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November 19, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ismail Albayrak, Professor of Islam and Catholic Muslim Relations, Australian Catholic University The Mosque at Hergott Springs, photographed around 1884. State Library South Australia From 1860 to 1930, an estimated 3,000 people came to Australia from Afghanistan, Baluchistan, Punjab, Sindh and the northern part of Pakistan. Still ... <a title="How Australia’s first outback mosque was built 600km north of Adelaide, 150 years ago" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/19/how-australias-first-outback-mosque-was-built-600km-north-of-adelaide-150-years-ago-261853/" aria-label="Read more about How Australia’s first outback mosque was built 600km north of Adelaide, 150 years ago">Read more</a>
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November 19, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Martyn Kirk, Professor, National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Australian National University If people eat food grown with contaminated water, PFAS chemicals can accumulate in their blood. Karola G/Pexels When we talk about the health effects of PFAS, we commonly think about any physical effects on ... <a title="Living with PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ can be distressing. Not knowing if they’re making you sick is just the start" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/19/living-with-pfas-forever-chemicals-can-be-distressing-not-knowing-if-theyre-making-you-sick-is-just-the-start-268981/" aria-label="Read more about Living with PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ can be distressing. Not knowing if they’re making you sick is just the start">Read more</a>
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November 19, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ciaran Doolin, PhD candidate, School of Science in Society, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Haast’s 1866 watercolour painting of the Lyell Glacier. Alexander Turnbull Library (A-149-003), CC BY-NC-ND Climate change may seem a uniquely 21st-century concern, but people have been wrestling with the idea ... <a title="NZ’s earliest climate change debate: the 150-year-old feud over glacial retreat" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/19/nzs-earliest-climate-change-debate-the-150-year-old-feud-over-glacial-retreat-254289/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s earliest climate change debate: the 150-year-old feud over glacial retreat">Read more</a>
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November 19, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Phillip Baker, ARC Future Fellow and Sydney Horizon Fellow, School of Public Health, University of Sydney, University of Sydney Tanya Barrow/Unsplash Ultra-processed foods are displacing traditional foods and meals globally, degrading diet quality, and contributing to the rise of diet-related chronic diseases. And despite the combined advertising ... <a title="The ultra-processed foods problem is driven by commercial interests, not individual weakness. Here’s how to fix it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/19/the-ultra-processed-foods-problem-is-driven-by-commercial-interests-not-individual-weakness-heres-how-to-fix-it-269401/" aria-label="Read more about The ultra-processed foods problem is driven by commercial interests, not individual weakness. Here’s how to fix it">Read more</a>
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November 19, 2025
By Kaya Selby, RNZ Pacific journalist The editor of Samoa’s only daily newspaper barred on Monday from accessing the Prime Minister’s press conferences says media freedom in Samoa is under attack. Samoan Prime Minister La’aulialemalietoa Leuatea Polataivao Schmidt “temporarily” banned the Samoa Observer from engagements with him and his ministers. In a statement, La’aulialemalietoa said ... <a title="Samoa editor says media freedom under attack in response to PM’s ban" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/19/samoa-editor-says-media-freedom-under-attack-in-response-to-pms-ban/" aria-label="Read more about Samoa editor says media freedom under attack in response to PM’s ban">Read more</a>
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November 19, 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 One Nation surges to a new record 18% in a federal Redbridge poll as the Coalition falls to 24%, but Labor dominates with 38%. In Victoria, the ... <a title="One Nation’s surge continues in Redbridge poll, but Labor dominant" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/19/one-nations-surge-continues-in-redbridge-poll-but-labor-dominant-269593/" aria-label="Read more about One Nation’s surge continues in Redbridge poll, but Labor dominant">Read more</a>
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November 19, 2025
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk French minister for overseas Naïma Moutchou left New Caledonia at the weekend after a 5-day stay, with an announcement regarding a re-scheduled referendum-like consultation on a project for the French Pacific territory’s political future — but few pledges regarding further French commitment to tackle a dire ... <a title="Minister Moutchou ends New Caledonia visit – political announcements, no new financial pledge" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/19/minister-moutchou-ends-new-caledonia-visit-political-announcements-no-new-financial-pledge/" aria-label="Read more about Minister Moutchou ends New Caledonia visit – political announcements, no new financial pledge">Read more</a>
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November 19, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Colin Klein, Professor, School of Philosophy, Australian National University Merlin Lightpainting/Pexels You might think a honey bee foraging in your garden and a browser window running ChatGPT have nothing in common. But recent scientific research has been seriously considering the possibility that either, or both, might be ... <a title="Are animals and AI conscious? We’ve devised new theories for how to test this" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/19/are-animals-and-ai-conscious-weve-devised-new-theories-for-how-to-test-this-269803/" aria-label="Read more about Are animals and AI conscious? We’ve devised new theories for how to test this">Read more</a>
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November 19, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Aude Bernard, Associate Professor, Queensland Centre for Population Research, School of the Environment, The University of Queensland Immigration has become a hot-button issue in Australia, particularly amid specious claims it is responsible for the housing crisis and straining the economy. Recent anti-immigration rallies across the country have ... <a title="Yes, migration to Australia is up. But new figures show most migrants do not become citizens" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/19/yes-migration-to-australia-is-up-but-new-figures-show-most-migrants-do-not-become-citizens-267731/" aria-label="Read more about Yes, migration to Australia is up. But new figures show most migrants do not become citizens">Read more</a>
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November 19, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Breadon, Program Director, Health and Aged Care, Grattan Institute State and territory governments have reacted angrily to a letter from Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in September asking them to rein in hospital spending. This comes amid negotiations for the next five-year funding agreement to determine the ... <a title="Hospitals are under pressure. These changes could save $1.2 billion a year – and fund 160,000 extra hospital visits" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/19/hospitals-are-under-pressure-these-changes-could-save-1-2-billion-a-year-and-fund-160-000-extra-hospital-visits-269492/" aria-label="Read more about Hospitals are under pressure. These changes could save $1.2 billion a year – and fund 160,000 extra hospital visits">Read more</a>
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November 19, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lucas Walsh, Professor of Education Policy and Practice, Youth Studies, Monash University Justin Lambert/ Getty Images When we talk about whether the education system is working we often look at results and obvious outcomes. What marks do students get? Are they working and studying after school? Perhaps ... <a title="57% of young Australians say their education prepared them for the future. Others are not so sure" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/19/57-of-young-australians-say-their-education-prepared-them-for-the-future-others-are-not-so-sure-269938/" aria-label="Read more about 57% of young Australians say their education prepared them for the future. Others are not so sure">Read more</a>
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November 19, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jenny Buchan, Emeritus Professor, Business School, UNSW Sydney The blue and red boxes with white dots are immediately recognisable as containing Domino’s pizzas. The pizza chain is Australia’s largest and is run as a franchise, with the ASX-listed public company Domino’s Pizza Enterprises holding the Australian master ... <a title="Franchise businesses have long been plagued by scandals. Domino’s is just the latest" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/19/franchise-businesses-have-long-been-plagued-by-scandals-dominos-is-just-the-latest-269601/" aria-label="Read more about Franchise businesses have long been plagued by scandals. Domino’s is just the latest">Read more</a>