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November 28, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hussein Dia, Professor of Transport Technology and Sustainability, Swinburne University of Technology Melbourne’s long-awaited Metro Tunnel will open on Sunday November 30. The tunnel will only carry limited services until February 2026, when it will become fully operational. With construction having begun in 2017, this is the ... <a title="Australia’s latest metro is about to open. Here’s how we’ll know if it’s working" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/28/australias-latest-metro-is-about-to-open-heres-how-well-know-if-its-working-270682/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s latest metro is about to open. Here’s how we’ll know if it’s working">Read more</a>
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November 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Opposition Leader Sussan Ley has had a rugged start as leader. With Liberal rivals Angus Taylor and Andrew Hastie circling for her position, Ley needs to not only survive, but rebuild her party from its historic lows in the polls. ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Sussan Ley on Barnaby’s defection and how the environment law deal ‘fell apart’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/27/politics-with-michelle-grattan-sussan-ley-on-barnabys-defection-and-how-the-environment-law-deal-fell-apart-270801/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Sussan Ley on Barnaby’s defection and how the environment law deal ‘fell apart’">Read more</a>
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November 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Come dance with me! That was Environment Minister Murray Watt’s invitation to the opposition as he prepared to push through his reforms to the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act. Yes, get up and dance! That was business’s clear message ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: when the music stopped, Greens had out-stepped flat-footed Liberals on environment deal" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/27/grattan-on-friday-when-the-music-stopped-greens-had-out-stepped-flat-footed-liberals-on-environment-deal-269918/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: when the music stopped, Greens had out-stepped flat-footed Liberals on environment deal">Read more</a>
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November 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Skinner, Dean Newcastle Business School/Professor of Sport Business, University of Newcastle Debates about financial regulation in sport often begin with salary caps: strict, transparent cost-control mechanisms common in North American and Australian leagues. They’re credited with improving competitive balance and financial sustainability, so many might assume ... <a title="How England’s Premier League is trying to stop football’s financial arms race – without a salary cap" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/27/how-englands-premier-league-is-trying-to-stop-footballs-financial-arms-race-without-a-salary-cap-270666/" aria-label="Read more about How England’s Premier League is trying to stop football’s financial arms race – without a salary cap">Read more</a>
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November 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Justine Bell-James, Professor, TC Beirne School of Law, The University of Queensland Brayden Stanford/Pexels, CC BY-NC-ND Today is a landmark day for environmental law. After years of false starts and abandoned promises, Labor has finally struck a deal with the Greens to pass long-awaited changes to the ... <a title="Long-sought environmental law reform is finally here. But will the compromise deal actually protect nature?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/27/long-sought-environmental-law-reform-is-finally-here-but-will-the-compromise-deal-actually-protect-nature-270775/" aria-label="Read more about Long-sought environmental law reform is finally here. But will the compromise deal actually protect nature?">Read more</a>
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November 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Milad Haghani, Associate Professor and Principal Fellow in Urban Risk and Resilience, The University of Melbourne Tommy Wang/Getty The Hong Kong high-rise fire, which spread across multiple buildings in a large residential complex, has killed dozens, with hundreds reported missing. The confirmed death toll is now 44, ... <a title="The Hong Kong high-rise fire shows how difficult it is to evacuate in an emergency" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/27/the-hong-kong-high-rise-fire-shows-how-difficult-it-is-to-evacuate-in-an-emergency-270774/" aria-label="Read more about The Hong Kong high-rise fire shows how difficult it is to evacuate in an emergency">Read more</a>
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November 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Barnaby Joyce has finally announced he is quitting the Nationals Party, declaring he is “strongly considering” running for a Senate seat for One Nation in New South Wales at the next election. But the maverick MP is not switching to ... <a title="Barnaby Joyce quits Nationals, as he eyes One Nation Senate seat" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/27/barnaby-joyce-quits-nationals-as-he-eyes-one-nation-senate-seat-270798/" aria-label="Read more about Barnaby Joyce quits Nationals, as he eyes One Nation Senate seat">Read more</a>
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November 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ehsan Noroozinejad, Senior Researcher and Sustainable Future Lead, Urban Transformations Research Centre, Western Sydney University At least 44 people have died and more than 270 are missing after a major fire engulfed an apartment complex in Hong Kong’s Tai Po district. The fire, which swept through multiple ... <a title="Why is bamboo used for scaffolding in Hong Kong? A construction expert explains" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/27/why-is-bamboo-used-for-scaffolding-in-hong-kong-a-construction-expert-explains-270780/" aria-label="Read more about Why is bamboo used for scaffolding in Hong Kong? A construction expert explains">Read more</a>
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November 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jane Tiller, Ethical, Legal & Social Adviser in Public Health Genomics, Monash University FG Trade Latin/Getty A bill that would ban life insurers from discriminating against Australians based on results of genetic testing has been introduced to parliament this week. If passed into law as expected, the ... <a title="Life insurers soon won’t be able to discriminate against you based on your genes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/27/life-insurers-soon-wont-be-able-to-discriminate-against-you-based-on-your-genes-270564/" aria-label="Read more about Life insurers soon won’t be able to discriminate against you based on your genes">Read more</a>
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November 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Cameron, Senior Lecturer in Public Policy, Griffith University The 2025 Australian federal election was a resounding win for the Australian Labor Party. Labor won 94 seats in the House of Representatives and a commanding majority. The Liberal-National Coalition was reduced to just 43 seats in the ... <a title="Better policies; better leader: new study reveals why Labor won the 2025 federal election" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/27/better-policies-better-leader-new-study-reveals-why-labor-won-the-2025-federal-election-270678/" aria-label="Read more about Better policies; better leader: new study reveals why Labor won the 2025 federal election">Read more</a>
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November 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mia Cobb, Research Fellow, Animal Welfare Science Centre, The University of Melbourne Have you ever seen a dog focused on nuzzling their expensive treat under a blanket, behind a couch cushion, or into a freshly dug hole in the backyard? You might think they are behaving like ... <a title="Your dog is not a doomsday prepper. Here’s why they hide food and toys" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/27/your-dog-is-not-a-doomsday-prepper-heres-why-they-hide-food-and-toys-268284/" aria-label="Read more about Your dog is not a doomsday prepper. Here’s why they hide food and toys">Read more</a>
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November 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Luke Beck, Professor of Constitutional Law, Monash University Two teenagers are taking the federal government to the High Court. They argue the ban on social media accounts for under-16s is unconstitutional because it interferes with free political communication. The ban is due to take effect on December ... <a title="Two teens have launched a High Court challenge to the under-16s social media ban. Will it make a difference?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/27/two-teens-have-launched-a-high-court-challenge-to-the-under-16s-social-media-ban-will-it-make-a-difference-270688/" aria-label="Read more about Two teens have launched a High Court challenge to the under-16s social media ban. Will it make a difference?">Read more</a>
