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May 11, 2025
ANALYSIS: By Ali Mirin On April 24, 2025, Indonesia made a masterful geopolitical move. Jakarta granted Fiji US$6 million in financial aid and offered to cooperate with them on military training — a seemingly benign act of diplomacy that conceals a darker purpose. This strategic manoeuvre is the latest in Indonesia’s efforts to neutralise Pacific ... <a title="Indonesia’s Pacific manoeuvres – money, military, and silencing West Papua" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/11/indonesias-pacific-manoeuvres-money-military-and-silencing-west-papua/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesia’s Pacific manoeuvres – money, military, and silencing West Papua">Read more</a>
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May 11, 2025
Report by Dr David Robie – Café Pacific. – NERMEEN SHAIKH: We begin today’s show looking at Israel’s ongoing targeting of Palestinian journalists. A recent report by the Costs of War Project at Brown University described the war in Gaza as the “worst ever conflict for reporters” in history. By one count, Israel has killed ... <a title="Who killed Shireen Abu Akleh? Film names Israeli soldier but Biden, Israel ‘did best to cover up’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/11/who-killed-shireen-abu-akleh-film-names-israeli-soldier-but-biden-israel-did-best-to-cover-up/" aria-label="Read more about Who killed Shireen Abu Akleh? Film names Israeli soldier but Biden, Israel ‘did best to cover up’">Read more</a>
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May 9, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne I previously wrote about the Senate the morning after the election. About half the Senate is elected at each House of Representatives election. Those up for election ... <a title="Labor likely to gain 5 senators, cementing the left’s Senate dominance" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/09/labor-likely-to-gain-5-senators-cementing-the-lefts-senate-dominance-256207/" aria-label="Read more about Labor likely to gain 5 senators, cementing the left’s Senate dominance">Read more</a>
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May 9, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joanna Mendelssohn, Honorary Senior Fellow, School of Culture and Communication. Editor in Chief, Design and Art of Australia Online, The University of Melbourne Winner Archibald Prize 2025, Julie Fragar ‘Flagship Mother Multiverse (Justene)’, oil on canvas, 240 x 180.4 cm © the artist, image © Art Gallery ... <a title="The artist as creator of all things: Julie Fragar wins the Archibald for a portrait among the stars" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/09/the-artist-as-creator-of-all-things-julie-fragar-wins-the-archibald-for-a-portrait-among-the-stars-253748/" aria-label="Read more about The artist as creator of all things: Julie Fragar wins the Archibald for a portrait among the stars">Read more</a>
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May 9, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Glyn Davis, Anthony Albanese’s hand-picked Secretary of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, will leave the post on June 16. Albanese paid tribute to Davis for rebuilding the public service. “One of the key priorities of our government’s ... <a title="Glyn Davis to quit as the prime minister’s top public servant" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/09/glyn-davis-to-quit-as-the-prime-ministers-top-public-servant-255961/" aria-label="Read more about Glyn Davis to quit as the prime minister’s top public servant">Read more</a>
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May 9, 2025
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Donald Trump is a mercantilist, as noted in Trump’s tariffs: Short-term damage or long-term ruin? ‘The Bottom Line’, Al Jazeera, 11 April 2025 (or here on YouTube). But the United States, in today’s world, is not a mercantilist country. Or at least not a successful mercantilist country, though it is inhabited ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – Make Deficits Great Again: Maintaining a Pragmatic Balance" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/09/keith-rankin-analysis-make-deficits-great-again-maintaining-a-pragmatic-balance/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – Make Deficits Great Again: Maintaining a Pragmatic Balance">Read more</a>
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May 9, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew King, Associate Professor in Climate Science, ARC Centre of Excellence for 21st Century Weather, The University of Melbourne This year, for many Australians, it feels like summer never left. The sunny days and warm nights have continued well into autumn. Even now, in May, it’s still ... <a title="It’s almost winter. Why is Australia still so hot?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/09/its-almost-winter-why-is-australia-still-so-hot-256071/" aria-label="Read more about It’s almost winter. Why is Australia still so hot?">Read more</a>
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May 9, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robyn Martin, Associate Dean, Social Work and Human Services, RMIT University Pressmaster/Shutterstock The 2025 election is over and now it’s time for Labor to deliver on campaign promises to address homelessness. Action on homelessness is long overdue. Affordable housing options remain scarce and public and community housing ... <a title="Labor has promised to tackle homelessness. Here’s what homeless people say they need" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/09/labor-has-promised-to-tackle-homelessness-heres-what-homeless-people-say-they-need-255945/" aria-label="Read more about Labor has promised to tackle homelessness. Here’s what homeless people say they need">Read more</a>
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May 9, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Labor’s extraordinary election result has triggered a power play that has exposed the uglier entrails of Labor factionalism. Even before the new caucus met in Canberra on Friday, the Labor right had dumped two of its cabinet ministers: Attorney-General Mark ... <a title="View from The Hill: two ministers and the Nationals discover the limits of loyalty in politics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/09/view-from-the-hill-two-ministers-and-the-nationals-discover-the-limits-of-loyalty-in-politics-255959/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: two ministers and the Nationals discover the limits of loyalty in politics">Read more</a>
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May 9, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Evangeline Mantzioris, Program Director of Nutrition and Food Sciences, Accredited Practising Dietitian, University of South Australia Simply Amazing/Shutterstock If you walk through your local pharmacy or supermarket you’re bound to come across probiotics and prebiotics. They’re added to certain foods. They come as supplements you can drink ... <a title="What’s the difference between probiotics and prebiotics? A dietitian explains" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/09/whats-the-difference-between-probiotics-and-prebiotics-a-dietitian-explains-248653/" aria-label="Read more about What’s the difference between probiotics and prebiotics? A dietitian explains">Read more</a>
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May 9, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Philip C. Almond, Emeritus Professor in the History of Religious Thought, The University of Queensland Composite image by The Conversation. Images courtesy of TruthSocial/@realDonaldTrump and Wikimedia Commons The US presidency and the papacy came together on May 3 when Donald Trump posted an AI-generated photograph of himself ... <a title="What will the Antichrist look like? According to Western thought, an authoritarian king – or the pope" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/09/what-will-the-antichrist-look-like-according-to-western-thought-an-authoritarian-king-or-the-pope-256205/" aria-label="Read more about What will the Antichrist look like? According to Western thought, an authoritarian king – or the pope">Read more</a>
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May 9, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dean J. Miller, Senior Lecturer, Appleton Institute, HealthWise Research Group, CQUniversity Australia Alexey Demidov/Pexels Have you ever felt an unexpected sense of calm while walking barefoot on grass? Or noticed your stress begin to fade as you stood ankle deep in the ocean? If so, you may ... <a title="What is grounding and could it improve my sleep? Here’s the science behind this TikTok trend" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/09/what-is-grounding-and-could-it-improve-my-sleep-heres-the-science-behind-this-tiktok-trend-253347/" aria-label="Read more about What is grounding and could it improve my sleep? Here’s the science behind this TikTok trend">Read more</a>
