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Month: October 2025

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Friday essay: trauma memoirs can help us understand the unthinkable. They can also be art

October 3, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Zora Simic, Associate Professor, School of Humanities and Languages, UNSW Sydney Content warning: readers are advised this article talks about sexual abuse and child sexual abuse. As a writer who has experienced the trauma of sexual violence – and who reads and writes about it – Jamie ... <a title="Friday essay: trauma memoirs can help us understand the unthinkable. They can also be art" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/03/friday-essay-trauma-memoirs-can-help-us-understand-the-unthinkable-they-can-also-be-art-257018/" aria-label="Read more about Friday essay: trauma memoirs can help us understand the unthinkable. They can also be art">Read more</a>

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Stan’s Watching You is elevated Australian noir – sexy, stylish and suspenseful

October 3, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adam Daniel, Associate Lecturer in Communication, Western Sydney University Lisa Tomasetti In recent years, Australian TV has built a reputation for gritty, stylish crime thrillers that linger long after the credits roll. In series such as Mystery Road (2018–), Scrublands (2023–25) and Black Snow (2023–), intimate character ... <a title="Stan’s Watching You is elevated Australian noir – sexy, stylish and suspenseful" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/03/stans-watching-you-is-elevated-australian-noir-sexy-stylish-and-suspenseful-265068/" aria-label="Read more about Stan’s Watching You is elevated Australian noir – sexy, stylish and suspenseful">Read more</a>

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Taylor Swift has branded herself a showgirl. These hardworking women have a long and bejewelled history

October 3, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emily Brayshaw, Honorary Research Fellow, School of Design, University of Technology Sydney Taylor Swift/Instagram The iconic feathered showgirl was born amid the chaos of the first world war, when the wealthy, global French superstar Gaby Deslys entertained Parisians and Allied soldiers in a 1917 show called Laissez-les ... <a title="Taylor Swift has branded herself a showgirl. These hardworking women have a long and bejewelled history" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/03/taylor-swift-has-branded-herself-a-showgirl-these-hardworking-women-have-a-long-and-bejewelled-history-263188/" aria-label="Read more about Taylor Swift has branded herself a showgirl. These hardworking women have a long and bejewelled history">Read more</a>

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Mysterious molecule found on brown dwarf casts further doubt on potential signs of life on Venus

October 3, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Laura McKemmish, Senior Lecturer, School of Chemistry, UNSW Sydney An artist’s impression of a brown dwarf. NASA/JPL-Caltech Brown dwarfs: too small to be stars, too big to be planets. Only discovered in the 1990s, these in-between cosmic objects aren’t big enough to burn as hot and bright ... <a title="Mysterious molecule found on brown dwarf casts further doubt on potential signs of life on Venus" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/03/mysterious-molecule-found-on-brown-dwarf-casts-further-doubt-on-potential-signs-of-life-on-venus-266242/" aria-label="Read more about Mysterious molecule found on brown dwarf casts further doubt on potential signs of life on Venus">Read more</a>

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Around the world, migrants are being deported at alarming rates – how did this become normalised?

October 3, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andonea Jon Dickson, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Edinburgh Under President Donald Trump, the United States is expanding its efforts to detain and deport non-citizens at an alarming rate. In recent months, the Trump administration made deals with a number of third states to receive deported non-citizens. ... <a title="Around the world, migrants are being deported at alarming rates – how did this become normalised?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/03/around-the-world-migrants-are-being-deported-at-alarming-rates-how-did-this-become-normalised-264790/" aria-label="Read more about Around the world, migrants are being deported at alarming rates – how did this become normalised?">Read more</a>

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Grattan on Friday: believe it or not, there would be a case for more federal politicians

October 2, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Should we have more federal politicians? One can anticipate the knee-jerk response from many sceptical voters. But Special Minister of State Don Farrell believes there’s a case, and has the parliamentary joint standing committee on electoral matters examining the arguments. ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: believe it or not, there would be a case for more federal politicians" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/02/grattan-on-friday-believe-it-or-not-there-would-be-a-case-for-more-federal-politicians-265857/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: believe it or not, there would be a case for more federal politicians">Read more</a>

