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May 8, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Edward Hurcombe, Senior Lecturer in Media and Communication, RMIT University This year’s federal election demonstrated that Australia’s media landscape has changed. Big players are no longer “kingmakers” in politics. Influencers on TikTok and Instagram have seemingly become journalists. Politicians are going on podcasts, and campaign advertising has ... <a title="In the age of the influencer, does the political backing of News Corp matter anymore?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/08/in-the-age-of-the-influencer-does-the-political-backing-of-news-corp-matter-anymore-255876/" aria-label="Read more about In the age of the influencer, does the political backing of News Corp matter anymore?">Read more</a>
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May 8, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Josh Holloway, Lecturer in Government in the College of Business, Government and Law, Flinders University The Greens’ federal election result has been widely condemned as a “disaster”. The party has been all but wiped out in the House of Representatives. It has lost three of its four ... <a title="Greens’ election hubris – how the minor party lost its way and now its leader" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/08/greens-election-hubris-how-the-minor-party-lost-its-way-and-now-its-leader-255954/" aria-label="Read more about Greens’ election hubris – how the minor party lost its way and now its leader">Read more</a>
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May 8, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Leoni Connah, Lecturer in International Relations, Flinders University Tensions between India and Pakistan escalated this week after India launched missile strikes on its long-time rival, killing more than 30 people. India was retaliating for a terror attack on tourists in Indian-controlled Kashmir on April 22, which killed ... <a title="‘Everyone lives in fear’: trapped between two warring nuclear giants, the people of Kashmir continue to suffer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/08/everyone-lives-in-fear-trapped-between-two-warring-nuclear-giants-the-people-of-kashmir-continue-to-suffer-256085/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Everyone lives in fear’: trapped between two warring nuclear giants, the people of Kashmir continue to suffer">Read more</a>
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May 8, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Samara Kim, PhD Candidate & Researcher, Southern Cross University Korean adoptees worldwide are grappling with a devastating possibility: they were not truly orphans, but may have been made into orphans. For decades, adoptees were told they were “abandoned”, “rescued” or “unwanted”. Many were told their Korean families ... <a title="‘These violations should never have occurred’: the troubled history of intercountry adoption" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/08/these-violations-should-never-have-occurred-the-troubled-history-of-intercountry-adoption-254200/" aria-label="Read more about ‘These violations should never have occurred’: the troubled history of intercountry adoption">Read more</a>
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May 8, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Digital Storytelling Team, The Conversation Are you keen to know how many women there are in the new House of Representatives? And how the parties fare on gender balance? What about how many young people will have a vote in the parliament, given they’re such a big ... <a title="Explore the new House of Representatives" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/08/explore-the-new-house-of-representatives-256214/" aria-label="Read more about Explore the new House of Representatives">Read more</a>
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May 8, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Clare Collins, Laureate Professor in Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Newcastle Shutterstock Have you had a blood test to check your cholesterol level? These check the different blood fat components: total cholesterol LDL (low-density lipoprotein), which is sometimes called “bad cholesterol” HDL (high-density lipoprotein), which is sometimes ... <a title="What is a blood cholesterol ratio? And what should yours be?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/08/what-is-a-blood-cholesterol-ratio-and-what-should-yours-be-253126/" aria-label="Read more about What is a blood cholesterol ratio? And what should yours be?">Read more</a>
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May 8, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexandra Allen-Franks, Senior Lecturer, Law School, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau sebra/Shutterstock A recent Supreme Court decision could have far reaching consequences on how police can use photographs as evidence. The central question in Mahia Tamiefuna v The King was whether a photo taken by a ... <a title="Inadmissible evidence: why a routine traffic stop and police photo went all the way to the Supreme Court" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/08/inadmissible-evidence-why-a-routine-traffic-stop-and-police-photo-went-all-the-way-to-the-supreme-court-256203/" aria-label="Read more about Inadmissible evidence: why a routine traffic stop and police photo went all the way to the Supreme Court">Read more</a>
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May 8, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hans Westerbeek, Professor of International Sport Business, Head of Sport Business Insights Group, Victoria University Women’s sport is more and more getting the attention it deserves. Stadiums are filling, television ratings for many sports are climbing and athletes such as the Matildas’ Mary Fowler, triple Olympic gold ... <a title="Women’s sports are fighting an uphill battle against our social media algorithms" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/08/womens-sports-are-fighting-an-uphill-battle-against-our-social-media-algorithms-255001/" aria-label="Read more about Women’s sports are fighting an uphill battle against our social media algorithms">Read more</a>
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May 8, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Melatos, Associate Professor of Economics, University of Sydney Poetra.RH/Shutterstock The re-election of the Albanese government has led to renewed concern about planned changes to the taxation of investment returns in superannuation funds. Labor’s emphatic victory on Saturday night, including what looks like an increased presence in ... <a title="New taxes on super didn’t get much attention in the election campaign. But they could be tricky to implement" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/08/new-taxes-on-super-didnt-get-much-attention-in-the-election-campaign-but-they-could-be-tricky-to-implement-255871/" aria-label="Read more about New taxes on super didn’t get much attention in the election campaign. But they could be tricky to implement">Read more</a>
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May 8, 2025
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific Desk After three solid days of talks in retreat mode, New Caledonia’s political parties have yet to reach an agreement on the French Pacific territory’s future status. The talks, held with French Minister for Overseas Manuel Valls and French Prime Minister’s special advisor Eric Thiers, have since ... <a title="New Caledonia’s political talks – no outcome after three days of ‘conclave’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/08/new-caledonias-political-talks-no-outcome-after-three-days-of-conclave/" aria-label="Read more about New Caledonia’s political talks – no outcome after three days of ‘conclave’">Read more</a>
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May 8, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vera Korasidis, Lecturer in Environmental Geoscience, The University of Melbourne Artwork © Bob Nicholls 2024 Roughly 140 million to 100 million years ago, the piece of land that is modern day Australia was located much further south on Earth. In fact, what is now Victoria was once ... <a title="Forest home of ‘polar dinosaurs’ 120 million years ago in southern Australia recreated in detail for the first time" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/08/forest-home-of-polar-dinosaurs-120-million-years-ago-in-southern-australia-recreated-in-detail-for-the-first-time-255494/" aria-label="Read more about Forest home of ‘polar dinosaurs’ 120 million years ago in southern Australia recreated in detail for the first time">Read more</a>
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May 8, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anna Chruścik, Lecturer in Biomedical Sciences, University of Southern Queensland PeopleImages.com – Yuri A/Shutterstock Cysts are small pockets of fluid that form inside the body. Ovarian cysts are common, affecting around one in ten women. But sometimes they can cause pain – especially when they burst. You ... <a title="Ovarian cysts can be painful when they burst. When do you need to see a doctor?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/08/ovarian-cysts-can-be-painful-when-they-burst-when-do-you-need-to-see-a-doctor-253224/" aria-label="Read more about Ovarian cysts can be painful when they burst. When do you need to see a doctor?">Read more</a>
