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June 22, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Albanese government has given a tepid response to the United States’ bombing of Iran’s nuclear facilities. The Prime Minister’s Office issued a statement from a government spokesperson, but there were no plans on Sunday afternoon for Anthony Albanese or ... <a title="Muted response from Albanese government on US attack on Iran" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/22/muted-response-from-albanese-government-on-us-attack-on-iran-259510/" aria-label="Read more about Muted response from Albanese government on US attack on Iran">Read more</a>
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June 22, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Dwyer, Lecturer, School of Social Sciences, University of Tasmania The jagged silhouette of a B2 stealth bomber seen during a 2015 flyover in the US. Jonathan Daniel / Getty Images Late on Saturday night, local time, the United States carried out strikes against Iranian nuclear enrichment ... <a title="What is a ‘bunker buster’? An expert explains what the US dropped on Iran – and what might happen now" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/22/what-is-a-bunker-buster-an-expert-explains-what-the-us-dropped-on-iran-and-what-might-happen-now-259508/" aria-label="Read more about What is a ‘bunker buster’? An expert explains what the US dropped on Iran – and what might happen now">Read more</a>
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June 22, 2025
Report by Dr David Robie – Café Pacific. – Iran’s Foreign Minister, Abbas Araghchi, held talks with France, Germany, and the United Kingdom yesterday in Geneva as Israel’s attacks on Iran entered a second week. A US-based Iranian human rights group reports the Israeli attacks have killed at least 639 people. Israeli war planes have ... <a title="Another Iraq? Military expert warns US has no real plan if it joins Israel’s war on Iran" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/22/another-iraq-military-expert-warns-us-has-no-real-plan-if-it-joins-israels-war-on-iran/" aria-label="Read more about Another Iraq? Military expert warns US has no real plan if it joins Israel’s war on Iran">Read more</a>
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June 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Anthony Albanese, just back from the G7 and his cancelled meeting with Donald Trump, has abandoned the idea of going to next week’s NATO meeting in pursuit of face time with the elusive president. The word was that the prime ... <a title="View from The Hill: Albanese decides against pursuing Donald Trump to NATO" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/20/view-from-the-hill-albanese-decides-against-pursuing-donald-trump-to-nato-258972/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Albanese decides against pursuing Donald Trump to NATO">Read more</a>
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June 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tom Howe, PhD candidate in International Relations, Monash University A recently announced Pentagon review of the AUKUS pact has sparked a renewed bout of debate in Australia. Led by the “AUKUS-agnostic” US Undersecretary of Defense Elbridge Colby, the review raises serious questions over whether Australia will receive ... <a title="Britain’s support for AUKUS is unwavering – but its capacity to deliver is another matter" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/20/britains-support-for-aukus-is-unwavering-but-its-capacity-to-deliver-is-another-matter-259266/" aria-label="Read more about Britain’s support for AUKUS is unwavering – but its capacity to deliver is another matter">Read more</a>
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June 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Natalie Roche, PhD Candidate, Centre for Ergonomics and Human Factors, La Trobe University Sergey Dolgikh/Getty Images In Australia, there are around 235,000 emergency service volunteers who help communities respond and recover after natural disasters and other traumatic events. These include volunteers with metropolitan and rural fire services ... <a title="‘I was in a semi-breaking-down sort of place’: new study sheds light on the emotional toll for emergency volunteers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/20/i-was-in-a-semi-breaking-down-sort-of-place-new-study-sheds-light-on-the-emotional-toll-for-emergency-volunteers-259145/" aria-label="Read more about ‘I was in a semi-breaking-down sort of place’: new study sheds light on the emotional toll for emergency volunteers">Read more</a>
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June 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Shumi Akhtar, Associate Professor, University of Sydney Marlon Trottmann/Shutterstock The Australian origins of Santos have made an indelible mark on the company’s very name. The energy giant was first incorporated in 1954 under the acronym for “South Australia Northern Territory Oil Search”. It was publicly listed on ... <a title="Australia wants more foreign investment. That’s why a $29 billion bid for Santos puts the Treasurer in a tricky position" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/20/australia-wants-more-foreign-investment-thats-why-a-29-billion-bid-for-santos-puts-the-treasurer-in-a-tricky-position-259153/" aria-label="Read more about Australia wants more foreign investment. That’s why a $29 billion bid for Santos puts the Treasurer in a tricky position">Read more</a>
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June 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Diane Dowdell, PhD Candidate in Sustainable Mining, The University of Queensland CUHRIG/Getty This week, Environment Minister Murray Watt met with groups representing business, the environment, renewable energy and First Nations communities in a bid to restart Labor’s stalled environmental reforms. There was one group in the room ... <a title="West Australian miners flexed their muscle to block a federal EPA last year. Will it be different this time?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/20/west-australian-miners-flexed-their-muscle-to-block-a-federal-epa-last-year-will-it-be-different-this-time-257892/" aria-label="Read more about West Australian miners flexed their muscle to block a federal EPA last year. Will it be different this time?">Read more</a>
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June 20, 2025
COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle The surprise US-Israeli attack on Iran is literally and figuratively designed to unleash centrifugal forces in the Islamic Republic. Two nuclear powers are currently involved in the bombing of the nuclear facilities of a third state. One of them, the US has — for the moment — limited itself to handling ... <a title="Eugene Doyle: How centrifugal forces have been unleashed in Iran" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/20/eugene-doyle-how-centrifugal-forces-have-been-unleashed-in-iran/" aria-label="Read more about Eugene Doyle: How centrifugal forces have been unleashed in Iran">Read more</a>
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June 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lisa M. Given, Professor of Information Sciences & Director, Social Change Enabling Impact Platform, RMIT University MAYA LAB/Shutterstock Technologies to enforce the Australian government’s social media ban for under 16s are “private, robust and effective”. That’s according to the preliminary findings of a federal government-commissioned trial that ... <a title="Technology to enforce teen social media ban is ‘effective’, trial says. But this is at odds with other evidence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/20/technology-to-enforce-teen-social-media-ban-is-effective-trial-says-but-this-is-at-odds-with-other-evidence-259373/" aria-label="Read more about Technology to enforce teen social media ban is ‘effective’, trial says. But this is at odds with other evidence">Read more</a>
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June 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yvonne Breitwieser-Faria, Lecturer in Criminal Law and International Law, Curtin University Earlier this year, the European Union, the Council of Europe, Ukraine and an international coalition of states agreed to establish a new special tribunal. The tribunal will eventually be tasked with holding Russia accountable for the ... <a title="A new special tribunal will investigate Russia’s aggression against Ukraine. Will it be effective?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/20/a-new-special-tribunal-will-investigate-russias-aggression-against-ukraine-will-it-be-effective-257823/" aria-label="Read more about A new special tribunal will investigate Russia’s aggression against Ukraine. Will it be effective?">Read more</a>
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June 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vanessa Miller, Lecturer in Education (Classroom Management), Southern Cross University Wander Women/ Getty Images Bullying is arguably one of the most serious issues facing Australia’s schools. About one in four students between Year 4 and Year 9 report being bullied regularly. This can have serious and lasting ... <a title="6 things Australia must do if it’s serious about tackling school bullying" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/20/6-things-australia-must-do-if-its-serious-about-tackling-school-bullying-258924/" aria-label="Read more about 6 things Australia must do if it’s serious about tackling school bullying">Read more</a>
