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July 31, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra As any leader of a political party knows, when you demote people they can become difficult, or worse. Among Opposition Leader Sussan Ley’s multiple problems are two very unhappy former frontbenchers. Sarah Henderson, who was opposition education spokeswoman last term, ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Aggrieved Liberals stamp their feet, testing Sussan Ley’s authority" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/31/grattan-on-friday-aggrieved-liberals-stamp-their-feet-testing-sussan-leys-authority-262026/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Aggrieved Liberals stamp their feet, testing Sussan Ley’s authority">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Espionage cost Australia $12.5 billion in 2023-24, according to a study by ASIO and the Australian Institute of Criminology. The figure includes the direct costs of known espionage incidents, including state-sponsored theft of intellectual property, as well as the indirect ... <a title="Espionage cost Australia $12.5 billion in 2023-24, ASIO boss Mike Burgess says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/31/espionage-cost-australia-12-5-billion-in-2023-24-asio-boss-mike-burgess-says-262349/" aria-label="Read more about Espionage cost Australia $12.5 billion in 2023-24, ASIO boss Mike Burgess says">Read more</a>
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July 31, 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 Labor is well-placed to win three seats in the electorate of Bass at the Tasmanian election, although its party totals imply it deserves only two. This would ... <a title="Labor well-placed to win three Bass seats in Tasmanian election, giving left a total of 20 of 35 MPs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/31/labor-well-placed-to-win-three-bass-seats-in-tasmanian-election-giving-left-a-total-of-20-of-35-mps-261751/" aria-label="Read more about Labor well-placed to win three Bass seats in Tasmanian election, giving left a total of 20 of 35 MPs">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amin Saikal, Emeritus Professor of Middle Eastern and Central Asian Studies, Australian National University; and Vice Chancellor’s Strategic Fellow, Australian National University When it comes to dealing with two of the biggest current crises in the Muslim world – the devastation of Gaza and the Taliban’s draconian ... <a title="The Muslim world has been strong on rhetoric, short on action over Gaza and Afghanistan" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/31/the-muslim-world-has-been-strong-on-rhetoric-short-on-action-over-gaza-and-afghanistan-262121/" aria-label="Read more about The Muslim world has been strong on rhetoric, short on action over Gaza and Afghanistan">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dileep Sharma, Professor and Head of Discipline – Oral Health, University of Newcastle Jonathan Borba/Pexels A survey from the Australian Dental Association out this week shows about three in four children never floss their teeth, or have adults do it for them. Many of the survey respondents ... <a title="Kids need to floss too, even their baby teeth. But how do you actually get them to do it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/31/kids-need-to-floss-too-even-their-baby-teeth-but-how-do-you-actually-get-them-to-do-it-262209/" aria-label="Read more about Kids need to floss too, even their baby teeth. But how do you actually get them to do it?">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Huw Griffiths, Associate Professor of English Literature, University of Sydney Brett Boardman/Belvoir The idea of the titular Crow in Ted Hughes’ poems is wild, untameable and irreducible to words. In an early poem in the sequence, words come at Crow from all angles but he just ignores ... <a title="Grief is the Thing with Feathers comes to the stage with a glorious intensity of purpose" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/31/grief-is-the-thing-with-feathers-comes-to-the-stage-with-a-glorious-intensity-of-purpose-260414/" aria-label="Read more about Grief is the Thing with Feathers comes to the stage with a glorious intensity of purpose">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra With parliament now finished its first fortnight’s session, attention will soon be on the government’s August 19-21 economic reform roundtable, bringing together business, unions, experts and community representatives to pursue consensus on ways to lift Australia’s flagging productivity. Independent member ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: independent MP Allegra Spender on making tax fairer for younger Australians" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/31/politics-with-michelle-grattan-independent-mp-allegra-spender-on-making-tax-fairer-for-younger-australians-262225/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: independent MP Allegra Spender on making tax fairer for younger Australians">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2025
ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on July 31, 2025.
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July 31, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Magnus Söderberg, Professor and Director, Centre for Applied Energy Economics and Policy Research, Griffith University Saeed Khan/Getty Building a solar farm in Australia is getting about 8% cheaper each year as panel prices fall and technology improves, according to an official new report. Battery storage costs are ... <a title="5 reasons why wind farms are costing more in Australia – and what to do about it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/31/5-reasons-why-wind-farms-are-costing-more-in-australia-and-what-to-do-about-it-262126/" aria-label="Read more about 5 reasons why wind farms are costing more in Australia – and what to do about it">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kasey Symons, Lecturer of Communication, Sports Media, Deakin University Sports fans might love their teams, cheer or curse each game’s result and admire their favourite athletes, but we rarely associate sports with romance. However, that may be slowly changing thanks to the recent spike in the popularity ... <a title="Sporty spice: how romance fiction is adding a new dynamic to sports fandom" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/31/sporty-spice-how-romance-fiction-is-adding-a-new-dynamic-to-sports-fandom-261569/" aria-label="Read more about Sporty spice: how romance fiction is adding a new dynamic to sports fandom">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lori Leigh, Research Fellow in Public Health, University of Otago Getty Images New Zealand’s 2023 census was the first to collect data on gender identity and sexual orientation, showing one in 20 adults identify as LGBTQIA+. But just as reports from this more inclusive census are being ... <a title="Just as NZ began collecting meaningful data on rainbow communities, census changes threaten their visibility" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/31/just-as-nz-began-collecting-meaningful-data-on-rainbow-communities-census-changes-threaten-their-visibility-261753/" aria-label="Read more about Just as NZ began collecting meaningful data on rainbow communities, census changes threaten their visibility">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Uri Gal, Professor in Business Information Systems, University of Sydney Imaginima / Getty Images AI is on the agenda in Canberra. In August, the Productivity Commission will release an interim report on harnessing data and digital technology such as AI “to boost productivity growth, accelerate innovation and ... <a title="Big tech says AI could boost Australia’s economy by $115 billion a year. Does the evidence stack up?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/31/big-tech-says-ai-could-boost-australias-economy-by-115-billion-a-year-does-the-evidence-stack-up-260705/" aria-label="Read more about Big tech says AI could boost Australia’s economy by $115 billion a year. Does the evidence stack up?">Read more</a>
