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August 25, 2025
COMMENTARY: By Asofou So’o Although seven political parties have officially registered to contest Samoa’s general election this Friday, three have been politically visible through their campaign activities and are likely to share among them the biggest slice of the Parliament’s 51 seats. The question on everyone’s lips is: which one of them will win enough ... <a title="Gearing up for the 2025 Samoan general election – three-way split?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/25/gearing-up-for-the-2025-samoan-general-election-three-way-split/" aria-label="Read more about Gearing up for the 2025 Samoan general election – three-way split?">Read more</a>
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August 25, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Huong Le, Associate Professor, Human Resource Management, CQUniversity Australia Mart Production/Pexels, CC BY From August 26, 5.4 million Australians working for small businesses will have the “right to disconnect”. This means they can refuse contact about work – such as emails, texts or calls – outside work ... <a title="5 million small business employees now have a right to disconnect from work unless it’s ‘unreasonable’. What does that mean?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/25/5-million-small-business-employees-now-have-a-right-to-disconnect-from-work-unless-its-unreasonable-what-does-that-mean-263799/" aria-label="Read more about 5 million small business employees now have a right to disconnect from work unless it’s ‘unreasonable’. What does that mean?">Read more</a>
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August 25, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kirk Dodd, Lecturer in English and Writing, University of Sydney Prudence Upton/Sydney Theatre Company Playwright Joanna Murray-Smith has a long held fascination with the brilliance of Patricia Highsmith, who published the classic novel The Talented Mr. Ripley in 1955. In 2014, Murray-Smith’s Switzerland explored Highsmith’s life, directed ... <a title="Impressive performances and production values – but Joanna Murray-Smith’s The Talented Mr. Ripley doesn’t quite land" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/25/impressive-performances-and-production-values-but-joanna-murray-smiths-the-talented-mr-ripley-doesnt-quite-land-260921/" aria-label="Read more about Impressive performances and production values – but Joanna Murray-Smith’s The Talented Mr. Ripley doesn’t quite land">Read more</a>
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August 25, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Austin, Senior Lecturer in Theatre, The University of Melbourne Pia Johnson Award-winning playwright and actor Kristy Marillier’s new work, Destiny, is an ensemble drama set in 1976 South Africa, against a backdrop of rising resistance to the apartheid regime. Commissioned and developed through Melbourne Theatre Company’s ... <a title="Destiny is a fierce new stage show exploring love, loss and rebellion under the shadow of apartheid South Africa" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/25/destiny-is-a-fierce-new-stage-show-exploring-love-loss-and-rebellion-under-the-shadow-of-apartheid-south-africa-262515/" aria-label="Read more about Destiny is a fierce new stage show exploring love, loss and rebellion under the shadow of apartheid South Africa">Read more</a>
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August 25, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Haoning Xi, Lecturer (Assistant Professor), Newcastle Business School, University of Newcastle A derailed train near Gympie in Queensland after flooding in February 2022. Bradley Kanaris / Getty Images Last week’s torrential rain disrupted several Sydney train lines, in what is becoming a familiar story for commuters. Almost ... <a title="Buckling rails and lines underwater: how Australia’s ageing train networks are crumbling as the climate changes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/25/buckling-rails-and-lines-underwater-how-australias-ageing-train-networks-are-crumbling-as-the-climate-changes-263796/" aria-label="Read more about Buckling rails and lines underwater: how Australia’s ageing train networks are crumbling as the climate changes">Read more</a>
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August 25, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bhavna Middha, ARC DECRA Senior Research Fellow in Environmental Sociology, RMIT University Last month, Australia’s ban on the import, use and manufacture of three types of “forever chemical” came into effect. These chemicals – PFOA, PFOS and PFHxS – have long lifespans and resist breaking down. They’re ... <a title="Australia has banned 3 ‘forever chemicals’ – but Europe wants to ban all 14,000. This precautionary approach makes clear sense" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/25/australia-has-banned-3-forever-chemicals-but-europe-wants-to-ban-all-14-000-this-precautionary-approach-makes-clear-sense-262802/" aria-label="Read more about Australia has banned 3 ‘forever chemicals’ – but Europe wants to ban all 14,000. This precautionary approach makes clear sense">Read more</a>
