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July 22, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Elizabeth Chappell, Post Doctoral Research, University of New England Australia’s 48th parliament has a record 112 women members. Ten of those women are independents. As they take their seats in the chamber, they’ll be realising the aspirations of some of Australia’s first suffragists who, more than a ... <a title="As female independent MPs descend on parliament, they’re fulfilling the dreams of women across history" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/22/as-female-independent-mps-descend-on-parliament-theyre-fulfilling-the-dreams-of-women-across-history-252634/" aria-label="Read more about As female independent MPs descend on parliament, they’re fulfilling the dreams of women across history">Read more</a>
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July 22, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kim Goodwin, Lecturer in Arts Management and Human Resources, The University of Melbourne Vitaly Gariev/Unsplash The film and television sector in Australia employs over 26,000 workers and generated more than A$4.5 billion in income in 2021–22. TV dramas generate a large part of this revenue. Australian screen ... <a title="Are screenwriters paid for a product or a service? The definition matters for their workplace rights" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/22/are-screenwriters-paid-for-a-product-or-a-service-the-definition-matters-for-their-workplace-rights-261463/" aria-label="Read more about Are screenwriters paid for a product or a service? The definition matters for their workplace rights">Read more</a>
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July 22, 2025
RNZ News New Zealand has joined 24 other countries in calling for an end to the war in Gaza, and criticising what they call the inhumane killing of Palestinians. The countries — including Britain, France, Canada and Australia plus the European Union — also condemed the Israeli government’s aid delivery model in Gaza as “dangerous”. ... <a title="NZ and allies condemn ‘inhumane’, ‘horrifying’ killings in Gaza and ‘drip feeding’ of aid" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/22/nz-and-allies-condemn-inhumane-horrifying-killings-in-gaza-and-drip-feeding-of-aid/" aria-label="Read more about NZ and allies condemn ‘inhumane’, ‘horrifying’ killings in Gaza and ‘drip feeding’ of aid">Read more</a>
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July 22, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jonti Horner, Professor (Astrophysics), University of Southern Queensland View of the 2023 Perseid meteor shower from the southernmost part of Sequoia National Forest, US. NASA/Preston Dyches In recent days, you may have seen articles claiming the “best meteor shower of the year” is about to start. Unfortunately, ... <a title="Everyone’s talking about the Perseid meteor shower – but don’t bother trying to see it in Australia or NZ" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/22/everyones-talking-about-the-perseid-meteor-shower-but-dont-bother-trying-to-see-it-in-australia-or-nz-261365/" aria-label="Read more about Everyone’s talking about the Perseid meteor shower – but don’t bother trying to see it in Australia or NZ">Read more</a>
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July 22, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Timothy Piatkowski, Lecturer in Psychology, Griffith University MilosStankovic/Getty Images Eighteen-year-old Mark scrolls Instagram late at night, watching videos of fitness influencers showing off muscle gains and lifting the equivalent of a baby elephant off the gym floor. Spurred on by hashtags and usernames indicating these feats involve ... <a title="Pumped up with poison: new research shows many anabolic steroids contain toxic metals" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/22/pumped-up-with-poison-new-research-shows-many-anabolic-steroids-contain-toxic-metals-261470/" aria-label="Read more about Pumped up with poison: new research shows many anabolic steroids contain toxic metals">Read more</a>
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July 22, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bin Lu, Senior Research Fellow in Renewable Energy, Australian National University Leonid Andronov/Shutterstock As the electrification of transport and heating accelerates, many worry the increased demand could overload national power grids. In Australia, electricity consumption is expected to double by 2050. If everyone charges their car and ... <a title="How EVs and electric water heaters are turning cities into giant batteries" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/22/how-evs-and-electric-water-heaters-are-turning-cities-into-giant-batteries-261369/" aria-label="Read more about How EVs and electric water heaters are turning cities into giant batteries">Read more</a>
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July 22, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Leon Benade, Professor in the School of Education of Edith Cowan University (ECU), Perth, WA, Edith Cowan University skynesher/Getty Imaged The end of open-plan classrooms in New Zealand, recently announced by Education Minister Erica Stanford, marks yet another swing of the pendulum in school design. Depending on ... <a title="The end of open-plan classrooms: how school design reflects changing ideas in education" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/22/the-end-of-open-plan-classrooms-how-school-design-reflects-changing-ideas-in-education-261359/" aria-label="Read more about The end of open-plan classrooms: how school design reflects changing ideas in education">Read more</a>
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July 22, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Dodd, Professor of Journalism, Director of the Centre for Advancing Journalism, The University of Melbourne If Rupert Murdoch becomes a white knight standing up to a rampantly bullying US president, the world has moved into the upside-down. This is, after all, the media mogul whose US ... <a title="Could Rupert Murdoch bring down Donald Trump? A court case threatens more than just their relationship" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/22/could-rupert-murdoch-bring-down-donald-trump-a-court-case-threatens-more-than-just-their-relationship-261532/" aria-label="Read more about Could Rupert Murdoch bring down Donald Trump? A court case threatens more than just their relationship">Read more</a>
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July 22, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephanie A. (Sam) Martin, Frank and Bethine Church Endowed Chair of Public Affairs, Boise State University Congress’ cuts to public broadcasting will diminish the range and volume of the free press and the independent reporting it provides. MicroStockHub-iStock/Getty Images Plus Champions of the almost entirely party-line vote ... <a title="PBS and NPR are generally unbiased, independent of government propaganda and provide key benefits to US democracy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/22/pbs-and-npr-are-generally-unbiased-independent-of-government-propaganda-and-provide-key-benefits-to-us-democracy-261512/" aria-label="Read more about PBS and NPR are generally unbiased, independent of government propaganda and provide key benefits to US democracy">Read more</a>
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July 22, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hanri Mostert, SARChI Chair for Mineral Law in Africa, University of Cape Town A US-brokered peace deal between the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Rwanda binds the two African nations to a worrying arrangement: one where a country signs away its mineral resources to a superpower ... <a title="Africa’s minerals are being bartered for security: why it’s a bad idea" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/22/africas-minerals-are-being-bartered-for-security-why-its-a-bad-idea-260594/" aria-label="Read more about Africa’s minerals are being bartered for security: why it’s a bad idea">Read more</a>
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July 22, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Havovi Chichger, Professor, Biomedical Science, Anglia Ruskin University Found in everything from protein bars to energy drinks, erythritol has long been considered a safe alternative to sugar. But new research suggests this widely used sweetener may be quietly undermining one of the body’s most crucial protective barriers ... <a title="A popular sweetener could be damaging your brain’s defences, says recent study" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/22/a-popular-sweetener-could-be-damaging-your-brains-defences-says-recent-study-261500/" aria-label="Read more about A popular sweetener could be damaging your brain’s defences, says recent study">Read more</a>
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July 22, 2025
ANALYSIS: By Jane Kelsey, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau While public attention has been focused on the domestic fast-track consenting process for infrastructure and mining, Associate Minister of Finance David Seymour has been pushing through another fast-track process — this time for foreign investment in New Zealand. But it has had almost no public ... <a title="Why has a bill to relax NZ foreign investment rules had so little scrutiny?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/22/why-has-a-bill-to-relax-nz-foreign-investment-rules-had-so-little-scrutiny/" aria-label="Read more about Why has a bill to relax NZ foreign investment rules had so little scrutiny?">Read more</a>
