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August 1, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cesar Alvarez, Lecturer in Terrorism and Security Studies, Charles Sturt University Members of the Colombian anti-narcotics police test cocaine after a drug bust. RAUL ARBOLEDA/AFP via Getty Images Imagine an area larger than the Australian Capital Territory, nearly twice the size of London and four times that ... <a title="Colombia is producing more cocaine than ever – and more is reaching Australian shores" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/01/colombia-is-producing-more-cocaine-than-ever-and-more-is-reaching-australian-shores-261745/" aria-label="Read more about Colombia is producing more cocaine than ever – and more is reaching Australian shores">Read more</a>
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August 1, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marlee Bower, Senior Research Fellow, Matilda Centre for Research in Mental Health and Substance Use, University of Sydney gremlin/Getty Images Without even realising it, your world sometimes gradually gets smaller: less walking, fewer days in the office, cancelling on friends. Watching plans disintegrate on the chat as ... <a title="How can I tell if I am lonely? What are some of the signs?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/01/how-can-i-tell-if-i-am-lonely-what-are-some-of-the-signs-261262/" aria-label="Read more about How can I tell if I am lonely? What are some of the signs?">Read more</a>
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August 1, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lucinda Chambers, PhD Candidate in Marine Bioacoustics, UNSW Sydney CassandraSm/Shutterstock Late in the evening, the Antarctic sky flushes pink. The male leopard seal wakes and slips from the ice into the water. There, he’ll spend the night singing underwater amongst the floating ice floes. For the next ... <a title="Rockabye baby: the ‘love songs’ of lonely leopard seals resemble human nursery rhymes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/01/rockabye-baby-the-love-songs-of-lonely-leopard-seals-resemble-human-nursery-rhymes-262113/" aria-label="Read more about Rockabye baby: the ‘love songs’ of lonely leopard seals resemble human nursery rhymes">Read more</a>
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August 1, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexa Scarlata, Lecturer, Digital Communication, RMIT University As the cool nights continue, it’s the perfect time to cozy up with a new batch of captivating films and series. This month’s streaming highlights bring a little bit of everything, from gripping true crime, to thought-provoking political drama, and ... <a title="Shark tales, a sinking city and a breathless cop thriller: what to watch in August" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/01/shark-tales-a-sinking-city-and-a-breathless-cop-thriller-what-to-watch-in-august-261952/" aria-label="Read more about Shark tales, a sinking city and a breathless cop thriller: what to watch in August">Read more</a>
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August 1, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Duncan Caillard, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, School of Communication Studies, Auckland University of Technology Jason Momoa’s historical epic Chief of War, launching August 1 on Apple TV+, is a triumph of Hawaiians telling their own stories – despite the fact their film and TV production industry now struggles ... <a title="A Hawaiian epic made in NZ: why Jason Momoa’s Chief of War wasn’t filmed in its star’s homeland" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/01/a-hawaiian-epic-made-in-nz-why-jason-momoas-chief-of-war-wasnt-filmed-in-its-stars-homeland-261742/" aria-label="Read more about A Hawaiian epic made in NZ: why Jason Momoa’s Chief of War wasn’t filmed in its star’s homeland">Read more</a>
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August 1, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alex Robson, Deputy Chair, Productivity Commission, and Adjunct Professor, Queensland University of Technology Erman Gunes/Shutterstock Productivity growth is a key driver of improvements in living standards. But in Australia over the last decade, output per hour worked grew by less than a quarter of its 60-year average. ... <a title="The company tax regime is a roadblock to business investment. Here’s what needs to change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/01/the-company-tax-regime-is-a-roadblock-to-business-investment-heres-what-needs-to-change-261652/" aria-label="Read more about The company tax regime is a roadblock to business investment. Here’s what needs to change">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra As any leader of a political party knows, when you demote people they can become difficult, or worse. Among Opposition Leader Sussan Ley’s multiple problems are two very unhappy former frontbenchers. Sarah Henderson, who was opposition education spokeswoman last term, ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Aggrieved Liberals stamp their feet, testing Sussan Ley’s authority" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/31/grattan-on-friday-aggrieved-liberals-stamp-their-feet-testing-sussan-leys-authority-262026/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Aggrieved Liberals stamp their feet, testing Sussan Ley’s authority">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Espionage cost Australia $12.5 billion in 2023-24, according to a study by ASIO and the Australian Institute of Criminology. The figure includes the direct costs of known espionage incidents, including state-sponsored theft of intellectual property, as well as the indirect ... <a title="Espionage cost Australia $12.5 billion in 2023-24, ASIO boss Mike Burgess says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/31/espionage-cost-australia-12-5-billion-in-2023-24-asio-boss-mike-burgess-says-262349/" aria-label="Read more about Espionage cost Australia $12.5 billion in 2023-24, ASIO boss Mike Burgess says">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne Labor is well-placed to win three seats in the electorate of Bass at the Tasmanian election, although its party totals imply it deserves only two. This would ... <a title="Labor well-placed to win three Bass seats in Tasmanian election, giving left a total of 20 of 35 MPs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/31/labor-well-placed-to-win-three-bass-seats-in-tasmanian-election-giving-left-a-total-of-20-of-35-mps-261751/" aria-label="Read more about Labor well-placed to win three Bass seats in Tasmanian election, giving left a total of 20 of 35 MPs">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amin Saikal, Emeritus Professor of Middle Eastern and Central Asian Studies, Australian National University; and Vice Chancellor’s Strategic Fellow, Australian National University When it comes to dealing with two of the biggest current crises in the Muslim world – the devastation of Gaza and the Taliban’s draconian ... <a title="The Muslim world has been strong on rhetoric, short on action over Gaza and Afghanistan" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/31/the-muslim-world-has-been-strong-on-rhetoric-short-on-action-over-gaza-and-afghanistan-262121/" aria-label="Read more about The Muslim world has been strong on rhetoric, short on action over Gaza and Afghanistan">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dileep Sharma, Professor and Head of Discipline – Oral Health, University of Newcastle Jonathan Borba/Pexels A survey from the Australian Dental Association out this week shows about three in four children never floss their teeth, or have adults do it for them. Many of the survey respondents ... <a title="Kids need to floss too, even their baby teeth. But how do you actually get them to do it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/31/kids-need-to-floss-too-even-their-baby-teeth-but-how-do-you-actually-get-them-to-do-it-262209/" aria-label="Read more about Kids need to floss too, even their baby teeth. But how do you actually get them to do it?">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Huw Griffiths, Associate Professor of English Literature, University of Sydney Brett Boardman/Belvoir The idea of the titular Crow in Ted Hughes’ poems is wild, untameable and irreducible to words. In an early poem in the sequence, words come at Crow from all angles but he just ignores ... <a title="Grief is the Thing with Feathers comes to the stage with a glorious intensity of purpose" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/31/grief-is-the-thing-with-feathers-comes-to-the-stage-with-a-glorious-intensity-of-purpose-260414/" aria-label="Read more about Grief is the Thing with Feathers comes to the stage with a glorious intensity of purpose">Read more</a>
