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June 12, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robin Smit, Adjunct Professor of Transport, University of Technology Sydney Peter Cade/Getty Emission control systems in modern cars have slashed air pollutants such as particulate matter and nitrogen oxides. But these systems face two major challenges: carmakers cheating on pollution tests and owner tampering. Cheating means high-polluting ... <a title="Cheating by car makers, tampering by owners: crucial car pollution control is being sabotaged" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/12/cheating-by-car-makers-tampering-by-owners-crucial-car-pollution-control-is-being-sabotaged-255882/" aria-label="Read more about Cheating by car makers, tampering by owners: crucial car pollution control is being sabotaged">Read more</a>
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June 12, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Janet Ransley, Professor, Griffith Criminology Institute, Griffith University khak/Shutterstock Laws just passed in Queensland give police unprecedented powers to scan people with a handheld wand and potentially search them in all public places, without needing a warrant or reasonable suspicion. Earlier versions of “Jack’s Law” were copied ... <a title="The Jack’s Law expansion is a symbolic step – it’s not a solution to knife crime" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/12/the-jacks-law-expansion-is-a-symbolic-step-its-not-a-solution-to-knife-crime-258804/" aria-label="Read more about The Jack’s Law expansion is a symbolic step – it’s not a solution to knife crime">Read more</a>
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June 12, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jadey O’Regan, Senior Lecturer in Contemporary Music, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, University of Sydney The Beach Boys in 1962 in Los Angeles, California. Brian Wilson is on the left. Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Brian Wilson, leader, songwriter and producer of the Beach Boys, has passed away at ... <a title="How visionary Beach Boys songwriter Brian Wilson changed music – and my life" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/12/how-visionary-beach-boys-songwriter-brian-wilson-changed-music-and-my-life-258794/" aria-label="Read more about How visionary Beach Boys songwriter Brian Wilson changed music – and my life">Read more</a>
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June 12, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Elizabeth McLindon, Research Fellow, The University of Melbourne PeopleImages.com – Yuri A/Shutterstock When it comes to domestic violence, cases involving catastrophic physical violence are the ones that most often make it into the media. But our new research shows there are often signs of trouble long before ... <a title="‘He stopped me from talking to male colleagues’: new research shows how domestic violence so often starts with isolation and control" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/12/he-stopped-me-from-talking-to-male-colleagues-new-research-shows-how-domestic-violence-so-often-starts-with-isolation-and-control-257457/" aria-label="Read more about ‘He stopped me from talking to male colleagues’: new research shows how domestic violence so often starts with isolation and control">Read more</a>
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June 12, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anton Moiseienko, Senior Lecturer in Law, Australian National University Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Norway and the UK this week announced sanctions against two members of the Israeli cabinet: National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich. This is a momentous development. The governments concerned make ... <a title="What’s the potential effect of sanctions on Israeli ministers? Here’s what my research shows" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/12/whats-the-potential-effect-of-sanctions-on-israeli-ministers-heres-what-my-research-shows-258692/" aria-label="Read more about What’s the potential effect of sanctions on Israeli ministers? Here’s what my research shows">Read more</a>
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June 12, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anton Moiseienko, Senior Lecturer in Law, Australian National University Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Norway and the UK this week announced sanctions against two members of the Israeli cabinet: National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich. This is a momentous development. The governments concerned make ... <a title="What will be the effect of Australia’s sanctions on Israeli ministers? Here’s what my research shows" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/12/what-will-be-the-effect-of-australias-sanctions-on-israeli-ministers-heres-what-my-research-shows-258692/" aria-label="Read more about What will be the effect of Australia’s sanctions on Israeli ministers? Here’s what my research shows">Read more</a>
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June 12, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Blaxland, Professor, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University The Pentagon has announced it will review the massive AUKUS agreement between the United States, United Kingdom and Australia to ensure it’s aligned with US President Donald Trump’s “America first” agenda. The US undersecretary of defence ... <a title="Trump may try to strike a deal with AUKUS review, but here’s why he won’t sink it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/12/trump-may-try-to-strike-a-deal-with-aukus-review-but-heres-why-he-wont-sink-it-258798/" aria-label="Read more about Trump may try to strike a deal with AUKUS review, but here’s why he won’t sink it">Read more</a>
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June 12, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chloe Wilkins, Associate Lecturer and PhD Candidate, Solar Physics, University of Newcastle nelo2309/Shutterstock If you live in the southern hemisphere and have been stopped in your tracks by a recent sunset, you may have noticed they seem more vibrant lately. The colours are brighter and bolder, and ... <a title="Why are sunsets so pretty in winter? There’s a simple explanation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/12/why-are-sunsets-so-pretty-in-winter-theres-a-simple-explanation-258192/" aria-label="Read more about Why are sunsets so pretty in winter? There’s a simple explanation">Read more</a>
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June 12, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robert Hortle, Deputy Director, Tasmanian Policy Exchange, University of Tasmania The Tasmanian government has called a state election for July 19, the fourth in a little over seven years. Following days of high drama, Governor Barbara Baker finally granted Liberal Premier Jeremy Rockliff’s election request, saying there ... <a title="After weeks of confusion and chaos, Tasmania heads back to the polls on July 19" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/12/after-weeks-of-confusion-and-chaos-tasmania-heads-back-to-the-polls-on-july-19-258597/" aria-label="Read more about After weeks of confusion and chaos, Tasmania heads back to the polls on July 19">Read more</a>
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June 12, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Beeson, Adjunct professor, Australia-China Relations Institute, University of Technology Sydney Even the most ardent supporters of the alliance with the United States – the notional foundation of Australian security for more than 70 years – must be having some misgivings about the second coming of Donald ... <a title="Goodbye to all that? Rethinking Australia’s alliance with Trump’s America" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/12/goodbye-to-all-that-rethinking-australias-alliance-with-trumps-america-258066/" aria-label="Read more about Goodbye to all that? Rethinking Australia’s alliance with Trump’s America">Read more</a>
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June 12, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christian Downie, Professor, Australian National University President Donald Trump is trying to unravel the signature climate policy of his predecessor Joe Biden, the Inflation Reduction Act, as part of a sweeping bid to dismantle the United States’ climate ambition. The Inflation Reduction Act, or IRA, is a ... <a title="A reversal in US climate policy will send renewables investors packing – and Australia can reap the benefits" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/12/a-reversal-in-us-climate-policy-will-send-renewables-investors-packing-and-australia-can-reap-the-benefits-258388/" aria-label="Read more about A reversal in US climate policy will send renewables investors packing – and Australia can reap the benefits">Read more</a>
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June 12, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Bartos, Professor of Economics, University of Canberra Higher productivity has quickly emerged as an economic reform priority for Labor’s second term. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has laid down some markers for a productivity round table in August, saying he wants it to build the “broadest possible ... <a title="‘Hard to measure and difficult to shift’: the government’s big productivity challenge" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/12/hard-to-measure-and-difficult-to-shift-the-governments-big-productivity-challenge-257968/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Hard to measure and difficult to shift’: the government’s big productivity challenge">Read more</a>