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August 25, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Thompson, Associate Professor in Media and Communication, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington The recent internal report on RNZ’s performance, variously described as “scathing” and “blunt” in news coverage, caused considerable debate about the state broadcaster’s performance and priorities – not all of it ... <a title="A ‘scathing’ report on RNZ’s performance obscures the good news – and the challenge of serving many audiences" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/25/a-scathing-report-on-rnzs-performance-obscures-the-good-news-and-the-challenge-of-serving-many-audiences-263618/" aria-label="Read more about A ‘scathing’ report on RNZ’s performance obscures the good news – and the challenge of serving many audiences">Read more</a>
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August 25, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Blair Williams, Lecturer in Australian Politics, Monash University It’s no secret the Liberal Party of Australia has a problem with women. The party has made headlines over the years for its toxic blokey “Big Swinging Dick” culture, underrepresentation of women in the party, and dwindling support from ... <a title="The Liberals used to be the party for women – then John Howard came along" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/25/the-liberals-used-to-be-the-party-for-women-then-john-howard-came-along-262614/" aria-label="Read more about The Liberals used to be the party for women – then John Howard came along">Read more</a>
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August 25, 2025
Article by Matt Robson, former Alliance Party and New Zealand Government Cabinet Minister. The Initial vote on Kiwibank in the Labour-Alliance government in 2000 was 16 Labour against to 4 Alliance for. I was there when this was reversed, and in 2001 the 4 insurgent Alliance Ministers – Jim Anderton, Sandra Lee, Laila Harre and ... <a title="Matt Robson: The Public’s Kiwibank on the Auction Block" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/25/matt-robson-the-publics-kiwibank-on-the-auction-block/" aria-label="Read more about Matt Robson: The Public’s Kiwibank on the Auction Block">Read more</a>
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August 25, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sora Lee, Lecturer in Ageing and End of Life, La Trobe University Australia’s job market is facing a paradox. Employers across every major sector – from construction to healthcare – report crippling skills shortages. A key measure of skills shortages, the proportion of advertised vacancies filled, shows ... <a title="Officially, the unemployment rate is 4.2%. But that doesn’t count all the hidden workers in Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/25/officially-the-unemployment-rate-is-4-2-but-that-doesnt-count-all-the-hidden-workers-in-australia-262870/" aria-label="Read more about Officially, the unemployment rate is 4.2%. But that doesn’t count all the hidden workers in Australia">Read more</a>
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August 25, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Douglas, Lecturer, Monash Bioethics Centre, Monash University Alexander Spatari / Getty Images Earlier this month, when OpenAI released its latest flagship artificial intelligence (AI) system, GPT-5, the company said it was “much smarter across the board” than earlier models. Backing up the claim were high scores ... <a title="AI systems are great at tests. But how do they perform in real life?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/25/ai-systems-are-great-at-tests-but-how-do-they-perform-in-real-life-260176/" aria-label="Read more about AI systems are great at tests. But how do they perform in real life?">Read more</a>
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August 25, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Aleta Moriarty, PhD student, economic opportunities for people with autism, The University of Melbourne Recent images of an emaciated Gazan child, Muhammad Zakariya Ayyoub al-Matouq, provoked global outrage. Some sought to minimise this harm, attributing it instead to pre-existing conditions or disability. But framing starvation deaths in ... <a title="Israel’s attacks on Gaza are putting people with disabilities at extreme risk" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/25/israels-attacks-on-gaza-are-putting-people-with-disabilities-at-extreme-risk-263029/" aria-label="Read more about Israel’s attacks on Gaza are putting people with disabilities at extreme risk">Read more</a>
