ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on November 12, 2025.
AI makes measuring work performance a lot trickier. How do companies adapt?
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christian Yao, Senior Lecturer, School of Management, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Getty Images Let’s be honest, even just writing this sentence has meant engaging with some very basic artificial intelligence (AI) as the computer checks my spelling and grammar. Ultimately, the quality and
Chinese funeral traditions, Australian migration and India’s future: OzAsia 2025 traverses the globe
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tets Kimura, Adjunct Lecturer, Creative Arts, Flinders University OzAsia 2025 once again affirmed its status as Australia’s leading multi-arts celebration of unique creativity. Despite South Australia’s comparatively small Asian population, OzAsia has grown into a significant platform that integrates music, literature, dance, comedy and visual arts. With
Israel thanks Fiji and PNG for opening Jerusalem embassies, UN support
RNZ Pacific An Israeli minister touring the Pacific to discuss defence and cooperation says Fiji and Papua New Guinea are “great friends”. Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Sharren Haskel recently visited the two countries and RNZ Pacific spoke with her during a brief stop in Auckland. She said the main goal of her trip was to
One is a former al-Qaeda leader, the other a US mayor. Guess which was invited to the White House
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amin Saikal, Emeritus Professor of Middle Eastern Studies, Australian National University; The University of Western Australia; Victoria University Two prominent young Muslim figures have had an exceptional rise to power this year: Ahmed al-Sharaa in Syria and Zohran Mamdani in New York City. While sharing a common
One is a former al-Qaeda leader, the other a US mayor. Guess which was invited to the White House
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amin Saikal, Emeritus Professor of Middle Eastern Studies, Australian National University; The University of Western Australia; Victoria University Two prominent young Muslim figures have had an exceptional rise to power this year: Ahmed al-Sharaa in Syria and Zohran Mamdani in New York City. While sharing a common
Should I kick my diet soft-drink habit? Where do I start?
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lauren Ball, Professor of Community Health and Wellbeing, The University of Queensland Towfiqu barbhuiya/Pexels The average Australian drinks almost 60 litres of soft drink a year. Many people see diet soft drinks as a “healthier” choice than regular ones, and when it comes to sugar, that’s true.
Should I kick my diet soft-drink habit? Where do I start?
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lauren Ball, Professor of Community Health and Wellbeing, The University of Queensland Towfiqu barbhuiya/Pexels The average Australian drinks almost 60 litres of soft drink a year. Many people see diet soft drinks as a “healthier” choice than regular ones, and when it comes to sugar, that’s true.
Dodgy characters, dangerous twists: Reckless is the new crime series putting Freo on the map
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexa Scarlata, Lecturer, Digital Communication, RMIT University SBS/NITV The bright blue skies of Fremantle are a delightfully incongruous setting for NITV and SBS’s new crime drama, Reckless. Not only is this a part of Australia we rarely get to see on our screens, but the local pubs
Dodgy characters, dangerous twists: Reckless is the new crime series putting Freo on the map
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexa Scarlata, Lecturer, Digital Communication, RMIT University SBS/NITV The bright blue skies of Fremantle are a delightfully incongruous setting for NITV and SBS’s new crime drama, Reckless. Not only is this a part of Australia we rarely get to see on our screens, but the local pubs
A visual guide to 14 of the drones wreaking havoc in Ukraine, Russia and beyond
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Layton, Visiting Fellow, Strategic Studies, Griffith University In the past five years, uncrewed aerial vehicles (drones) have become indispensable in modern warfare. The Russia–Ukraine war has accelerated their ascent: on any given day, there may be hundreds or even thousands of drones operating across the frontlines
5 types of ‘wellness woo’ that borrow from mainstream medicine
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Philippa Martyr, Lecturer, Pharmacology, Women’s Health, School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Western Australia SimpleImages/Getty What we consider “fringe” or “mainstream” changes over time. That applies to health and medicine too. For instance, massage was once considered a fringe therapy but in the 19th century it
From Trump’s wrecking ball to China’s electrifying rise, geopolitics hang heavy over this year’s climate talks
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robyn Eckersley, Redmond Barry Professor of Political Science, School of Social and Political Sciences, The University of Melbourne xiaokebetter/Getty Next month marks the tenth anniversary of the Paris Agreement, hailed as humanity’s best shot at keeping climate change under control. Between then and now, the world has
55 million years: Australia’s oldest crocodile eggshells found in Queensland
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael David Stein, Research Associate, School of Biological, Earth & Environmental Sciences, UNSW Sydney davidgwhite/iNaturalist, CC BY-NC In southeast Queensland, roughly 250 kilometres from Brisbane, lies the tiny town of Murgon. Located on Wakka Wakka Country, it’s home to about 2,000 people – and one of the
A safety expert explains why you should stay in Australia for schoolies and avoid overseas
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alison Hutton, Professor of Nursing, Western Sydney University Wendy Wei/ Pexels At the end of November, official schoolies celebrations will begin for the class of 2025. While the Gold Coast, Byron Bay, Lorne and Victor Harbour are still popular, young people are also choosing to travel internationally
Progress on gender equality at work is slow and uneven, new index finds
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Elizabeth Hill, Professor of Political Economy; Deputy Director, Australian Centre for Gender Equality and Inclusion at Work; and, co-convenor Work + Family Policy Roundtable, University of Sydney gorodenkoff/Getty Images Gender equality at work has barely improved over the past ten years, with paid work opportunities held back
How AC/DC’s 1975 debut shocked Australian culture
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jo Coghlan, Associate Professor, Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, University of New England Dick Barnatt/Redferns via Getty In February 1975, a gang of scruffy Sydney rockers released their first two albums: High Voltage and TNT. A year later, songs from both records were repackaged into AC/DC’s first
Removing Treaty responsibility from school boards undoes decades of progress
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dominic O’Sullivan, Adjunct Professor, Stout Research Centre, Victoria University of Wellington and Auckland University of Technology, Professor of Political Science, Charles Sturt University Getty Images Te Pāti Māori’s descent into personality politics meant it missed the government’s recent announcement about changing school board obligations under te Tiriti
80 Camarines Norte barangays isolated after Typhoon Uwan hits Philippines
By Vince Angelo Ferreras in Daet, Philippines Several barangays in Camarines Norte were heavily battered by the powerful winds and rains from Typhoon Uwan — Typhoon Fung-Wong — in the Philippines, destroying homes and downing power lines that also affected the power supply in the province. In Darlene Cay’s report in “24 Oras” yesterday, Leonora
View from The Hill: Ley’s in a no-win situation as warring Liberal tribes battle over net zero
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra As Liberals prepare for Wednesday’s party meeting to discuss climate policy, one wouldn’t blame Sussan Ley if she were starting to wonder why she stood for leader in the first place. Barring miracles, she finds herself in a no-win situation.
As Australia welcomes its millionth refugee, its hardline border policies endure. We can lead by example again
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Daniel Ghezelbash, Professor and Director, Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, UNSW Law & Justice, UNSW Sydney Any day now, Australia will welcome its millionth refugee since the second world war. This milestone, which the Refugee Council of Australia believes will happen by the end of this
