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August 29, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vibhu Arya, PhD Student, UTS Business School, University of Technology Sydney Proxyclick Visitor Management System/Pexels, CC BY Every day, when Australians tap their card at a cafe checkout or hit pay on an online order, there’s often an unpredictable, frustrating extra cost: the card surcharge. Australians pay ... <a title="No more card charges: how Australians can switch to fast, fee-free payments right now" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/29/no-more-card-charges-how-australians-can-switch-to-fast-fee-free-payments-right-now-264023/" aria-label="Read more about No more card charges: how Australians can switch to fast, fee-free payments right now">Read more</a>
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August 28, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra If the intelligence community had its Logies, ASIO chief Mike Burgess would be chasing gold this week. The director-general of security, who is better known than some junior ministers, appeared beside Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Tuesday as they revealed ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Mike Burgess, the spycatcher who gives ASIO a very public face" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/28/grattan-on-friday-mike-burgess-the-spycatcher-who-gives-asio-a-very-public-face-263913/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Mike Burgess, the spycatcher who gives ASIO a very public face">Read more</a>
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August 28, 2025
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific Correspondent French Pacific desk French Minister for Overseas Manuel Valls has ended an extended seven-day visit to New Caledonia with mixed feelings. On one hand, he said he was confident his “Bougival deal” for New Caledonia’s future is now “more advanced” after three sittings of a “drafting committee” made up ... <a title="French Overseas Minister pushes ahead with Bougival deal despite FLNKS snub" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/28/french-overseas-minister-pushes-ahead-with-bougival-deal-despite-flnks-snub/" aria-label="Read more about French Overseas Minister pushes ahead with Bougival deal despite FLNKS snub">Read more</a>
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August 28, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Milad Haghani, Associate Professor and Principal Fellow in Urban Risk and Resilience, The University of Melbourne The recent Stonehaven school bus rollover in Victoria, in which 12-year-old Milla Killeen was killed and many others were injured, reminds us that bus crashes, though uncommon, can have devastating consequences. ... <a title="Bus seatbelts can save lives. How do we get more people to wear them?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/28/bus-seatbelts-can-save-lives-how-do-we-get-more-people-to-wear-them-264112/" aria-label="Read more about Bus seatbelts can save lives. How do we get more people to wear them?">Read more</a>
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August 28, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Terry Goldsworthy, Associate Professor in Criminal Justice and Criminology, Bond University A large-scale hunt is underway for Dezi Freeman, the so-called sovereign citizen who allegedly killed two Victorian Police officers while they were attempting to execute a search warrant. Freeman fled into the bushland surrounding the Porepunkah ... <a title="Treacherous terrain: the search for alleged police killer Dezi Freeman" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/28/treacherous-terrain-the-search-for-alleged-police-killer-dezi-freeman-264034/" aria-label="Read more about Treacherous terrain: the search for alleged police killer Dezi Freeman">Read more</a>
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August 28, 2025
Asia Pacific Report About 120 journalists, film makers, actors, media workers and academics have today called on Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and two senior cabinet ministers in an open letter to “act decisively” to protect Gaza journalists and a free press. “These are principles to which New Zealand has always laid claim and which are ... <a title="NZ media workers call for ‘decisive action’ by Luxon over Gaza journalists" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/28/nz-media-workers-call-for-decisive-action-by-luxon-over-gaza-journalists/" aria-label="Read more about NZ media workers call for ‘decisive action’ by Luxon over Gaza journalists">Read more</a>
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August 28, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Medicare, aged care and the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) are all key parts of Australians’ lives. But for the federal government, each of these areas – especially growing demand and rising costs – remains a challenge. In a bid ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Health Minister Mark Butler on everything from Thriving Kids to aged care funding" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/28/politics-with-michelle-grattan-health-minister-mark-butler-on-everything-from-thriving-kids-to-aged-care-funding-263436/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Health Minister Mark Butler on everything from Thriving Kids to aged care funding">Read more</a>
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August 28, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Medicare, aged care and the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) are all key parts of Australians’ lives. But for the federal government, each of these areas – especially growing demand and rising costs – remains a challenge. In a bid ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Health Minister Mark Butler on kids on the NDIS through to aged care funding" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/28/politics-with-michelle-grattan-health-minister-mark-butler-on-kids-on-the-ndis-through-to-aged-care-funding-263436/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Health Minister Mark Butler on kids on the NDIS through to aged care funding">Read more</a>
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August 28, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ryan Storr, Research fellow, Swinburne University of Technology It has been a challenging few weeks for both the AFL and LGBTQIA+ communities, with a sixth incident of homophobia in the men’s competition since the league’s crackdown on this damaging language. Read more: Australian sports media is compounding ... <a title="Mitch Brown’s bravery can change the score for LGBTIQA+ people – and the AFL’s fight against homophobia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/28/mitch-browns-bravery-can-change-the-score-for-lgbtiqa-people-and-the-afls-fight-against-homophobia-264033/" aria-label="Read more about Mitch Brown’s bravery can change the score for LGBTIQA+ people – and the AFL’s fight against homophobia">Read more</a>
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August 28, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicola Charwat, Senior Lecturer, Business Law and Taxation and Associate Dean of Learning and Teaching, Monash Business School, Monash University Until this week, thousands of Australian small businesses that exported to the United States relied on a simple system that had worked for decades. Parcels worth less ... <a title="Australia’s small business shipments are caught in the US-China trade war crossfire" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/28/australias-small-business-shipments-are-caught-in-the-us-china-trade-war-crossfire-263943/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s small business shipments are caught in the US-China trade war crossfire">Read more</a>
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August 28, 2025
ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on August 28, 2025.
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August 28, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Timothy HoYuan Chan, PhD Candidate, Sociology, Faculty of Education and Arts, Australian Catholic University Kateryna Kovarzh/Getty My travels with autism started long before my diagnosis at the age of three years and three months. My family noticed autistic features from around 15 months of age. I never ... <a title="I’m autistic and don’t speak. Here’s what I want you to know" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/28/im-autistic-and-dont-speak-heres-what-i-want-you-to-know-262198/" aria-label="Read more about I’m autistic and don’t speak. Here’s what I want you to know">Read more</a>
