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July 2, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Martyn Mills-Bayne, Senior Lecturer in Early Childhood Education, University of South Australia Getty Images Horrific allegations of child sexual abuse in childcare centres across Melbourne have put the role of men in early childhood education back in the spotlight. Coming after other major media reports of child ... <a title="Parents are feeling anxious about men in childcare centres. Stronger rules would make everyone feel safer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/02/parents-are-feeling-anxious-about-men-in-childcare-centres-stronger-rules-would-make-everyone-feel-safer-260282/" aria-label="Read more about Parents are feeling anxious about men in childcare centres. Stronger rules would make everyone feel safer">Read more</a>
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July 2, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Thomas Jeffries, Senior Lecturer in Microbiology, Western Sydney University Helen Camacaro/Getty Coles is recalling two of its homebrand peanut butter products, over concerns they have been contaminated with aflatoxin, a toxic chemical linked to liver cancer. The supermarket chain has issued the recall notice for Coles Smooth ... <a title="What is aflatoxin, the toxic chemical behind Coles’ peanut butter recall?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/02/what-is-aflatoxin-the-toxic-chemical-behind-coles-peanut-butter-recall-260194/" aria-label="Read more about What is aflatoxin, the toxic chemical behind Coles’ peanut butter recall?">Read more</a>
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July 2, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rosemary Sheehan, Professor of Social Work, Monash University Catherine Falls Commercial/ Getty Images Disturbing allegations have emerged about a Melbourne childcare worker, who has been charged with more than 70 offences, including sexual assault and producing child abuse material. Health authorities have urged about 1,200 children to ... <a title="What are working with children checks? Why aren’t they keeping kids safe at daycare?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/02/what-are-working-with-children-checks-why-arent-they-keeping-kids-safe-at-daycare-260209/" aria-label="Read more about What are working with children checks? Why aren’t they keeping kids safe at daycare?">Read more</a>
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July 2, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Simon Coghlan, Senior Lecturer in Digital Ethics, Deputy Director Centre for AI and Digital Ethics, School of Computing and Information Systems, The University of Melbourne PlayStation/StaminaZero/YouTube Some video game players recently criticised the cover art on a new video game for being generated with artificial intelligence (AI). ... <a title="Distrust in AI is on the rise – but along with healthy scepticism comes the risk of harm" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/02/distrust-in-ai-is-on-the-rise-but-along-with-healthy-scepticism-comes-the-risk-of-harm-260189/" aria-label="Read more about Distrust in AI is on the rise – but along with healthy scepticism comes the risk of harm">Read more</a>
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July 2, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Steve Turton, Adjunct Professor of Environmental Geography, CQUniversity Australia Millions of people in New South Wales hunkered down last night as an intense “bomb cyclone” swept in. Falling trees took out power lines, leaving about 40,000 people without power, while some areas copped 200mm of rain in ... <a title="What’s next for NSW’s intense storm? Heavy rains, fallen trees – and a chance of a storm ‘slingshot’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/02/whats-next-for-nsws-intense-storm-heavy-rains-fallen-trees-and-a-chance-of-a-storm-slingshot-260283/" aria-label="Read more about What’s next for NSW’s intense storm? Heavy rains, fallen trees – and a chance of a storm ‘slingshot’">Read more</a>
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July 2, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Belinda Wheaton, Professor, School of Psychological and Social Sciences, University of Waikato Thom Leach/Getty Images New Zealanders with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) will now have easier access to diagnosis and medication after the government changed prescribing rules. But there is still so much we don’t know about ... <a title="More than meds: why easier access to ADHD treatment has to be part of a whole-system approach" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/02/more-than-meds-why-easier-access-to-adhd-treatment-has-to-be-part-of-a-whole-system-approach-259981/" aria-label="Read more about More than meds: why easier access to ADHD treatment has to be part of a whole-system approach">Read more</a>
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July 2, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Danielle Arlanda Harris, Associate Professor in Criminology and Criminal Justice, Griffith University Parents have been left reeling by news a male Melbourne childcare worker has been charged with 70 counts related to the alleged sexual abuse of young children in his care. The charges include sexual penetration ... <a title="Parents of kids in daycare are terrified following Melbourne abuse allegations. What can they do?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/02/parents-of-kids-in-daycare-are-terrified-following-melbourne-abuse-allegations-what-can-they-do-260285/" aria-label="Read more about Parents of kids in daycare are terrified following Melbourne abuse allegations. What can they do?">Read more</a>
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July 2, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Dyer, Associate Professor, Department of Physiology, Monash University The one tonne gold kangaroo coin at the Perth Mint. Shutterstock On the Australian one dollar coin, you will often find the famous representation of a mob of five kangaroos. But when did the kangaroo first appear on ... <a title="We all have kangaroos hopping around our coin purse – and they’ve been on money since 1795" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/02/we-all-have-kangaroos-hopping-around-our-coin-purse-and-theyve-been-on-money-since-1795-258814/" aria-label="Read more about We all have kangaroos hopping around our coin purse – and they’ve been on money since 1795">Read more</a>
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July 2, 2025
Asia Pacific Report In the new weekly political podcast, The Bradbury Group, last night presenter Martyn Bradbury talked with visiting Palestinian journalist Dr Yousef Aljamal. They assess the current situation in Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza and what New Zealand should be doing. As Bradbury, publisher of The Daily Blog, notes, “Fourth Estate public broadcasting ... <a title="The Bradbury Group features Palestinian journalist Dr Yousef Aljamal, Middle East report and political panel" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/02/the-bradbury-group-features-palestinian-journalist-dr-yousef-aljamal-middle-east-report-and-political-panel/" aria-label="Read more about The Bradbury Group features Palestinian journalist Dr Yousef Aljamal, Middle East report and political panel">Read more</a>
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July 2, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kerrie Sadiq, Professor of Taxation, QUT Business School, and ARC Future Fellow, Queensland University of Technology The Conversation, CC BY The beginning of the financial year means for the first time in Australia the public will see previously unreleased tax reports produced by multinational taxpayers. These documents, ... <a title="New laws to make it harder for large Australian and foreign companies to avoid paying tax" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/02/new-laws-to-make-it-harder-for-large-australian-and-foreign-companies-to-avoid-paying-tax-260004/" aria-label="Read more about New laws to make it harder for large Australian and foreign companies to avoid paying tax">Read more</a>
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July 2, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tom Lee, Senior Lecturer, School of Design, University of Technology Sydney David Gray / AFP / Getty Images Australian farms are at the forefront of a wave of technological change coming to agriculture. Over the past decade, more than US$200 billion (A$305 billion) has been invested globally ... <a title="‘Shit in, shit out’: AI is coming for agriculture, but farmers aren’t convinced" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/02/shit-in-shit-out-ai-is-coming-for-agriculture-but-farmers-arent-convinced-259997/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Shit in, shit out’: AI is coming for agriculture, but farmers aren’t convinced">Read more</a>
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July 2, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By A J Brown, Professor of Public Policy & Law, Centre for Governance & Public Policy, Griffith University The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) opened its doors two years ago this week amid much fanfare and high expectations. Since then the body has attracted considerable criticism, overshadowing a solid, ... <a title="The National Anti-Corruption Commission turns 2 – has it restored integrity to federal government?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/02/the-national-anti-corruption-commission-turns-2-has-it-restored-integrity-to-federal-government-257889/" aria-label="Read more about The National Anti-Corruption Commission turns 2 – has it restored integrity to federal government?">Read more</a>
