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November 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kristin Brig, Lecturer in Public Health & Society, Washington University in St. Louis The water infrastructure politics of eThekwini, the municipality that includes the city of Durban, have been splashed across the digital pages of South Africa’s news outlets in recent years. They’ve covered the 2022 floods ... <a title="Access to water has a long racial history in Durban: I followed the story in the city’s archives" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/07/access-to-water-has-a-long-racial-history-in-durban-i-followed-the-story-in-the-citys-archives-267302/" aria-label="Read more about Access to water has a long racial history in Durban: I followed the story in the city’s archives">Read more</a>
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November 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Opposition Leader Malcom Fraser, Lord Mayor of Melbourne Ron Walker and Prime Minister Gough Whitlam at the Lord Mayor’s Banquet in Melbourne on November 10, 1975. City of Melbourne, CC BY In his just-released memoir, historian and former diplomat Lachlan ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: November 11 1975 – watching history being made, from the best seats in the house" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/06/grattan-on-friday-november-11-1975-watching-history-being-made-from-the-best-seats-in-the-house-268988/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: November 11 1975 – watching history being made, from the best seats in the house">Read more</a>
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November 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Catherine Gascoigne, Macquarie Research Fellow in International Economic Law, Macquarie University The US Supreme Court has heard arguments overnight on the legality of President Donald Trump’s “liberation day” tariffs on most countries around the world. The number of sceptical questions posed by the justices in the hearings ... <a title="‘America’s big case’: the US Supreme Court raises doubts about Trump’s tariff regime" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/06/americas-big-case-the-us-supreme-court-raises-doubts-about-trumps-tariff-regime-269178/" aria-label="Read more about ‘America’s big case’: the US Supreme Court raises doubts about Trump’s tariff regime">Read more</a>
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November 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexa Scarlata, Lecturer, Digital Communication, RMIT University This week the Labor government announced it is poised to introduce a bill to parliament that will impose regulatory obligations on major subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) services operating in Australia. The legislation will require services such as Netflix, Disney+ and Prime ... <a title="New laws will force streaming giants to invest in local content – but it’s too soon to celebrate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/06/new-laws-will-force-streaming-giants-to-invest-in-local-content-but-its-too-soon-to-celebrate-269093/" aria-label="Read more about New laws will force streaming giants to invest in local content – but it’s too soon to celebrate">Read more</a>
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November 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Milad Haghani, Associate Professor and Principal Fellow in Urban Risk and Resilience, The University of Melbourne In the span of just a few days, two children were killed in separate e-bike crashes in Queensland — one on the Sunshine Coast and another on the Gold Coast. Not ... <a title="Young people are increasingly being killed or injured on e-bikes. It’s time for governments to act" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/06/young-people-are-increasingly-being-killed-or-injured-on-e-bikes-its-time-for-governments-to-act-269095/" aria-label="Read more about Young people are increasingly being killed or injured on e-bikes. It’s time for governments to act">Read more</a>
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November 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Wenzhong Huang, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University Tropical Cyclone Ita off the shore of Queensland, Australia, 2014. NASA/NOAA via NOAA Environmental Visualization Laboratory/Flickr, CC BY Tropical cyclones – also known as hurricanes, typhoons or storms, depending on their location and ... <a title="We studied 217 tropical cyclones globally to see how people died. Our findings might surprise you" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/06/we-studied-217-tropical-cyclones-globally-to-see-how-people-died-our-findings-might-surprise-you-268983/" aria-label="Read more about We studied 217 tropical cyclones globally to see how people died. Our findings might surprise you">Read more</a>
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November 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Denise Moerel, Research Fellow in Cognitive Neuroscience, Western Sydney University Malte Mueller/Getty Images There’s an optimal strategy for winning multiple rounds of rock, paper, scissors: be as random and unpredictable as possible. Don’t pay attention to what happened in the last round. However, that’s easier said than ... <a title="Even in a simple game, our brains keep score – and those scores shape every choice we make" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/06/even-in-a-simple-game-our-brains-keep-score-and-those-scores-shape-every-choice-we-make-267117/" aria-label="Read more about Even in a simple game, our brains keep score – and those scores shape every choice we make">Read more</a>
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November 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Wenzhong Huang, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University Tropical Cyclone Ita off the shore of Queensland, Australia, 2014. NASA/NOAA via NOAA Environmental Visualization Laboratory/Flickr, CC BY Tropical cyclones – also known as hurricanes, typhoons or storms, depending on their location and ... <a title="We studied 217 tropical cyclones globally to see how people died. Our findings might suprise you" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/06/we-studied-217-tropical-cyclones-globally-to-see-how-people-died-our-findings-might-suprise-you-268983/" aria-label="Read more about We studied 217 tropical cyclones globally to see how people died. Our findings might suprise you">Read more</a>
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November 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marta Andhov, Associate Professor, Law School & Business School, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Getty Images The New Zealand government spends about NZ$51.5 billion each year – around 20% of GDP – on goods, services and infrastructure from third-party suppliers. It’s a lot, but how that ... <a title="AI can help the government spend billions better. But humans have to be in charge" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/06/ai-can-help-the-government-spend-billions-better-but-humans-have-to-be-in-charge-268071/" aria-label="Read more about AI can help the government spend billions better. But humans have to be in charge">Read more</a>
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November 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Aili Langford, Pharmacist, Lecturer, NHMRC Emerging Leadership Fellow, Sydney Pharmacy School, The University of Sydney, University of Sydney Maskot/Getty Images Opioids, such as oxycodone, morphine, codeine, tramadol and fentanyl, are commonly prescribed to manage pain. You might be given a prescription when experiencing pain, or after surgery ... <a title="Taking prescription opioids for too long can be harmful. Here’s how to cut back and stop" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/06/taking-prescription-opioids-for-too-long-can-be-harmful-heres-how-to-cut-back-and-stop-265874/" aria-label="Read more about Taking prescription opioids for too long can be harmful. Here’s how to cut back and stop">Read more</a>
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November 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jonathan Baker, Senior lecturer in Strategy, University of Adelaide Australia’s recycling system has been lurching from one crisis to another for decades. Soft-plastic schemes are collapsing, kerbside contamination is on the rise, and states are still struggling to coordinate a coherent national approach. But the deeper problem ... <a title="How the plastics industry shifted responsibility for recycling onto you, the consumer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/06/how-the-plastics-industry-shifted-responsibility-for-recycling-onto-you-the-consumer-268767/" aria-label="Read more about How the plastics industry shifted responsibility for recycling onto you, the consumer">Read more</a>
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November 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jenny Graves, Distinguished Professor of Genetics and Vice Chancellor’s Fellow, La Trobe University GettyImages Tek Image / Science Photo Library via Getty Images Differences between men and women in intelligence and behaviour have been proposed and disputed for decades. Now, a growing body of scientific evidence shows ... <a title="Hundreds of genes act differently in the brains of men and women" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/06/hundreds-of-genes-act-differently-in-the-brains-of-men-and-women-266352/" aria-label="Read more about Hundreds of genes act differently in the brains of men and women">Read more</a>
