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Month: June 2025

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Australia’s plan to protect its trade in war is flawed. We can’t do it with nuclear submarines

June 2, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Albert Palazzo, Adjunct Professor in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at UNSW Canberra, UNSW Sydney If war breaks out someday between the United States and China, one of the major concerns for Australia is the impact on its trade. Our trade routes are long and ... <a title="Australia’s plan to protect its trade in war is flawed. We can’t do it with nuclear submarines" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/02/australias-plan-to-protect-its-trade-in-war-is-flawed-we-cant-do-it-with-nuclear-submarines-256557/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s plan to protect its trade in war is flawed. We can’t do it with nuclear submarines">Read more</a>

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Three years after the Jenkins report, there is still work to be done on improving parliament culture

June 2, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Maria Maley, Senior Lecturer in Politics, School of Politics and International Relations, Australian National University Three and a half years ago, then-sex discrimination commissioner Kate Jenkins’ Set the Standard report was handed to federal parliament, commissioned after Brittany Higgins’ allegations of sexual assault in Parliament House, which ... <a title="Three years after the Jenkins report, there is still work to be done on improving parliament culture" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/02/three-years-after-the-jenkins-report-there-is-still-work-to-be-done-on-improving-parliament-culture-257810/" aria-label="Read more about Three years after the Jenkins report, there is still work to be done on improving parliament culture">Read more</a>

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Police aren’t properly trained for mental health crises – but they’re often the first responders. Here’s what works better

June 2, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Panos Karanikolas, Research officer, Melbourne Social Equity Institute, The University of Melbourne Rosie Marinelli/Shutterstock In an emergency, police are often the first called to the scene. But they are rarely equipped to deal with complex mental health crises. Following recent parliamentary inquiries and royal commissions there has ... <a title="Police aren’t properly trained for mental health crises – but they’re often the first responders. Here’s what works better" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/02/police-arent-properly-trained-for-mental-health-crises-but-theyre-often-the-first-responders-heres-what-works-better-257641/" aria-label="Read more about Police aren’t properly trained for mental health crises – but they’re often the first responders. Here’s what works better">Read more</a>

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These 5 roadblocks are standing in the way of energy-efficient homes

June 2, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jaime Comber, Senior Research Consultant in Energy Futures, University of Technology Sydney Westend61, GettyImages We all want homes that keep us warm in winter and cool in summer, without breaking the bank. However, Australian homes built before 2003 have a low average energy rating of 1.8 stars ... <a title="These 5 roadblocks are standing in the way of energy-efficient homes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/02/these-5-roadblocks-are-standing-in-the-way-of-energy-efficient-homes-256906/" aria-label="Read more about These 5 roadblocks are standing in the way of energy-efficient homes">Read more</a>

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With interest rates on the way down, could house prices boom? Here’s what research suggests

June 2, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Graham, Senior Lecturer in Economics, University of Sydney Jenny Evans/Stringer/Getty With the Reserve Bank of Australia easing monetary policy, interest rates are on the way down. Already this year, mortgage pre-approvals had begun to rise, suggesting many aspiring home buyers are excited by the prospect of ... <a title="With interest rates on the way down, could house prices boom? Here’s what research suggests" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/02/with-interest-rates-on-the-way-down-could-house-prices-boom-heres-what-research-suggests-257724/" aria-label="Read more about With interest rates on the way down, could house prices boom? Here’s what research suggests">Read more</a>

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Scandalous mormons, dystopian Buenos Aires and Nicolas Cage down under: what to watch in June

June 2, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Claudia Sandberg, Senior Lecturer, Technology in Culture and Society, The University of Melbourne As we head into a new month of streaming, here’s a fresh wave of TV ready to challenge, transport and entertain you. This month’s picks span genre and geography, from an eerie dystopian Buenos ... <a title="Scandalous mormons, dystopian Buenos Aires and Nicolas Cage down under: what to watch in June" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/02/scandalous-mormons-dystopian-buenos-aires-and-nicolas-cage-down-under-what-to-watch-in-june-257549/" aria-label="Read more about Scandalous mormons, dystopian Buenos Aires and Nicolas Cage down under: what to watch in June">Read more</a>

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How Israel manufactured a looting crisis to cover up its Gaza famine

June 2, 2025

By Muhammad Shehada Since the onset of its genocide, Israel has persistently pushed a narrative that the famine devastating Gaza is not of its own making, but the result of “Hamas looting aid”. This claim, repeated across mainstream media and parroted by officials, has been used to deflect responsibility for what many human rights experts ... <a title="How Israel manufactured a looting crisis to cover up its Gaza famine" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/02/how-israel-manufactured-a-looting-crisis-to-cover-up-its-gaza-famine/" aria-label="Read more about How Israel manufactured a looting crisis to cover up its Gaza famine">Read more</a>

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PNG faces deadline for fixing issues with money laundering and terrorist financing

June 2, 2025

ANALYSIS: By Scott Waide, RNZ Pacific PNG correspondent Papua New Guinea has five months remaining to fix its anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing (AML/CTF) systems or face the severe repercussions of being placed on the Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF) “grey list”. The FATF has imposed an October 2025 deadline, and the government is scrambling ... <a title="PNG faces deadline for fixing issues with money laundering and terrorist financing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/02/png-faces-deadline-for-fixing-issues-with-money-laundering-and-terrorist-financing/" aria-label="Read more about PNG faces deadline for fixing issues with money laundering and terrorist financing">Read more</a>

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Phil Goff: Israel doesn’t care how many innocent people, children it’s killing

June 1, 2025

COMMENTARY: By Phil Goff “What we are doing in Gaza now is a war of devastation: indiscriminate, limitless, cruel and criminal killing of civilians. It’s the result of government policy — knowingly, evilly, maliciously, irresponsibly dictated.” This statement was made not by a foreign or liberal critic of Israel but by the former Prime Minister ... <a title="Phil Goff: Israel doesn’t care how many innocent people, children it’s killing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/01/phil-goff-israel-doesnt-care-how-many-innocent-people-children-its-killing/" aria-label="Read more about Phil Goff: Israel doesn’t care how many innocent people, children it’s killing">Read more</a>