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August 15, 2025
Pacific Media Watch Union members of Australia’s Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA) have made a video honouring the 242 Palestinian journalists and media workers killed by the Israeli military since October 2023 — many of them targeted. The death toll has been reported by the Gaza Media Office since the latest killing of six ... <a title="‘Stop killing journalists’ in Gaza plea by media alliance advocates" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/15/stop-killing-journalists-in-gaza-plea-by-media-alliance-advocates/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Stop killing journalists’ in Gaza plea by media alliance advocates">Read more</a>
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August 15, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Melanie MacGregor, ARC Future Fellow and Matthew Flinders Fellow in Chemistry, Flinders University Progress towards a legally binding global treaty on plastics pollution stalled and went into reverse this week. The United Nations Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, ran overtime. It’s likely to conclude this ... <a title="The global plastics treaty process has fallen flat. Here’s what went wrong, and how you can help" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/15/the-global-plastics-treaty-process-has-fallen-flat-heres-what-went-wrong-and-how-you-can-help-263189/" aria-label="Read more about The global plastics treaty process has fallen flat. Here’s what went wrong, and how you can help">Read more</a>
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August 15, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Buchanan, Professor in Working Life, Discipline of Business Information Systems, University of Sydney Business School, University of Sydney In the 1850s, when Melbourne stonemasons won the eight-hour day, employers of the day prophesied economic ruin. These standardised hours then flowed into other industries. Far from ruin, ... <a title="Australia used to lead the world on shorter work hours – we could do it again" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/15/australia-used-to-lead-the-world-on-shorter-work-hours-we-could-do-it-again-263120/" aria-label="Read more about Australia used to lead the world on shorter work hours – we could do it again">Read more</a>
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August 15, 2025
ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on August 15, 2025.
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August 15, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicole Townsend, Lecturer in History, UNSW Sydney Eighty years ago this week, Japan surrendered after nearly four years of war in the Asia-Pacific. For Australia, this meant the end of not only the war in the Pacific, but also the second world war that had begun six ... <a title="New research shows WWII dominates Australians’ knowledge of military history. But big gaps remain" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/15/new-research-shows-wwii-dominates-australians-knowledge-of-military-history-but-big-gaps-remain-262711/" aria-label="Read more about New research shows WWII dominates Australians’ knowledge of military history. But big gaps remain">Read more</a>
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August 15, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Guzyal Hill, Research fellow, The University of Melbourne Australian workers are secretly using generative artificial intelligence (Gen AI) tools – without knowledge or approval from their boss, a new report shows. The “Our Gen AI Transition: Implications for Work and Skills” report from the federal government’s Jobs ... <a title="Many Australians secretly use AI at work, a new report shows. Clearer rules could reduce ‘shadow AI’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/15/many-australians-secretly-use-ai-at-work-a-new-report-shows-clearer-rules-could-reduce-shadow-ai-263043/" aria-label="Read more about Many Australians secretly use AI at work, a new report shows. Clearer rules could reduce ‘shadow AI’">Read more</a>
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August 15, 2025
By Grace Tinetali-Fiavaai, RNZ Pacific journalist Former Pacific candidates and new faces are putting their names forward for this year’s Auckland local government election in Aotearoa. The final confirmed list of candidates is out. In the Manukau ward, Councillor Lotu Fuli, one of three current Auckland councillors of Pacific descent, has also served on the ... <a title="‘We need to be involved’: Pasifika candidates running in Auckland local election" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/15/we-need-to-be-involved-pasifika-candidates-running-in-auckland-local-election/" aria-label="Read more about ‘We need to be involved’: Pasifika candidates running in Auckland local election">Read more</a>
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August 15, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alan Morris, Professor, Institute for Public Policy and Governance, University of Technology Sydney There was much cause for celebration when no-grounds evictions were abolished in New South Wales on May 19. Keeping a pre-election promise, the NSW government amended the state’s Residential Tenancies Act to end no-grounds ... <a title="NSW’s ‘renovictions’ loophole could undermine the progress made with no-grounds evictions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/15/nsws-renovictions-loophole-could-undermine-the-progress-made-with-no-grounds-evictions-262611/" aria-label="Read more about NSW’s ‘renovictions’ loophole could undermine the progress made with no-grounds evictions">Read more</a>
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August 15, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amanda Reilly, Senior Lecturer in Commercial Law, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Hispanolistic/Getty Images Ride share company Uber has faced legal challenges around the world over whether its drivers should be classified as employees or contractors. New Zealand is no exception, with the most ... <a title="Contractor or employee? How a proposed law change will favour Uber over its drivers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/15/contractor-or-employee-how-a-proposed-law-change-will-favour-uber-over-its-drivers-262118/" aria-label="Read more about Contractor or employee? How a proposed law change will favour Uber over its drivers">Read more</a>
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August 15, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yanan Hu, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Health Services Management, University of Technology Sydney Moyo Studio/Getty Have you received multiple, unexpected bills during your pregnancy, sometimes by text message just hours before a procedure? You’re not alone. Each year, about 70,000 Australian women give birth in the private system. ... <a title="Does your maternity cover leave you with surprise bills? Here’s one plan to fix it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/15/does-your-maternity-cover-leave-you-with-surprise-bills-heres-one-plan-to-fix-it-262714/" aria-label="Read more about Does your maternity cover leave you with surprise bills? Here’s one plan to fix it">Read more</a>
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August 15, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anoma Darshani Pieris, Professor of Architecture, The University of Melbourne After the Great War, Australians made pilgrimages to distant battlefields of Gallipoli and northern France. They paid their respects to the fallen soldiers who shaped our national identity. After the second world war, new places emerged such ... <a title="Cherry blossoms and eucalypts: this Japanese war cemetery remembers fallen Australians" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/15/cherry-blossoms-and-eucalypts-this-japanese-war-cemetery-remembers-fallen-australians-262344/" aria-label="Read more about Cherry blossoms and eucalypts: this Japanese war cemetery remembers fallen Australians">Read more</a>
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August 15, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jan Lanicek, Associate Professor in Modern European History and Jewish History, UNSW Sydney Anne Frank in December 1941. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Everyone knows her photo. For some it shows the cheeky smile of a young girl, “Miss Quack Quack”. For others, the image represents an ... <a title="Friday essay: who was Anne Frank?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/15/friday-essay-who-was-anne-frank-261748/" aria-label="Read more about Friday essay: who was Anne Frank?">Read more</a>
