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October 14, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marina Yue Zhang, Associate Professor, Technology and Innovation, University of Technology Sydney Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images The trade dispute between the United States and China has resumed. US President Donald Trump lashed out at the weekend at Beijing’s planned tightening of restrictions over crucial rare-earth minerals. In response, ... <a title="‘Extremely hostile’: Trump lashes China over trade controls but there may be a silver lining" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/14/extremely-hostile-trump-lashes-china-over-trade-controls-but-there-may-be-a-silver-lining-267294/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Extremely hostile’: Trump lashes China over trade controls but there may be a silver lining">Read more</a>
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October 14, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Johanna Lim, Research Associate, Strategic Technologies, University of Sydney Justin Paget/Getty The Australian Energy Market Operator estimates data centres will consume 6% of Australia’s grid-supplied electricity by 2030. To put that in context, that’s more than the current share of Australia’s healthcare and social assistance industry. This ... <a title="Power-hungry data centres threaten Australia’s energy grid. Here are 3 steps to make them more efficient" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/14/power-hungry-data-centres-threaten-australias-energy-grid-here-are-3-steps-to-make-them-more-efficient-266992/" aria-label="Read more about Power-hungry data centres threaten Australia’s energy grid. Here are 3 steps to make them more efficient">Read more</a>
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October 14, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Liz Sturgiss, Professor of Community Medicine and Clinical Education, Bond University Antonio_Diaz/Getty Images Around one in three Australian adults (32%) has a body-mass index (BMI) of 30 or above. A further 34% has a BMI of 25 or above. Australia’s regulator has approved Wegovy, the weight-loss version ... <a title="BMI shouldn’t be the only way to assess who can access weight-loss drugs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/14/bmi-shouldnt-be-the-only-way-to-assess-who-can-access-weight-loss-drugs-263634/" aria-label="Read more about BMI shouldn’t be the only way to assess who can access weight-loss drugs">Read more</a>
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October 14, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Valentina Dinica, Associate Professor in Sustainability and Public Policy, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Getty Images The government’s proposed reforms of the rules governing public conservation land aim to dismantle any potential obstacle to “unleashing economic growth” in protected areas. Currently, about a third ... <a title="Reform of NZ’s protected lands is overdue – but the public should decide about economic activities" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/14/reform-of-nzs-protected-lands-is-overdue-but-the-public-should-decide-about-economic-activities-267105/" aria-label="Read more about Reform of NZ’s protected lands is overdue – but the public should decide about economic activities">Read more</a>
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October 14, 2025
Asia Pacific Report Two leftwing opposition members of the Knesset protested in the middle of US President Donald Trump’s historic and rambling speech praising the Gaza ceasefire and his administration in West Jerusalem today. MK Ayman Odeh, a lawyer and chair of the mainly Arab Hadash-Ta’al party, was escorted out of the Knesset plenum after ... <a title="Opposition Israeli lawmakers interrupt Trump and call for recognition of Palestinian statehood" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/14/opposition-israeli-lawmakers-interrupt-trump-and-call-for-recognition-of-palestinian-statehood/" aria-label="Read more about Opposition Israeli lawmakers interrupt Trump and call for recognition of Palestinian statehood">Read more</a>
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October 14, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick, Deputy Director, Engagement and Impact, The ARC Centre of Excellence for the Weather of the 21st Century, Australian National University Massimo Valicchia/NurPhoto via Getty Images Global warming from Woodside’s massive Scarborough gas project off Western Australia would lead to 484 additional heat-related deaths in Europe ... <a title="For the first time, we linked a new fossil fuel project to hundreds of deaths. Here’s the impact of Woodside’s Scarborough gas project" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/14/for-the-first-time-we-linked-a-new-fossil-fuel-project-to-hundreds-of-deaths-heres-the-impact-of-woodsides-scarborough-gas-project-266060/" aria-label="Read more about For the first time, we linked a new fossil fuel project to hundreds of deaths. Here’s the impact of Woodside’s Scarborough gas project">Read more</a>
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October 13, 2025
Democracy Now! AMY GOODMAN: Israel’s government has approved the first phase of the Gaza ceasefire deal, that includes a pause in Israeli attacks and the release of the remaining hostages held by Hamas in exchange for Palestinians detained in Israeli prisons — 20 living hostages were freed today coinciding with President Trump’s visit to Israel ... <a title="After Gaza ceasefire, ‘massive political pressure’ needed to prevent Israel from restarting war" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/13/after-gaza-ceasefire-massive-political-pressure-needed-to-prevent-israel-from-restarting-war/" aria-label="Read more about After Gaza ceasefire, ‘massive political pressure’ needed to prevent Israel from restarting war">Read more</a>
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October 13, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Opposition Leader Sussan Ley has appointed Tasmanian conservative Jonathon (Jonno) Duniam to replace Andrew Hastie in the high profile frontbench post of shadow minister for home affairs. Hastie’s quitting the frontbench has forced Ley into a limited reshuffle, only a ... <a title="Sussan Ley announces (another) frontbench reshuffle" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/13/sussan-ley-announces-another-frontbench-reshuffle-267227/" aria-label="Read more about Sussan Ley announces (another) frontbench reshuffle">Read more</a>
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October 13, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Edwell, Associate Professor in Ancient History, Macquarie University With both parties agreeing to terms, the first stages of a peace plan in Gaza are in motion. US President Donald Trump is credited (especially in Israel and the US) with having played a vital role in this ... <a title="Israelis are hailing Trump as Cyrus returned – but who was Cyrus the Great, anyway?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/13/israelis-are-hailing-trump-as-cyrus-returned-but-who-was-cyrus-the-great-anyway-267312/" aria-label="Read more about Israelis are hailing Trump as Cyrus returned – but who was Cyrus the Great, anyway?">Read more</a>
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October 13, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Albanese government has finally announced a major retreat on its proposed controversial superannuation changes. The plan to tax unrealised capital gains has been dumped altogether, and the proposed new $3 million threshold will be indexed, as well as a ... <a title="Jim Chalmers unveils major retreat on controversial superannuation changes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/13/jim-chalmers-unveils-major-retreat-on-controversial-superannuation-changes-267220/" aria-label="Read more about Jim Chalmers unveils major retreat on controversial superannuation changes">Read more</a>
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October 13, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kirk Dodd, Lecturer in English and Writing, University of Sydney Prudence Upton/Sydney Theatre Company A lyrical homage to the spirit of the Australian bush, Sydney Theatre Company’s The Shiralee is set on the highways and byways of 1950s Australia, with brief visits to the urban squalor of ... <a title="The Shiralee brings a Shakespearean energy to the Aussie swag-man’s life" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/13/the-shiralee-brings-a-shakespearean-energy-to-the-aussie-swag-mans-life-264976/" aria-label="Read more about The Shiralee brings a Shakespearean energy to the Aussie swag-man’s life">Read more</a>
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October 13, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lester Munson, Non-Resident Fellow, United States Studies Centre, University of Sydney US President Donald Trump will visit Israel and Egypt this week to oversee the initial implementation of his Gaza peace agreement, which many hope will permanently end the two-year war in the strip. Should the peace ... <a title="Trump’s ‘shock and awe’ foreign policy achieved a breakthrough in Gaza – but is it sustainable?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/13/trumps-shock-and-awe-foreign-policy-achieved-a-breakthrough-in-gaza-but-is-it-sustainable-267316/" aria-label="Read more about Trump’s ‘shock and awe’ foreign policy achieved a breakthrough in Gaza – but is it sustainable?">Read more</a>
