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July 21, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Helen Dickinson, Professor, Public Service Research, UNSW Sydney The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) is undergoing another round of major reforms. One key change relates to the funding periods in which participants are allowed to spend their budgets. While these aim to improve the scheme’s sustainability, they ... <a title="What happens if I go over or under on my NDIS plan? And what do shorter funding periods mean for me?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/21/what-happens-if-i-go-over-or-under-on-my-ndis-plan-and-what-do-shorter-funding-periods-mean-for-me-259386/" aria-label="Read more about What happens if I go over or under on my NDIS plan? And what do shorter funding periods mean for me?">Read more</a>
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July 21, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ruben Perez-Hidalgo, Lecturer in Spanish Studies, University of Sydney Keith Saunders/Opera Australia The story of Carmen, in the 19th century opera by French composer George Bizet, is, at its simplest, the story of a developing tension between Carmen, a stereotypically racialised woman attempting to break free from ... <a title="Opera Australia gives us a rocking Carmen for the post-#metoo era" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/21/opera-australia-gives-us-a-rocking-carmen-for-the-post-metoo-era-261103/" aria-label="Read more about Opera Australia gives us a rocking Carmen for the post-#metoo era">Read more</a>
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July 21, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Roy Ebel, PhD Candidate in Evolutionary Biology, Museums Victoria Research Institute Radiodensity heatmap of emerald tree monitors. Roy Ebel Monitor lizards, also known in Australia as goannas, are some of the most iconic reptiles on the continent. Their lineage not only survived the mass extinction that ended ... <a title="New study peers beneath the skin of iconic lizards to find ‘chainmail’ bone plates – and lots of them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/21/new-study-peers-beneath-the-skin-of-iconic-lizards-to-find-chainmail-bone-plates-and-lots-of-them-260700/" aria-label="Read more about New study peers beneath the skin of iconic lizards to find ‘chainmail’ bone plates – and lots of them">Read more</a>
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July 21, 2025
By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist The Cook Islands’ outer islands, or Pa Enua, are emptying as people make the pilgrimage to Rarotonga for constitution celebrations. This year is particularly significant, August 4 marks 60 years of the Cook Islands being in free association with New Zealand. Cook Islands Secretary of Culture Emile Kairua said ... <a title="Cook Islanders flock from outer islands for 60th anniversary celebrations" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/21/cook-islanders-flock-from-outer-islands-for-60th-anniversary-celebrations/" aria-label="Read more about Cook Islanders flock from outer islands for 60th anniversary celebrations">Read more</a>
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July 21, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jane Kelsey, Emeritus Professor of Law, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Getty Images 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 ... <a title="Why has a bill to relax foreign investment rules had so little scrutiny?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/21/why-has-a-bill-to-relax-foreign-investment-rules-had-so-little-scrutiny-261370/" aria-label="Read more about Why has a bill to relax foreign investment rules had so little scrutiny?">Read more</a>
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July 21, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jill Sheppard, Senior Lecturer, School of Politics and International Relations, Australian National University Tracey Nearmy/Getty Despite many pre-election predictions, the 48th Australian parliament looks quite similar to the 47th. The Labor Party has greater representation than before: 94 Members of the House of Representatives (up from 77) ... <a title="Federal election feel like ages ago? Parliament is now back. Here’s your political refresher" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/21/federal-election-feel-like-ages-ago-parliament-is-now-back-heres-your-political-refresher-261360/" aria-label="Read more about Federal election feel like ages ago? Parliament is now back. Here’s your political refresher">Read more</a>
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July 21, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Caitlin Jones, Postdoctoral Research Associate in Musculoskeletal Health, University of Sydney AsiaVision/Getty Spinal cord stimulators are electrical devices that are surgically implanted in the body to treat long-term pain. They have a battery pack and leads that deliver electrical impulses directly to the spinal cord. The devices ... <a title="Is spinal cord stimulation safe? Does it work? Here’s what you need to know if you have back pain" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/21/is-spinal-cord-stimulation-safe-does-it-work-heres-what-you-need-to-know-if-you-have-back-pain-261364/" aria-label="Read more about Is spinal cord stimulation safe? Does it work? Here’s what you need to know if you have back pain">Read more</a>
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July 21, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tanya Latty, Associate Professor in Entomology, University of Sydney Tambon Nong Chaeng/Pexels Think back to a time you helped someone move a heavy object, such as a couch. While at first the task may have appeared simple, it actually required a suite of advanced behaviours. The job ... <a title="Hold up, humans. Ants figured out medicine, farming and engineering long before we did" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/21/hold-up-humans-ants-figured-out-medicine-farming-and-engineering-long-before-we-did-258922/" aria-label="Read more about Hold up, humans. Ants figured out medicine, farming and engineering long before we did">Read more</a>
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July 21, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katy Meeuwissen, Lecturer in Early Childhood and Primary Education, University of Canberra Jon Challicom/ Getty Images Play is one of the most important parts of early childhood education in Australia. We know children learn about the world through play and it helps them build creativity and independence. ... <a title="Does play belong in primary school? New research suggests teachers are not sure" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/21/does-play-belong-in-primary-school-new-research-suggests-teachers-are-not-sure-259800/" aria-label="Read more about Does play belong in primary school? New research suggests teachers are not sure">Read more</a>
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July 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jesse Kearse, Postdoctoral Researcher, Geophysics, Kyoto University Sai Aung MAIN/AFP via Getty Images During the devastating magnitude 7.7 Myanmar earthquake on March 28 this year, a CCTV camera captured the moment the plate boundary moved, providing the first direct visual evidence of plate tectonics in action. Tectonic ... <a title="The first video of Earth’s surface lurching sideways in an earthquake offers new insights into this force of nature" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/20/the-first-video-of-earths-surface-lurching-sideways-in-an-earthquake-offers-new-insights-into-this-force-of-nature-261004/" aria-label="Read more about The first video of Earth’s surface lurching sideways in an earthquake offers new insights into this force of nature">Read more</a>
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July 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robert Hortle, Deputy Director, Tasmanian Policy Exchange, University of Tasmania When the results firmed up a few hours after polling closed on Saturday, many Tasmanians would have been wondering, “what was the point of all that?”. A state election only 16 months after the last one looks ... <a title="After yet another election, Tasmanians are left wondering what the point of it was" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/20/after-yet-another-election-tasmanians-are-left-wondering-what-the-point-of-it-was-260505/" aria-label="Read more about After yet another election, Tasmanians are left wondering what the point of it was">Read more</a>
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July 20, 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 With 63% of enrolled voters counted in today’s Tasmanian state election, The Poll Bludger is projecting that the final results will give the Liberals 39.7% of the ... <a title="Liberals easily win most seats at Tasmanian election, but Labor may form government" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/20/liberals-easily-win-most-seats-at-tasmanian-election-but-labor-may-form-government-261255/" aria-label="Read more about Liberals easily win most seats at Tasmanian election, but Labor may form government">Read more</a>
