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September 4, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Despite he and his government being in an overwhelmingly dominant position politically, Anthony Albanese sounded quite tetchy at times this week. He argued the toss on the ABC when pressed, reasonably enough, for detail on the expensive deal for Nauru ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Dan Andrews’ red carpet walk in Beijing puts Albanese on the spot" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/04/grattan-on-friday-dan-andrews-red-carpet-walk-in-beijing-puts-albanese-on-the-spot-263911/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Dan Andrews’ red carpet walk in Beijing puts Albanese on the spot">Read more</a>
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September 4, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Greg Barton, Chair in Global Islamic Politics, Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University What sort of legislation do we need to stop neo-Nazis marching through our streets and threatening our social cohesion? It certainly makes sense to consider incremental changes such as banning the ... <a title="When it comes to neo-Nazis, we can’t legislate our way to safety" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/04/when-it-comes-to-neo-nazis-we-cant-legislate-our-way-to-safety-264576/" aria-label="Read more about When it comes to neo-Nazis, we can’t legislate our way to safety">Read more</a>
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September 4, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The federal government has reached a $475 million compensation settlement in an appeal case from the Robodebt class action. The settlement of the appeal, which is still to be approved by the federal court, would be the largest class action ... <a title="Government settles Robodebt class action appeal for $475 million in compensation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/04/government-settles-robodebt-class-action-appeal-for-475-million-in-compensation-263918/" aria-label="Read more about Government settles Robodebt class action appeal for $475 million in compensation">Read more</a>
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September 4, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tan Nguyen, Casual Research Fellow in Oral Health, Deakin University Just over half of Australian adults saw a dental practitioner in the past 12 months, most commonly for a check-up. But have you been told you should get a check-up and clean every six months? Perhaps your ... <a title="Do you really need a dental check-up and clean every 6 months?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/04/do-you-really-need-a-dental-check-up-and-clean-every-6-months-263259/" aria-label="Read more about Do you really need a dental check-up and clean every 6 months?">Read more</a>
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September 4, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Newman, Professor of Sustainability, Curtin University Some 15 people have died after the Gloria funicular railway car in Lisbon, Portugal, derailed and crashed on Wednesday local time. Emergency services have also confirmed that more than 18 people were also injured, five of them seriously, in the ... <a title="Tragedy has struck Lisbon’s funicular railway. A transport expert explains how these old-fashioned trains work" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/04/tragedy-has-struck-lisbons-funicular-railway-a-transport-expert-explains-how-these-old-fashioned-trains-work-264574/" aria-label="Read more about Tragedy has struck Lisbon’s funicular railway. A transport expert explains how these old-fashioned trains work">Read more</a>
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September 4, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Maria O’Sullivan, Associate Professor of Law, Member of Deakin Cyber and the Centre for Law as Protection, Deakin University, Deakin University The issue of open government and Freedom of Information (FOI) is again in the news, after the federal government proposed major reforms to the system. FOI ... <a title="Yes, freedom of information laws need updating, but not like the government is proposing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/04/yes-freedom-of-information-laws-need-updating-but-not-like-the-government-is-proposing-264474/" aria-label="Read more about Yes, freedom of information laws need updating, but not like the government is proposing">Read more</a>
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September 4, 2025
ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on September 4, 2025.
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September 4, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Clayton Chin, Associate Professor in Political Theory, The University of Melbourne The recent violence and tension around the nationwide “March for Australia” anti-immigration rallies has pushed questions around migration, diversity and Australian national identity to the centre of public debate. The march seems to have been attended ... <a title="Why the Eureka flag and other ‘alternative national flags’ were claimed by anti-immigration protesters" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/04/why-the-eureka-flag-and-other-alternative-national-flags-were-claimed-by-anti-immigration-protesters-264258/" aria-label="Read more about Why the Eureka flag and other ‘alternative national flags’ were claimed by anti-immigration protesters">Read more</a>
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September 4, 2025
By Antony Loewenstein in Sydney The grim facts should speak for themselves. Since 7 October 2023, Israel has deliberately killed an unprecedented number of Palestinian journalists in Gaza. Those brave individuals are smeared as Hamas operatives and terrorists by Israel and its supporters. But the real story behind this, beyond just Western racism and dehumanisation ... <a title="Antony Loewenstein: Israel’s murderous killing spree against Palestinian journalists" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/04/antony-loewenstein-israels-murderous-killing-spree-against-palestinian-journalists/" aria-label="Read more about Antony Loewenstein: Israel’s murderous killing spree against Palestinian journalists">Read more</a>
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September 4, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Theresa Larkin, Associate Professor of Medical Sciences, University of Wollongong Croatian freediver Vitomir Maričić. Facebook.com @molchanovs, Instagram.com @maverick2go, Facebook.com @Vitomir Maričić, CC BY Most of us can hold our breath for between 30 and 90 seconds. A few minutes without oxygen can be fatal, so we have ... <a title="The science behind a freediver’s 29-minute breath hold world record" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/04/the-science-behind-a-freedivers-29-minute-breath-hold-world-record-264020/" aria-label="Read more about The science behind a freediver’s 29-minute breath hold world record">Read more</a>
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September 4, 2025
By Susana Suisuiki, RNZ Pacific Waves presenter/producer A West Papuan activist says the transfer of four political prisoners by Indonesian authorities is a breach of human rights. In April, the men were arrested on charges of treason after requesting peace talks in the city of Sorong in southwest Papua. They were then transferred to Makassar ... <a title="Prisoner transfer sparks new human rights concerns in West Papua" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/04/prisoner-transfer-sparks-new-human-rights-concerns-in-west-papua/" aria-label="Read more about Prisoner transfer sparks new human rights concerns in West Papua">Read more</a>
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September 4, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chennupati Jagadish, President of the Australian Academy of Science and Emeritus Professor of Physics and Electronic Materials Engineering, Australian National University Since 1945, three-quarters of all global economic growth has been driven by technological advances. Since 1990, 90% of that advance has been rooted in fundamental science, ... <a title="New report reveals glaring gaps between Australia’s future needs and science capabilities" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/04/new-report-reveals-glaring-gaps-between-australias-future-needs-and-science-capabilities-264355/" aria-label="Read more about New report reveals glaring gaps between Australia’s future needs and science capabilities">Read more</a>
