ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on October 14, 2025.
A ‘lack of ambition’ over livestock emissions targets now threatens NZ’s reputation and trade
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Renwick, Professor, Physical Geography (Climate Science), Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington New Zealand’s Minister of Climate Change Simon Watts Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images The government’s decision to shrink a legislated target for cutting agricultural methane emissions is the latest in a string of announcements
Israeli historian Ilan Pappé: Despite ceasefire, Palestinians still face ‘elimination, genocide’
Democracy Now! AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now! The War and Peace Report. I’m Amy Goodman. As we’ve reported, the Gaza ceasefire deal is in effect. Phase one of the US.-backed 20-point plan is underway. Hamas has released all 20 living captives. Israel has released almost 2000 Palestinians in Ramallah and now in Khan Younis
Beyond Qantas’ data leak, Australian finance companies are also at risk of offshore hacks
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Toby Murray, Professor of Cybersecurity, School of Computing and Information Systems, The University of Melbourne Australians are once again being warned to tighten their online security and be extra alert to scammers, after up to 5.7 million Qantas customers’ personal details – including phone numbers and birthdays
It took just 60 years for red foxes to colonise Australia from Victoria to the Pilbara
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sean Tomlinson, Research Associate, Ecology and Evolution, University of Adelaide Auscape/Getty To a newly-arrived red fox, the abundant rolling grasslands and swamps of Wadawurrung Country, around what is now called Port Phillip Bay, must have seemed like a predator’s paradise. This landscape was filled with small native
Tributes pour in for Matangi Tonga founder Pesi Siale Fonua – ‘a steady voice of truth’
RNZ Pacific Pesi Siale Fonua, a veteran Pacific journalist and the publisher-editor of Tonga’s leading news website Matangi Tonga Online, has died at the age of 78. Fonua’s family announced his passing on Monday. “It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of Pesi Siale Fonua (78), well known Pacific Islands journalist, publisher
Savvy politicians know how to ‘perform’ authenticity – the Jacinda Ardern doco offers a masterclass
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Susan Fountaine, Associate Professor of Communication, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University GettyImages Lynn Grieveson/Newsroom via Getty Images There’s a telling moment in the documentary film Prime Minister when Jacinda Ardern reflects on her rapid rise from Labour leader to prime minister, saying she had “no
‘Extremely hostile’: Trump lashes China over trade controls but there may be a silver lining
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marina Yue Zhang, Associate Professor, Technology and Innovation, University of Technology Sydney Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images The trade dispute between the United States and China has resumed. US President Donald Trump lashed out at the weekend at Beijing’s planned tightening of restrictions over crucial rare-earth minerals. In response,
Power-hungry data centres threaten Australia’s energy grid. Here are 3 steps to make them more efficient
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Johanna Lim, Research Associate, Strategic Technologies, University of Sydney Justin Paget/Getty The Australian Energy Market Operator estimates data centres will consume 6% of Australia’s grid-supplied electricity by 2030. To put that in context, that’s more than the current share of Australia’s healthcare and social assistance industry. This
BMI shouldn’t be the only way to assess who can access weight-loss drugs
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Liz Sturgiss, Professor of Community Medicine and Clinical Education, Bond University Antonio_Diaz/Getty Images Around one in three Australian adults (32%) has a body-mass index (BMI) of 30 or above. A further 34% has a BMI of 25 or above. Australia’s regulator has approved Wegovy, the weight-loss version
Reform of NZ’s protected lands is overdue – but the public should decide about economic activities
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Valentina Dinica, Associate Professor in Sustainability and Public Policy, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Getty Images The government’s proposed reforms of the rules governing public conservation land aim to dismantle any potential obstacle to “unleashing economic growth” in protected areas. Currently, about a third
Opposition Israeli lawmakers interrupt Trump and call for recognition of Palestinian statehood
Asia Pacific Report Two leftwing opposition members of the Knesset protested in the middle of US President Donald Trump’s historic and rambling speech praising the Gaza ceasefire and his administration in West Jerusalem today. MK Ayman Odeh, a lawyer and chair of the mainly Arab Hadash-Ta’al party, was escorted out of the Knesset plenum after
For the first time, we linked a new fossil fuel project to hundreds of deaths. Here’s the impact of Woodside’s Scarborough gas project
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick, Deputy Director, Engagement and Impact, The ARC Centre of Excellence for the Weather of the 21st Century, Australian National University Massimo Valicchia/NurPhoto via Getty Images Global warming from Woodside’s massive Scarborough gas project off Western Australia would lead to 484 additional heat-related deaths in Europe
After Gaza ceasefire, ‘massive political pressure’ needed to prevent Israel from restarting war
Democracy Now! AMY GOODMAN: Israel’s government has approved the first phase of the Gaza ceasefire deal, that includes a pause in Israeli attacks and the release of the remaining hostages held by Hamas in exchange for Palestinians detained in Israeli prisons — 20 living hostages were freed today coinciding with President Trump’s visit to Israel
Sussan Ley announces (another) frontbench reshuffle
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Opposition Leader Sussan Ley has appointed Tasmanian conservative Jonathon (Jonno) Duniam to replace Andrew Hastie in the high profile frontbench post of shadow minister for home affairs. Hastie’s quitting the frontbench has forced Ley into a limited reshuffle, only a
Israelis are hailing Trump as Cyrus returned – but who was Cyrus the Great, anyway?
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Edwell, Associate Professor in Ancient History, Macquarie University With both parties agreeing to terms, the first stages of a peace plan in Gaza are in motion. US President Donald Trump is credited (especially in Israel and the US) with having played a vital role in this
Jim Chalmers unveils major retreat on controversial superannuation changes
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Albanese government has finally announced a major retreat on its proposed controversial superannuation changes. The plan to tax unrealised capital gains has been dumped altogether, and the proposed new $3 million threshold will be indexed, as well as a
The Shiralee brings a Shakespearean energy to the Aussie swag-man’s life
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kirk Dodd, Lecturer in English and Writing, University of Sydney Prudence Upton/Sydney Theatre Company A lyrical homage to the spirit of the Australian bush, Sydney Theatre Company’s The Shiralee is set on the highways and byways of 1950s Australia, with brief visits to the urban squalor of
Trump’s ‘shock and awe’ foreign policy achieved a breakthrough in Gaza – but is it sustainable?
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lester Munson, Non-Resident Fellow, United States Studies Centre, University of Sydney US President Donald Trump will visit Israel and Egypt this week to oversee the initial implementation of his Gaza peace agreement, which many hope will permanently end the two-year war in the strip. Should the peace
Australia’s ‘ISIS brides’ have returned. Governments can do better at handling this situation
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kiriloi M. Ingram, Lecturer in International Relations, The University of Queensland In 2014, the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group declared a caliphate, a form of Islamic government headed by a caliph, considered to be a successor to the prophet Muhammad. This correlated with a global campaign of
Your body can be a portable gym: how to ditch membership fees and expensive equipment
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dan van den Hoek, Senior Lecturer, Clinical Exercise Physiology, University of the Sunshine Coast monika kabise JeCVBSpS xU unsplash Monika Kabise/Unsplash You don’t need a gym membership, dumbbells, or expensive equipment to get stronger. Since the beginning of time, we’ve had access to the one piece of
