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June 5, 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 With almost all primary votes now counted to two-party preferred (as I explained on May 29), Labor has won the national two-party vote by a 55.3–44.7 margin, ... <a title="Final counting shows polls understated Labor in 2025 election almost as much as they overstated it in 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/05/final-counting-shows-polls-understated-labor-in-2025-election-almost-as-much-as-they-overstated-it-in-2019-256981/" aria-label="Read more about Final counting shows polls understated Labor in 2025 election almost as much as they overstated it in 2019">Read more</a>
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June 5, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cassandra Mudgway, Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Canterbury Getty Images The sudden resignation this week of one of Prime Minister Christopher Luxon’s senior press secretaries was politically embarrassing, but also raises questions about how New Zealand law operates in such cases. A Stuff investigation revealed the ... <a title="Resignation of PM’s press secretary highlights gaps in NZ law on covert recording and harassment" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/05/resignation-of-pms-press-secretary-highlights-gaps-in-nz-law-on-covert-recording-and-harassment-258274/" aria-label="Read more about Resignation of PM’s press secretary highlights gaps in NZ law on covert recording and harassment">Read more</a>
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June 5, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Maria Vieira, Lecturer, Education Futures, University of South Australia ThisIsEngineering/Pexels In June 2024, the Australian government ended the Women in STEM Ambassador program. The decision followed a report that urged a broader, intersectional approach to diversity in the fields of science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM). For ... <a title="One year ago, Australia scrapped a key equity in STEM program. Where are we now?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/05/one-year-ago-australia-scrapped-a-key-equity-in-stem-program-where-are-we-now-257977/" aria-label="Read more about One year ago, Australia scrapped a key equity in STEM program. Where are we now?">Read more</a>
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June 5, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Margaret Gibson, Associate Professor of Sociology, Griffith University The Conversation, CC BY-SA Kris Jenner’s “new” face sparked myriad headlines about how she can look so good at 69 years old. While she’s not confirmed what sort of procedures she’s undergone, speculation abounds. As a US reality TV ... <a title="The pursuit of eternal youth goes back centuries. Modern cosmetic surgery is turning it into a reality – for rich people" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/05/the-pursuit-of-eternal-youth-goes-back-centuries-modern-cosmetic-surgery-is-turning-it-into-a-reality-for-rich-people-257969/" aria-label="Read more about The pursuit of eternal youth goes back centuries. Modern cosmetic surgery is turning it into a reality – for rich people">Read more</a>
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June 5, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Samantha Hepburn, Professor, Deakin Law School, Deakin University GREG WOOD/AFP via Getty Images The federal government’s decision to extend the life of Woodside’s North West Shelf gas plant in Western Australia has been condemned as a climate disaster. The gas lobby claims more gas is needed to ... <a title="Woodside’s North West Shelf approval is by no means a one-off. Here are 6 other giant gas projects to watch" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/05/woodsides-north-west-shelf-approval-is-by-no-means-a-one-off-here-are-6-other-giant-gas-projects-to-watch-257899/" aria-label="Read more about Woodside’s North West Shelf approval is by no means a one-off. Here are 6 other giant gas projects to watch">Read more</a>
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June 5, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew England, Scientia Professor and Deputy Director of the ARC Australian Centre for Excellence in Antarctic Science, UNSW Sydney Westend61/Getty Images In June 2023, a record-breaking marine heatwave swept across the North Atlantic Ocean, smashing previous temperature records. Soon after, deadly heatwaves broke out across large areas ... <a title="Unprecedented heat in the North Atlantic Ocean kickstarted Europe’s hellish 2023 summer. Now we know what caused it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/05/unprecedented-heat-in-the-north-atlantic-ocean-kickstarted-europes-hellish-2023-summer-now-we-know-what-caused-it-258061/" aria-label="Read more about Unprecedented heat in the North Atlantic Ocean kickstarted Europe’s hellish 2023 summer. Now we know what caused it">Read more</a>
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June 5, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Suzanne Mahady, Associate Professor, Gastroenterologist & Clinical Epidemiologist, Monash University Thirdman/Pexels Bowel cancer is the fourth most common cancer in Australia, with more than 15,000 cases diagnosed annually. It’s also the second most common cause of cancer-related death. Recently, headlines have warned of an uptick in cases ... <a title="Bowel cancer rates are declining in people over 50. But why are they going up in younger adults?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/05/bowel-cancer-rates-are-declining-in-people-over-50-but-why-are-they-going-up-in-younger-adults-257728/" aria-label="Read more about Bowel cancer rates are declining in people over 50. But why are they going up in younger adults?">Read more</a>
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June 5, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Liesel Spencer, Associate Professor, School of Law, Western Sydney University Getty Images/ courtneyk Australian parents will be familiar with this school morning routine: hastily making sandwiches or squeezing leftovers into containers, grabbing a snack from the cupboard and a piece of fruit from the counter. This would ... <a title="Australian kids BYO lunches to school. There is a healthier way to feed students" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/05/australian-kids-byo-lunches-to-school-there-is-a-healthier-way-to-feed-students-257465/" aria-label="Read more about Australian kids BYO lunches to school. There is a healthier way to feed students">Read more</a>
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June 5, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Margaret Faulkner, Senior Marketing Scientist, Ehrenberg-Bass Institute, University of South Australia Revenue for Australia’s charity and not-for-profit sector has reached record highs, and total donations have grown. But the story isn’t the same everywhere, and some smaller charities may be struggling. That’s according to the latest edition ... <a title="Australia’s charity sector is growing – but many smaller charities are doing it tough" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/05/australias-charity-sector-is-growing-but-many-smaller-charities-are-doing-it-tough-258073/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s charity sector is growing – but many smaller charities are doing it tough">Read more</a>
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June 5, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Wellett Potter, Lecturer in Law, University of New England On Friday, Taylor Swift announced she now owns all the music she has ever made. This reported US$360 million acquisition includes all the master recordings to her first six albums, music videos, concert films, album art, photos and ... <a title="Taylor Swift now owns all the music she has ever made: a copyright expert breaks it down" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/05/taylor-swift-now-owns-all-the-music-she-has-ever-made-a-copyright-expert-breaks-it-down-257965/" aria-label="Read more about Taylor Swift now owns all the music she has ever made: a copyright expert breaks it down">Read more</a>
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June 4, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew Sussex, Associate Professor (Adj), Griffith Asia Institute; and Fellow, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University The iconoclastic American general Douglas Macarthur once said that “wars are never won in the past”. That sentiment certainly seemed to ring true following Ukraine’s recent audacious attack on ... <a title="The secret to Ukraine’s battlefield successes against Russia – it knows wars are never won in the past" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/04/the-secret-to-ukraines-battlefield-successes-against-russia-it-knows-wars-are-never-won-in-the-past-258172/" aria-label="Read more about The secret to Ukraine’s battlefield successes against Russia – it knows wars are never won in the past">Read more</a>
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June 4, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is expected to have his first face-to-face meeting with US President Donald Trump this month, against a background of increased steel and aluminium tariffs and US pressure on Australia to boost its defence spending. How Australia ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: historian Emma Shortis warns against falling into Trump’s trade traps" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/04/politics-with-michelle-grattan-historian-emma-shortis-warns-against-falling-into-trumps-trade-traps-258174/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: historian Emma Shortis warns against falling into Trump’s trade traps">Read more</a>
