ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on September 26, 2025.
Taller, leaner, faster: the evolution of the ‘perfect’ AFL body
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hunter Bennett, Lecturer in Exercise Science, University of South Australia Geelong champion Patrick Dangerfield wowed the AFL world during last week’s preliminary final win against Hawthorn, pushing his 35-year-old body to the limit to propel his team into this year’s Grand Final. At an age when most
Why a proposed law to criminalise protests near homes is too vague to do much good
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kris Gledhill, Professor of Law, Auckland University of Technology Getty Images Should we be allowed to protest near someone’s home or private residence? It’s inconvenient and perhaps intrusive. But people have a fundamental right to protest. How do we find a balance? Parliament’s Justice Select Committee is
Friday essay: new revelations of the Murdoch empire’s underbelly – from The Hack’s real-life journalist
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rodney Tiffen, Emeritus Professor, Department of Government and International Relations, University of Sydney David Tennant as Nick Davies in The Hack Stan This is the humblest day of my life, declared Rupert Murdoch to a parliamentary committee on July 19, 2011. This was at the height of
Underground data fortresses: the nuclear bunkers, mines and mountains being transformed to protect our ‘new gold’ from attack
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By A.R.E. Taylor, Senior Lecturer in Communications, University of Exeter It’s a sunny June day in southeast England. I’m driving along a quiet, rural road that stretches through the Kent countryside. The sun flashes through breaks in the hedgerow, offering glimpses of verdant crop fields and old farmhouses.
Trump looks set to abandon Ukraine peace efforts – Europe must step up to face Russian aggression alone
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Whitman, Member of the Conflict Analysis Research Centre, University of Kent; Royal United Services Institute Donald Trump appears to have had a major change of heart with regards Ukraine. On the face of it, it looks like he has embraced outright optimism that Kyiv “is in
Who are the worst mothers in literature? Our experts weigh in
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Suzy Freeman-Greene, Books + Ideas Editor, The Conversation Goodreads, Penguin Books The first sentence of Anna Karenina is now a literary cliche, yet contains a nub of truth. “All happy families,” writes Leo Tolstoy, “resemble one another, each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” Literature
One Battle After Another: this insane movie about leftwing radicals and rightwing institutions is a powerful exploration of US today
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ruth Barton, Professor in Film Studies, Trinity College Dublin The recent death of Robert Redford was a reminder of just how much All the President’s Men unsettled old certainties about American democracy. An exposé of the Watergate scandal of 1972 (when members of the campaign to re-elect
Warn, hide or stand out? How colour in the animal world is a battle for survival
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Iliana Medina, Lecturer in Ecology, The University of Melbourne The animal world is incredibly colourful, and behind this colour palette is a constant game of survival. Most animals use camouflage, covering themselves in stealthy patterns to hide from predators. Others display bright and bold colours to warn
AI systems can easily lie and deceive us – a fact researchers are painfully aware of
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Armin Alimardani, Senior Lecturer in Law and Emerging Technologies, Western Sydney University In the classic film 2001: A Space Odyssey, astronaut Dave Bowman asks the ship’s artificial intelligence, HAL 9000, to open the pod bay doors to let him back into the spaceship. HAL refuses: “I’m sorry,
People who use drugs are trying to stay safe in a politicised world, our surveys show
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rachel Sutherland, Research Fellow, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW Sydney Lisa Maree Williams/Stringer/Getty People who use drugs are increasingly trying to reduce harm – by obtaining the life-saving drug naloxone and testing their drugs – according to new data. But they’re doing this in an
The Optus brand is in tatters. How can it even begin to rebuild customers’ trust?
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cassandra France, Lecturer in Marketing, The University of Queensland Optus finds itself in a perilous situation once again. Last week’s 13-hour Triple Zero network outage left about 480 customers unable to call for emergency help. Three deaths linked to the outage are being investigated. That outage wasn’t
Repatriation or political theatre? How the return of stolen artefacts can distort history
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Will Brehm, Associate Professor of Comparative and International Education, University of Canberra Champa Kingdom, Avalokiteshvara Padmapani, Vajrapani and Avalokiteshvara Padmapani, 9th–11th century, National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra, Acquired 2011, deaccessioned 2021, repatriated 2023, On loan from the Kingdom of Cambodia, 2023–2026 In late July, during a visit
Cars versus kids: How resistance to change limits children’s right to the city
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Patricia Collins, Associate Professor, Queen’s University, Ontario Many Canadians over the age of 40 likely remember spending their childhoods playing on the street and moving around their communities on their own or with friends. And, according to the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal 11, cities should in
Grattan on Friday: As the government rejects Trump’s stands, Liberal leadership aspirant Andrew Hastie sounds decidedly Trumpian
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra After the work was over, Anthony Albanese went to the Australian-owned and themed “Old Mates Pub”, in Lower Manhattan, and poured the beers. He felt his week had been mission accomplished. In international politics, dodging the negatives can be as
Indigenous Australians are crucial to hitting our 2035 climate targets. That transition has to be fairer
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Duygu Yengin, Associate Professor of Economics; President, Economic Society of Australia (SA); Deputy Chair, Women in Economics Network, University of Adelaide If we act now and move with common purpose, then we can do more than just guard against the very worst. We can protect our environment
Babies can get hepatitis B at birth. Here’s why Trump is wrong about delaying the vaccine
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicholas Wood, Professor, The Children’s Hospital at Westmead Clinical School and Sydney Infectious Diseases Institute, University of Sydney Cavan Images/Getty United States President Donald Trump this week claimed children should not be vaccinated against hepatitis B until they are 12 years old, rather than at birth. He
Albanese and Starmer to meet for a frank exchange of views (and possibly some political advice)
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ben Wellings, Associate Professor in Politics and International Relations, Monash University Fresh from his time at the UN General Assembly in New York, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s world tour now takes him to London. There he will be primed to give some political advice to his beleaguered
Aid workers around the world are in greater danger than ever. Will a new UN declaration protect them?
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amra Lee, PhD candidate in Protection of Civilians, Australian National University Aid workers face more difficult and dangerous conditions in carrying out their work than ever before. The United Nations declared 2024 the worst year on record, with 385 aid workers killed in 20 countries. That was,
Politics with Michelle Grattan: former diplomat Ian Parmeter on an Israel-led ‘one-state solution’
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra International politics is centre stage again, with world leaders in New York this week for the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly. On the forefront of the agenda has been the recognition of a Palestinian state. Australia joined
ER Report: A Roundup of Significant Articles on EveningReport.nz for September 25, 2025
ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on September 25, 2025.
