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December 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Wednesday’s budget update will project a deficit of $36.8 billion for this financial year, which is $5.4 billion better than forecast in the Pre-election Economic and Fiscal Outlook (PEFO) issued before the May election. The update projects deficits that are ... <a title="Mid-year budget update will project deficit of nearly $37 billion for current financial year" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/17/mid-year-budget-update-will-project-deficit-of-nearly-37-billion-for-current-financial-year-271946/" aria-label="Read more about Mid-year budget update will project deficit of nearly $37 billion for current financial year">Read more</a>
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December 16, 2025
Analysis by Keith Rankin, 16 December 2025 RNZ news item, 12pm 9 Dec 2025: “Finance Minister Nicola Willis has challenged one of her predecessors Ruth Richardson to debate her on how to best manage the country’s finances. Our political reporter Anneke Smith has more: ‘The taxpayers union is poised to launch a pressure campaign targeting ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – Fire! Fire! Today’s Vestiges of Ruthenasia and Classical Austerity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/16/keith-rankin-analysis-fire-fire-todays-vestiges-of-ruthenasia-and-classical-austerity/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – Fire! Fire! Today’s Vestiges of Ruthenasia and Classical Austerity">Read more</a>
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December 16, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Bowman, Professor of Pyrogeography and Fire Science, University of Tasmania In 1830, the Palawa people were in the midst of their guerilla war against the British colonists taking their land in what is now Tasmania. After flaring in the mid-1820s, intensifying violence had claimed hundreds of ... <a title="Hidden clues in colonial journals reveal why Tasmania’s remote west keeps burning" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/16/hidden-clues-in-colonial-journals-reveal-why-tasmanias-remote-west-keeps-burning-271623/" aria-label="Read more about Hidden clues in colonial journals reveal why Tasmania’s remote west keeps burning">Read more</a>
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December 16, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Henry Maher, Lecturer in Politics, Department of Government and International Relations, University of Sydney US President Donald Trump has signalled in an interview with the Wall Street Journal he is close to announcing his pick for the next chair of the US Federal Reserve. With inflation again ... <a title="Trump is close to naming the new Federal Reserve chief. His choice could raise the risk of stagflation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/16/trump-is-close-to-naming-the-new-federal-reserve-chief-his-choice-could-raise-the-risk-of-stagflation-272052/" aria-label="Read more about Trump is close to naming the new Federal Reserve chief. His choice could raise the risk of stagflation">Read more</a>
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December 16, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Esterman, Professor of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of South Australia Luis Alvarez/Getty COVID rarely rates a mention in the news these days, yet it hasn’t gone away. SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID, is still with us. It continues to infect thousands of Australians each month, ... <a title="Is there much COVID around? Do I need the new booster shot LP.8.1?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/16/is-there-much-covid-around-do-i-need-the-new-booster-shot-lp-8-1-271933/" aria-label="Read more about Is there much COVID around? Do I need the new booster shot LP.8.1?">Read more</a>
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December 16, 2025
ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on December 16, 2025.
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December 16, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yao-Tai Li, Senior Lecturer of Sociology and Social Policy, UNSW Sydney This week, after a 156-day trial, the Hong Kong pro-democracy campaigner and media tycoon Jimmy Lai was convicted of sedition and collusion with foreign or external forces. Now facing life in prison, Lai was convicted under ... <a title="Hong Kong pro-democracy publisher convicted of sedition, in major blow to press freedom" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/16/hong-kong-pro-democracy-publisher-convicted-of-sedition-in-major-blow-to-press-freedom-272079/" aria-label="Read more about Hong Kong pro-democracy publisher convicted of sedition, in major blow to press freedom">Read more</a>
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December 16, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adam Daniel, Associate Lecturer in Communication, Western Sydney University Rob Reiner, the celebrated Hollywood director whose diverse filmography was loved by a broad array of audiences, was found dead on Sunday in Los Angeles. He was 78. Authorities have described the deaths of Reiner and his wife, ... <a title="In a cynical industry, Rob Reiner’s films taught us the power of sincerity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/16/in-a-cynical-industry-rob-reiners-films-taught-us-the-power-of-sincerity-272164/" aria-label="Read more about In a cynical industry, Rob Reiner’s films taught us the power of sincerity">Read more</a>
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December 16, 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 Labor gained two points in a Redbridge national poll to take a 56–44 lead, despite the expenses claims occurring during the fieldwork period. Redbridge state polls have ... <a title="Labor maintains dominant lead in Redbridge poll despite expenses claims" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/16/labor-maintains-dominant-lead-in-redbridge-poll-despite-expenses-claims-271525/" aria-label="Read more about Labor maintains dominant lead in Redbridge poll despite expenses claims">Read more</a>
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December 16, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kumar Biswajit Debnath, Chancellor’s Research Fellow, School of Architecture, University of Technology Sydney Composite panels made with Australian reishi fungi and biomass waste. Kumar Biswajit Debnath/UTS When mushrooms make the news, it’s often for grim reasons – a mysterious poisoning, toxic species in the bush, or high-profile ... <a title="We think of mushrooms as food. But mycelium-based blocks could be the future of construction" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/16/we-think-of-mushrooms-as-food-but-mycelium-based-blocks-could-be-the-future-of-construction-269273/" aria-label="Read more about We think of mushrooms as food. But mycelium-based blocks could be the future of construction">Read more</a>
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December 16, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tara-Lyn Camilleri, Transgenerational Effects Researcher, Monash University After mass violence such as the Bondi beach terrorist attack on Sunday, distress does not stop with those directly affected. Fear, anger and uncertainty spread through media and social networks. This can intensify harm for survivors and targeted communities. People ... <a title="After mass violence, trauma spreads socially. Here are 3 ways you can help reduce it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/16/after-mass-violence-trauma-spreads-socially-here-are-3-ways-you-can-help-reduce-it-272050/" aria-label="Read more about After mass violence, trauma spreads socially. Here are 3 ways you can help reduce it">Read more</a>
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December 16, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yasmin Mowat, Clinical Project Manager, Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney Australian Red Cross Lifeblood’s website and call centre have been inundated with people responding to calls for blood donations since Sunday night’s terrorist attack at Bondi Beach. At least 16 people are dead and 38 others are in ... <a title="Want to donate blood after the Bondi attacks? Here’s what you need to know" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/16/want-to-donate-blood-after-the-bondi-attacks-heres-what-you-need-to-know-272055/" aria-label="Read more about Want to donate blood after the Bondi attacks? Here’s what you need to know">Read more</a>
