our rainforests need them">Read more</a>
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September 9, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yvette Grant, PhD Candidate in Dance and Dance History Tutor, The University of Melbourne Colin Peasley in Coppelia, and Garth Welch in Raymonda. The Australian Ballet September has seen the passing of two of Australia’s ballet legends, Colin Peasley and Garth Welch. Their passing signals the end ... <a title="Two profound but different ballet legacies: vale Colin Peasley and Garth Welch" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/09/two-profound-but-different-ballet-legacies-vale-colin-peasley-and-garth-welch-264682/" aria-label="Read more about Two profound but different ballet legacies: vale Colin Peasley and Garth Welch">Read more</a>
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September 8, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Shaban Sulejman, PhD Candidate, Faculty of Science, The University of Melbourne Nanoplastic particles are captured by cavities in the optical sieve. Lukas Wesemann and Mario Hentschel Plastic pollution is everywhere: in rivers and oceans, in the air and the mountains, even in our blood and vital organs. ... <a title="New type of ‘sieve’ detects the smallest pieces of plastic in the environment more easily than ever before" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/08/new-type-of-sieve-detects-the-smallest-pieces-of-plastic-in-the-environment-more-easily-than-ever-before-264593/" aria-label="Read more about New type of ‘sieve’ detects the smallest pieces of plastic in the environment more easily than ever before">Read more</a>
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September 8, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tom Dillon, Research Fellow, The University of Melbourne Australian supermarket giants Woolworths and Coles now face the prospect of a combined bill exceeding A$1 billion in relation to the alleged underpayment of close to 30,000 staff over several years. These alarming liabilities were raised in statements issued ... <a title="Why a possible $1 billion bill for Coles and Woolworths has put a common employment clause in the spotlight" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/08/why-a-possible-1-billion-bill-for-coles-and-woolworths-has-put-a-common-employment-clause-in-the-spotlight-264774/" aria-label="Read more about Why a possible $1 billion bill for Coles and Woolworths has put a common employment clause in the spotlight">Read more</a>
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September 8, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra In their different ways, Liberal frontbenchers Jacinta Nampijinpa Price and Alex Hawke are two bare-knuckle fighters. Price, who switched from the Nationals in the (unachieved) hope of becoming deputy leader of the opposition, has made her career on cultivating a ... <a title="View from The Hill: Damage done by Jacinta Price’s Indian immigration comment likely to long haunt Liberals" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/08/view-from-the-hill-damage-done-by-jacinta-prices-indian-immigration-comment-likely-to-long-haunt-liberals-263915/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Damage done by Jacinta Price’s Indian immigration comment likely to long haunt Liberals">Read more</a>
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September 8, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ross Hendy, Lecturer in Criminology, Monash University DJ Mills/AFP via Getty Images New Zealand police have tonight found two children, alone at a camp site in a remote location, after their fugitive father was shot dead during a burglary early on Monday morning. The death of Tom ... <a title="Tom Phillips shooting in NZ shows what police face with skilled and desperate fugitives" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/08/tom-phillips-shooting-in-nz-shows-what-police-face-with-skilled-and-desperate-fugitives-264776/" aria-label="Read more about Tom Phillips shooting in NZ shows what police face with skilled and desperate fugitives">Read more</a>
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September 8, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Hawkins, Head, Canberra School of Government, University of Canberra Monica Bertolazzi/Getty This month, the Australian government will release its emissions-reduction target for 2035, likely to be between 65% and 75%. A 70% cut would mean reducing Australia’s emissions from about 440 million tonnes of carbon dioxide ... <a title="Rapid climate action will come at a cost, according to the Business Council. But experts say the benefits are far larger" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/08/rapid-climate-action-will-come-at-a-cost-according-to-the-business-council-but-experts-say-the-benefits-are-far-larger-264694/" aria-label="Read more about Rapid climate action will come at a cost, according to the Business Council. But experts say the benefits are far larger">Read more</a>
