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November 20, 2025
COMMENTARY: By Christopher Warren There’s been skillful work in journalism’s dark arts on display in the UK this past week, as the nasty British right-wing media pack tore down two senior BBC executives. The right-wing culture warriors will be celebrating big time. They reckon they’ve put a big dent in Britain’s most trusted and most ... <a title="Bending over backwards for the right isn’t saving the BBC. It won’t save the ABC either" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/20/bending-over-backwards-for-the-right-isnt-saving-the-bbc-it-wont-save-the-abc-either/" aria-label="Read more about Bending over backwards for the right isn’t saving the BBC. It won’t save the ABC either">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2025
Pacific Media Watch The Paris-based global media freedom watchdog Reporters Without Borders has called on the Samoan Prime Minister to lift the ban preventing the daily newspaper Samoa Observer from attending government press conferences. “The measure is totally unacceptable — it comes after one of its journalists filed a complaint over violence committed by the ... <a title="RSF calls on Samoan PM to lift ‘unacceptable’ ban on Samoa Observer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/20/rsf-calls-on-samoan-pm-to-lift-unacceptable-ban-on-samoa-observer/" aria-label="Read more about RSF calls on Samoan PM to lift ‘unacceptable’ ban on Samoa Observer">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Eliza Northrop, Director UNSW Centre for Sustainable Development Reform, UNSW Sydney After a long and deadlocked bidding process for Australia and Pacific Island nations to co-host the UN climate summit (COP31), the event will now be hosted by Turkey. Australia’s Climate Minister, Chris Bowen, will reportedly take ... <a title="Turkey will host COP31, Australia will play a role. So where does that leave the Pacific?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/20/turkey-will-host-cop31-australia-will-play-a-role-so-where-does-that-leave-the-pacific-270280/" aria-label="Read more about Turkey will host COP31, Australia will play a role. So where does that leave the Pacific?">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Hawkins, Head, Canberra School of Government, University of Canberra The Australian Capital Territory and Queensland have won bragging rights for having the fastest growing economies in Australia in 2024-25. Their growth was highlighted in annual data on gross state product (GSP), released by the Australian Bureau ... <a title="New data shows the ACT and Queensland’s economies are beating the rest of the nation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/20/new-data-shows-the-act-and-queenslands-economies-are-beating-the-rest-of-the-nation-270068/" aria-label="Read more about New data shows the ACT and Queensland’s economies are beating the rest of the nation">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2025
By Teuila Fuatai, RNZ Pacific senior journalist in Tonga Two new noble representatives have been elected in Tonga, according to results announced today in Nuku’alofa. Lord Dalgety, chairman of the Tonga Electoral Commission, announced the results of the nobles election at the Palace Office in the Tongan capital shortly after midday. The two newly elected ... <a title="Tonga election: Two new lords as 9 noble seats decided" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/20/tonga-election-two-new-lords-as-9-noble-seats-decided/" aria-label="Read more about Tonga election: Two new lords as 9 noble seats decided">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Shannon Bosch, Associate Professor (Law), Edith Cowan University In late December 2008, then-Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert authorised Operation Cast Lead in response to rocket attacks from Hamas-controlled territory in Gaza. The three-week military assault killed around 1,400 Palestinians, including more than 300 children. Thousands of homes ... <a title="Why Israeli soldiers and their leaders may be increasingly at risk of arrest overseas" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/20/why-israeli-soldiers-and-their-leaders-may-be-increasingly-at-risk-of-arrest-overseas-269697/" aria-label="Read more about Why Israeli soldiers and their leaders may be increasingly at risk of arrest overseas">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jessica Richards, Senior Lecturer Sport Business Management, Western Sydney University The Matildas, Australia’s women’s soccer side, have become one of the nation’s most beloved teams, filling stadiums, breaking TV records and driving unprecedented growth at grassroots level. Federal government data reveals 21,000 additional women and girls have ... <a title="The Matildas keep soaring but the league, and players, beneath them are being left behind" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/20/the-matildas-keep-soaring-but-the-league-and-players-beneath-them-are-being-left-behind-270148/" aria-label="Read more about The Matildas keep soaring but the league, and players, beneath them are being left behind">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lisa Slade, Hugh Ramsay Chair in Australian Art History, School of Culture and Communications, The University of Melbourne Photographer: Christian Capurro © the artist, Geelong Gallery. On Saturday, I saw a man genuflecting at the traffic lights on Smith Street, in Melbourne’s suburb of Collingwood. It was ... <a title="Richard Lewer’s I Only Talk to God When I Want Something: a potent exploration of faith and suffering" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/20/richard-lewers-i-only-talk-to-god-when-i-want-something-a-potent-exploration-of-faith-and-suffering-270059/" aria-label="Read more about Richard Lewer’s I Only Talk to God When I Want Something: a potent exploration of faith and suffering">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris Wilkins, Professor of Policy and Health, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University Sai Aung/Getty Images New Zealand’s mainstay drug law turned 50 this year – yet we still don’t have a clear, comprehensive picture of the social harms different drugs pose. When the Misuse of ... <a title="A new index challenges common beliefs about drug use and harm in NZ" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/20/a-new-index-challenges-common-beliefs-about-drug-use-and-harm-in-nz-269174/" aria-label="Read more about A new index challenges common beliefs about drug use and harm in NZ">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Wesley Morgan, Research Associate, Institute for Climate Risk and Response, UNSW Sydney Francesco Riccardo Iacomino/Getty At the last possible minute, Australia has backed away from its bid to host the United Nations COP31 climate summit next year in Adelaide alongside Pacific nations. Under a compromise struck with ... <a title="Australia has dropped its bid to host the COP31 climate talks. Here’s what happened – and what’s next" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/20/australia-has-dropped-its-bid-to-host-the-cop31-climate-talks-heres-what-happened-and-whats-next-270257/" aria-label="Read more about Australia has dropped its bid to host the COP31 climate talks. Here’s what happened – and what’s next">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jennifer Power, Principal Research Fellow, Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University Deon Black/Pexels About one in ten perimenopausal or menopausal women masturbate to relieve their symptoms, according to a study that has generated media interest around the world. The attention is likely ... <a title="Does masturbating really help menopause symptoms? New research says yes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/20/does-masturbating-really-help-menopause-symptoms-new-research-says-yes-270146/" aria-label="Read more about Does masturbating really help menopause symptoms? New research says yes">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2025
ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on November 20, 2025.
