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November 5, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Natasha Lindstaedt, Professor in the Department of Government, University of Essex Dick Cheney, one of the most important figures in America’s neo-conservative movement, has died at the age of 84. Cheney had a long career in government and was considered by many as one of the most ... <a title="Dick Cheney dies: giant of the US conservative movement whose legacy was defined by the Iraq war" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/05/dick-cheney-dies-giant-of-the-us-conservative-movement-whose-legacy-was-defined-by-the-iraq-war-269019/" aria-label="Read more about Dick Cheney dies: giant of the US conservative movement whose legacy was defined by the Iraq war">Read more</a>
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November 5, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kieran Hegarty, Research Fellow, ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making & Society, RMIT University Pixabay/Pexels In the short time since OpenAI launched ChatGPT in November 2022, generative artificial intelligence (AI) products have become increasingly ubiquitous and advanced. These machines aren’t limited to text – they can ... <a title="Australia is facing an ‘AI divide’, new national survey shows" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/05/australia-is-facing-an-ai-divide-new-national-survey-shows-268194/" aria-label="Read more about Australia is facing an ‘AI divide’, new national survey shows">Read more</a>
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November 5, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Burgis-Kasthala, Professor of International Law, La Trobe University The Middle East has long been riddled by instability. This makes getting a sense of the broader, long-term trends in the aftermath of the Gaza war particularly challenging. The significance of Trump’s 20-point peace deal that has (hopefully) ... <a title="After 2 years of devastating war, will Arab countries now turn their backs on Israel?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/05/after-2-years-of-devastating-war-will-arab-countries-now-turn-their-backs-on-israel-267869/" aria-label="Read more about After 2 years of devastating war, will Arab countries now turn their backs on Israel?">Read more</a>
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November 5, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anna Marie Brennan, Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Waikato Getty Images As satellite technology surges ahead and space becomes increasingly accessible to private and state actors alike, the new and unsettling threat of space terrorism looms above Earth’s atmosphere. Once the domain of science fiction, the ... <a title="The threat of space terrorism is no longer science fiction, but we’re ill-prepared to combat it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/05/the-threat-of-space-terrorism-is-no-longer-science-fiction-but-were-ill-prepared-to-combat-it-268659/" aria-label="Read more about The threat of space terrorism is no longer science fiction, but we’re ill-prepared to combat it">Read more</a>
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November 5, 2025
The average household in PNG was five people, according to the 2024 Census final figures. Image: RNZ Pacific/Koroi Hawkins RNZ Pacific Papua New Guinea’s population has passed the 10 million mark, according to the final figures from the 2024 Population Census released by the country’s statistics office. The PNG census began on 16 June 2024 ... <a title="Papua New Guinea’s population tops 10 million, census data reveals" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/05/papua-new-guineas-population-tops-10-million-census-data-reveals/" aria-label="Read more about Papua New Guinea’s population tops 10 million, census data reveals">Read more</a>
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November 4, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Australia Security Intelligence Organisation believes there is a “realistic possibility” a foreign government will try to assassinate a “perceived dissident” in Australia, ASIO’s boss Mike Burgess has revealed. Delivering the 2025 Lowy lecture on Tuesday, Burgess said: “This threat ... <a title="ASIO boss warns of ‘realistic possibility’ foreign government could attempt to kill a dissident in Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/04/asio-boss-warns-of-realistic-possibility-foreign-government-could-attempt-to-kill-a-dissident-in-australia-268986/" aria-label="Read more about ASIO boss warns of ‘realistic possibility’ foreign government could attempt to kill a dissident in Australia">Read more</a>
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November 4, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Here is a statistic that tells you what a self-defeating funk the federal opposition is in. On Monday alone, as it wallowed in the crisis over energy policy, its parliamentarians indulged in more than 35 media appearances. Opposition members can’t ... <a title="View from The Hill: fractured Liberals drown net zero and themselves in a torrent of verbiage" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/04/view-from-the-hill-fractured-liberals-drown-net-zero-and-themselves-in-a-torrent-of-verbiage-268987/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: fractured Liberals drown net zero and themselves in a torrent of verbiage">Read more</a>
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November 4, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Tuesday November 11 will be the 50th anniversary of the dismissal of the Whitlam government by the then Governor-General Sir John Kerr. It was a dramatic day in our federal political history, with Malcolm Fraser appointed prime minister. Fraser then ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Niki Savva and David Solomon on The Dismissal" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/04/politics-with-michelle-grattan-niki-savva-and-david-solomon-on-the-dismissal-268884/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Niki Savva and David Solomon on The Dismissal">Read more</a>
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November 4, 2025
William Faulkner was right: past events continue to inform and shape our world. With powerful forces gathering to reassert US dominance over not just Venezuela but the entire Western hemisphere, the vexed issue of local elites, for example Venezuela’s Maria Corina Machado and her backers, enlisting an imperial power in domestic broils, is again top ... <a title="Eugene Doyle: Venezuela and Trump’s war to save the Ancien Régime" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/04/eugene-doyle-venezuela-and-trumps-war-to-save-the-ancien-regime/" aria-label="Read more about Eugene Doyle: Venezuela and Trump’s war to save the Ancien Régime">Read more</a>
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November 4, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stella Huangfu, Associate Professor, School of Economics, University of Sydney As expected, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has kept the cash rate steady at 3.6%. Its board unanimously agreed it was better to “remain cautious” on interest rates. While borrowers may have been hoping for rate ... <a title="RBA keeps interest rates on hold, leaving borrowers looking further ahead for relief" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/04/rba-keeps-interest-rates-on-hold-leaving-borrowers-looking-further-ahead-for-relief-268876/" aria-label="Read more about RBA keeps interest rates on hold, leaving borrowers looking further ahead for relief">Read more</a>
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November 4, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Finlay Macdonald, New Zealand Editor, The Conversation Former New Zealand Herald journalist Jamie Morton has joined The Conversation New Zealand as Deputy Editor. Jamie comes to The Conversation with 20 years of experience in newsrooms, including 14 years at The New Zealand Herald, where he covered science, ... <a title="Jamie Morton joins The Conversation New Zealand as Deputy Editor" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/04/jamie-morton-joins-the-conversation-new-zealand-as-deputy-editor-268985/" aria-label="Read more about Jamie Morton joins The Conversation New Zealand as Deputy Editor">Read more</a>
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November 4, 2025
ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on November 4, 2025.