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June 30, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anna Hurlimann, Associate Professor in Urban Planning, The University of Melbourne Quality Stock Arts/Shutterstock Cities have a central role to play tackling climate change. They contribute 67–72% of the greenhouse gas emissions which are heating up the planet. At the same time, cities are increasingly at risk ... <a title="Cities are heating up the planet – how they can do more to fight climate change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/30/cities-are-heating-up-the-planet-how-they-can-do-more-to-fight-climate-change-259391/" aria-label="Read more about Cities are heating up the planet – how they can do more to fight climate change">Read more</a>
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June 30, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lucia McCallum, Senior Scientist in Geodesy, University of Tasmania ESA / Hubble / L. Calçada (ESO), CC BY The scientists who precisely measure the position of Earth are in a bit of trouble. Their measurements are essential for the satellites we use for navigation, communication and Earth ... <a title="Scientists look to black holes to know exactly where we are in the Universe. But phones and wifi are blocking the view" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/30/scientists-look-to-black-holes-to-know-exactly-where-we-are-in-the-universe-but-phones-and-wifi-are-blocking-the-view-259977/" aria-label="Read more about Scientists look to black holes to know exactly where we are in the Universe. But phones and wifi are blocking the view">Read more</a>
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June 30, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Benjamin Zala, Senior Lecturer, Politics & International Relations, Monash University As the ceasefire between Israel and Iran seems to be holding for now, it is important to reflect on whether this whole episode was worth the risks. Wider escalation was (and remains) possible, and we do not ... <a title="Could we live with a nuclear-armed Iran? Reluctantly, yes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/30/could-we-live-with-a-nuclear-armed-iran-reluctantly-yes-259905/" aria-label="Read more about Could we live with a nuclear-armed Iran? Reluctantly, yes">Read more</a>
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June 30, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sam Bennett, Disability Program Director, Grattan Institute Australia is spending more than ever on disability services – and yet many people with disability still aren’t receiving the support they need. Since the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) began in 2013, it has transformed the lives of hundreds ... <a title="How to reform the NDIS and better support disabled people who don’t qualify for it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/30/how-to-reform-the-ndis-and-better-support-disabled-people-who-dont-qualify-for-it-258799/" aria-label="Read more about How to reform the NDIS and better support disabled people who don’t qualify for it">Read more</a>
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June 30, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicole Brownlie, Lecturer in Education, University of Southern Queensland Johnny Greig/ Getty Images When you went to school, did you call your teacher Mrs, Ms or Mr, followed by their surname? Perhaps you even called them Sir or Miss. The tradition of addressing teachers in a formal ... <a title="Mr Smith or Gary? Why some teachers ask students to call them by their first name" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/30/mr-smith-or-gary-why-some-teachers-ask-students-to-call-them-by-their-first-name-259790/" aria-label="Read more about Mr Smith or Gary? Why some teachers ask students to call them by their first name">Read more</a>
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June 30, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Timothy Welch, Senior Lecturer in Urban Planning, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Getty Images Stand on any car park on a sunny day in February and the heat will radiate through your shoes. At 30°C air temperature, that asphalt hits 50–55°C – hot enough to cause ... <a title="NZ cities are getting hotter: 5 things councils can do now to keep us cooler when summer comes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/30/nz-cities-are-getting-hotter-5-things-councils-can-do-now-to-keep-us-cooler-when-summer-comes-259885/" aria-label="Read more about NZ cities are getting hotter: 5 things councils can do now to keep us cooler when summer comes">Read more</a>
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June 30, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Roberta Esbitt, Associate, RMIT University If you want to advertise a house online in Australia, you don’t have many options. Just two companies dominate the market. Australia’s largest property listings platform, realestate.com.au, belongs to digital media company REA Group, which is majority-owned by Rupert Murdoch’s US-based media ... <a title="Murdoch’s News Corp has moved into the mortgage business. Where are the regulators?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/30/murdochs-news-corp-has-moved-into-the-mortgage-business-where-are-the-regulators-259039/" aria-label="Read more about Murdoch’s News Corp has moved into the mortgage business. Where are the regulators?">Read more</a>
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June 29, 2025
COMMENTARY: By Ahmad Ibsais On June 22, American warplanes crossed into Iranian airspace and dropped 14 massive bombs. The attack was not in response to a provocation; it came on the heels of illegal Israeli aggression that took the lives of more than 600 Iranians. This was a return to something familiar and well-practised: an ... <a title="Why manufacturing consent for war with Iran failed this time" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/29/why-manufacturing-consent-for-war-with-iran-failed-this-time/" aria-label="Read more about Why manufacturing consent for war with Iran failed this time">Read more</a>
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June 29, 2025
Headline: A return to Nature. – 36th Parallel Assessments Thomas Hobbes wrote his seminal work Leviathan in 1651. In it he describes the world system as it was then as being in “a state of nature,” something that some have interpreted as anarchy. However, anarchy has order and purpose. It is not chaos. In fact, ... <a title="A return to Nature." class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/29/a-return-to-nature/" aria-label="Read more about A return to Nature.">Read more</a>
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June 29, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Simon Theobald, Postdoctoral researcher, Institute for Ethics and Society, University of Notre Dame Australia From 2015 to 2018, I spent 15 months doing research work in Mashhad, Iran’s second-largest city. As an anthropologist, I was interested in everyday life in Iran outside the capital Tehran. I was ... <a title="Do all Iranians hate the regime? Hate America? Life inside the country is more complex than that" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/29/do-all-iranians-hate-the-regime-hate-america-life-inside-the-country-is-more-complex-than-that-259554/" aria-label="Read more about Do all Iranians hate the regime? Hate America? Life inside the country is more complex than that">Read more</a>
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June 28, 2025
ANALYSIS: By Eugene Doyle Setting aside any thoughts I may have about theocratic rulers (whether they be in Tel Aviv or Tehran), I am personally glad that Iran was able to hold out against the US-Israeli attacks this month. The ceasefire, however, will only be a pause in the long-running campaign to destabilise, weaken and ... <a title="Eugene Doyle: Why Asia-Pacific should be cheering for Iran and not US bomb-based statecraft" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/28/eugene-doyle-why-asia-pacific-should-be-cheering-for-iran-and-not-us-bomb-based-statecraft/" aria-label="Read more about Eugene Doyle: Why Asia-Pacific should be cheering for Iran and not US bomb-based statecraft">Read more</a>
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June 28, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julie Leask, Professor, School of Public Health, University of Sydney The United States used to be a leader in vaccine research, development and policymaking. Now US Secretary of Health Robert F. Kennedy Jr is undermining the country’s vaccine program at the highest level and supercharging vaccine skepticism. ... <a title="RFK Junior is stoking fears about vaccine safety. Here’s why he’s wrong – and the impact it could have" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/28/rfk-junior-is-stoking-fears-about-vaccine-safety-heres-why-hes-wrong-and-the-impact-it-could-have-259986/" aria-label="Read more about RFK Junior is stoking fears about vaccine safety. Here’s why he’s wrong – and the impact it could have">Read more</a>