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September 2, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The government will keep the permanent migration level for 2025-26 at 185,000, the same level as the previous financial year. Immigration Minister Tony Burke announced the figure amid a fresh divisive debate about immigration, intensified by the weekend marches calling ... <a title="Albanese government sets unchanged 185,000 intake under permanent migration program" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/02/albanese-government-sets-unchanged-185-000-intake-under-permanent-migration-program-263910/" aria-label="Read more about Albanese government sets unchanged 185,000 intake under permanent migration program">Read more</a>
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September 2, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Melissa Haswell, Professor of Health, Safety and Environment, School of Public Health and Social Work, Queensland University of Technology Environment groups have called for federal intervention following revelations an LNG export hub in Darwin has emitted large volumes of methane from an LNG storage tank since 2006. ... <a title="Long-hidden methane leak in Darwin raises fresh doubts over Australia’s climate action" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/02/long-hidden-methane-leak-in-darwin-raises-fresh-doubts-over-australias-climate-action-264260/" aria-label="Read more about Long-hidden methane leak in Darwin raises fresh doubts over Australia’s climate action">Read more</a>
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September 2, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Hall, Professor of International Relations, Griffith University Just months into President Donald Trump’s second term in office, one of the United States’ most important strategic partnerships is in crisis. Relations between the US and India are at their lowest ebb in a quarter of a century. ... <a title="Donald Trump was once India’s best friend. How did it all go wrong?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/02/donald-trump-was-once-indias-best-friend-how-did-it-all-go-wrong-264272/" aria-label="Read more about Donald Trump was once India’s best friend. How did it all go wrong?">Read more</a>
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September 2, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Denis Muller, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism, The University of Melbourne If there was any doubt about neo-Nazi leader Thomas Sewell’s racist and anti-democratic attitudes, they were dispelled on the morning of September 2 when he gatecrashed a press conference by Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan ... <a title="Neo-Nazis and racist rallies: why it’s important the Australian media call them for what they are" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/02/neo-nazis-and-racist-rallies-why-its-important-the-australian-media-call-them-for-what-they-are-264329/" aria-label="Read more about Neo-Nazis and racist rallies: why it’s important the Australian media call them for what they are">Read more</a>
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September 2, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cameron Webb, Clinical Associate Professor, School of Medical Science & Sydney Infectious Diseases Institute; Principal Hospital Scientist, University of Sydney Mosquito bites are annoying. They can also have deadly consequences. So what diseases do mosquitoes in Australia carry? And with warmer weather on its way and rain ... <a title="A warm, wet spring means more mozzies. How to protect yourself from the diseases they spread" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/02/a-warm-wet-spring-means-more-mozzies-how-to-protect-yourself-from-the-diseases-they-spread-263340/" aria-label="Read more about A warm, wet spring means more mozzies. How to protect yourself from the diseases they spread">Read more</a>
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September 2, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vincent Hurley, Lecturer in Criminology, police and policing, Dept of Security Studies & Criminology, Macquarie University, Macquarie University From the time accused police killer Dezi Freeman escaped into bushland heavily armed, Victoria’s Special Operations Group and the Negotiation Unit would have drawn up surrender plan scenarios if ... <a title="I’m a former hostage negotiator. Here’s why police offered a surrender plan to fugitive Dezi Freeman" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/02/im-a-former-hostage-negotiator-heres-why-police-offered-a-surrender-plan-to-fugitive-dezi-freeman-264270/" aria-label="Read more about I’m a former hostage negotiator. Here’s why police offered a surrender plan to fugitive Dezi Freeman">Read more</a>
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September 2, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Francesco Bailo, Lecturer in Data Analytics in the Social Sciences, University of Sydney mos design/Unsplash Digital platforms have become the essential infrastructure of modern life. They power everything from our group chats to businesses, shopping, election campaigns and emergency coordination. They instantly connect us and continuously feed ... <a title="Digital platforms are now the ultimate political power brokers, with consequences for democracy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/02/digital-platforms-are-now-the-ultimate-political-power-brokers-with-consequences-for-democracy-263537/" aria-label="Read more about Digital platforms are now the ultimate political power brokers, with consequences for democracy">Read more</a>
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September 2, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Iftekhar Ahmed, Associate Professor in Construction Management/Disaster Resilience, University of Newcastle Wakil Kohsar/AFP via Getty images The death toll following the recent earthquake in Afghanistan continues to rise. Taliban-led health authorities now say at least 800 people have been killed and 2,000 injured. The earthquake struck just ... <a title="Why was the Afghanistan earthquake so deadly? A disaster resilience expert explains" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/02/why-was-the-afghanistan-earthquake-so-deadly-a-disaster-resilience-expert-explains-264274/" aria-label="Read more about Why was the Afghanistan earthquake so deadly? A disaster resilience expert explains">Read more</a>
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September 2, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hunter Bennett, Lecturer in Exercise Science, University of South Australia Alora Griffiths/Unsplash If you’re feeling sore from a run or gym session, you might wonder whether it’s better to push through or give your body a rest. This achy or stiff feeling in your muscles after exercise ... <a title="Should I exercise if I’m still sore from last time?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/02/should-i-exercise-if-im-still-sore-from-last-time-263046/" aria-label="Read more about Should I exercise if I’m still sore from last time?">Read more</a>
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September 2, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Serena Love, Honorary Research Fellow in Archaeology, The University of Queensland In ancient Egypt, did pyramids really have booby traps? Why was treasure hidden inside? – Effie, age 8, New Plymouth, New Zealand. When the ancient Egyptians built their giant pyramids, they wanted to keep the Pharaoh’s ... <a title="Curious Kids: in ancient Egypt, did pyramids really have booby traps? Why was treasure hidden inside?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/02/curious-kids-in-ancient-egypt-did-pyramids-really-have-booby-traps-why-was-treasure-hidden-inside-262319/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: in ancient Egypt, did pyramids really have booby traps? Why was treasure hidden inside?">Read more</a>
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September 2, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emma Carson, Historian of Emotions and Australian Society, University of Adelaide State Library Victoria Gee I am lonely sweetheart, it may sound silly having so many men and cobbers around me, but when I say lonely I don’t mean lack of company, I am lonely for you, ... <a title="It was lonely during WWII. Those at home and away coped through letters" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/02/it-was-lonely-during-wwii-those-at-home-and-away-coped-through-letters-258577/" aria-label="Read more about It was lonely during WWII. Those at home and away coped through letters">Read more</a>
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September 2, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Barbara Padalino, Associate Professor of Animal Behaviour, Husbandry and Welfare, Southern Cross University Alexander JT/Unsplash In Australia, there are some 5 million pet cats, and several million feral cats that live outdoors and away from human care, with devastating consequences for native wildlife. While there’s debate over ... <a title="My cat needs to be contained indoors – how do I make sure it stays happy?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/02/my-cat-needs-to-be-contained-indoors-how-do-i-make-sure-it-stays-happy-263333/" aria-label="Read more about My cat needs to be contained indoors – how do I make sure it stays happy?">Read more</a>
