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September 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sione Tekiteki, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, Auckland University of Technology Ben Strang/AFP via Getty Images The Pacific Islands Forum wrapped up its annual leaders meeting last week with some significant agreements, including the launch of the region’s own climate financing facility, the endorsement of the Ocean ... <a title="Pacific leaders reach agreement on big issues – but unity remains elusive" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/17/pacific-leaders-reach-agreement-on-big-issues-but-unity-remains-elusive-265464/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific leaders reach agreement on big issues – but unity remains elusive">Read more</a>
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September 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matt Nichol, Lecturer in Law, CQUniversity Australia In recent years, private equity has changed the global sports landscape, with clubs from Major League Baseball (MLB) and the National Football League (NFL), rugby union in New Zealand and European soccer reaping massive financial benefits. Sports codes in Australia ... <a title="Top sports teams are bought and sold for billions worldwide. The risky trend is coming to Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/17/top-sports-teams-are-bought-and-sold-for-billions-worldwide-the-risky-trend-is-coming-to-australia-264482/" aria-label="Read more about Top sports teams are bought and sold for billions worldwide. The risky trend is coming to Australia">Read more</a>
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September 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Justin Mallia, PhD Candidate in Art History and Theory, Monash University The Bella ciao, Milano! demonstration for the 80th anniversary of the Liberation of Italy from Nazi-fascism in April 2025. Alessandro Bremec/NurPhoto via Getty Images Following the assassination of conservative political activist Charlie Kirk, officials reported unspent ... <a title="A brief history of Bella Ciao, the anti-fascist Italian song cited in the Charlie Kirk shooting" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/17/a-brief-history-of-bella-ciao-the-anti-fascist-italian-song-cited-in-the-charlie-kirk-shooting-265277/" aria-label="Read more about A brief history of Bella Ciao, the anti-fascist Italian song cited in the Charlie Kirk shooting">Read more</a>
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September 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Daryl Sparkes, Senior Lecturer, Media Studies and Production, University of Southern Queensland Miroslav Zajic/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images Hollywood is the place where having a great face will get you far. Think Errol Flynn, James Dean, George Clooney, Brad Pitt – a handsome appearance opens acting doors. Those ... <a title="A pretty face helped make Robert Redford a star. Talent and dedication kept him one" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/17/a-pretty-face-helped-make-robert-redford-a-star-talent-and-dedication-kept-him-one-265426/" aria-label="Read more about A pretty face helped make Robert Redford a star. Talent and dedication kept him one">Read more</a>
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September 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Elianor Gerrard, Senior Research Consultant, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney Chris Gordon/Getty Reaching net zero in Australia relies on the bush. That’s where the land, sun, wind and freshwater resources are. But as the clean energy build accelerates, some landholders are pushing back. Unfortunately, ... <a title="Battle for the bush? Ignore the noise – most farmers like renewables" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/17/battle-for-the-bush-ignore-the-noise-most-farmers-like-renewables-264680/" aria-label="Read more about Battle for the bush? Ignore the noise – most farmers like renewables">Read more</a>
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September 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jon Richardson, Visiting Fellow, Centre for European Studies, Australian National University A frequent question around peace talks over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is whether Ukraine should give up land as part of an interim or final settlement. United States President Donald Trump has often suggested this would ... <a title="Since WWII, it’s been taboo to force nations to cede land after war. Russia wants to normalise conquest again" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/17/since-wwii-its-been-taboo-to-force-nations-to-cede-land-after-war-russia-wants-to-normalise-conquest-again-264590/" aria-label="Read more about Since WWII, it’s been taboo to force nations to cede land after war. Russia wants to normalise conquest again">Read more</a>
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September 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Samuel Cornell, PhD Candidate in Public Health & Community Medicine, School of Population Health, UNSW Sydney When news broke last week that US political influencer Charlie Kirk had been shot at an event at Utah Valley University, millions of people around the world were first alerted to ... <a title="Viral violent videos on social media are skewing young people’s sense of the world" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/17/viral-violent-videos-on-social-media-are-skewing-young-peoples-sense-of-the-world-265371/" aria-label="Read more about Viral violent videos on social media are skewing young people’s sense of the world">Read more</a>
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September 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Becky Freeman, Professor in Public Health, University of Sydney Australia aims to reduce rates of daily smoking to 5% or less by 2030. By 2023, we got down to 8.3%. A key tool to encourage smokers to quit has been to raise the tobacco taxes. Now a ... <a title="Could making tobacco cheaper actually cut down smoking rates? We asked 5 experts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/17/could-making-tobacco-cheaper-actually-cut-down-smoking-rates-we-asked-5-experts-265384/" aria-label="Read more about Could making tobacco cheaper actually cut down smoking rates? We asked 5 experts">Read more</a>
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September 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Steve Hatfield-Dodds, Honorary Professor of Public Policy, Australian National University The clock is ticking on the federal government’s big climate reveal: Australia’s 2035 emissions targets. The declaration is expected later this week, and will signal to the world how hard Australia will go to help avoid the ... <a title="Australia’s 2035 climate target is coming. Here’s how we’ll know if it’s good enough
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September 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Thomas Corbin, Research fellow, Center for Research in Assessment and Digital Learning, Deakin University Andriy Onufriyenko/ Getty Images Artificial intelligence (AI) is wrecking havoc on university assessments and exams. Thanks to generative AI tools, such as ChatGPT, students can now generate essays and assessment answers in seconds. ... <a title="Our new study found AI is wreaking havoc on uni assessments. Here’s how we should respond" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/17/our-new-study-found-ai-is-wreaking-havoc-on-uni-assessments-heres-how-we-should-respond-264787/" aria-label="Read more about Our new study found AI is wreaking havoc on uni assessments. Here’s how we should respond">Read more</a>
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September 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Geoff Bertram, Visiting Scholar, School of History, Philosophy, Political Science and International Relations, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Getty Images The growing view that New Zealand’s energy market is “broken” has brought with it a stream of suggestions for piecemeal changes that nibble at ... <a title="Power struggle: why fixing NZ’s ‘broken’ electricity market is such a formidable challenge" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/17/power-struggle-why-fixing-nzs-broken-electricity-market-is-such-a-formidable-challenge-264582/" aria-label="Read more about Power struggle: why fixing NZ’s ‘broken’ electricity market is such a formidable challenge">Read more</a>
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September 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Flavio Menezes, Professor of Economics, Director of the Australian Institute for Business and Economics, The University of Queensland New figures show Australians bought a record 85,000 home batteries in the first half of 2025. That’s almost three times more than the year before, and nearly fivefold growth ... <a title="From batteries to EV chargers, Australia and NZ need these 3 fixes to hit net-zero at less cost" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/17/from-batteries-to-ev-chargers-australia-and-nz-need-these-3-fixes-to-hit-net-zero-at-less-cost-265197/" aria-label="Read more about From batteries to EV chargers, Australia and NZ need these 3 fixes to hit net-zero at less cost">Read more</a>
