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July 24, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Smith, Research Scientist in Earth & Environment, Boston University Trees like these in Boston can help keep neighborhoods cooler on hot days. Yassine Khalfalli/Unsplash, CC BY When summer turns up the heat, cities can start to feel like an oven, as buildings and pavement trap the ... <a title="2 ways cities can beat the heat: Which is best, urban trees or cool roofs?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/24/2-ways-cities-can-beat-the-heat-which-is-best-urban-trees-or-cool-roofs-260188/" aria-label="Read more about 2 ways cities can beat the heat: Which is best, urban trees or cool roofs?">Read more</a>
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July 23, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra For almost as long anyone can remember, the Nationals have caused the Coalition grief on climate and energy policy. Still, for Barnaby Joyce to bring on a fresh load of trouble – with a private member’s bill to scrap Australia’s ... <a title="View from The Hill: Nationals’ mavericks ensure the Coalition is the issue in parliament’s first week" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/23/view-from-the-hill-nationals-mavericks-ensure-the-coalition-is-the-issue-in-parliaments-first-week-261099/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Nationals’ mavericks ensure the Coalition is the issue in parliament’s first week">Read more</a>
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July 23, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Erin Harper, Lecturer, School of Education and Social Work, University of Sydney Maskot/Getty Images Childcare centres will lose their eligibility for fee subsidies if they don’t meet safety standards, according to a new bill introduced to parliament on Wednesday. As Education Minister Jason Clare told parliament: it ... <a title="Childcare centres will have funding stripped if they’re not ‘up to scratch’. Is this enough?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/23/childcare-centres-will-have-funding-stripped-if-theyre-not-up-to-scratch-is-this-enough-261761/" aria-label="Read more about Childcare centres will have funding stripped if they’re not ‘up to scratch’. Is this enough?">Read more</a>
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July 23, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Aimee E. Smith, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Net Zero Observatory, The University of Queensland Jose Calsina/Shutterstock When an outing calls for upfront payment, such as admission to the cinema, a play or a theme park, the question of who covers it can shape the tone before ... <a title="Time to ditch splitting the bill? Shouting a close friend could actually make you happier" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/23/time-to-ditch-splitting-the-bill-shouting-a-close-friend-could-actually-make-you-happier-261557/" aria-label="Read more about Time to ditch splitting the bill? Shouting a close friend could actually make you happier">Read more</a>
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July 23, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Craig Mark, Adjunct Lecturer, Faculty of Economics, Hosei University Japan’s ruling coalition suffered the widely expected loss of its majority in the July 20 election, as young voters shifted to the populist right. As a result, Shigeru Ishiba’s prime ministership now hangs in the balance. The election ... <a title="Young Japanese voters embrace right-wing populist parties, leaving the prime minister on the brink" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/23/young-japanese-voters-embrace-right-wing-populist-parties-leaving-the-prime-minister-on-the-brink-261673/" aria-label="Read more about Young Japanese voters embrace right-wing populist parties, leaving the prime minister on the brink">Read more</a>
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July 23, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alex Veen, Senior Lecturer and University of Sydney Business School Emerging Scholar Research Fellow, University of Sydney Whether it’s your first or fourth cold of the season, many Australians are waking up at the moment with a sniffle, a sore throat or feeling more tired than usual. ... <a title="I have a bit of a cold. Am I sick enough to take a day off work?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/23/i-have-a-bit-of-a-cold-am-i-sick-enough-to-take-a-day-off-work-261379/" aria-label="Read more about I have a bit of a cold. Am I sick enough to take a day off work?">Read more</a>
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July 23, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tania Chatterjee, Joint PhD Candidate at Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, The University of Queensland Getty Images/GCShutter Big tech platforms often present content moderation as a seamless, tech‑driven system. But human labour, often outsourced to countries such as India and the Philippines, plays a pivotal role in ... <a title="Hard labour conditions of online moderators directly affect how well the internet is policed – new study" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/23/hard-labour-conditions-of-online-moderators-directly-affect-how-well-the-internet-is-policed-new-study-261386/" aria-label="Read more about Hard labour conditions of online moderators directly affect how well the internet is policed – new study">Read more</a>
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July 23, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Megan Willis, Associate Professor, School of Behavioural and Health Sciences, Australian Catholic University martin-dm/Getty When we talk about “ghosting”, we usually think it relates to dating. But what happens when you’ve been ghosted by someone you’ve known for years – your childhood best friend, a parent, a ... <a title="Ghosted by a friend? 4 expert tips on how to handle the hurt" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/23/ghosted-by-a-friend-4-expert-tips-on-how-to-handle-the-hurt-260300/" aria-label="Read more about Ghosted by a friend? 4 expert tips on how to handle the hurt">Read more</a>
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July 23, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Norton, Professor of Higher Education Policy, Monash University The Albanese government’s 20% cut to student debt is the first bill introduced to the new federal parliament. It is clever politics. In the government’s first term, the 3 million Australians with a student debt turned high indexation ... <a title="Labor’s new bill would cut HELP loans by 20%. But it also risks locking some graduates into a ‘debt treadmill’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/23/labors-new-bill-would-cut-help-loans-by-20-but-it-also-risks-locking-some-graduates-into-a-debt-treadmill-261472/" aria-label="Read more about Labor’s new bill would cut HELP loans by 20%. But it also risks locking some graduates into a ‘debt treadmill’">Read more</a>
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July 23, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ashley Humphrey, Lecturer in Social Sciences, Monash University Now into its fourth year, the war that followed Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has taken a devastating toll. An estimated 60,000 to 100,0000 Ukrainian lives have been lost and more than 10 million citizens displaced, and entire cities have ... <a title="‘Maybe this is the last minutes you are living’: how the war is impacting young Ukrainians" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/23/maybe-this-is-the-last-minutes-you-are-living-how-the-war-is-impacting-young-ukrainians-260800/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Maybe this is the last minutes you are living’: how the war is impacting young Ukrainians">Read more</a>
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July 23, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Timothy Welch, Senior Lecturer in Urban Planning, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Getty Images The recent report comparing Auckland to nine international peer cities delivered an uncomfortable truth: our largest city is falling behind, hampered by car dependency, low-density housing and “weak economic performance”. The Deloitte ... <a title="Auckland is NZ’s ‘primate city’ but its potential remains caged in by poor planning and vision" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/23/auckland-is-nzs-primate-city-but-its-potential-remains-caged-in-by-poor-planning-and-vision-261176/" aria-label="Read more about Auckland is NZ’s ‘primate city’ but its potential remains caged in by poor planning and vision">Read more</a>
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July 23, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Timothy Heffernan, Lecturer in Anthropology, Australian National University Almost half of all Australian properties are at risk of bushfire, while 17,500 face risk of coastal erosion. By 2030, more than 3 million will face riverine flood risk. Meanwhile, housing demand continues to outpace supply. With climate-related disasters ... <a title="Climate disasters are pushing people into homelessness – but there’s a lot we can do about it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/23/climate-disasters-are-pushing-people-into-homelessness-but-theres-a-lot-we-can-do-about-it-259149/" aria-label="Read more about Climate disasters are pushing people into homelessness – but there’s a lot we can do about it">Read more</a>
