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February 10, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jack McGrath, Lecturer in Animation, University of Newcastle Netflix The 2025 Academy Awards could shape up to be a big one for stop-motion animation. Australian director Adam Eliott’s Memoir of a Snail (2024) has raked in a nomination for Best Animated Feature Film, alongside Wallace & Gromit: ... <a title="A century in motion: how stop-motion films went from obscure ‘creature features’ to winning Oscars" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/10/a-century-in-motion-how-stop-motion-films-went-from-obscure-creature-features-to-winning-oscars-248008/" aria-label="Read more about A century in motion: how stop-motion films went from obscure ‘creature features’ to winning Oscars">Read more</a>
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February 10, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Salter, Professor of Criminology, UNSW Sydney Australia’s LGBTIQA+SB* communities have long been overlooked in discussions about the prevention of and responses to sexual violence, despite evidence they are at increased risk. The National Survey on LGBTIQA+SB Experiences of Sexual Violence, which we carried out, is the ... <a title="Breaking the silence: new research highlights the impact of sexual violence on queer and gender-diverse Australians" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/10/breaking-the-silence-new-research-highlights-the-impact-of-sexual-violence-on-queer-and-gender-diverse-australians-244290/" aria-label="Read more about Breaking the silence: new research highlights the impact of sexual violence on queer and gender-diverse Australians">Read more</a>
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February 10, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brendan Coates, Program Director, Housing and Economic Security, Grattan Institute Marlinde/Shutterstock Most Australians can look forward to a comfortable retirement. More than three in four retirees own their own home, most report feeling comfortable financially, and few suffer financial stress. But our new Grattan Institute report paints ... <a title="Most retirees who rent live in poverty. Here’s how boosting rent assistance could help lift them out of it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/10/most-retirees-who-rent-live-in-poverty-heres-how-boosting-rent-assistance-could-help-lift-them-out-of-it-249134/" aria-label="Read more about Most retirees who rent live in poverty. Here’s how boosting rent assistance could help lift them out of it">Read more</a>
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February 9, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The weekend byelection in the outer suburban seat of Werribee saw the widely-anticipated slap-in-the-face to Victorian Labor, which is absolutely on the nose. The question is: to what degree were electors venting against federal Labor too? With an abundance of ... <a title="View from The Hill: Labor faces risk of Victorians using federal poll as referendum on both Allan and Albanese governments" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/09/view-from-the-hill-labor-faces-risk-of-victorians-using-federal-poll-as-referendum-on-both-allan-and-albanese-governments-249457/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Labor faces risk of Victorians using federal poll as referendum on both Allan and Albanese governments">Read more</a>
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February 9, 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 Byelections occurred on Saturday in the Victorian state seats of Prahran and Werribee. The Liberals gained Prahran from the Greens by a 51.6–48.4 margin, a 13.6% swing ... <a title="Victorian byelections: Liberals gain Prahran from Greens and Labor ahead in Werribee" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/09/victorian-byelections-liberals-gain-prahran-from-greens-and-labor-ahead-in-werribee-249446/" aria-label="Read more about Victorian byelections: Liberals gain Prahran from Greens and Labor ahead in Werribee">Read more</a>
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February 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amani Kasherwa, School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work, The University of Queensland In late January, a rebel group that has long caused mayhem in the sprawling African nation of Democratic Republic of Congo took control of Goma, a major city of about 2 million people on ... <a title="Rebels are continuing their march in eastern Congo – what is their long-term goal?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/07/rebels-are-continuing-their-march-in-eastern-congo-what-is-their-long-term-goal-248672/" aria-label="Read more about Rebels are continuing their march in eastern Congo – what is their long-term goal?">Read more</a>
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February 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yee-Fui Ng, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, Monash University An ad falsely depicting independent candidate Alex Dyson as a Greens member. ABC News/Supplied The highly pertinent case of a little-known independent candidate in the Victorian seat of Wannon has exposed a gaping hole in Australia’s electoral laws, ... <a title="Misleading and false election ads are legal in Australia. We need national truth in political advertising laws" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/07/misleading-and-false-election-ads-are-legal-in-australia-we-need-national-truth-in-political-advertising-laws-249279/" aria-label="Read more about Misleading and false election ads are legal in Australia. We need national truth in political advertising laws">Read more</a>
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February 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lauren Ball, Professor of Community Health and Wellbeing, The University of Queensland Nik/Unsplash You might have heard that eating too many eggs will cause high cholesterol levels, leading to poor health. Researchers have examined the science behind this myth again, and again, and again – largely debunking ... <a title="Are eggs good or bad for our health?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/07/are-eggs-good-or-bad-for-our-health-249168/" aria-label="Read more about Are eggs good or bad for our health?">Read more</a>
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February 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Thomas Jeffries, Senior Lecturer in Microbiology, Western Sydney University Tijana Simic/Shutterstock The news last week that three people in Sydney were hospitalised with botulism after receiving botox injections has raised questions about the regulation of the cosmetic injectables industry. The three women allegedly received injections of unregulated ... <a title="What is botulism? How this ‘nerve-paralysing illness’ can be linked to dodgy botox" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/07/what-is-botulism-how-this-nerve-paralysing-illness-can-be-linked-to-dodgy-botox-248765/" aria-label="Read more about What is botulism? How this ‘nerve-paralysing illness’ can be linked to dodgy botox">Read more</a>
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February 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jens Blotevogel, Principal Research Scientist and Team Leader for Remediation Technologies, CSIRO Mino Surkala, Shutterstock Lithium-ion batteries are part of everyday life. They power small rechargeable devices such as mobile phones and laptops. They enable electric vehicles. And larger versions store excess renewable energy for later use, ... <a title="Taking the ‘forever’ out of ‘forever chemicals’: we worked out how to destroy the PFAS in batteries" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/07/taking-the-forever-out-of-forever-chemicals-we-worked-out-how-to-destroy-the-pfas-in-batteries-242769/" aria-label="Read more about Taking the ‘forever’ out of ‘forever chemicals’: we worked out how to destroy the PFAS in batteries">Read more</a>
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February 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Edith Jennifer Hill, Associate Lecturer, Learning & Teaching Innovation, Flinders University Netflix Netflix’s new limited series, Apple Cider Vinegar, tells the story of the elaborate cancer con orchestrated by Australian blogger Annabelle (Belle) Gibson. The first episode opens with Gibson’s character (played by Kaitlyn Dever) breaking the ... <a title="Belle Gibson built a ‘wellness’ empire on a lie about cancer. Apple Cider Vinegar expertly unravels her con" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/07/belle-gibson-built-a-wellness-empire-on-a-lie-about-cancer-apple-cider-vinegar-expertly-unravels-her-con-248999/" aria-label="Read more about Belle Gibson built a ‘wellness’ empire on a lie about cancer. Apple Cider Vinegar expertly unravels her con">Read more</a>
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February 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dee Ninis, Earthquake Scientist, Monash University Greece’s government has just declared a state of emergency on the island of Santorini, as earthquakes shake the island multiple times a day and sometimes only minutes apart. The “earthquake swarm” is also affecting other nearby islands in the Aegean Sea. ... <a title="An ‘earthquake swarm’ is shaking Santorini. It could persist for months" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/07/an-earthquake-swarm-is-shaking-santorini-it-could-persist-for-months-249278/" aria-label="Read more about An ‘earthquake swarm’ is shaking Santorini. It could persist for months">Read more</a>
