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July 15, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Louise Chappell, Scientia Professor, UNSW Sydney The antisemitism strategy presented to the Albanese government has attracted considerable – and wholly justifed – criticism. Produced by Jillian Segal, the special envoy to combat antisemitism, the blueprint falls short in a range of areas essential to good public policy. ... <a title="Antisemitism plan fails on a number of fronts – a contentious definition of hate is just the start" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/15/antisemitism-plan-fails-on-a-number-of-fronts-a-contentious-definition-of-hate-is-just-the-start-261082/" aria-label="Read more about Antisemitism plan fails on a number of fronts – a contentious definition of hate is just the start">Read more</a>
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July 15, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kevin M. Koo, NHMRC Emerging Leadership Fellow, The University of Queensland Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in Australia, with about 26,000 men diagnosed per year. The majority (more than 85%) are aged over 60. Prostate cancer kills around 3,900 Australians a year. Yet most prostate ... <a title="Do I have prostate cancer? Why a simple PSA blood test alone won’t give you the answer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/15/do-i-have-prostate-cancer-why-a-simple-psa-blood-test-alone-wont-give-you-the-answer-257240/" aria-label="Read more about Do I have prostate cancer? Why a simple PSA blood test alone won’t give you the answer">Read more</a>
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July 15, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kyle Morrison, PhD Candidate in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, UNSW Sydney Kazakov Maksim, Shutterstock Scientists have detected pesticides in rivers, lakes and oceans worldwide. So what are these pesticides doing to the fish? Long before pesticides reach lethal doses, they can disrupt hormones, impair brain function and ... <a title="Many fish are social, but pesticides are pushing them apart" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/15/many-fish-are-social-but-pesticides-are-pushing-them-apart-256230/" aria-label="Read more about Many fish are social, but pesticides are pushing them apart">Read more</a>
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July 15, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Howe, Associate Dean (Research), Melbourne Law School, The University of Melbourne Anna Kraynova/Shutterstock A young person gets a job, excited to earn their first paycheck. Over time, they realise the hours are long and the payslips small. They are told to stay back to clean up ... <a title="Almost half of young workers expected to work unpaid overtime, while a quarter aren’t paid compulsory super" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/15/almost-half-of-young-workers-expected-to-work-unpaid-overtime-while-a-quarter-arent-paid-compulsory-super-261016/" aria-label="Read more about Almost half of young workers expected to work unpaid overtime, while a quarter aren’t paid compulsory super">Read more</a>
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July 14, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Prime Minister Anthony Albanese may be rueing what seemed a good idea at the time – the appointment of a special envoy to combat antisemitism (as well as an envoy to combat Islamophobia). Or perhaps Jillian Segal, a former president ... <a title="View from The Hill: Segal’s antisemitism plan gives government controversy, not clarity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/14/view-from-the-hill-segals-antisemitism-plan-gives-government-controversy-not-clarity-259687/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Segal’s antisemitism plan gives government controversy, not clarity">Read more</a>
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July 14, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Guido Carim Junior, Senior Lecturer in Aviation, Griffith University Over the weekend, the Indian Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau released a preliminary report on last month’s crash of Air India flight 171, which killed 260 people, 19 of them on the ground. The aim of a preliminary report ... <a title="Was the Air India crash caused by pilot error or technical fault? None of the theories holds up – yet" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/14/was-the-air-india-crash-caused-by-pilot-error-or-technical-fault-none-of-the-theories-holds-up-yet-261102/" aria-label="Read more about Was the Air India crash caused by pilot error or technical fault? None of the theories holds up – yet">Read more</a>
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July 14, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christine Mary Hallinan, Senior Research Fellow, Department of General Practice and Primary Care, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne Vanessa Nunes/Getty Images In 2024 alone, Australia’s medicines regulator, the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA), authorised at least 979,000 prescription applications for medicinal cannabis ... <a title="Confusing for doctors, inequitable for patients: why Australia’s medicinal cannabis system needs urgent reform" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/14/confusing-for-doctors-inequitable-for-patients-why-australias-medicinal-cannabis-system-needs-urgent-reform-257249/" aria-label="Read more about Confusing for doctors, inequitable for patients: why Australia’s medicinal cannabis system needs urgent reform">Read more</a>
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July 14, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Hawkins, Head, Canberra School of Government, University of Canberra Kokkai Ng/Getty In the runup to each election, federal treasury produces a “blue book” and a “red book”, with advice tailored to the priorities of the two alternative governments. One of these is given to the incoming ... <a title="Treasury warns the government it may not balance the budget or meet its housing targets" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/14/treasury-warns-the-government-it-may-not-balance-the-budget-or-meet-its-housing-targets-261084/" aria-label="Read more about Treasury warns the government it may not balance the budget or meet its housing targets">Read more</a>
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July 14, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rachel Hughes, Associate Professor of Geography, The University of Melbourne A series of atrocity sites of the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia have been formally entered onto the World Heritage list, as part of the 47th session of the World Heritage Committee. This is not only important ... <a title="UNESCO grants World Heritage status to Khmer Rouge atrocity sites – paving the way for other sites of conflict" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/14/unesco-grants-world-heritage-status-to-khmer-rouge-atrocity-sites-paving-the-way-for-other-sites-of-conflict-260923/" aria-label="Read more about UNESCO grants World Heritage status to Khmer Rouge atrocity sites – paving the way for other sites of conflict">Read more</a>
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July 14, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Aaron J. Snoswell, Senior Research Fellow in AI Accountability, Queensland University of Technology Anne Fehres and Luke Conroy & AI4Media, CC BY Grok, the artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot embedded in X (formerly Twitter) and built by Elon Musk’s company xAI, is back in the headlines after calling ... <a title="How do you stop an AI model turning Nazi? What the Grok drama reveals about AI training" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/14/how-do-you-stop-an-ai-model-turning-nazi-what-the-grok-drama-reveals-about-ai-training-261001/" aria-label="Read more about How do you stop an AI model turning Nazi? What the Grok drama reveals about AI training">Read more</a>
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July 14, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Blaxland, Professor, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University Andy. LIU/Shutterstock The United States can count on Australia as one of its closest allies. Dating back to the shared experiences in the second world war and the ANZUS Treaty signed in 1951, Australia has steadfastly ... <a title="Washington’s war demands – Australia right to refuse committing to a hypothetical conflict with China over Taiwan" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/14/washingtons-war-demands-australia-right-to-refuse-committing-to-a-hypothetical-conflict-with-china-over-taiwan-261076/" aria-label="Read more about Washington’s war demands – Australia right to refuse committing to a hypothetical conflict with China over Taiwan">Read more</a>
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July 14, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Juliette Crowther, Researcher in Food Policy, George Institute for Global Health Andrew Merry/Getty Most Australians consume far too much sodium, mostly in the form of salt (sodium chloride) in the food they eat. The National Health and Medical Research Council recommends no more than 2,000 milligrams of ... <a title="How much salt is OK in drinking water? Without limits, Australia’s health gap widens in remote and regional areas" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/14/how-much-salt-is-ok-in-drinking-water-without-limits-australias-health-gap-widens-in-remote-and-regional-areas-260496/" aria-label="Read more about How much salt is OK in drinking water? Without limits, Australia’s health gap widens in remote and regional areas">Read more</a>
