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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.
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November 4, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anish Purkayastha, Senior lecturer, University of Sydney Optus has promised its staff will be held accountable for September’s Triple Zero outage – but only after “the dust settles” on current investigations. Three deaths have been linked to the outage. On Monday, the first day of hearings for ... <a title="Even if heads roll at Optus, we may not know much about their executive payouts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/04/even-if-heads-roll-at-optus-we-may-not-know-much-about-their-executive-payouts-268487/" aria-label="Read more about Even if heads roll at Optus, we may not know much about their executive payouts">Read more</a>
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November 4, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Preuss, Professor of Structural Materials, Monash University; University of Manchester A view towards the particle injector of the Australian Synchrotron. Paul Moons/Flickr, CC BY-NC-SA There has been much excitement since Australia signed a landmark agreement with the United States last month to expand cooperation on critical ... <a title="Cuts to key research facilities threaten Australia’s ability to be a global scientific leader" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/04/cuts-to-key-research-facilities-threaten-australias-ability-to-be-a-global-scientific-leader-268886/" aria-label="Read more about Cuts to key research facilities threaten Australia’s ability to be a global scientific leader">Read more</a>
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November 4, 2025
Asia Pacific Report A People’s Mission to Kanaky New Caledonia says the French Pacific territory remains in a fragile political and social transition nearly three decades after the signing of the Nouméa Accord. It says the pro-independence unrest in May last year has “left visible scars” — not only in a damaged economy but in ... <a title="People’s mission to Kanaky warns over ‘broken trust’ in France about decolonisation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/04/peoples-mission-to-kanaky-warns-over-broken-trust-in-france-about-decolonisation/" aria-label="Read more about People’s mission to Kanaky warns over ‘broken trust’ in France about decolonisation">Read more</a>
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November 4, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Phil Lester, Professor of Ecology and Entomology, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington An Asian hornet (right) hunting honeybees as they emerge from the hive. Jean-Bernard Nadeau/Science Photo Library, CC BY-NC-ND The discovery of yellow-legged hornet nests in Auckland is frightening. There have been five ... <a title="A deadly European hornet has reached NZ – we can all help stop its spread" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/04/a-deadly-european-hornet-has-reached-nz-we-can-all-help-stop-its-spread-268874/" aria-label="Read more about A deadly European hornet has reached NZ – we can all help stop its spread">Read more</a>
