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June 25, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The opposition is commencing the challenging task of framing a new energy policy, including deciding whether to stick by its commitment to net zero emissions by 2050. Liberal leader Sussan Ley, appearing at the National Press Club, announced a Coalition ... <a title="Opposition starts on challenge of crafting (yet another) energy policy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/25/opposition-starts-on-challenge-of-crafting-yet-another-energy-policy-259683/" aria-label="Read more about Opposition starts on challenge of crafting (yet another) energy policy">Read more</a>
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June 25, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne Minor party preference flows for the federal election have been released, with Labor winning Greens preferences by 88.2–11.8, while the Coalition won One Nation preferences by 74.5–24.5. ... <a title="Election flows reveal nearly 90% of Greens preferenced Labor ahead of Coalition" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/25/election-flows-reveal-nearly-90-of-greens-preferenced-labor-ahead-of-coalition-259438/" aria-label="Read more about Election flows reveal nearly 90% of Greens preferenced Labor ahead of Coalition">Read more</a>
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June 25, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kit Prendergast, Postdoctoral Researcher, Pollination Ecology, University of Southern Queensland Kit Prendergast (@bee.babette_performer) After a devastating bushfire, efforts to help nature recover typically focus on vertebrates and plants. Yet extreme fires can threaten insects, too. After the Black Summer fires of 2019–20, I embarked on world-first research ... <a title="Australia’s native bees struggled after the Black Summer fires – but a world-first solution brought them buzzing back" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/25/australias-native-bees-struggled-after-the-black-summer-fires-but-a-world-first-solution-brought-them-buzzing-back-258299/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s native bees struggled after the Black Summer fires – but a world-first solution brought them buzzing back">Read more</a>
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June 25, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Hawkins, Head, Canberra School of Government, University of Canberra It looks, at least for now, as though tensions in the Middle East are easing somewhat. It appears much less likely Iran will try to close the Strait of Hormuz, through which flows about a fifth of ... <a title="Wild swings in the oil price make the Reserve Bank’s job harder" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/25/wild-swings-in-the-oil-price-make-the-reserve-banks-job-harder-259555/" aria-label="Read more about Wild swings in the oil price make the Reserve Bank’s job harder">Read more</a>
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June 25, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gemma Sharp, Researcher in Body Image, Eating and Weight Disorders, Monash University PIKSEL/Getty Following a particular diet or exercising a great deal are common and even encouraged in our health and image-conscious culture. With increased awareness of food allergies and other dietary requirements, it’s also not uncommon ... <a title="What’s the difference between an eating disorder and disordered eating?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/25/whats-the-difference-between-an-eating-disorder-and-disordered-eating-256787/" aria-label="Read more about What’s the difference between an eating disorder and disordered eating?">Read more</a>
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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>
