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June 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mia Mclean, Senior lecturer, Auckland University of Technology Getty Images Infants born very preterm spend weeks or even months in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) while their immature brains are still developing. During this time, they receive up to 16 painful procedures every day. The most ... <a title="Premature babies are given sucrose for pain relief – but new research shows it doesn’t stop long-term impacts on development" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/06/premature-babies-are-given-sucrose-for-pain-relief-but-new-research-shows-it-doesnt-stop-long-term-impacts-on-development-256804/" aria-label="Read more about Premature babies are given sucrose for pain relief – but new research shows it doesn’t stop long-term impacts on development">Read more</a>
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June 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Niall Johnston, Conjoint Associate Lecturer, Faculty of Medicine, UNSW Sydney Pop Paul-Catalin/Shutterstock A spitting pot I consider as an essential part of the bed-room apparatus. That’s what French physician René Laennec wrote in 1821. Laennec, who invented the stethoscope, spent his days gazing at his patients’ phlegm. ... <a title="Spit or swallow? What’s the best way to deal with phlegm?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/06/spit-or-swallow-whats-the-best-way-to-deal-with-phlegm-256216/" aria-label="Read more about Spit or swallow? What’s the best way to deal with phlegm?">Read more</a>
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June 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Graeme Cooper, Professor of Taxation Law, University of Sydney Alexey_Arz/Shutterstock The Australian Labor Party just won an election victory for the ages. Now, it may be forced to walk back one of the key achievements of its first term. Here’s why: United States President Donald Trump is ... <a title="Australia is in the firing line of Trump’s looming ‘revenge tax’. It’s a fight we’re unlikely to win" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/06/australia-is-in-the-firing-line-of-trumps-looming-revenge-tax-its-a-fight-were-unlikely-to-win-257961/" aria-label="Read more about Australia is in the firing line of Trump’s looming ‘revenge tax’. It’s a fight we’re unlikely to win">Read more</a>
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June 6, 2025
By Christina Persico, RNZ Pacific bulletin editor Fiji’s Minister for Health and Medical Services has revealed the latest HIV numbers in the country to a development partner roundtable discussing the national response. The minister reported 490 new HIV cases between October and December last year, bringing the 2024 total to 1583. “Included in this number ... <a title="‘HIV shouldn’t be death sentence in Fiji’ – call for testing amid outbreak" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/06/hiv-shouldnt-be-death-sentence-in-fiji-call-for-testing-amid-outbreak/" aria-label="Read more about ‘HIV shouldn’t be death sentence in Fiji’ – call for testing amid outbreak">Read more</a>
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June 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Geoff Rose, Professor in Transport Engineering, Monash Institute of Transport Studies, Monash University nazar_ab/Getty Last weekend a pedestrian in Perth tragically died after being struck by an e-scooter. This followed the death of another person in Victoria last month who was hit and killed by a modified ... <a title="E-bikes and e-scooters are popular – but dangerous. A transport expert explains how to make them safer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/06/e-bikes-and-e-scooters-are-popular-but-dangerous-a-transport-expert-explains-how-to-make-them-safer-257126/" aria-label="Read more about E-bikes and e-scooters are popular – but dangerous. A transport expert explains how to make them safer">Read more</a>
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June 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sasha Grishin, Adjunct Professor of Art History, Australian National University Installation view of French Impressionism from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston on display from June 6 to October 5, at NGV International, Melbourne. Photo: Sean Fennessy Impressionism is the world’s favourite art movement. Impressionist paintings create ... <a title="‘There are too many unpleasant things in life without creating more’: why Impressionism is the world’s favourite art movement" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/06/there-are-too-many-unpleasant-things-in-life-without-creating-more-why-impressionism-is-the-worlds-favourite-art-movement-253031/" aria-label="Read more about ‘There are too many unpleasant things in life without creating more’: why Impressionism is the world’s favourite art movement">Read more</a>
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June 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stuart Murray, Associate Professor, International Relations and Diplomacy, Bond University Sean Garnsworthy/ALLSPORT Since coming to power in 2022, the Albanese government has focused strongly on the Indo-Pacific. The prime minister’s recent trip to Indonesia was the latest high-level bilateral summit as Australia seeks to recalibrate relationships, enhance ... <a title="‘Deadly’ sports diplomacy: why Australia’s Indigenous people must be a part of our sports strategy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/06/deadly-sports-diplomacy-why-australias-indigenous-people-must-be-a-part-of-our-sports-strategy-257542/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Deadly’ sports diplomacy: why Australia’s Indigenous people must be a part of our sports strategy">Read more</a>
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June 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Timothy Welch, Senior Lecturer in Urban Planning, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau RyanJLane/Getty Images As part of its resource management reforms, the government will soon allow “super-sized granny flats” to be built without consent – potentially adding 13,000 dwellings over the next decade to provide “families ... <a title="Making it easier to build a granny flat makes sense – but it’s no solution to a housing crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/06/making-it-easier-to-build-a-granny-flat-makes-sense-but-its-no-solution-to-a-housing-crisis-258185/" aria-label="Read more about Making it easier to build a granny flat makes sense – but it’s no solution to a housing crisis">Read more</a>
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June 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Musgrave, Senior lecturer in Pharmacology, University of Adelaide Peeradontax/Shutterstock Mould in houses is unsightly and may cause unpleasant odours. More important though, mould has been linked to a range of health effects – especially triggering asthma. However, is mould exposure linked to a serious lung disease ... <a title="Is black mould really as bad for us as we think? A toxicologist explains" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/06/is-black-mould-really-as-bad-for-us-as-we-think-a-toxicologist-explains-258173/" aria-label="Read more about Is black mould really as bad for us as we think? A toxicologist explains">Read more</a>
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June 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joseph Ibrahim, Professor, Aged Care Medical Research Australian Centre for Evidence Based Aged Care, La Trobe University Wbmul/Shutterstock The Coroners Court of Victoria is undertaking an inquest into the deaths of eight aged care residents across six facilities, over a nine-month period in 2021. Each death occurred ... <a title="Resident-to-resident aggression is common in nursing homes. Here’s how we can improve residents’ safety" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/06/resident-to-resident-aggression-is-common-in-nursing-homes-heres-how-we-can-improve-residents-safety-257818/" aria-label="Read more about Resident-to-resident aggression is common in nursing homes. Here’s how we can improve residents’ safety">Read more</a>
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June 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ana M. M. Sequeira, Associate Professor, Research School of Biology, Australian National University Alexandra Vautin, Shutterstock Big animals of the ocean go about their days mostly hidden from view. Scientists know this marine megafauna – such as whales, sharks, seal, turtles and birds – travel vast distances ... <a title="We tracked 13,000 giants of the ocean over 30 years, to uncover their hidden highways" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/06/we-tracked-13-000-giants-of-the-ocean-over-30-years-to-uncover-their-hidden-highways-254610/" aria-label="Read more about We tracked 13,000 giants of the ocean over 30 years, to uncover their hidden highways">Read more</a>
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June 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Steven Roberts, Professor of Education and Social Justice, Monash University Taiki Ishikawa/ Unsplash, CC BY Every school around Australia is almost certain to have students who are victim-survivors of family and domestic violence. The 2023 Australian Child Maltreatment Study found neglect and physical, sexual and emotional abuse ... <a title="‘No one knew what was happening’: new research shows how domestic violence harms young people’s schooling" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/06/no-one-knew-what-was-happening-new-research-shows-how-domestic-violence-harms-young-peoples-schooling-256890/" aria-label="Read more about ‘No one knew what was happening’: new research shows how domestic violence harms young people’s schooling">Read more</a>
