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October 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mike Jones, Course Director MA (Music Industries), University of Liverpool The Mercury prize almost always produces surprises – among them, Gomez not The Verve in 1998, and English Teacher not Charlie XCX in 2024 – but perhaps the biggest surprise is that the prize has survived for ... <a title="Sam Fender wins Mercury prize: ‘Geordie Springsteen’ is voice of a UK ravaged by industrial decline" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/20/sam-fender-wins-mercury-prize-geordie-springsteen-is-voice-of-a-uk-ravaged-by-industrial-decline-267767/" aria-label="Read more about Sam Fender wins Mercury prize: ‘Geordie Springsteen’ is voice of a UK ravaged by industrial decline">Read more</a>
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October 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Naomi Joseph, Arts + Culture Editor, The Conversation Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein has long served as a parable – a warning against the hubris of playing God, the dangers of motherless creation, reckless parenthood and unchecked scientific ambition. It’s a story that continues to resonate, revealing how little ... <a title="Monsters, menopause and bold women – what to see, read and visit this week" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/20/monsters-menopause-and-bold-women-what-to-see-read-and-visit-this-week-267693/" aria-label="Read more about Monsters, menopause and bold women – what to see, read and visit this week">Read more</a>
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October 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kirsten Banks, Lecturer, School of Science, Computing and Engineering Technologies, Swinburne University of Technology SpaceX Crew-2 flight in 2021. SpaceX, CC BY-NC For roughly 4.5 billion years, the Moon has kept Earth company. In the much shorter span of time that humans have been around, we’ve admired ... <a title="Should humans colonise space? We asked 5 experts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/20/should-humans-colonise-space-we-asked-5-experts-267436/" aria-label="Read more about Should humans colonise space? We asked 5 experts">Read more</a>
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October 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rebecca Strating, Director, La Trobe Asia, and Professor of International Relations, La Trobe University The long-awaited meeting between US President Donald Trump and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is finally set to happen in Washington this week. While unforeseen circumstances could still derail it, the stakes for ... <a title="Flattery or calm confidence? How Anthony Albanese should handle Donald Trump at the White House" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/20/flattery-or-calm-confidence-how-anthony-albanese-should-handle-donald-trump-at-the-white-house-266783/" aria-label="Read more about Flattery or calm confidence? How Anthony Albanese should handle Donald Trump at the White House">Read more</a>
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October 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lakshini Gunasekera, PhD Candidate in Neurology, Monash University We’ve known for a long time that women are more likely than men to have migraine attacks. As children, girls and boys experience migraine equally. But after puberty, women are two to three times more likely to experience this ... <a title="Why is migraine more common in women than men?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/20/why-is-migraine-more-common-in-women-than-men-265293/" aria-label="Read more about Why is migraine more common in women than men?">Read more</a>
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October 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nitika Garg, Professor of Marketing, UNSW Sydney Oscar Wong/Getty Images You check prices online for a flight to Melbourne today. It’s $300. You leave your browser open. Two hours later, it’s $320. Half a day later, $280. Welcome to the world of algorithmic pricing, where technology tries ... <a title="AI is using your data to set personalised prices online. It could seriously backfire" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/20/ai-is-using-your-data-to-set-personalised-prices-online-it-could-seriously-backfire-266995/" aria-label="Read more about AI is using your data to set personalised prices online. It could seriously backfire">Read more</a>
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October 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Milad Haghani, Associate Professor and Principal Fellow in Urban Risk and Resilience, The University of Melbourne Most of us have a way of saying “thank you” on the road. A wave in the rear-view mirror, a quick lift of the hand from the wheel, maybe even a ... <a title="A wave, a honk, or a headlight flash? Road etiquette isn’t universal – and that brings risks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/20/a-wave-a-honk-or-a-headlight-flash-road-etiquette-isnt-universal-and-that-brings-risks-266358/" aria-label="Read more about A wave, a honk, or a headlight flash? Road etiquette isn’t universal – and that brings risks">Read more</a>
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October 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Opposition leader Sussan Ley will commit the opposition to taking a plan to cut personal income tax to the election – despite being unable to foresee what the budgetary and economic circumstances will be by then. In a Monday speech ... <a title="Sussan Ley commits to offering income tax cuts at the election" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/20/sussan-ley-commits-to-offering-income-tax-cuts-at-the-election-267823/" aria-label="Read more about Sussan Ley commits to offering income tax cuts at the election">Read more</a>
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October 19, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Barnaby Joyce is a natural-born disruptor. He also always wants to be the head of the pack, and in the spotlight. As Nationals MP Michael McCormack puts it, “he likes to be in charge, leading, in control”. Taking into account ... <a title="View from The Hill: Barnaby Joyce is doing again what he does best – disrupting" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/19/view-from-the-hill-barnaby-joyce-is-doing-again-what-he-does-best-disrupting-267226/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Barnaby Joyce is doing again what he does best – disrupting">Read more</a>
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October 19, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew White, Lecturer and Researcher in Inclusive Education, Australian Catholic University Over the weekend, the federal government released its rapid review into school bullying. Authored by clinical psychologist Charlotte Keating and suicide prevention expert Jo Robinson, the review received more than 1,700 submissions from parents, students, teachers ... <a title="A government review wants schools to respond to bullying complaints within 2 days. Is this fair? What else do we need?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/19/a-government-review-wants-schools-to-respond-to-bullying-complaints-within-2-days-is-this-fair-what-else-do-we-need-267814/" aria-label="Read more about A government review wants schools to respond to bullying complaints within 2 days. Is this fair? What else do we need?">Read more</a>
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October 19, 2025
Report by Dr David Robie – Café Pacific. – COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone Last year I banged out an angry rant about the way Israel supporters would yell “release the hostages!” at anyone who talked about the latest massacre of Palestinian civilians, saying Hamas was to blame for the killing because of their refusal to ... <a title="Caitlin Johnstone: They said the massacres would stop when the hostages were released. They haven’t stopped." class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/19/caitlin-johnstone-they-said-the-massacres-would-stop-when-the-hostages-were-released-they-havent-stopped/" aria-label="Read more about Caitlin Johnstone: They said the massacres would stop when the hostages were released. They haven’t stopped.">Read more</a>
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October 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Song Shi, Associate Professor, Property Economics, University of Technology Sydney Martin Berry/Getty Australians love rooftop solar power. About 4 million homes have solar panels on their roofs, and we generate more solar energy per person than any other country. But affordability pressures on home owners are holding ... <a title="Many rooftops are perfect for solar but owners and renters can’t afford it. Here’s our answer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/17/many-rooftops-are-perfect-for-solar-but-owners-and-renters-cant-afford-it-heres-our-answer-266467/" aria-label="Read more about Many rooftops are perfect for solar but owners and renters can’t afford it. Here’s our answer">Read more</a>
