ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on October 6, 2025.
These 4 aeroplane failures are more common than you think – and not as scary as they sound
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Guido Carim Junior, Senior Lecturer in Aviation, Griffith University redcharlie/Unsplash “It is the closest all of us passengers ever want to come to a plane crash,” a Qantas flight QF1889’s passenger said after the plane suddenly descended about 20,000 feet on Monday September 22, and diverted back
From beef to timber, a new era of labels will reveal where your shopping comes from
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marcelo Feitosa de Paula Dias, PhD candidate in Environmental Law, Queensland University of Technology Giselleflissak/Getty Have you noticed more QR codes or country-of-origin labels on the meat at the supermarket or timber decking from the hardware shop? You’re not imagining it. We’re in a new era of
Do kids really need vitamin supplements?
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nick Fuller, Clinical Trials Director, Department of Endocrinology, RPA Hospital, University of Sydney Anastassiya Bezhekeneva/Getty Images Walk down the health aisle of any supermarket and you’ll see shelves lined with brightly packaged vitamin and mineral supplements designed for children. These products promise to support immunity, boost brain
Is Sanae Takaichi Japan’s Margaret Thatcher — or its next Liz Truss?
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sebastian Maslow, Associate Professor, International Relations, Contemporary Japanese Politics & Society, University of Tokyo Under the slogan “#ChangeLDP”, Japan’s long-ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has elected Sanae Takaichi as its new leader. Pending a vote in the Diet’s lower house later this month, she is poised to
Labor retains big lead in Newspoll and all other federal polls
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne Labor retains a large lead in three new national polls including Newspoll, while many more voters thought Labor’s 2035 emissions reduction target too ambitious rather than not
Does AI pose an existential risk? We asked 5 experts
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Aaron J. Snoswell, Senior Research Fellow in AI Accountability, Queensland University of Technology Sean Gladwell/Getty Images There are many claims to sort through in the current era of ubiquitous artificial intelligence (AI) products, especially generative AI ones based on large language models or LLMs, such as ChatGPT,
Local news is dwindling globally. Here’s how other countries are trying to fix it
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kristy Hess, Professor (Communication), Deakin University Australians and people the world over rely on local journalism to keep them informed, but the sector is in a lot of trouble. More than 200 local newspapers in regional Australia significantly cut their services or closed during the COVID pandemic.
Why are the ICJ and ICC cases on Israel and Gaza taking so long?
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Melanie O’Brien, Associate Professor of International Law, The University of Western Australia In September this year, a UN-backed independent commission of inquiry released a report concluding Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. The report said: Israeli authorities deliberately inflicted conditions of life on the Palestinians in Gaza
Why is it so shameful to have missing or damaged teeth?
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ankur Singh, Chair of Lifespan Oral Health, University of Sydney Natalia Lebedinskaia/Getty When your teeth and gums are in good condition, you might not even notice their impact on your day-to-day life. Good oral health helps us chew, taste, swallow, speak and convey emotions. This means the
Intense rain, landslides and potholes everywhere: how climate change is trashing Australia’s roads
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hannah Seligman, Lecturer in Municipal Services and Public Works Engineering, University of Southern Queensland Rafael Ben-Ari/Getty Australia has one of the world’s longest road networks, covering almost 900,000 kilometres. More than 80% of it is rural or remote. It was hard and expensive enough to maintain this
More and more Australian families are homeschooling. How can we make sure they do it well?
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rebecca English, Senior Lecturer in Education, Queensland University of Technology Maskot/Getty Images Across Australia, more families are choosing to homeschool. According to NSW figures released late last month, homeschooling registrations in the state more than doubled between 2019 and 2024, from 5,907 to 12,762. What is fuelling
Checking out a listing you like? Experts explain what to look out for when inspecting a first home
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sharon Christensen, Executive Dean, Faculty of Business and Law, Queensland University of Technology Becoming a homeowner is exciting, but the process can be complex and daunting. Perhaps you’ve found a home listing you like, you have your deposit and finances in order and you are going to
Nicola Willis is right: NZ’s economy isn’t as bad as the ‘merchants of misery’ claim
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dennis Wesselbaum, Associate Professor, Department of Economics, University of Otago Finance Minister Nicola Willis. Getty Images Finance Minister Nicola Willis has called them the “merchants of misery”, but critics of her government’s economic performance doubled down when the June quarter GDP figures showed a contraction in many
Synagogue attack: the Manchester I know – by antisemitism researcher and Mancunian Jew
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tony Kushner, James Parkes Professor of Jewish/non-Jewish Relations, University of Southampton On the surface, I am ideally suited to write about the terrorist atrocity on the Heaton Park synagogue. The attack, on the holiest day of the Jewish calendar, Yom Kippur, left two Mancunian Jews dead, several
Hamas has run out of options – survival now rests on accepting Trump’s plan and political reform
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mkhaimar Abusada, Visiting Scholar of Global Affairs, Northwestern University Smoke billows following an Israeli strike in Gaza City on Oct. 2, 2025. Omar al-Qattaa/AFP via Getty Images Weakened militarily and facing declining Palestinian support, particularly among Gazans, Hamas was already a shadow of the militant group it
