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July 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rick Sarre, Emeritus Professor in Law and Criminal Justice, University of South Australia After seven weeks of evidence, six days of summing up, and six and a half days of jury deliberation in the Victorian Supreme Court sitting in Morwell, Victoria, the verdict is finally in. Erin ... <a title="Erin Patterson has been found guilty in the mushroom murder trial. Legal experts explain why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/07/erin-patterson-has-been-found-guilty-in-the-mushroom-murder-trial-legal-experts-explain-why-230294/" aria-label="Read more about Erin Patterson has been found guilty in the mushroom murder trial. Legal experts explain why">Read more</a>
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July 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Erica Kuligowski, Vice-Chancellor’s Senior Research Fellow, School of Engineering, RMIT University Harrowing stories are emerging in the wake of catastrophic and sudden flooding over the fourth of July weekend in Texas – where many people were camping, and children were at riverside summer camp. More than 80 ... <a title="In Texas, parents search flood debris for missing kids. Are Australians ready for our own sudden floods?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/07/in-texas-parents-search-flood-debris-for-missing-kids-are-australians-ready-for-our-own-sudden-floods-260581/" aria-label="Read more about In Texas, parents search flood debris for missing kids. Are Australians ready for our own sudden floods?">Read more</a>
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July 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Victoria Barclay-Timmis, Adjunct Lecturer in Psychology, University of Southern Queensland Vitalii Khodzinskyi/Unsplash Imagine your friend hasn’t replied to a message in a few hours. Most people might think, “they are probably just busy”. But someone with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) might spiral into a flood of thoughts ... <a title="What is rejection sensitive dysphoria in ADHD? And how can you manage it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/07/what-is-rejection-sensitive-dysphoria-in-adhd-and-how-can-you-manage-it-259995/" aria-label="Read more about What is rejection sensitive dysphoria in ADHD? And how can you manage it?">Read more</a>
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July 7, 2025
By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) is not considering recruiting personnel from across the Pacific as talk continues of Australia doing so for its Defence Force (ADF). In response to a question from The Australian at the National Press Club in Canberra about Australia’s plans to potentially recruit from ... <a title="NZDF not considering recruiting personnel from Pacific nations" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/07/nzdf-not-considering-recruiting-personnel-from-pacific-nations/" aria-label="Read more about NZDF not considering recruiting personnel from Pacific nations">Read more</a>
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July 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Glenn Banks, Professor of Geography, School of People, Environment and Planning, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University Getty Images Much of the debate about the fast-track applications by a number of new or extended mining projects has, understandably, focused on their environmental impacts. But the other ... <a title="The hard questions NZ must ask about the claimed economic benefits of fast-track mining projects" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/07/the-hard-questions-nz-must-ask-about-the-claimed-economic-benefits-of-fast-track-mining-projects-259779/" aria-label="Read more about The hard questions NZ must ask about the claimed economic benefits of fast-track mining projects">Read more</a>
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July 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Samuel Cornell, PhD Candidate in Public Health & Community Medicine, School of Population Health, UNSW Sydney Angel DiBiblio/Shutterstock In recent weeks, the US State Department implemented a policy requiring all university, technical training, or exchange program visa applicants to disclose their social media handles used over the ... <a title="New US directive for visa applicants turns social media feeds into political documents" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/07/new-us-directive-for-visa-applicants-turns-social-media-feeds-into-political-documents-260201/" aria-label="Read more about New US directive for visa applicants turns social media feeds into political documents">Read more</a>
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July 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andy Nguyen, Senior Lecturer in Structural Engineering, University of Southern Queensland The Story Bridge, with its sweeping steel trusses and art deco towers, is a striking sight above the Brisbane River in Queensland. In 2025, it was named the state’s best landmark. But more than an icon, ... <a title="Ageing bridges around the world are at risk of collapse. But there’s a simple way to safeguard them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/07/ageing-bridges-around-the-world-are-at-risk-of-collapse-but-theres-a-simple-way-to-safeguard-them-260005/" aria-label="Read more about Ageing bridges around the world are at risk of collapse. But there’s a simple way to safeguard them">Read more</a>
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July 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lynette Riley, Co-chair of the National NAIDOC Committee and Professor in the Sydney School of Education and Social Work; and Chair, Aboriginal Education and Indigenous Studies.original Education & Indigenous Studies., University of Sydney Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article contains names and/or images ... <a title="Much to celebrate as NAIDOC Week turns 50, but also much to learn" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/07/much-to-celebrate-as-naidoc-week-turns-50-but-also-much-to-learn-259900/" aria-label="Read more about Much to celebrate as NAIDOC Week turns 50, but also much to learn">Read more</a>
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July 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Karinna Saxby, Research Fellow, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne xinlan/Shutterstock Medicare spending on mental health services varies considerably depending on where in Australia you live, our new study shows. We found areas with lower Medicare spending on out-of-hospital mental health ... <a title="Just $7 extra per person could prevent 300 suicides a year. Here’s exactly where to spend it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/07/just-7-extra-per-person-could-prevent-300-suicides-a-year-heres-exactly-where-to-spend-it-259890/" aria-label="Read more about Just $7 extra per person could prevent 300 suicides a year. Here’s exactly where to spend it">Read more</a>
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July 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tama Te Puea Braithwaite-Westoby, Tautoro Māori Engagement Advisor, Malaghan Institute of Medical Research Getty Images In biomedical science, the immune system is described as a cellular defence network that identifies and neutralises threats. In te ao Māori (the Māori worldview), it can be seen as a dynamic ... <a title="A Māori worldview describes the immune system as a guardian – this could improve public health in Aotearoa NZ" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/07/a-maori-worldview-describes-the-immune-system-as-a-guardian-this-could-improve-public-health-in-aotearoa-nz-259025/" aria-label="Read more about A Māori worldview describes the immune system as a guardian – this could improve public health in Aotearoa NZ">Read more</a>
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July 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Justin Alger, Associate Professor / Senior Lecturer in Global Environmental Politics, The University of Melbourne Potato-sized polymetallic nodules from the deep sea could be mined for valuable metals and minerals. Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images Deep-sea mining promises critical minerals for the energy ... <a title="We don’t need deep-sea mining, or its environmental harms. Here’s why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/07/we-dont-need-deep-sea-mining-or-its-environmental-harms-heres-why-260401/" aria-label="Read more about We don’t need deep-sea mining, or its environmental harms. Here’s why">Read more</a>
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July 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ciprian N. Radavoi, Associate Professor in Law, University of Southern Queensland Pixels Effect/ Getty Images Grade inflation happens when teachers knowingly give a student a mark higher than deserved. It can also happen indirectly, when the level of difficulty of a course is deliberately lowered so students ... <a title="‘The customer is always right’: why some uni teachers give higher grades than students deserve" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/07/the-customer-is-always-right-why-some-uni-teachers-give-higher-grades-than-students-deserve-258923/" aria-label="Read more about ‘The customer is always right’: why some uni teachers give higher grades than students deserve">Read more</a>
