ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on November 7, 2025.
Keith Rankin Analysis – Affording and Financing Wars, with reference to the United States
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Are wars affordable? The answer of course is ‘yes and no’. Affording a war is different from financing a war. To make any new thing affordable, either there must be a reallocation of resources or a deployment of resources not otherwise in use. Or a mix of both. Further, resources get
Will the US Supreme Court consider a request to overturn same-sex marriage?
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Justin Ellis, Senior Lecturer in Criminology, University of Newcastle It’s been a decade since the US Supreme Court recognised a constitutional right to same-sex marriage in the landmark case, Obergefell v Hodges. The US Supreme Court will meet today to consider a request to overturn that 2015
Own goal: why the Nationals’ retreat on net zero would be bad economics
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Frank Jotzo, Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy and Director, Centre for Climate and Energy Policy, Australian National University Chris Gordon/Getty Australia’s National Party has ended its commitment to reaching net zero by 2050. In its anti-net zero plan, the party calls for emissions targets and climate
The future of rugby league in Australia, NZ and the Pacific is here – and it’s brown
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Phil Borell, Senior Lecturer (Above the Bar), Aotahi School of Maori and Indigenous Studies, University of Canterbury Getty Images The jerseys might be red or blue, green and gold, or black and white – but rugby league’s future is decidedly brown. As the New Zealand Kiwis and
The Roman empire built 300,000 kilometres of roads: new study
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ray Laurence, Professor of Ancient History, Macquarie University Rosario Lepore / Wikimedia, CC BY At its height, the Roman empire covered some 5 million square kilometres and was home to around 60 million people. This vast territory and huge population were held together via a network of
Can the world prevent a genocide in Sudan?
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Philipp Kastner, Senior Lecturer in International Law, The University of Western Australia Two years ago, a power struggle erupted between two factions of Sudan’s military. Today, this conflict is spiralling out of control, with thousands being killed in what a United Nations report has called “slaughterhouses”. Last
The government’s dismantling of climate laws breaks years of cross-party agreement
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Barry Barton, Professor of Law, University of Waikato Just as world leaders gather for this year’s COP30 climate summit in Brazil, the government’s announcement of its intention to significantly change New Zealand’s climate change law upends years of cross-party consensus. All of the proposals pose serious problems,
Why Blue Pacific’s infrastructure distress is a cocktail poisoning human development progress
Keeping a line of sight to the challenges of both COP30 in Brazil next week and also the subsequent Pacific’s COP31. A Pacific perspective. COMMENTARY: By Dr Satyendra Prasad As Pacific’s leaders and civil society prepare for the United Nations Climate Conference in Brazil (COP30) next week, they also need to keep a line of
‘Food deserts’ found even in areas with supermarkets nearby – new study
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tayla Broadbridge, PhD Candidate in Mathematics, University of Adelaide Eating plenty of fruit and vegetables is key to staying healthy and avoiding diseases such as heart disease and stroke. But it’s often easier said than done. Places where many people eat poorly are often called “food deserts”,
Pharmac wants to trim its controversial medicines waiting list – no list at all might be better
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paula Lorgelly, Professor of Health Economics, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Getty Images New Zealand’s drug-buying agency Pharmac is currently consulting on a change to how it manages its waiting list for medicines. This represents one of the stages of Pharmac’s “reset” through which the agency
Geopolitics, backsliding and progress: here’s what to expect at this year’s COP30 global climate talks
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jacqueline Peel, Professor of Law, The University of Melbourne The Amazonian city of Belém, Brazil Ricardo Lima/Getty Along with delegates from all over the world, I’ll be heading to the United Nations COP30 climate summit in the Brazilian Amazon city of Belém. Like many others, I’m unsure
As global climate action threatens to stall, can Australia step up at COP30 in Brazil?
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Wesley Morgan, Research Associate, Institute for Climate Risk and Response, UNSW Sydney Naomi Rahim/Getty Ten years on from the landmark Paris Agreement, countries have taken big strides in limiting emissions and the clean energy transition is accelerating rapidly. But geopolitical headwinds are growing and the damage bill
As retail workers brace for the silly season, this 20c solution could dial down customer verbal abuse
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gary Mortimer, Professor of Marketing and Consumer Behaviour, Queensland University of Technology More than 1.4 million people are employed in Australian retail and fast food businesses. Sadly, it’s not always a happy or safe place to work. A union survey of more than 4,600 frontline workers found
Universal Music went from suing an AI company to partnering with it. What will it mean for artists?
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Oliver Bown, Associate Professor, UNSW Sydney Getty Images Last week, artificial intelligence (AI) music company Udio announced an out-of-court settlement with Universal Music Group (UMG) over a lawsuit that accused Udio (as well as another AI music company called Suno) of copyright infringement. The lawsuit was brought
Access to water has a long racial history in Durban: I followed the story in the city’s archives
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kristin Brig, Lecturer in Public Health & Society, Washington University in St. Louis The water infrastructure politics of eThekwini, the municipality that includes the city of Durban, have been splashed across the digital pages of South Africa’s news outlets in recent years. They’ve covered the 2022 floods
Censorship crusade: Israel targets platforms and online archives to ‘rewrite Gaza’
SPECIAL REPORT: By Robert Inlakesh Israelis are determined to erase the evidence of Israel’s genocide in Gaza, through the use of paid and instructed propagandists to reshape the historical record. Zionists have also taken over social media platforms. Those who are critical of Israel are being censored or arrested. From YouTube to X, Wikipedia, and
Grattan on Friday: November 11 1975 – watching history being made, from the best seats in the house
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Opposition Leader Malcom Fraser, Lord Mayor of Melbourne Ron Walker and Prime Minister Gough Whitlam at the Lord Mayor’s Banquet in Melbourne on November 10, 1975. City of Melbourne, CC BY In his just-released memoir, historian and former diplomat Lachlan
Bryce Edwards: Mamdani lessons – NZ left need to catch up with the Zeitgeist
COMMENTARY: By Bryce Edwards Yesterday’s victory of “democratic socialist” Zohran Mamdani in the race for the New York mayoralty is fuelling debate among progressives around the world about the way forward. And this has significant implications and lessons for the political left in New Zealand, casting the Labour and Green parties as too tired and
‘America’s big case’: the US Supreme Court raises doubts about Trump’s tariff regime
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Catherine Gascoigne, Macquarie Research Fellow in International Economic Law, Macquarie University The US Supreme Court has heard arguments overnight on the legality of President Donald Trump’s “liberation day” tariffs on most countries around the world. The number of sceptical questions posed by the justices in the hearings
New laws will force streaming giants to invest in local content – but it’s too soon to celebrate
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexa Scarlata, Lecturer, Digital Communication, RMIT University This week the Labor government announced it is poised to introduce a bill to parliament that will impose regulatory obligations on major subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) services operating in Australia. The legislation will require services such as Netflix, Disney+ and Prime
