ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on November 25, 2025.
Hit Netflix drama The Beast in Me does wrong by survivors of family violence
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Laura Walls, PhD Candidate in Screenwriting, Queensland University of Technology Netflix In The Beast in Me, Aggie Wiggs (Claire Danes) is a reclusive writer who gets drawn into the world of her new neighbour, Nile Jarvis (Matthew Rhys), a narcissistic and possibly psychopathic businessman. When Aggie begins
New transmission towers are crucial for renewables – but contentious. Here’s where they should go
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cheng Cheng, Senior Research Officer, School of Engineering, Australian National University Solar and wind now provide 99% of new generating capacity in Australia. Renewables supply more than 40% of power to the main grid. Australia will need six times as much solar and wind to reach net
Impacts of colonisation on dingoes are ‘written in their bones’, new research finds
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kylie M. Cairns, Research Fellow in Canid and Wildlife Genomics, UNSW Sydney A typical ginger dingo from the Strzelecki Desert Matthew Brun, QLD, CC BY-NC Dingoes are no ordinary dogs. They trace their roots back to an ancient Asian lineage and made their way to Australia more
Risky business: how small firms can be caught in the trade sanctions crossfire
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Meena Chavan, Associate Professor of International Business and Entrepreneurship, Macquarie University Getty Images An Australian company is caught out and fined under American law despite following local shipping rules. A Sydney couple is charged for unwittingly violating United Nations nuclear sanctions against Iran. A New Zealand aerospace
Australia’s new National Food Council: lots of industry reps, at the cost of health and environment
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rachel Carey, Senior Lecturer in Food Systems, The University of Melbourne The Australian government recently announced who would be on the nation’s first National Food Council. This council was established to advise on the development of Australia’s national food security strategy, Feeding Australia. Some stakeholders, such as
Peace plan presented by the US to Ukraine reflects inexperienced, unrealistic handling of a delicate situation
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Donald Heflin, Executive Director of the Edward R. Murrow Center and Senior Fellow of Diplomatic Practice, The Fletcher School, Tufts University U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, center, with U.S. delegation members faces the Ukrainian delegation during discussions in Geneva on Nov. 23, 2025, on a plan
You’ve reported sexual assault to police. What happens next?
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gemma Hamilton, Senior Lecturer in Criminology, RMIT University While most sexual violence is not reported to police, recent Australian statistics show reports of sexual assault to police are rising. But deciding to report is just the first step in a potentially long legal journey. A new research
Some patients wait 6 years to see a public hospital specialist. Here’s how to fix this
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katherine Harding, Professor of Allied Health and Implementation Science, La Trobe University SDI Productions/Getty Images ABC analysis shows some patients wait six years or more for outpatient medical appointments in Australia’s public hospital system. According to the ABC, the delays are longest in parts of South Australia,
‘Full-service schools’ redefine how education works. Here’s why Australia needs them
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andres Molina, Senior Research Fellow, Mitchell Institute/Centre for International Research on Education Systems, Victoria University Inequality is one of the most urgent challenges facing Australian schools. For decades, governments have invested billions of dollars in schools with the promise every child should have the opportunity to succeed.
Aircraft noise from new runways will hit thousands more homes. Australia needs fairer solutions
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Milad Haghani, Associate Professor and Principal Fellow in Urban Risk and Resilience, The University of Melbourne Major changes to flight paths are underway across Australia’s three largest cities. Brisbane’s new runway has already shifted aircraft noise onto suburbs that never experienced it before. Western Sydney Airport’s finalised
5 great podcasts about art forgery
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Forrest, Sessional Academic in Creative Writing, The University of Queensland Forgery of work by artist Norval Morrisseau, pictured here, is the focus of a new podcast from the ABC and CBC. Jeff Goode/Toronto Star via Getty Images With its longer forms of storytelling, the podcast is
Lifting Kiwisaver contributions to 12% makes sense – when the whole scheme is fixed
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Aaron Gilbert, Professor of Finance, Auckland University of Technology Lynn Grieveson/ Newsroom via Getty Images On the face of it, the National Party’s proposal to lift KiwiSaver contributions to 12% over the next six years sounds reasonable. There’s broad agreement that contributions are too low, and even
Scientists can now watch metal crystals grow inside liquid metal
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kourosh Kalantar-Zadeh, Professor, School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Sydney Moonika Widjajana If you dissolve sugar in hot water and then cool it down, you’ll see pure sugar crystals form while impurities stay in the liquid. You can even watch the beautiful sugar crystals slowly
Fiji journalists condemn police over lack of courtroom security after another reporter attacked
Pacific Media Watch The Fijian Media Association (FMA) has demanded better police protection after a journalist working for the state broadcaster Fiji Broadcasting Corporation (FBC) was violently attacked outside a courthouse In a statement today, the FMA again called for police to be more vigilant in managing security and threats outside the Suva High Court
View from The Hill: Niki Savva outlines Andrew Hastie’s ambition ‘to restore the Menzian big tent’
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra As federal parliament began its last sitting week for 2025, those around Sussan Ley were confident her fragile leadership would survive into next year. There was no sign there’d be a challenge on Tuesday morning, when the last Liberal Party
Your bank is already using AI. But what’s coming next could be radically new
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Mehmet, Associate Professor in Marketing, University of Wollongong Andriy Onufriyenko/Getty In June 1967, the world’s first “automated teller machine” or “ATM” was unveiled at a branch of Barclays Bank in north London in a grand ceremony. That very first system looked a bit different to the
PM hits back at PINA and PFF over Samoa Observer ‘ethics’ ban
Pacific Media Watch Prime Minister La’aulialemalietoa Leuatea Schmidt has defended his decision to ban the Samoa Observer in response to a joint letter from the Pacific Islands News Association (PINA) and the Pacific Freedom Forum (PFF). In a statement issued by the Press Secretary, Nanai Lave Tuiletufuga yesterday, the office of the Prime Minister acknowledged
Long-awaited environment laws might get Australia sued. Here’s why
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jacqueline Peel, Professor of Law, The University of Melbourne Australia is rewriting its national environment laws, and Environment Minister Murray Watt has vowed the legislation will pass the parliament this week, despite not yet reaching agreement with either the Coalition or the Greens. But the current draft
HMS Pandora is Australia’s most scientifically excavated shipwreck – yet it still holds secrets
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Maddy McAllister, Senior Lecturer – Maritime Archaeology, James Cook University Wikimedia/Etching by Robert Batty (1789–1848). In 1791, the British naval vessel HMS Pandora sank on the Great Barrier Reef while pursuing the mutineers from the HMS Bounty. The mutineers, led by Christian Fletcher, staged an uprising against
