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August 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Scales, PhD Candidate, School of Social Sciences, Media, Film and Education, Swinburne University of Technology taylorswift/Instagram Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce have announced their engagement, posting on Instagram images of the proposal with the caption “Your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married”. “America’s ... <a title="Taylor Swift is engaged. She’s been getting her fans ready for this moment for 20 years" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/27/taylor-swift-is-engaged-shes-been-getting-her-fans-ready-for-this-moment-for-20-years-264027/" aria-label="Read more about Taylor Swift is engaged. She’s been getting her fans ready for this moment for 20 years">Read more</a>
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August 27, 2025
ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on August 27, 2025.
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August 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Samara McPhedran, Principal Research Fellow, Griffith University Australians have been shocked by the news two police officers were killed in rural Victoria when a 56-year-old man allegedly shot them before fleeing into the bush. Another police officer was injured during the incident, which sparked fresh debate about ... <a title="What’s behind the rise in gun ownership in Australia?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/27/whats-behind-the-rise-in-gun-ownership-in-australia-263810/" aria-label="Read more about What’s behind the rise in gun ownership in Australia?">Read more</a>
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August 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rick Sarre, Emeritus Professor in Law and Criminal Justice, University of South Australia The Queensland government will this week table legislation creating Australia’s first public child sex offender register. The Queensland legislation, to be known as Daniel’s Law, was named in honour of Sunshine Coast teenager Daniel ... <a title="Queensland is creating a public child sex offender register. Will it keep people safer?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/27/queensland-is-creating-a-public-child-sex-offender-register-will-it-keep-people-safer-263807/" aria-label="Read more about Queensland is creating a public child sex offender register. Will it keep people safer?">Read more</a>
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August 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marta Khomyn, Lecturer, Finance and Data Analytics, University of Adelaide Chip Somodevilla /Getty We may already live in the post-truth world, but are we about to enter the era of post-truth statistics? Each month, the US employment report is one of the most closely watched releases on ... <a title="In a post-truth world, what happens if we can’t trust US economic data any more?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/27/in-a-post-truth-world-what-happens-if-we-cant-trust-us-economic-data-any-more-263338/" aria-label="Read more about In a post-truth world, what happens if we can’t trust US economic data any more?">Read more</a>
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August 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Trembath, Head of Autism Research and Senior Principal Research Fellow, The Kids Research Institute Australia Autistic children with mild to moderate developmental delay will no longer be eligible for the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) from mid-2027. Instead, they will be directed to a new support ... <a title="What’s the best way to support autistic kids with mild to moderate delay?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/27/whats-the-best-way-to-support-autistic-kids-with-mild-to-moderate-delay-263622/" aria-label="Read more about What’s the best way to support autistic kids with mild to moderate delay?">Read more</a>
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August 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Janet Fanslow, Professor in Violence Prevention and Mental Health Promotion, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Getty Images More than 60% of women in New Zealand have experienced some form of interpersonal violence – an alarming statistic with serious implications for public health. Interpersonal violence broadly refers ... <a title="Interpersonal violence in NZ is a public health crisis, not just a social one – new research" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/27/interpersonal-violence-in-nz-is-a-public-health-crisis-not-just-a-social-one-new-research-263902/" aria-label="Read more about Interpersonal violence in NZ is a public health crisis, not just a social one – new research">Read more</a>
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August 27, 2025
By Antony Loewenstein in Sydney The grim facts should speak for themselves. Since 7 October 2023, Israel has deliberately killed an unprecedented number of Palestinian journalists in Gaza. Those brave individuals are smeared as Hamas operatives and terrorists by Israel and its supporters. But the real story behind this, beyond just Western racism and dehumanisation ... <a title="Antony Lowenstein: Israel’s murderous killing spree against Palestinian journalists" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/27/antony-lowenstein-israels-murderous-killing-spree-against-palestinian-journalists/" aria-label="Read more about Antony Lowenstein: Israel’s murderous killing spree against Palestinian journalists">Read more</a>
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August 27, 2025
By Grace Tinetali-Fiavaai, RZ Pacific reporter in Apia, Samoa Pre-polling has kicked off in Samoa today, with around 1700 people expected to cast their votes ahead of Friday’s polling day. At the Tuana’imato Sports Complex in the capital, Apia, the atmosphere was upbeat as special voters began arriving. Special voters include those from Savai’i, the ... <a title="Samoa general election: Pre-polling kicks off" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/27/samoa-general-election-pre-polling-kicks-off/" aria-label="Read more about Samoa general election: Pre-polling kicks off">Read more</a>
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August 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Susan Thorp, Professor of Finance, University of Sydney While discussion was focused on the federal government’s economic reform roundtable last week, a significant change that will mainly affect age pensioners flew under the radar. For the first time in five years, the government will adjust the rates ... <a title="A key measure used to calculate age pension payments is changing. How will this affect your benefits?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/27/a-key-measure-used-to-calculate-age-pension-payments-is-changing-how-will-this-affect-your-benefits-263542/" aria-label="Read more about A key measure used to calculate age pension payments is changing. How will this affect your benefits?">Read more</a>
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August 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Milad Haghani, Associate Professor and Principal Fellow in Urban Risk and Resilience, The University of Melbourne Ekaterina Chizhevskaya / Getty Images Cars are getting smarter. Today’s vehicles can automatically brake to avoid a rear-end collision, keep themselves centred in a lane, warn of hazards in blind spots ... <a title="Driver assist technology saves lives. So why do so many people turn it off?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/27/driver-assist-technology-saves-lives-so-why-do-so-many-people-turn-it-off-260177/" aria-label="Read more about Driver assist technology saves lives. So why do so many people turn it off?">Read more</a>
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August 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Shawna Mastro Campbell, Assistant Professor in Clinical Psychology, Bond University Catherine Delahaye/Getty The government is considering new, bulk-billed health checks for three-year-olds, to pick up developmental concerns and refer kids that might need additional support. The detail was buried in the announcement of the new “Thriving Kids” ... <a title="What is psychosocial therapy? And why is the government thinking about adding it to Medicare for kids?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/27/what-is-psychosocial-therapy-and-why-is-the-government-thinking-about-adding-it-to-medicare-for-kids-263640/" aria-label="Read more about What is psychosocial therapy? And why is the government thinking about adding it to Medicare for kids?">Read more</a>
