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September 15, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sally Larsen, Senior Lecturer in Education, University of New England Maskot/Getty Images So far, 2025 has been a horror year for early education and care. Much of the recent media and political coverage about childcare has focused on safety. This is understandable, given the numerous, shocking allegations ... <a title="Despite improvements to early education, more children are starting school developmentally behind. What’s going on?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/15/despite-improvements-to-early-education-more-children-are-starting-school-developmentally-behind-whats-going-on-264770/" aria-label="Read more about Despite improvements to early education, more children are starting school developmentally behind. What’s going on?">Read more</a>
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September 15, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brad Elphinstone, Lecturer in psychology, Swinburne University of Technology Over the next decade, Elon Musk could become the world’s first trillionaire. The Tesla board recently proposed a US$1 trillion (A$1.5 trillion) compensation plan, if Musk can meet a series of ambitious growth targets. Australia’s corporate pay packets ... <a title="How much money do you need to be happy? Here’s what the research says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/15/how-much-money-do-you-need-to-be-happy-heres-what-the-research-says-265184/" aria-label="Read more about How much money do you need to be happy? Here’s what the research says">Read more</a>
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September 15, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jennifer Power, Principal Research Fellow, Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University Kamonwan Wankaew/Getty Parents play an important role in teaching their children about sex and relationships. But our new report shows many parents – fathers in particular – find it mortifying. Our ... <a title="6 ways to talk to your teens about sex without the cringe" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/15/6-ways-to-talk-to-your-teens-about-sex-without-the-cringe-263639/" aria-label="Read more about 6 ways to talk to your teens about sex without the cringe">Read more</a>
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September 15, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Janet Hoek, Professor in Public Health, University of Otago Andrej Ivanov/AFP via Getty Images Large pictorial warning labels on smoked tobacco products typically feature confronting images of the harmful health outcomes of smoking. Pictures of diseased lungs, gangrene and mouth decay aim to elicit strong emotional responses ... <a title="Graphic warnings on tobacco products are losing their impact – here are 5 ways to improve them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/15/graphic-warnings-on-tobacco-products-are-losing-their-impact-here-are-5-ways-to-improve-them-263415/" aria-label="Read more about Graphic warnings on tobacco products are losing their impact – here are 5 ways to improve them">Read more</a>
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September 15, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rebecca Bentley, Professor of Social Epidemiology and Director of the Centre of Research Excellence in Healthy Housing at the Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne Olga Rolenko/Getty Images Housing is a key determinant of physical health. Housing conditions can increase or reduce ... <a title="Eradicating mould would save millions in health-care costs: how our homes affect our health" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/15/eradicating-mould-would-save-millions-in-health-care-costs-how-our-homes-affect-our-health-260311/" aria-label="Read more about Eradicating mould would save millions in health-care costs: how our homes affect our health">Read more</a>
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September 14, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Maurizio Valsania, Professor of American History, Università di Torino Punishment by tar and feather of Thomas Ditson, who purchased a gun from a British soldier in Boston in March 1775. Interim Archives/Getty Images The day after conservative activist Charlie Kirk was shot and killed while speaking at ... <a title="Yes, this is who we are: America’s 250-year history of political violence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/14/yes-this-is-who-we-are-americas-250-year-history-of-political-violence-265171/" aria-label="Read more about Yes, this is who we are: America’s 250-year history of political violence">Read more</a>
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September 14, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Martin Farr, Senior Lecturer in Contemporary British History, Newcastle University The line between pulling off a diplomatic masterstroke and setting up an accident waiting to happen can be a fine one. In the seven-month fable of Peter Mandelson’s UK ambassadorship to the US, the crossing of that ... <a title="Peter Mandelson was always a high-risk appointment – his departure will not end the matter for Keir Starmer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/14/peter-mandelson-was-always-a-high-risk-appointment-his-departure-will-not-end-the-matter-for-keir-starmer-265159/" aria-label="Read more about Peter Mandelson was always a high-risk appointment – his departure will not end the matter for Keir Starmer">Read more</a>
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September 14, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rafeef Ziadah, Senior Lecturer in Politics and Public Policy (Emerging Economies), King’s College London The Gaza Reconstitution, Economic Acceleration and Transformation Trust (Great Trust) vision. Supplied Entire neighbourhoods in Gaza lie in ruins. Hundreds of thousands are crammed into tents, struggling for food, water and power. Despite ... <a title="Donald Trump’s vision for Gaza’s future: what a leaked plan tells us about US regional strategy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/14/donald-trumps-vision-for-gazas-future-what-a-leaked-plan-tells-us-about-us-regional-strategy-264899/" aria-label="Read more about Donald Trump’s vision for Gaza’s future: what a leaked plan tells us about US regional strategy">Read more</a>
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September 12, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Claire Richards, Lecturer in Biotechnology, University of Technology Sydney The placenta is a unique organ which exists only during pregnancy, growing at tumour-like speed to the size of a small dinner plate. The placenta is essential to the growth of every baby, but we’re missing key details ... <a title="3D printed mini-placentas offer a new way to study pregnancy complications" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/12/3d-printed-mini-placentas-offer-a-new-way-to-study-pregnancy-complications-261571/" aria-label="Read more about 3D printed mini-placentas offer a new way to study pregnancy complications">Read more</a>
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September 12, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cymbeline Buhler King, Research Officer, School of Social Sciences, Western Sydney University Brett Boardman/Belvoir The production opens on skates. We are flung into an Elizabethan world articulated with the beautiful simplicity of a circle motif. A circle is dusted on the stage, the queen is dressed with ... <a title="Belvoir’s Orlando is a love letter to the contemporary queer community that doesn’t quite come together" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/12/belvoirs-orlando-is-a-love-letter-to-the-contemporary-queer-community-that-doesnt-quite-come-together-264793/" aria-label="Read more about Belvoir’s Orlando is a love letter to the contemporary queer community that doesn’t quite come together">Read more</a>
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September 12, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Angel Zhong, Professor of Finance, RMIT University Just for a moment this week, Larry Ellison, co-founder of US cloud computing company Oracle, became the world’s richest person. The octogenarian tech titan briefly overtook Elon Musk after Oracle’s share price rocketed 43% in a day, adding about US$100 ... <a title="AI hype has just shaken up the world’s rich list. What if the boom is really a bubble?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/12/ai-hype-has-just-shaken-up-the-worlds-rich-list-what-if-the-boom-is-really-a-bubble-265080/" aria-label="Read more about AI hype has just shaken up the world’s rich list. What if the boom is really a bubble?">Read more</a>
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September 12, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lee Wallace, Professor, Film Studies, University of Sydney Umbrella In Emma Hough Hobbs and Leela Varghese’s award-winning directorial debut, Lesbian Space Princess, outer space emerges as a new and inclusive habitat for a smart, funny story exploring the inner spaces of lesbian consciousness and self-affirmation. The film ... <a title="Lesbian Space Princess is a cheeky, intergalactic romp that turns the sci-fi genre on its head" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/12/lesbian-space-princess-is-a-cheeky-intergalactic-romp-that-turns-the-sci-fi-genre-on-its-head-264352/" aria-label="Read more about Lesbian Space Princess is a cheeky, intergalactic romp that turns the sci-fi genre on its head">Read more</a>
