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November 7, 2025
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Are wars affordable? The answer of course is ‘yes and no’. Affording a war is different from financing a war. To make any new thing affordable, either there must be a reallocation of resources or a deployment of resources not otherwise in use. Or a mix of both. Further, resources get ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – Affording and Financing Wars, with reference to the United States" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/07/keith-rankin-analysis-affording-and-financing-wars-with-reference-to-the-united-states/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – Affording and Financing Wars, with reference to the United States">Read more</a>
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November 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Justin Ellis, Senior Lecturer in Criminology, University of Newcastle It’s been a decade since the US Supreme Court recognised a constitutional right to same-sex marriage in the landmark case, Obergefell v Hodges. The US Supreme Court will meet today to consider a request to overturn that 2015 ... <a title="Will the US Supreme Court consider a request to overturn same-sex marriage?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/07/will-the-us-supreme-court-consider-a-request-to-overturn-same-sex-marriage-268888/" aria-label="Read more about Will the US Supreme Court consider a request to overturn same-sex marriage?">Read more</a>
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November 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Frank Jotzo, Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy and Director, Centre for Climate and Energy Policy, Australian National University Chris Gordon/Getty Australia’s National Party has ended its commitment to reaching net zero by 2050. In its anti-net zero plan, the party calls for emissions targets and climate ... <a title="Own goal: why the Nationals’ retreat on net zero would be bad economics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/07/own-goal-why-the-nationals-retreat-on-net-zero-would-be-bad-economics-269180/" aria-label="Read more about Own goal: why the Nationals’ retreat on net zero would be bad economics">Read more</a>
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November 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Phil Borell, Senior Lecturer (Above the Bar), Aotahi School of Maori and Indigenous Studies, University of Canterbury Getty Images The jerseys might be red or blue, green and gold, or black and white – but rugby league’s future is decidedly brown. As the New Zealand Kiwis and ... <a title="The future of rugby league in Australia, NZ and the Pacific is here – and it’s brown" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/07/the-future-of-rugby-league-in-australia-nz-and-the-pacific-is-here-and-its-brown-269067/" aria-label="Read more about The future of rugby league in Australia, NZ and the Pacific is here – and it’s brown">Read more</a>
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November 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ray Laurence, Professor of Ancient History, Macquarie University Rosario Lepore / Wikimedia, CC BY At its height, the Roman empire covered some 5 million square kilometres and was home to around 60 million people. This vast territory and huge population were held together via a network of ... <a title="The Roman empire built 300,000 kilometres of roads: new study" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/07/the-roman-empire-built-300-000-kilometres-of-roads-new-study-269186/" aria-label="Read more about The Roman empire built 300,000 kilometres of roads: new study">Read more</a>
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November 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Philipp Kastner, Senior Lecturer in International Law, The University of Western Australia Two years ago, a power struggle erupted between two factions of Sudan’s military. Today, this conflict is spiralling out of control, with thousands being killed in what a United Nations report has called “slaughterhouses”. Last ... <a title="Can the world prevent a genocide in Sudan?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/07/can-the-world-prevent-a-genocide-in-sudan-269088/" aria-label="Read more about Can the world prevent a genocide in Sudan?">Read more</a>
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November 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Barry Barton, Professor of Law, University of Waikato Just as world leaders gather for this year’s COP30 climate summit in Brazil, the government’s announcement of its intention to significantly change New Zealand’s climate change law upends years of cross-party consensus. All of the proposals pose serious problems, ... <a title="The government’s dismantling of climate laws breaks years of cross-party agreement" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/07/the-governments-dismantling-of-climate-laws-breaks-years-of-cross-party-agreement-269107/" aria-label="Read more about The government’s dismantling of climate laws breaks years of cross-party agreement">Read more</a>
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November 7, 2025
Keeping a line of sight to the challenges of both COP30 in Brazil next week and also the subsequent Pacific’s COP31. A Pacific perspective. COMMENTARY: By Dr Satyendra Prasad As Pacific’s leaders and civil society prepare for the United Nations Climate Conference in Brazil (COP30) next week, they also need to keep a line of ... <a title="Why Blue Pacific’s infrastructure distress is a cocktail poisoning human development progress" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/07/why-blue-pacifics-infrastructure-distress-is-a-cocktail-poisoning-human-development-progress/" aria-label="Read more about Why Blue Pacific’s infrastructure distress is a cocktail poisoning human development progress">Read more</a>
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November 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tayla Broadbridge, PhD Candidate in Mathematics, University of Adelaide Eating plenty of fruit and vegetables is key to staying healthy and avoiding diseases such as heart disease and stroke. But it’s often easier said than done. Places where many people eat poorly are often called “food deserts”, ... <a title="‘Food deserts’ found even in areas with supermarkets nearby – new study" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/07/food-deserts-found-even-in-areas-with-supermarkets-nearby-new-study-269083/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Food deserts’ found even in areas with supermarkets nearby – new study">Read more</a>
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November 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paula Lorgelly, Professor of Health Economics, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Getty Images New Zealand’s drug-buying agency Pharmac is currently consulting on a change to how it manages its waiting list for medicines. This represents one of the stages of Pharmac’s “reset” through which the agency ... <a title="Pharmac wants to trim its controversial medicines waiting list – no list at all might be better" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/07/pharmac-wants-to-trim-its-controversial-medicines-waiting-list-no-list-at-all-might-be-better-268276/" aria-label="Read more about Pharmac wants to trim its controversial medicines waiting list – no list at all might be better">Read more</a>
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November 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jacqueline Peel, Professor of Law, The University of Melbourne The Amazonian city of Belém, Brazil Ricardo Lima/Getty Along with delegates from all over the world, I’ll be heading to the United Nations COP30 climate summit in the Brazilian Amazon city of Belém. Like many others, I’m unsure ... <a title="Geopolitics, backsliding and progress: here’s what to expect at this year’s COP30 global climate talks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/07/geopolitics-backsliding-and-progress-heres-what-to-expect-at-this-years-cop30-global-climate-talks-268662/" aria-label="Read more about Geopolitics, backsliding and progress: here’s what to expect at this year’s COP30 global climate talks">Read more</a>
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November 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Wesley Morgan, Research Associate, Institute for Climate Risk and Response, UNSW Sydney Naomi Rahim/Getty Ten years on from the landmark Paris Agreement, countries have taken big strides in limiting emissions and the clean energy transition is accelerating rapidly. But geopolitical headwinds are growing and the damage bill ... <a title="As global climate action threatens to stall, can Australia step up at COP30 in Brazil?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/07/as-global-climate-action-threatens-to-stall-can-australia-step-up-at-cop30-in-brazil-267430/" aria-label="Read more about As global climate action threatens to stall, can Australia step up at COP30 in Brazil?">Read more</a>
