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July 25, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Harriette Richards, Senior Lecturer, School of Fashion and Textiles, RMIT University Carol Yepes/Getty Images Last week, the ultrafast fashion brand Princess Polly received B Corp certification. This certification is designed to accredit for-profit businesses that provide social impact and environmental benefit. Established on the Gold Coast in ... <a title="Ultrafast fashion brand Princess Polly has been certified as ‘sustainable’. Is that an oxymoron?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/25/ultrafast-fashion-brand-princess-polly-has-been-certified-as-sustainable-is-that-an-oxymoron-261561/" aria-label="Read more about Ultrafast fashion brand Princess Polly has been certified as ‘sustainable’. Is that an oxymoron?">Read more</a>
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July 25, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Kaurov, PhD Candidate in Science and Society, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Jamillah Knowles & Digit/Better Images of AI, CC BY-SA Self-correction is fundamental to science. One of its most important forms is peer review, when anonymous experts scrutinise research before it is ... <a title="AI will soon be able to audit all published research – what will that mean for public trust in science?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/25/ai-will-soon-be-able-to-audit-all-published-research-what-will-that-mean-for-public-trust-in-science-261363/" aria-label="Read more about AI will soon be able to audit all published research – what will that mean for public trust in science?">Read more</a>
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July 25, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brendan Cantwell, Associate Professor of Higher, Adult, and Lifelong Education, Michigan State University Students at Columbia University in New York City on April 14, 2025. Charly Triballeau/AFP via Getty Images Columbia University agreed on July 23, 2025, to pay a US$200 million fine to the federal government ... <a title="Columbia’s $200M deal with Trump administration sets a precedent for other universities to bend to the government’s will" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/25/columbias-200m-deal-with-trump-administration-sets-a-precedent-for-other-universities-to-bend-to-the-governments-will-261902/" aria-label="Read more about Columbia’s $200M deal with Trump administration sets a precedent for other universities to bend to the government’s will">Read more</a>
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July 25, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joseph Steinberg, Forrest Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow, English & Literary Studies, The University of Western Australia Siang Lu David Kelly/UQP The Miles Franklin judges described Siang Lu’s Ghost Cities, winner of the 2025 award, as “a grand farce and a haunting meditation on diaspora”. To my mind, it ... <a title="Miles Franklin 2025: Siang Lu’s Ghost Cities is a haunting comedy about tyranny. Is it the funniest winner ever?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/25/miles-franklin-2025-siang-lus-ghost-cities-is-a-haunting-comedy-about-tyranny-is-it-the-funniest-winner-ever-261584/" aria-label="Read more about Miles Franklin 2025: Siang Lu’s Ghost Cities is a haunting comedy about tyranny. Is it the funniest winner ever?">Read more</a>
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July 25, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Business, universities, and investors have jointly urged the federal government to commit to cutting the cost of red tape by 25% by 2030, in a submission for next month’s Economic Reform Roundtable. The push to reduce regulation is in line ... <a title="Business coalition calls for 25% cut in the cost of red tape by 2030" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/25/business-coalition-calls-for-25-cut-in-the-cost-of-red-tape-by-2030-259688/" aria-label="Read more about Business coalition calls for 25% cut in the cost of red tape by 2030">Read more</a>
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July 24, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra There’s no other way of looking at it: Sussan Ley faces a diabolical situation with the debate over whether the Coalition should abandon the 2050 net zero emissions target. The issue is a microcosm of her wider problems. The Nationals, ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: net zero battle has net zero positives for Sussan Ley" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/24/grattan-on-friday-net-zero-battle-has-net-zero-positives-for-sussan-ley-261092/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: net zero battle has net zero positives for Sussan Ley">Read more</a>
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July 24, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Stewardson, CEO One Basin CRC, The University of Melbourne Yarramalong Weir is one of many barriers to the passage of fish in the Murray-Darling Basin. Geoff Reid, One Basin CRC A report card into the A$13 billion Murray–Darling Basin Plan has found much work is needed ... <a title="The Murray–Darling Basin Plan Evaluation is out. The next step is to fix the land, not just the flows" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/24/the-murray-darling-basin-plan-evaluation-is-out-the-next-step-is-to-fix-the-land-not-just-the-flows-261840/" aria-label="Read more about The Murray–Darling Basin Plan Evaluation is out. The next step is to fix the land, not just the flows">Read more</a>
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July 24, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Hawkins, Head, Canberra School of Government, University of Canberra Reserve Bank Governor Michele Bullock has fleshed out the central bank’s thinking behind its surprise decision to keep interest rates on hold this month. In a speech today to the Anika Foundation, Bullock said there has been: ... <a title="Reserve Bank says unemployment rise was not a shock, inflation on track" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/24/reserve-bank-says-unemployment-rise-was-not-a-shock-inflation-on-track-261759/" aria-label="Read more about Reserve Bank says unemployment rise was not a shock, inflation on track">Read more</a>
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July 24, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jacqueline Peel, Professor of Law and Director, Melbourne Climate Futures, The University of Melbourne Hilaire Bule/Getty Climate change “imperils all forms of life” and countries must tackle the problem or face consequences under international law, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) has found. The court delivered its ... <a title="Historic ruling finds climate change ‘imperils all forms of life’ and puts laggard nations on notice" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/24/historic-ruling-finds-climate-change-imperils-all-forms-of-life-and-puts-laggard-nations-on-notice-261848/" aria-label="Read more about Historic ruling finds climate change ‘imperils all forms of life’ and puts laggard nations on notice">Read more</a>
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July 24, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Milad Haghani, Associate Professor & Principal Fellow in Urban Risk & Resilience, The University of Melbourne Richard Hamilton Smith/Getty Two teenage boys were thrown from a jet ski during a ride on the Georges River in Sydney’s south this week. One died at the scene. The other ... <a title="Jet ski accidents are tragic but preventable. Here’s how to reduce the risk" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/24/jet-ski-accidents-are-tragic-but-preventable-heres-how-to-reduce-the-risk-261746/" aria-label="Read more about Jet ski accidents are tragic but preventable. Here’s how to reduce the risk">Read more</a>
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July 24, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Felicity Deane, Professor of Trade Law and Taxation, Queensland University of Technology DarcyMaulsby/Getty The Albanese government has today confirmed it will lift biosecurity restrictions on beef imports from the United States. The timing of this decision has raised some eyebrows. Back in April, US President Donald Trump ... <a title="Australia says US beef will soon be welcome here again. It’s unlikely we’ll buy much of it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/24/australia-says-us-beef-will-soon-be-welcome-here-again-its-unlikely-well-buy-much-of-it-261836/" aria-label="Read more about Australia says US beef will soon be welcome here again. It’s unlikely we’ll buy much of it">Read more</a>
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July 24, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kim Dovey, Professor of Architecture and Urban Design, The University of Melbourne Balinese officials have begun the demolition of more than 40 businesses at Bingin Beach, a popular tourist spot in the Uluwatu region. In June, the Balinese House of Representatives determined the settlement is on public ... <a title="Bali is built on informal and ‘illegal’ settlements. Bulldozing Bingin Beach misses the real threat of overdevelopment" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/24/bali-is-built-on-informal-and-illegal-settlements-bulldozing-bingin-beach-misses-the-real-threat-of-overdevelopment-261755/" aria-label="Read more about Bali is built on informal and ‘illegal’ settlements. Bulldozing Bingin Beach misses the real threat of overdevelopment">Read more</a>
