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June 3, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Buchanan, Professor, Discipline of Business Information Systems, University of Sydney Business School, University of Sydney Carlos Castilla/Shutterstock A week ago, the Australian Financial Review released this year’s “Rich List”. It reported the number of billionaires in Australia increased from 150 to 166 between 2024 and 2025. ... <a title="Australia’s lowest paid workers just got a 3.5% wage increase. Their next boost could be even better" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/03/australias-lowest-paid-workers-just-got-a-3-5-wage-increase-their-next-boost-could-be-even-better-258072/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s lowest paid workers just got a 3.5% wage increase. Their next boost could be even better">Read more</a>
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June 3, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Teresa Ubide, ARC Future Fellow and Associate Professor in Igneous Petrology/Volcanology, The University of Queensland Fabrizio Villa / Getty Images On Monday morning local time, a huge cloud of ash, hot gas and rock fragments began spewing from Italy’s Mount Etna. An enormous plume was seen stretching ... <a title="What’s a ‘Strombolian eruption?’ A volcanologist explains what happened at Mount Etna" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/03/whats-a-strombolian-eruption-a-volcanologist-explains-what-happened-at-mount-etna-258060/" aria-label="Read more about What’s a ‘Strombolian eruption?’ A volcanologist explains what happened at Mount Etna">Read more</a>
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June 3, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tony Wood, Program Director, Energy, Grattan Institute Johan Larson/Shutterstock On the surface, Queensland’s new government is doing exactly what it pledged before winning office in October – repealing the state’s ambitious renewable energy targets and cancelling a huge pumped hydro project near Mackay. But since the start ... <a title="The Queensland government is cancelling renewable energy projects. Can the state still reach net zero?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/03/the-queensland-government-is-cancelling-renewable-energy-projects-can-the-state-still-reach-net-zero-257958/" aria-label="Read more about The Queensland government is cancelling renewable energy projects. Can the state still reach net zero?">Read more</a>
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June 3, 2025
By Scholar Kassas in Port Moresby A Papua New Guinea minister has raised concerns about “serious issues” at the PNG-Indonesia border due to a lack of proper security checkpoints. Culture and Tourism Minister Belden Namah, who is also the member for the border electorate Vanimo-Green, voiced these concerns while supporting a new Biosecurity for Plants ... <a title="PNG’s Namah calls for tighter bio controls, patrols on Indonesian border" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/03/pngs-namah-calls-for-tighter-bio-controls-patrols-on-indonesian-border/" aria-label="Read more about PNG’s Namah calls for tighter bio controls, patrols on Indonesian border">Read more</a>
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June 3, 2025
RNZ Pacific Samoa’s Parliament has been formally dissolved, and an early election is set to take place within three months. After months of political instability and two motions of no confidence, Prime Minister Fiāme Naomi Mata’afa said she would call for the dissolution of Parliament if cabinet did not support her government’s budget. MPs from ... <a title="Samoa parliament formally dissolved after months of uncertainty" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/03/samoa-parliament-formally-dissolved-after-months-of-uncertainty/" aria-label="Read more about Samoa parliament formally dissolved after months of uncertainty">Read more</a>
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June 3, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anastasia Powell, Professor of Family and Sexual Violence, RMIT University One in three men (32%) aged 18 to 57 years report using emotional abuse towards a partner. One in ten (9%) say they have used physical violence. These are some of the statistics from the latest report ... <a title="1 in 3 men report using intimate partner violence. Here’s how we can better protect women – and help men" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/03/1-in-3-men-report-using-intimate-partner-violence-heres-how-we-can-better-protect-women-and-help-men-258058/" aria-label="Read more about 1 in 3 men report using intimate partner violence. Here’s how we can better protect women – and help men">Read more</a>
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June 3, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kay Cook, Professor and Associate Dean Research, School of Social Sciences, Media, Film and Education, Swinburne University of Technology Tar Pichet/Shutterstock The Commonwealth ombudsman has released his long-awaited report into the “weaponisation” of the child support program. He has identified widespread financial abuse throughout the system. This ... <a title="‘Unfair and unreasonable’ – report finds $1.9 billion in unpaid child support in system rife with financial abuse" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/03/unfair-and-unreasonable-report-finds-1-9-billion-in-unpaid-child-support-in-system-rife-with-financial-abuse-258063/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Unfair and unreasonable’ – report finds $1.9 billion in unpaid child support in system rife with financial abuse">Read more</a>
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June 3, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kelly Sansom, Research Associate, College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University; Research Associate, Centre for Healthy Ageing, Murdoch University Maria Korneeva/Getty Images Have you ever noticed how some people bounce out of bed after just a few hours of sleep, while others can barely function without ... <a title="Why do some people need less sleep than others? A gene variation could have something to do with it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/03/why-do-some-people-need-less-sleep-than-others-a-gene-variation-could-have-something-to-do-with-it-256342/" aria-label="Read more about Why do some people need less sleep than others? A gene variation could have something to do with it">Read more</a>
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June 3, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Habib Moghimi, Academic, University of Sydney Iranian director Jafar Panahi has spent his career turning barriers into creative inspiration. Working under travel bans, house arrests and periodic detention, he had made powerful films that show everyday life in Iran through quiet moments, daily struggles, and small talk ... <a title="Censorship into art: why Iranian director Jafar Panahi’s subversive stories are getting the world’s attention" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/03/censorship-into-art-why-iranian-director-jafar-panahis-subversive-stories-are-getting-the-worlds-attention-255221/" aria-label="Read more about Censorship into art: why Iranian director Jafar Panahi’s subversive stories are getting the world’s attention">Read more</a>
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June 3, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amanda Meyer, Senior Lecturer, Anatomy and Pathology in the College of Medicine and Dentistry, James Cook University His gaze softens as he draws closer to you. With one hand around your waist and the other cradling your jaw, he pulls you in. You look into his eyes, ... <a title="Why do our pupils dilate when we’re aroused? Anatomy experts explain" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/03/why-do-our-pupils-dilate-when-were-aroused-anatomy-experts-explain-257452/" aria-label="Read more about Why do our pupils dilate when we’re aroused? Anatomy experts explain">Read more</a>
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June 3, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jim Arrowsmith, Professor, School of Management, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images Cuts to the public service, the decision to halt all pay equity claims, and the tight 2025 budget mean public service workers are facing an uncertain future. Nowhere is this more ... <a title="As government cuts bite, public service unions can use ‘soft power’ as well as strikes to win support" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/03/as-government-cuts-bite-public-service-unions-can-use-soft-power-as-well-as-strikes-to-win-support-257006/" aria-label="Read more about As government cuts bite, public service unions can use ‘soft power’ as well as strikes to win support">Read more</a>
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June 3, 2025
ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on June 3, 2025.