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Defence treaty with PNG ready for signing after its cabinet gives it the tick

October 2, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Papua New Guinea cabinet has cleared the way for the finalisation of a sweeping new defence treaty between PNG and Australia. The cabinet’s tick off for the treaty will be a relief to the Australian government after a glitch ... <a title="Defence treaty with PNG ready for signing after its cabinet gives it the tick" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/02/defence-treaty-with-png-ready-for-signing-after-its-cabinet-gives-it-the-tick-266610/" aria-label="Read more about Defence treaty with PNG ready for signing after its cabinet gives it the tick">Read more</a>

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: James Paterson on Andrew Hastie, Sussan Ley and himself

October 2, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The federal opposition, embattled on many fronts, is trying to gain ground by establishing an alternative economic and fiscal narrative to that of the government. Labor boasts that the just-released budget outcome for last financial year is better than earlier ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: James Paterson on Andrew Hastie, Sussan Ley and himself" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/02/politics-with-michelle-grattan-james-paterson-on-andrew-hastie-sussan-ley-and-himself-266580/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: James Paterson on Andrew Hastie, Sussan Ley and himself">Read more</a>

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‘Only if we help shall all be saved’: Jane Goodall showed we can all be part of the solution

October 2, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Euan Ritchie, Professor in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, School of Life & Environmental Sciences, Deakin University Penelope Breese/Getty With the passing of Dr Jane Goodall, the world has lost a conservation giant. But her extraordinary achievements leave a profound legacy. Goodall was a world-leading expert in animal ... <a title="‘Only if we help shall all be saved’: Jane Goodall showed we can all be part of the solution" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/02/only-if-we-help-shall-all-be-saved-jane-goodall-showed-we-can-all-be-part-of-the-solution-266572/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Only if we help shall all be saved’: Jane Goodall showed we can all be part of the solution">Read more</a>

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Does my sunscreen actually work? Here’s what’s behind the latest SPF concerns

October 2, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mike Climstein, Associate Professor, Faculty of Health, Southern Cross University Catherine Falls Commercial/Getty It’s been a tough time for sunscreens recently. Earlier this year, testing on behalf of consumer organisation Choice found several sunscreens were not delivering the sun protection you’d expect. One product claimed a sun ... <a title="Does my sunscreen actually work? Here’s what’s behind the latest SPF concerns" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/02/does-my-sunscreen-actually-work-heres-whats-behind-the-latest-spf-concerns-266475/" aria-label="Read more about Does my sunscreen actually work? Here’s what’s behind the latest SPF concerns">Read more</a>

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Israel’s interception of the Gaza aid flotilla is a clear violation of international law

October 2, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Donald Rothwell, Professor of International Law, Australian National University The Israel Defence Force has intercepted a flotilla of humanitarian vessels seeking to deliver aid to Gaza, taking control of multiple vessels and arresting activists, including Greta Thunberg. The interceptions took place in the Mediterranean Sea between 70-80 ... <a title="Israel’s interception of the Gaza aid flotilla is a clear violation of international law" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/02/israels-interception-of-the-gaza-aid-flotilla-is-a-clear-violation-of-international-law-266254/" aria-label="Read more about Israel’s interception of the Gaza aid flotilla is a clear violation of international law">Read more</a>

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NSW Police lost a huge strip search lawsuit. It has national implications

October 2, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vicki Sentas, Senior Lecturer in Law, UNSW Sydney Matt Jelonek/Getty This week, the Supreme Court of New South Wales delivered a landmark judgment against the NSW Police Force for unlawful strip searches. The class action was brought by lead plaintiff Raya Meredith on behalf of all people ... <a title="NSW Police lost a huge strip search lawsuit. It has national implications" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/02/nsw-police-lost-a-huge-strip-search-lawsuit-it-has-national-implications-266365/" aria-label="Read more about NSW Police lost a huge strip search lawsuit. It has national implications">Read more</a>