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May 4, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Kenny, Professor, Australian Studies Institute, Australian National University The former federal director of the Liberal Party, Brian Loughnane, used to tell media companies that their practice of commissioning expensive opinion polls right through a parliamentary term was a waste of money. Election 2025 seemed to vindicate ... <a title="Dutton and the Coalition did not do the work, and misread the Australian mood" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/04/dutton-and-the-coalition-did-not-do-the-work-and-misread-the-australian-mood-255515/" aria-label="Read more about Dutton and the Coalition did not do the work, and misread the Australian mood">Read more</a>
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May 4, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris Wallace, Professor, School of Politics Economics & Society, Faculty of Business Government & Law, University of Canberra Superior campaigning by the Labor machine, a lift in the personal performance of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, and a woeful campaign by Opposition Leader Peter Dutton have seen Labor ... <a title="Labor wins with a superior campaign and weak opposition – now it’s time to make the second term really matter" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/04/labor-wins-with-a-superior-campaign-and-weak-opposition-now-its-time-to-make-the-second-term-really-matter-255516/" aria-label="Read more about Labor wins with a superior campaign and weak opposition – now it’s time to make the second term really matter">Read more</a>
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May 4, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Frank Bongiorno, Professor of History, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University The Coalition’s election campaign of 2025 has a strong claim to be considered among the worst since federation. I know of none more shambolic. Barely a day passed without some new misstep ... <a title="Albanese’s government might not thrill, but it has shown unity and competence – and that’s no mean feat" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/04/albaneses-government-might-not-thrill-but-it-has-shown-unity-and-competence-and-thats-no-mean-feat-254570/" aria-label="Read more about Albanese’s government might not thrill, but it has shown unity and competence – and that’s no mean feat">Read more</a>
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May 4, 2025
Asia Pacific Report About 1000 pro-Palestinian protesters marked World Press Freedom Day — May 3 — today by marching on the public broadcaster Television New Zealand in Auckland, accusing it of 18 months of “biased coverage” on the genocidal Israeli war against Gaza. They delivered a letter to the management board of TVNZ from Palestine ... <a title="Palestine protesters march on TVNZ, accuse broadcaster of bias on Gaza" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/04/palestine-protesters-march-on-tvnz-accuse-broadcaster-of-bias-on-gaza/" aria-label="Read more about Palestine protesters march on TVNZ, accuse broadcaster of bias on Gaza">Read more</a>
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May 3, 2025
ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on May 3, 2025.
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May 3, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christina N. Zdenek, Associate Researcher, The University of Queensland Scientists in the United States have created a new snake antivenom using the blood of a man who deliberately built up immunity to snakebites by injecting himself with many different kinds of venom more than 800 times over ... <a title="‘Super antibodies’ for snake toxins: how a dangerous DIY experiment helped scientists make a new antivenom" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/03/super-antibodies-for-snake-toxins-how-a-dangerous-diy-experiment-helped-scientists-make-a-new-antivenom-255611/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Super antibodies’ for snake toxins: how a dangerous DIY experiment helped scientists make a new antivenom">Read more</a>
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May 3, 2025
Asia Pacific Report A human rights agency has called for an investigation into the drone attacks on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla aid ship Conscience with Israel suspected of being responsible. The Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor said in a statement that the deliberate targeting of a civilian aid ship in international waters was a “flagrant violation” ... <a title="Human rights group calls for probe into attack on Freedom Flotilla ship" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/03/human-rights-group-calls-for-probe-into-attack-on-freedom-flotilla-ship/" aria-label="Read more about Human rights group calls for probe into attack on Freedom Flotilla ship">Read more</a>
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May 3, 2025
Pacific Media Watch After a year and a half of war, nearly 200 Palestinian journalists have been killed by the Israeli army — including at least 43 slain on the job. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has brought multiple complaints before the International Criminal Court (ICC) and continues to tirelessly support Gazan journalists, working to halt ... <a title="RSF condemns Israeli targeting of Gaza journalists – then slandering them in death" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/03/rsf-condemns-israeli-targeting-of-gaza-journalists-then-slandering-them-in-death/" aria-label="Read more about RSF condemns Israeli targeting of Gaza journalists – then slandering them in death">Read more</a>
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May 2, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne With those who haven’t already cast a pre-poll vote ready to hit the polling places tomorrow, a final batch of polls give Labor a firm lead. The ... <a title="Final polls give Labor a clear lead before the election" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/02/final-polls-give-labor-a-clear-lead-before-the-election-255724/" aria-label="Read more about Final polls give Labor a clear lead before the election">Read more</a>
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May 2, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra As we roll into the dying hours of the election campaign, the polls are suggesting a Labor win, although it is not yet clear if it will be in minority or majority. Chief Political Correspondent Michelle Grattan and Politics Editor ... <a title="Culture wars and costings: election special podcast with Michelle Grattan and Amanda Dunn" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/02/culture-wars-and-costings-election-special-podcast-with-michelle-grattan-and-amanda-dunn-255774/" aria-label="Read more about Culture wars and costings: election special podcast with Michelle Grattan and Amanda Dunn">Read more</a>
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May 2, 2025
Analysis by Keith Rankin. On Anzac Day we remembered World War One and World War Two, or at least the peripheral little bits of those imperial wars that New Zealand was involved in. There was and is little context given to how New Zealand got involved with such far-away wars which need never have become ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – The Great World War 1914-1945: Germany, Russia, Ukraine" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/02/keith-rankin-analysis-the-great-world-war-1914-1945-germany-russia-ukraine/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – The Great World War 1914-1945: Germany, Russia, Ukraine">Read more</a>
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May 2, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Caitlyn Forster, Associate Lecturer, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney Death cap mushrooms (_Amanita phalloides_) Jolanda Aalbers/Shutterstock The world has been gripped by the case of Australian woman Erin Patterson, who was charged with the murder of three people after allegedly serving them a ... <a title="What is iNaturalist? The citizen science app playing an unlikely role in Erin Patterson’s mushroom murder trial" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/02/what-is-inaturalist-the-citizen-science-app-playing-an-unlikely-role-in-erin-pattersons-mushroom-murder-trial-255714/" aria-label="Read more about What is iNaturalist? The citizen science app playing an unlikely role in Erin Patterson’s mushroom murder trial">Read more</a>
