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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>
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September 8, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Charlotte Gupta, Sleep Researcher, Appleton Institute, HealthWise Research Group, CQUniversity Australia Kristina Paukshtite/Pexels Have you recently cut down on caffeine and feel like you’re having the most vivid dreams of your life? While there are a number of potential benefits of reducing our caffeine intake – such ... <a title="Could cutting back on caffeine really give you more vivid dreams? Here’s what the science says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/08/could-cutting-back-on-caffeine-really-give-you-more-vivid-dreams-heres-what-the-science-says-262687/" aria-label="Read more about Could cutting back on caffeine really give you more vivid dreams? Here’s what the science says">Read more</a>
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September 8, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sebastian Maslow, Associate Professor, International Relations, Contemporary Japanese Politics & Society, University of Tokyo Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has bowed to weeks of pressure from within his party and announced his resignation, less than a year after taking office. His departure plunges Japan back into political ... <a title="Why did Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba resign? And who might replace him?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/08/why-did-japanese-prime-minister-shigeru-ishiba-resign-and-who-might-replace-him-264768/" aria-label="Read more about Why did Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba resign? And who might replace him?">Read more</a>
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September 8, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katherine Kent, Senior Lecturer in Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Wollongong Around one in eight (1.3 million) Australian households experienced food insecurity in 2023. This means they didn’t always have enough money to buy the amount or quality of food they needed for an active and healthy ... <a title="1 in 8 households don’t have the money to buy enough food" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/08/1-in-8-households-dont-have-the-money-to-buy-enough-food-264685/" aria-label="Read more about 1 in 8 households don’t have the money to buy enough food">Read more</a>
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September 8, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Basil Tucker, Senior Lecturer in Management Accounting, University of South Australia Manuel Mazzanti / NurPhoto via Getty Images Since the early days of human space exploration, the endeavour has been haunted by a very good question: why spend so much on space when there are so many ... <a title="Is space worth the cost? Accounting experts say its value can’t be found in spreadsheets" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/08/is-space-worth-the-cost-accounting-experts-say-its-value-cant-be-found-in-spreadsheets-262694/" aria-label="Read more about Is space worth the cost? Accounting experts say its value can’t be found in spreadsheets">Read more</a>
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September 8, 2025
ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on September 8, 2025.
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September 8, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jonathan Graffam-O’Meara, PhD Candidate in Theatre, Monash University Cameron Grant It’s an enticing proposition for a play: an aged barkeep shares snatches of memories as the small, inner-city Melbourne pub she’s inhabited since birth is slated for demolition. Daniel Keene’s new play The Lark centres 75-year-old Rose ... <a title="Noni Hazlehurst stars in world premiere of The Lark, a play that fails to take flight" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/08/noni-hazlehurst-stars-in-world-premiere-of-the-lark-a-play-that-fails-to-take-flight-262221/" aria-label="Read more about Noni Hazlehurst stars in world premiere of The Lark, a play that fails to take flight">Read more</a>
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September 8, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rick Sarre, Emeritus Professor in Law and Criminal Justice, University of South Australia Erin Patterson, having been convicted in the Supreme Court of Victoria two months ago on three counts of murder and one count of attempted murder, has today received a life sentence from the trial ... <a title="Four victims, no remorse: Erin Patterson given a life sentence for mushroom murders" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/08/four-victims-no-remorse-erin-patterson-given-a-life-sentence-for-mushroom-murders-264128/" aria-label="Read more about Four victims, no remorse: Erin Patterson given a life sentence for mushroom murders">Read more</a>
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September 8, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dat Tien Doan, Senior Lecturer, School of Future Environments, Auckland University of Technology Getty Images The government’s proposed shake-up of New Zealand’s building consent system will be the biggest reform in the sector since 2004. Essentially, the changes will spread liability for building failures across all involved ... <a title="Building consent reform: how digital technology can make new liability rules watertight" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/08/building-consent-reform-how-digital-technology-can-make-new-liability-rules-watertight-264190/" aria-label="Read more about Building consent reform: how digital technology can make new liability rules watertight">Read more</a>
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September 8, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stanislav Roudavski, Founder of Deep Design Lab and Senior Lecturer in Digital Architectural Design, The University of Melbourne For wildlife, not all trees are equal. Large old trees have many horizontal and dead limbs for perching, and many fissures or hollows for sheltering. By contrast, younger trees ... <a title="Making younger trees age faster could create more homes for wildlife – and it can be done without chainsaws" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/08/making-younger-trees-age-faster-could-create-more-homes-for-wildlife-and-it-can-be-done-without-chainsaws-262522/" aria-label="Read more about Making younger trees age faster could create more homes for wildlife – and it can be done without chainsaws">Read more</a>
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September 8, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ben Edwards, Professor, Child and Youth Development and Longitudinal Studies, Australian National University Westend61/ Getty Images The federal government wants to increase the number of Australians who complete tertiary study from 60% to 80% by 2050. To do this we will need more young people going to ... <a title="New research shows Year 12 students face many pressures – far beyond study and exams" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/08/new-research-shows-year-12-students-face-many-pressures-far-beyond-study-and-exams-264580/" aria-label="Read more about New research shows Year 12 students face many pressures – far beyond study and exams">Read more</a>
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September 8, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Levon Ellen Blue, Associate Professor, Office of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Indigenous Engagement), The University of Queensland Aaron Burden/Unsplash, CC BY If you’re a non-Indigenous Australian, when you hit the age of 67, you’ll typically have another 15 years of long, hopefully happy retirement to look forward to. ... <a title="Too many Indigenous Australians die before getting to claim the age pension. We need to make retirement fairer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/08/too-many-indigenous-australians-die-before-getting-to-claim-the-age-pension-we-need-to-make-retirement-fairer-261854/" aria-label="Read more about Too many Indigenous Australians die before getting to claim the age pension. We need to make retirement fairer">Read more</a>
