ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on September 4, 2025.
Why the Eureka flag and other ‘alternative national flags’ were claimed by anti-immigration protesters
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Clayton Chin, Associate Professor in Political Theory, The University of Melbourne The recent violence and tension around the nationwide “March for Australia” anti-immigration rallies has pushed questions around migration, diversity and Australian national identity to the centre of public debate. The march seems to have been attended
Antony Loewenstein: Israel’s murderous killing spree against Palestinian journalists
By Antony Loewenstein in Sydney The grim facts should speak for themselves. Since 7 October 2023, Israel has deliberately killed an unprecedented number of Palestinian journalists in Gaza. Those brave individuals are smeared as Hamas operatives and terrorists by Israel and its supporters. But the real story behind this, beyond just Western racism and dehumanisation
The science behind a freediver’s 29-minute breath hold world record
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Theresa Larkin, Associate Professor of Medical Sciences, University of Wollongong Croatian freediver Vitomir Maričić. Facebook.com @molchanovs, Instagram.com @maverick2go, Facebook.com @Vitomir Maričić, CC BY Most of us can hold our breath for between 30 and 90 seconds. A few minutes without oxygen can be fatal, so we have
Prisoner transfer sparks new human rights concerns in West Papua
By Susana Suisuiki, RNZ Pacific Waves presenter/producer A West Papuan activist says the transfer of four political prisoners by Indonesian authorities is a breach of human rights. In April, the men were arrested on charges of treason after requesting peace talks in the city of Sorong in southwest Papua. They were then transferred to Makassar
New report reveals glaring gaps between Australia’s future needs and science capabilities
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chennupati Jagadish, President of the Australian Academy of Science and Emeritus Professor of Physics and Electronic Materials Engineering, Australian National University Since 1945, three-quarters of all global economic growth has been driven by technological advances. Since 1990, 90% of that advance has been rooted in fundamental science,
Why major policy reform in Australia has stalled for decades – and how to change it
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Aruna Sathanapally, Chief Executive, Grattan Institute When last month’s economic reform roundtable was announced, there was both hope and cynicism about the potential for progressing policy reforms in Australia that have been long understood to be necessary – tax reform being a leading example – but have
New online gambling laws could deal a bad hand to NZ’s grassroots sports clubs
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Blake Bennett, Senior Lecturer in Sport Coaching and Pedagogy, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Getty Images Every weekend, thousands of New Zealand children pull on team jerseys, play on well-kept fields, and benefit from the quiet dedication of volunteers. Few stop to think about where the
Scrolling on the toilet increases your risk of haemorrhoids, new study shows
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vincent Ho, Associate Professor and Clinical Academic Gastroenterologist, Western Sydney University Arisara_Tongdonnoi/Getty Many of us are guilty of scrolling our smartphones on the toilet. But a new study from the United States, published today, has found this habit may increase your risk of developing haemorrhoids by up
Sydney once produced its own food – but urban development has devoured the city’s food bowl
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joshua Zeunert, Scientia Associate Professor in Environmental Design, UNSW Sydney A 1970s photo of farmland in Glenorie, around 45 km from the Sydney CBD. Spatial Services NSW, CC BY-NC-ND For much of Sydney’s history, the city supported its population with crops, orchards, dairies, abattoirs, oyster beds, wineries
Autistic students say they want schools to focus on their strengths – not their diagnosis
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jia White, Lecturer in Education, Curtin University DGLimages/ Getty Images An increasing number of young Australians are autistic. About 4.4% of children aged to 10 to 14 years and 3.4% of older teens have an autism diagnosis. While research shows including autistic students in mainstream education benefits
Is the Australian sharemarket headed for a correction? Here’s one way to judge
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Crosby, Professor of Economics, Monash University William West/AFP via Getty Images The Australian sharemarket has had a remarkably strong run since December 2023, when the S&P/ASX 200 index was around 7,000. In recent weeks the index topped 9,000 for the first time, a rise of about
How migrant stories and contributions have shaped Australian TV since the 1950s
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Darian-Smith, Professorial Fellow in History, School of Historical and Philosophical Studies, The University of Melbourne Mitchell Library, State library of New South Wales, ON 388/Box 076/Item 102 The introduction of television in Australia in 1956 coincided with mass post-war immigration, initially from Britain and Europe, and
Google just dodged a major penalty in the courts – here’s what happens next
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rob Nicholls, Senior Research Associate in Media and Communications, University of Sydney Google will not have to sell its Chrome web browser in order to fix its illegal monopoly in the online search business, a United States federal judge has ruled. It will, however, need to do
Australia set to ban ‘nudify’ apps. How will it work?
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicola Henry, Professor, Australian Research Council Future Fellow, & Deputy Director, Social Equity Research Centre, RMIT University Karla Rivera/Unsplash The Australian government has announced plans to ban “nudify” tools and hold tech platforms accountable for failing to prevent users from accessing them. This is part of the
Albanese government to bring forward home care packages in major backdown
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Albanese government has announced 20,000 home care packages will be brought forward to be delivered before the end of October – immediately after opposing doing so in the Senate. The Coalition, Greens and crossbenchers passed an amendment to aged
Australia’s economy shows best result in two years as consumer spending picks up
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stella Huangfu, Associate Professor, School of Economics, University of Sydney Diego Fedele/Getty Images The Australian economy picked up strength in the June quarter as consumers opened their wallets, boosted by interest rate cuts earlier in the year. New figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics showed gross
Australia’s rivers play secret symphonies. Click to hear what this underwater world is telling us
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katie Turlington, PhD Candidate, Australian Rivers Institute, Griffith University Airam Dato-on/Pexels Scientists have long used sound to study wildlife. Bird calls, bat echolocation and whale songs, for example, have provided valuable insights for decades. But listening to entire ecosystems is a much newer frontier. Listening to rivers
What’s behind the rioting in Indonesia? And will the much-loathed political elite back down?
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tim Lindsey, Malcolm Smith Professor of Asian Law and Director of the Centre for Indonesian Law, Islam and Society, The University of Melbourne For many Indonesians, the violent riots currently wracking Jakarta and other cities across the archipelago are eerily reminiscent of the riots of 1998 that
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Abul Rizvi on how silence and stalling stoke anti-migrant fears
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Immigration has once again become a hot button issue, from weekend protests featuring neo-Nazis to a new A$408 million deal with Nauru to accept former immigration detainees Australia cannot legally deport back to their own countries. The federal government has
ER Report: A Roundup of Significant Articles on EveningReport.nz for September 3, 2025
ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on September 3, 2025.
