ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on September 6, 2025.
‘We want legitimate leaders’: Bougainvilleans head to the polls amid push for independence
By Margot Staunton, RNZ Pacific senior journalist Bougainvilleans went to the polls today, keen to elect a leader who will continue their fight for independence. “There’s a mood of excitement among the people here,” said Electoral Commissioner Desmond Tsianai. “It is important that this election is successful and credible, because we want legitimate leaders in
Thailand has another new prime minister and an opening for progress. But will anything change?
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adam Simpson, Visiting Scholar at the Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University; Senior Lecturer, International Studies, University of South Australia Thai politics is often chaotic. But this past week has been especially tumultuous, even by Thailand’s standards. In a matter of days, Thailand has seen one
Keith Rankin Essay – The Coalition of Sanctimony and Hypocrisy
Essay by Keith Rankin. The failing nation-states of Western Europe are not peacemakers. They are warmongers, the ‘Coalition of the Willing’ – the Coalition of Sanctimony and Hypocrisy. They are trying to frame the current geopolitical struggle between a unipolar versus a multipolar world order as a struggle of the ‘Democratic’ Axis of Good against
Can Florida really end vaccine mandates? What would this mean for the US and countries like Australia?
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katie Attwell, Professor, School of Social Sciences, The University of Western Australia When it comes to the future of childhood immunisations, all eyes are on Robert F. Kennedy Jr, US Secretary of Health and Human Services, and his audacious attempt to discredit vaccinations with misinformation and dodgy
No, organ transplants won’t make you live forever, whatever Putin says
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julian Koplin, Lecturer in Bioethics, Monash University & Honorary fellow, Melbourne Law School, Monash University Getty Images What do world leaders talk about when they think we’re not listening? This week it was the idea of living forever. Russian president Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart Xi
Robodebt compensation is a win for victims, but now we may never know the full story
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christopher Rudge, Lecturer in Law, Sydney Law School, University of Sydney The news of the largest-ever class action settlement in Australian history seems, in many ways, like the only fitting bookend to the awful ordeal of Robodebt. Some A$548 million (including legal and administrative costs) will be
Blaming ‘extremists’ for March For Australia rallies lets ‘mainstream’ Australia off the hook
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Liam Gillespie, Lecturer in Criminology, The University of Melbourne As the fallout from the so-called March For Australia rallies continues, many observers are saying Australia has reached a turning point, suggesting the weekend’s events signal a new era of far-right normalisation and political violence. Given the overt
Why Hollywood’s first iconic Phantom of the Opera film is still puzzling us, 100 years on
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kit MacFarlane, Lecturer, Creative Writing and Literature, University of South Australia Universal Pictures Andrew Lloyd Webber’s extravagant 1986 musical version of The Phantom of the Opera will celebrate its 40th anniversary at the Sydney Opera House in 2026. But an even more enduring anniversary takes place in
As Trump abandons the rulebook on trade, does free trade have a future elsewhere?
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Draper, Professor, and Executive Director: Institute for International Trade, and Director of the Jean Monnet Centre of Trade and Environment, University of Adelaide The global trading system that promoted free trade and underpinned global prosperity for 80 years now stands at a crossroads. Recent trade policy
We can’t fix what we don’t track. That’s why Australia needs an official poverty measure
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Melek Cigdem-Bayram, Ronald Henderson Senior Research Fellow, The University of Melbourne Duncan Sanchez/Unsplash Following last month’s economic reform roundtable, Treasurer Jim Chalmers said all attendees agreed “higher living standards is the holy grail, and a more productive economy is how we deliver it”. This signalled the government’s
How MPs’ ‘abandoned’ cats became the unexpected symbol of Indonesia’s protests
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ken M.P. Setiawan, Senior Lecturer in Indonesian Studies, The University of Melbourne Instagram/animals_hopeshelterindonesia During Indonesia’s recent mass protests, the looted homes of politicians in Jakarta revealed unexpected victims: cats reportedly left behind or stolen as their owners fled for safety. The cats have gone viral on social
ER Report: A Roundup of Significant Articles on EveningReport.nz for September 5, 2025
ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on September 5, 2025.
