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June 25, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Mickel, Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Justice, Queensland University of Technology Stan The new documentary film Joh: The Last King of Queensland offers a dramatised account of Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen’s premiership from 1968 to 1987. Directed by Kriv Stenders, using reenactments (Bjelke-Petersen is played by Richard ... <a title="Joh: The Last King of Queensland captures Bjelke-Petersen’s political persona – but omits key details of the story" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/25/joh-the-last-king-of-queensland-captures-bjelke-petersens-political-persona-but-omits-key-details-of-the-story-257813/" aria-label="Read more about Joh: The Last King of Queensland captures Bjelke-Petersen’s political persona – but omits key details of the story">Read more</a>
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June 25, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Denis Muller, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism, The University of Melbourne Broadcast journalist Antoinette Lattouf was sacked by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) for her political opinions concerning the war in Gaza, the Federal Court has found. Lattouf has been awarded $70,000 in damages for ... <a title="Antoinette Lattouf’s unfair dismissal win shows ABC must be more courageous in defending its journalists" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/25/antoinette-lattoufs-unfair-dismissal-win-shows-abc-must-be-more-courageous-in-defending-its-journalists-259445/" aria-label="Read more about Antoinette Lattouf’s unfair dismissal win shows ABC must be more courageous in defending its journalists">Read more</a>
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June 25, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicholas Wu, Lecturer in Wildlife Ecology, Murdoch University Rudmer Zwerver/Shutterstock Bats are often cast as the unseen night-time stewards of nature, flitting through the dark to control pest insects, pollinate plants and disperse seeds. But behind their silent contributions lies a remarkable and underappreciated survival strategy: seasonal ... <a title="Bats get fat to survive hard times. But climate change is threatening their survival strategy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/25/bats-get-fat-to-survive-hard-times-but-climate-change-is-threatening-their-survival-strategy-259560/" aria-label="Read more about Bats get fat to survive hard times. But climate change is threatening their survival strategy">Read more</a>
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June 25, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Craig Mark, Adjunct Lecturer, Faculty of Economics, Hosei University Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has sent a clear signal to the Trump administration: the Japan–US relationship is in a dire state. After saying just days ago he would be attending this week’s NATO summit at The Hague, ... <a title="Japanese prime minister’s abrupt no-show at NATO summit reveals a strained alliance with the US" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/25/japanese-prime-ministers-abrupt-no-show-at-nato-summit-reveals-a-strained-alliance-with-the-us-259694/" aria-label="Read more about Japanese prime minister’s abrupt no-show at NATO summit reveals a strained alliance with the US">Read more</a>
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June 25, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ciprian N. Radavoi, Associate Professor in Law, University of Southern Queensland Eli Harold, Colin Kaepernick and Eric Reid of the San Francisco 49ers kneel ahead of a game in 2016. Michael Zagaris/San Francisco 49ers/Getty Images It’s almost a decade since San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick started ... <a title="Why have athletes stopped ‘taking a knee’?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/25/why-have-athletes-stopped-taking-a-knee-259047/" aria-label="Read more about Why have athletes stopped ‘taking a knee’?">Read more</a>
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June 25, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Konstantine Panegyres, Lecturer in Classics and Ancient History, The University of Western Australia Louis Le Brun, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY Talk to anyone today, and they will probably have something to say about how expensive life has become. While the rate of inflation has ... <a title="The ancients also had to deal with a cost-of-living crisis. Here’s how they managed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/25/the-ancients-also-had-to-deal-with-a-cost-of-living-crisis-heres-how-they-managed-257896/" aria-label="Read more about The ancients also had to deal with a cost-of-living crisis. Here’s how they managed">Read more</a>
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June 25, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Phoebe Toups Dugas, Associate Professor of Human-Centred Computing, Monash University Shano Liang There is a comfort in finding and being yourself. Video games offer opportunities for this comfort. They allow people to exist in safe spaces, to develop community, and to explore the self – as well ... <a title="Video games can help trans players feel seen and safe. It all starts with design" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/25/video-games-can-help-trans-players-feel-seen-and-safe-it-all-starts-with-design-257901/" aria-label="Read more about Video games can help trans players feel seen and safe. It all starts with design">Read more</a>
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June 25, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hassan Vally, Associate Professor, Epidemiology, Deakin University We all like to imagine we’re ageing well. Now a simple blood or saliva test promises to tell us by measuring our “biological age”. And then, as many have done, we can share how “young” we really are on social ... <a title="How old are you really? Are the latest ‘biological age’ tests all they’re cracked up to be?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/25/how-old-are-you-really-are-the-latest-biological-age-tests-all-theyre-cracked-up-to-be-257710/" aria-label="Read more about How old are you really? Are the latest ‘biological age’ tests all they’re cracked up to be?">Read more</a>
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June 25, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kylie Message, Professor of Public Humanities and Director of the ANU Humanities Research Centre, Australian National University At this time of year, many year 12 students are seriously turning their minds to the future. Should they go to university next year? If so, which one? June is ... <a title="Global rankings fuel hype, but students have more to consider when choosing a uni" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/25/global-rankings-fuel-hype-but-students-have-more-to-consider-when-choosing-a-uni-259443/" aria-label="Read more about Global rankings fuel hype, but students have more to consider when choosing a uni">Read more</a>
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June 25, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kevin Veale, Senior Lecturer in Media Studies, part of the Digital Cultures Laboratory in the School of Humanities, Media, and Creative Communication, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images Deputy Prime Minister and ACT Party leader David Seymour says he is being “playful” and ... <a title="Playful or harmful? David Seymour’s posts raise questions about what’s OK to say online" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/25/playful-or-harmful-david-seymours-posts-raise-questions-about-whats-ok-to-say-online-259658/" aria-label="Read more about Playful or harmful? David Seymour’s posts raise questions about what’s OK to say online">Read more</a>
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June 25, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The federal opposition has accepted an invitation from Treasurer Jim Chalmers for shadow treasurer Ted O’Brien to attend the August economic roundtable. The acceptance contrasts with the position taken by former opposition leader Peter Dutton last term. He refused to ... <a title="Shadow treasurer Ted O’Brien accepts invitation to government’s economic roundtable" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/25/shadow-treasurer-ted-obrien-accepts-invitation-to-governments-economic-roundtable-259691/" aria-label="Read more about Shadow treasurer Ted O’Brien accepts invitation to government’s economic roundtable">Read more</a>
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June 24, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ali Mamouri, Research Fellow, Middle East Studies, Deakin University Amir Levy/Getty Images After 12 days of war, US President Donald Trump has announced a ceasefire between Israel and Iran that would bring to an end the most dramatic, direct conflict between the two nations in decades. Israel ... <a title="Will the fragile ceasefire between Iran and Israel hold? One factor could be crucial to it sticking" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/24/will-the-fragile-ceasefire-between-iran-and-israel-hold-one-factor-could-be-crucial-to-it-sticking-259669/" aria-label="Read more about Will the fragile ceasefire between Iran and Israel hold? One factor could be crucial to it sticking">Read more</a>
