ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on October 13, 2025.
Eugene Doyle: The Nobel Peace laureate who calls for US bombing of her own country
COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle Within hours of being named the Nobel Peace laureate for 2025, María Corina Machado called on President Trump to step up his military and economic campaign against her own country — Venezuela. The curriculum vitae of the opposition leader hardly lines up with what one would typically associate with a Peace
If government bailouts of companies are the new normal, we need a better strategic vision
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Quiggin, Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland The federal government’s announcement of a A$600 million rescue package for Glencore’s copper smelting and refining operations in Mount Isa and Townsville marks a definitive shift in Australia’s industry policy. The announcement follows the $2.4 billion rescue
Unusual red rocks in Australia are rewriting the rules on exceptional fossil sites
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tara Djokic, Scientific Officer, Palaeontology, Australian Museum; UNSW Sydney Fossilised fish from McGraths Flat. Salty Dingo Hidden beneath farmland in the central tablelands of New South Wales lies one of Australia’s most extraordinary fossil sites – McGraths Flat. It dates back between 11 million and 16 million
Why Trump is not a death knell for global climate action
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matt McDonald, Professor of International Relations, The University of Queensland GettyImages Rasid Necati Aslim/Getty In his rambling speech to the United Nations last month, United States President Donald Trump described climate change as “the greatest con job ever perpetrated on the world”. Of course, this claim was
IFJ condemns Australian lobby censorship bids to ‘silence’ reporting on Gaza
Pacific Media Watch The global peak journalism body has condemned the targeting, harassment, and censorship by lobby groups of Australian journalists for reporting critically on Israel’s war on Gaza. The Brussels-based International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its Australian affiliate, the Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA), said in a statement they were attempts to
Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Decennial Increases in Deaths by Birth Cohort, an Update
Analysis by Keith Rankin. The following tables represent an update of mortality by sex in relation to Table 2 from Decennial Increases in Deaths by Birth Cohort, in Aotearoa New Zealand. By looking at deaths registered in February to May only, it is possible to extend trends into 2025, avoiding fluctuations arising from winter illnesses.
Genital problems? Ancient doctors thought goat’s cheese or warm baths could help
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Konstantine Panegyres, Lecturer in Classics and Ancient History, The University of Western Australia Joelle Icard/Getty Our genitals are such an important and sensitive part of our bodies. So it’s not surprising that keeping them healthy was as important in antiquity as it is today. Some ancient ideas
Year 12 are about to start their final exams. Here’s how to keep calm and stay positive
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kylie Trask-Kerr, Senior lecturer, Australian Catholic University Klaus Vedfelt/ Getty Images Thousands of Year 12 students across Australia are getting ready to sit their final exams. Students may be feeling a lot of things right now – from heightened pressure to excitement it will all be over
‘Doughnut economics’ shows how global growth is out of balance – and how we can fix it
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Warwick Smith, Honorary Fellow, School of Social and Political Sciences, The University of Melbourne GettyImages Paul Chinn/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images A new update to an influential economic theory called “Doughnut Economics” shows a global economy on a collision course with nature. The influential book
Time to move beyond billboards: Australia’s tourism strategy needs to embrace the personal
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katharina Wolf, Associate Professor in Strategic Communication, Curtin University boxiang Xiao/Unsplash Australia continues to rely on billboard-style and cinematic advertising to promote itself as a destination. This approach, used for decades, presents a national image built around iconic sites and curated visuals. While this style may appeal
New research challenges the idea of a ‘vicious cycle’ between psychological distress and conspiracy beliefs
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nick Fox, Researcher in Psychology, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University Getty Images A lot of research has been dedicated to understanding what makes people believe in conspiracies – and how they might be able to climb out of the rabbit hole again. Conspiracies do happen.
The fake Gaza ‘peace agreement’ versus real peace with justice
COMMENTARY: By Dr Mazin Qumsiyeh A temporary ceasefire and release of some Palestinians in a prisoner exchange is not a “peace agreement” and it is far from what is needed — ending colonisation; freedom for the >10,000 political prisoners still in Israeli gulags (also tortured, nearly 100 have died under torture in the last two
Will Trump’s ceasefire plan really lead to lasting peace in the Middle East? There’s still a long way to go
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Thomas, Lecturer in Middle East Studies, Deakin University The first steps of the peace plan for Gaza are underway. Now both parties have agreed to terms, Hamas is obligated to release all hostages within 72 hours and the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) will withdraw to an
Diane Keaton thrived in the world of humour – and had the dramatic acting chops to back it up
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris Thompson, Lecturer in Theatre, Australian Catholic University In the chilling final scene of Francis Ford Coppola’s 1972 masterpiece, The Godfather, the door to Michael Corleone’s office is closed in the face of his wife, Kay. It simultaneously signified the opening of many more doors for the
Sara Awad: Why Gaza still looks to the freedom flotillas for true peace
COMMENTARY: By Sara Awad On October 10, a ceasefire in Gaza was officially announced. International news media were quick to focus on what they now call “the peace plan”. US President Donald Trump, they announced, would go to Cairo to oversee the agreement signing and then to Israel to speak at the Knesset. The air
