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July 3, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Elizabeth Westrupp, Associate Professor in Psychology, Deakin University Jose Luis Peleaz/Getty Hearing about child abuse in trusted places such as childcare centres is every parent’s worst nightmare. So, how can we talk to our kids about it and help them stay safe? While it’s not always possible ... <a title="How should I talk to my kids about abuse and body safety?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/03/how-should-i-talk-to-my-kids-about-abuse-and-body-safety-260309/" aria-label="Read more about How should I talk to my kids about abuse and body safety?">Read more</a>
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July 3, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Samuel Cairnduff, Lecturer in Media and Communications, The University of Melbourne The reinstatement of artist Khaled Sabsabi and curator Michael Dagostino as Australia’s representatives for the 2026 Venice Biennale closes a bruising recent cultural episode and exposes the fragility of the systems meant to protect artistic freedom ... <a title="Creative Australia’s backflip on Venice Biennale representatives exposes deep governance failures" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/03/creative-australias-backflip-on-venice-biennale-representatives-exposes-deep-governance-failures-260402/" aria-label="Read more about Creative Australia’s backflip on Venice Biennale representatives exposes deep governance failures">Read more</a>
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July 3, 2025
By Reinhard Minong in Port Moresby The Catholic Church has strongly warned against Papua New Guinea’s political rhetoric and push to declare the nation a Christian country, saying such a move threatens constitutional freedoms and risks dangerous implications for the country’s future. Speaking before the Permanent Parliamentary Committee on Communication on Tuesday at Rapopo during ... <a title="Catholic Church warns against PNG declaring itself a ‘Christian country’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/03/catholic-church-warns-against-png-declaring-itself-a-christian-country/" aria-label="Read more about Catholic Church warns against PNG declaring itself a ‘Christian country’">Read more</a>
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July 3, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Elizabeth Leane, Professor of Antarctic Studies, School of Humanities, University of Tasmania Oleksandr Matsibura/Shutterstock Ice loss in Antarctica and its impact on the planet – sea level rise, changes to ocean currents and disturbance of wildlife and food webs – has been in the news a lot ... <a title="Antarctic research is in decline, and the timing couldn’t be worse" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/03/antarctic-research-is-in-decline-and-the-timing-couldnt-be-worse-260197/" aria-label="Read more about Antarctic research is in decline, and the timing couldn’t be worse">Read more</a>
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July 3, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Giles Gunesekera, PhD Researcher, University of Technology Sydney Australia is experiencing a housing crisis. But for many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, the challenge runs deeper than high rents and limited supply. A major problem is that housing in Australia is rarely designed with Indigenous communities ... <a title="Homes are more than walls and a roof, especially for Indigenous people. It’s time housing policy reflects that" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/03/homes-are-more-than-walls-and-a-roof-especially-for-indigenous-people-its-time-housing-policy-reflects-that-259147/" aria-label="Read more about Homes are more than walls and a roof, especially for Indigenous people. It’s time housing policy reflects that">Read more</a>
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July 3, 2025
Pacific Media Watch In July 1985, Australia’s Pacific territory of Norfolk Island (pop. 2188) became the centre of a real life international spy thriller. Four French agents sailed there on board the Ouvéa, a yacht from Kanaky New Caledonia, after bombing the Rainbow Warrior in Auckland, killing Greenpeace photographer Fernando Pereira. The Rainbow Warrior was ... <a title="Fallout: Spies on Norfolk Island – SBS podcast" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/03/fallout-spies-on-norfolk-island-sbs-podcast/" aria-label="Read more about Fallout: Spies on Norfolk Island – SBS podcast">Read more</a>
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July 3, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Garritt C. Van Dyk, Senior Lecturer in History, University of Waikato Getty Images While he likes to provoke opponents with the possibility of serving a third term, Donald Trump faces a more immediate historical burden that has plagued so many presidents: the “second term curse”. Twenty-one US ... <a title="Trump is not like other presidents – but can he beat the ‘second term curse’ that haunts the White House?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/03/trump-is-not-like-other-presidents-but-can-he-beat-the-second-term-curse-that-haunts-the-white-house-260002/" aria-label="Read more about Trump is not like other presidents – but can he beat the ‘second term curse’ that haunts the White House?">Read more</a>
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July 3, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Darla Hatton MacDonald, Professor of Environmental Economics, University of Tasmania VCG via Getty Images The number of tourists heading to Antarctica has been skyrocketing. From fewer than 8,000 a year about three decades ago, nearly 125,000 tourists flocked to the icy continent in 2023–24. The trend is ... <a title="More and more tourists are flocking to Antarctica. Let’s stop it from being loved to death" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/03/more-and-more-tourists-are-flocking-to-antarctica-lets-stop-it-from-being-loved-to-death-258294/" aria-label="Read more about More and more tourists are flocking to Antarctica. Let’s stop it from being loved to death">Read more</a>
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July 3, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Melatos, Associate Professor of Economics, University of Sydney GettyImages skynesher/Getty Australia’s superannuation regulator has written to Australian superannuation funds raising concerns their spending might not be benefiting members. The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority is not just concerned with the type of expenses, but with the corporate ... <a title="Australia’s superannuation regulator is worried about your fund’s spending. Should you be?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/03/australias-superannuation-regulator-is-worried-about-your-funds-spending-should-you-be-259881/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s superannuation regulator is worried about your fund’s spending. Should you be?">Read more</a>
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July 3, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brittany Ferdinands, Lecturer in Digital Content Creation, Discipline of Media and Communications, University of Sydney The Conversation, CC BY Emojis, as well as memes and other forms of short-form content, have become central to how we express ourselves and connect online. Yet as meanings shift across different ... <a title="Thumbs up: good or passive aggressive? How emojis became the most confusing kind of online language" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/03/thumbs-up-good-or-passive-aggressive-how-emojis-became-the-most-confusing-kind-of-online-language-259151/" aria-label="Read more about Thumbs up: good or passive aggressive? How emojis became the most confusing kind of online language">Read more</a>
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July 3, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katy Bell, Professor of Clinical Epidemiology, Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney There is much to commend about Australia’s lung cancer screening program, which started on July 1. The program is based on gold-standard trial evidence showing this type of screening is likely to reduce ... <a title="Lung cancer screening hopes to save lives. But we also need to watch for possible harms" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/03/lung-cancer-screening-hopes-to-save-lives-but-we-also-need-to-watch-for-possible-harms-253625/" aria-label="Read more about Lung cancer screening hopes to save lives. But we also need to watch for possible harms">Read more</a>
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July 3, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rich Mallett, Research Associate and Independent Researcher, ODI Global Motorcycle-taxis are one of the fastest and most convenient ways to get around Uganda’s congested capital, Kampala. But they are also the most dangerous. Though they account for one-third of public transport trips taking place within the city, ... <a title="Uganda’s ride-hailing motorbike service promised safety – but drivers are under pressure to speed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/03/ugandas-ride-hailing-motorbike-service-promised-safety-but-drivers-are-under-pressure-to-speed-259310/" aria-label="Read more about Uganda’s ride-hailing motorbike service promised safety – but drivers are under pressure to speed">Read more</a>
