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August 14, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra If Anthony Albanese thought the government’s decision to recognise a Palestinian state would be a relatively smooth operation in terms of politics, he’s had a quick wake-up call. Following Hamas’ predictable welcoming of his action, the prime minister now finds ... <a title="View from The Hill: Albanese was naive to think Hamas wouldn’t welcome Palestinian recognition" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/14/view-from-the-hill-albanese-was-naive-to-think-hamas-wouldnt-welcome-palestinian-recognition-262605/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Albanese was naive to think Hamas wouldn’t welcome Palestinian recognition">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Sitting beside Treasurer Jim Chalmers at next week’s three-day economic reform roundtable will be a handpicked list of invited business, policy and union “thought leaders” – all coming with their own ideas for what needs to change. Among them will ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: union boss Sally McManus on the push for shorter work hours in the age of AI" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/14/politics-with-michelle-grattan-union-boss-sally-mcmanus-on-the-push-for-shorter-work-hours-in-the-age-of-ai-263192/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: union boss Sally McManus on the push for shorter work hours in the age of AI">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Evangeline Mantzioris, Program Director of Nutrition and Food Sciences, Accredited Practising Dietitian, University of South Australia If you’ve walked down the wellness aisle at your local supermarket recently, or scrolled the latest wellness trends on social media, you’ve likely heard about creatine. Creatine is a compound our ... <a title="What is creatine? What does the science say about its claims to build muscle and boost brain health?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/14/what-is-creatine-what-does-the-science-say-about-its-claims-to-build-muscle-and-boost-brain-health-258800/" aria-label="Read more about What is creatine? What does the science say about its claims to build muscle and boost brain health?">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2025
Anas al-Sharif, killed in an Israeli strike in Gaza, last Sunday has triggered protests around the world, including journalists in Israel. He left behind a powerful farewell message — his final testament to his people, his family, and the world. Palestine Chronicle staff Article by AsiaPacificReport.nz
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August 14, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tama Leaver, Professor of Internet Studies, Curtin University ‘An Aboriginal Australian’s house’ generated by Meta AI in May 2024. Meta AI Big tech company hype sells generative artificial intelligence (AI) as intelligent, creative, desirable, inevitable, and about to radically reshape the future in many ways. Published by ... <a title="‘Australiana’ images made by AI are racist and full of tired cliches, new study shows" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/14/australiana-images-made-by-ai-are-racist-and-full-of-tired-cliches-new-study-shows-263117/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Australiana’ images made by AI are racist and full of tired cliches, new study shows">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Niamatullah Ibrahimi, Senior Research Fellow, Initiative for Peacebuilding, The University of Melbourne On August 15 2021, Afghanistan’s democratic republic collapsed. As the last US and NATO troops departed the country, the Taliban swept back into power and the Afghan people braced for an uncertain future. Despite promises ... <a title="After 4 years of repressive Taliban rule, Afghans are suffering in silence. Is the world still watching?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/14/after-4-years-of-repressive-taliban-rule-afghans-are-suffering-in-silence-is-the-world-still-watching-262801/" aria-label="Read more about After 4 years of repressive Taliban rule, Afghans are suffering in silence. Is the world still watching?">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Simon Griffith, Professor of Avian Behavioural Ecology, Macquarie University Carlos Quintero, unsplash, CC BY Living in cities exposes people to all sorts of chemical pollutants. Many are harmful even at low concentrations. But it is hard to know what the risks and consequences might be. The animals ... <a title="The canary in the concrete jungle: how polluted towns make sparrows frail, anxious and old before their time" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/14/the-canary-in-the-concrete-jungle-how-polluted-towns-make-sparrows-frail-anxious-and-old-before-their-time-262788/" aria-label="Read more about The canary in the concrete jungle: how polluted towns make sparrows frail, anxious and old before their time">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2025
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk New Caledonia’s pro-independence front, the FLNKS (Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front), has formally confirmed its “block rejection” of the French-sponsored Bougival project, signed last month. The pact has been presented as an agreement between all parties to serve as a guide for the French Pacific ... <a title="‘Full sovereignty and independence’: FLNKS rejects France’s Bougival project" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/14/full-sovereignty-and-independence-flnks-rejects-frances-bougival-project/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Full sovereignty and independence’: FLNKS rejects France’s Bougival project">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2025
ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on August 14, 2025.
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August 14, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Simon Avenell, Professor in Modern Japanese History, Australian National University Aleksander Pasaric/Pexels This year marks 80 years since Japan’s catastrophic defeat in the Asia-Pacific War. In 1945, the country lay in ruins. Millions had died in battle or in the devastating Allied bombings of Tokyo, Hiroshima, Nagasaki, ... <a title="Postwar Japan at 80: 10 factors that changed the nation forever" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/14/postwar-japan-at-80-10-factors-that-changed-the-nation-forever-263039/" aria-label="Read more about Postwar Japan at 80: 10 factors that changed the nation forever">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Antje Fiedler, Senior Lecturer, Management and International Business, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Bevan Goldswain/Getty Images Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are the backbone of the Australian and New Zealand economies, employing 42% of Australia’s workforce and 31% of New Zealand’s workers. But rising costs, weak ... <a title="Small business, big pressure: why the backbones of the NZ and Australian economies need more support" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/14/small-business-big-pressure-why-the-backbones-of-the-nz-and-australian-economies-need-more-support-261947/" aria-label="Read more about Small business, big pressure: why the backbones of the NZ and Australian economies need more support">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Greste, Professor of Journalism and Communications, Macquarie University The New York-based media freedom organisation, the Committee to Protect Journalists, is scrupulous with its words. So, when the organisation described the killing of six Palestinian journalists in an Israeli air strike as “murder”, the word was a ... <a title="Israel must allow independent investigations of Palestinian journalist killings – and let international media into Gaza" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/14/israel-must-allow-independent-investigations-of-palestinian-journalist-killings-and-let-international-media-into-gaza-263106/" aria-label="Read more about Israel must allow independent investigations of Palestinian journalist killings – and let international media into Gaza">Read more</a>
