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September 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jon Richardson, Visiting Fellow, Centre for European Studies, Australian National University A frequent question around peace talks over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is whether Ukraine should give up land as part of an interim or final settlement. United States President Donald Trump has often suggested this would ... <a title="Since WWII, it’s been taboo to force nations to cede land after war. Russia wants to normalise conquest again" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/17/since-wwii-its-been-taboo-to-force-nations-to-cede-land-after-war-russia-wants-to-normalise-conquest-again-264590/" aria-label="Read more about Since WWII, it’s been taboo to force nations to cede land after war. Russia wants to normalise conquest again">Read more</a>
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September 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Samuel Cornell, PhD Candidate in Public Health & Community Medicine, School of Population Health, UNSW Sydney When news broke last week that US political influencer Charlie Kirk had been shot at an event at Utah Valley University, millions of people around the world were first alerted to ... <a title="Viral violent videos on social media are skewing young people’s sense of the world" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/17/viral-violent-videos-on-social-media-are-skewing-young-peoples-sense-of-the-world-265371/" aria-label="Read more about Viral violent videos on social media are skewing young people’s sense of the world">Read more</a>
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September 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Becky Freeman, Professor in Public Health, University of Sydney Australia aims to reduce rates of daily smoking to 5% or less by 2030. By 2023, we got down to 8.3%. A key tool to encourage smokers to quit has been to raise the tobacco taxes. Now a ... <a title="Could making tobacco cheaper actually cut down smoking rates? We asked 5 experts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/17/could-making-tobacco-cheaper-actually-cut-down-smoking-rates-we-asked-5-experts-265384/" aria-label="Read more about Could making tobacco cheaper actually cut down smoking rates? We asked 5 experts">Read more</a>
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September 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Steve Hatfield-Dodds, Honorary Professor of Public Policy, Australian National University The clock is ticking on the federal government’s big climate reveal: Australia’s 2035 emissions targets. The declaration is expected later this week, and will signal to the world how hard Australia will go to help avoid the ... <a title="Australia’s 2035 climate target is coming. Here’s how we’ll know if it’s good enough
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September 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Thomas Corbin, Research fellow, Center for Research in Assessment and Digital Learning, Deakin University Andriy Onufriyenko/ Getty Images Artificial intelligence (AI) is wrecking havoc on university assessments and exams. Thanks to generative AI tools, such as ChatGPT, students can now generate essays and assessment answers in seconds. ... <a title="Our new study found AI is wreaking havoc on uni assessments. Here’s how we should respond" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/17/our-new-study-found-ai-is-wreaking-havoc-on-uni-assessments-heres-how-we-should-respond-264787/" aria-label="Read more about Our new study found AI is wreaking havoc on uni assessments. Here’s how we should respond">Read more</a>
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September 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Geoff Bertram, Visiting Scholar, School of History, Philosophy, Political Science and International Relations, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Getty Images The growing view that New Zealand’s energy market is “broken” has brought with it a stream of suggestions for piecemeal changes that nibble at ... <a title="Power struggle: why fixing NZ’s ‘broken’ electricity market is such a formidable challenge" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/17/power-struggle-why-fixing-nzs-broken-electricity-market-is-such-a-formidable-challenge-264582/" aria-label="Read more about Power struggle: why fixing NZ’s ‘broken’ electricity market is such a formidable challenge">Read more</a>
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September 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Flavio Menezes, Professor of Economics, Director of the Australian Institute for Business and Economics, The University of Queensland New figures show Australians bought a record 85,000 home batteries in the first half of 2025. That’s almost three times more than the year before, and nearly fivefold growth ... <a title="From batteries to EV chargers, Australia and NZ need these 3 fixes to hit net-zero at less cost" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/17/from-batteries-to-ev-chargers-australia-and-nz-need-these-3-fixes-to-hit-net-zero-at-less-cost-265197/" aria-label="Read more about From batteries to EV chargers, Australia and NZ need these 3 fixes to hit net-zero at less cost">Read more</a>
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September 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adam Skoyles, PhD Candidate, School of Planning, University of Waterloo A tree-lined street in downtown Vancouver providing shade to pedestrians. (Adam Skoyles), CC BY The housing affordability crisis is top of mind for many around the world, including Canadians. Between 2019 and 2024, house prices in Toronto ... <a title="Canadian cities can prepare for climate change by building with nature" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/17/canadian-cities-can-prepare-for-climate-change-by-building-with-nature-263608/" aria-label="Read more about Canadian cities can prepare for climate change by building with nature">Read more</a>
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September 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Opposition leader Sussan Ley says welfare should be targeted “to those who truly need it”, and people should be helped “off welfare and into self-reliance”. In her first major economic speech as leader, Ley on Wednesday will lay down some ... <a title="Opposition leader Sussan Ley commits to more targeted welfare, saying it shouldn’t go to high income households" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/17/opposition-leader-sussan-ley-commits-to-more-targeted-welfare-saying-it-shouldnt-go-to-high-income-households-265379/" aria-label="Read more about Opposition leader Sussan Ley commits to more targeted welfare, saying it shouldn’t go to high income households">Read more</a>
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September 16, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Cantrell, Senior Lecturer, Writing, Editing and Publishing, University of Southern Queensland Catherine Marciniak/Stan Last week, Erin Patterson was sentenced to life in prison, with a non-parole period of 33 years, for three counts of murder and one of attempted murder. Justice Christopher Beale acknowledged the media ... <a title="Death Cap Murders portrays Erin Patterson as a woman who craved community – and would ‘stop at nothing’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/16/death-cap-murders-portrays-erin-patterson-as-a-woman-who-craved-community-and-would-stop-at-nothing-264330/" aria-label="Read more about Death Cap Murders portrays Erin Patterson as a woman who craved community – and would ‘stop at nothing’">Read more</a>
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September 16, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew Sharpe, Associate Professor in Philosophy, Australian Catholic University Tyler Robinson, the 22-year-old Utah man suspected of having fatally shot right-wing activist Charlie Kirk, is reportedly not cooperating with authorities. Robinson was apprehended after a more than two-day manhunt and is being held without bail at the ... <a title="Charlie Kirk shooting suspect had ties to gaming culture and the ‘dark internet’. Here’s how they radicalise" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/16/charlie-kirk-shooting-suspect-had-ties-to-gaming-culture-and-the-dark-internet-heres-how-they-radicalise-265279/" aria-label="Read more about Charlie Kirk shooting suspect had ties to gaming culture and the ‘dark internet’. Here’s how they radicalise">Read more</a>
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September 16, 2025
Essay by Keith Rankin. Today’s geopolitics is already coming very close to a war (mainly of words, so far) between Asia and Europe (both entities broadly and loosely defined). For geopolitical purposes we may call this a war of hubris and cant between East and West. Conveniently for the West, the words East and Evil ... <a title="Keith Rankin Essay – Geopolitical rugby: Bad plays Evil, for the final World Cup" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/16/keith-rankin-essay-geopolitical-rugby-bad-plays-evil-for-the-final-world-cup/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Essay – Geopolitical rugby: Bad plays Evil, for the final World Cup">Read more</a>
