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November 21, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Howard, Senior Lecturer, Discipline of English and Writing, University of Sydney Criterion Collection Pier Paolo Pasolini’s Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom is turning 50. One of cinema’s most notorious films, Salò continues to be approached with trepidation – if approached at all. Adapted from ... <a title="Cinema’s most notorious film: Pier Paolo Pasolini’s Salò turns 50" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/21/cinemas-most-notorious-film-pier-paolo-pasolinis-salo-turns-50-267432/" aria-label="Read more about Cinema’s most notorious film: Pier Paolo Pasolini’s Salò turns 50">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra When neo-Nazi leader Thomas Sewell appeared last week in a Melbourne court for a bail hearing, after jail time over the attack on an Indigenous camp, his supporters were there in force. A lawyer in the building at the time ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Combatting the neo-Nazis is a ‘wicked problem’ for governments" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/20/grattan-on-friday-combatting-the-neo-nazis-is-a-wicked-problem-for-governments-269393/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Combatting the neo-Nazis is a ‘wicked problem’ for governments">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Eliza Northrop, Director UNSW Centre for Sustainable Development Reform, UNSW Sydney After a long and deadlocked bidding process for Australia and Pacific Island nations to co-host the UN climate summit (COP31), the event will now be hosted by Turkey. Australia’s Climate Minister, Chris Bowen, will reportedly take ... <a title="Turkey will host COP31, Australia will play a role. So where does that leave the Pacific?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/20/turkey-will-host-cop31-australia-will-play-a-role-so-where-does-that-leave-the-pacific-270280/" aria-label="Read more about Turkey will host COP31, Australia will play a role. So where does that leave the Pacific?">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Hawkins, Head, Canberra School of Government, University of Canberra The Australian Capital Territory and Queensland have won bragging rights for having the fastest growing economies in Australia in 2024-25. Their growth was highlighted in annual data on gross state product (GSP), released by the Australian Bureau ... <a title="New data shows the ACT and Queensland’s economies are beating the rest of the nation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/20/new-data-shows-the-act-and-queenslands-economies-are-beating-the-rest-of-the-nation-270068/" aria-label="Read more about New data shows the ACT and Queensland’s economies are beating the rest of the nation">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Shannon Bosch, Associate Professor (Law), Edith Cowan University In late December 2008, then-Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert authorised Operation Cast Lead in response to rocket attacks from Hamas-controlled territory in Gaza. The three-week military assault killed around 1,400 Palestinians, including more than 300 children. Thousands of homes ... <a title="Why Israeli soldiers and their leaders may be increasingly at risk of arrest overseas" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/20/why-israeli-soldiers-and-their-leaders-may-be-increasingly-at-risk-of-arrest-overseas-269697/" aria-label="Read more about Why Israeli soldiers and their leaders may be increasingly at risk of arrest overseas">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jessica Richards, Senior Lecturer Sport Business Management, Western Sydney University The Matildas, Australia’s women’s soccer side, have become one of the nation’s most beloved teams, filling stadiums, breaking TV records and driving unprecedented growth at grassroots level. Federal government data reveals 21,000 additional women and girls have ... <a title="The Matildas keep soaring but the league, and players, beneath them are being left behind" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/20/the-matildas-keep-soaring-but-the-league-and-players-beneath-them-are-being-left-behind-270148/" aria-label="Read more about The Matildas keep soaring but the league, and players, beneath them are being left behind">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lisa Slade, Hugh Ramsay Chair in Australian Art History, School of Culture and Communications, The University of Melbourne Photographer: Christian Capurro © the artist, Geelong Gallery. On Saturday, I saw a man genuflecting at the traffic lights on Smith Street, in Melbourne’s suburb of Collingwood. It was ... <a title="Richard Lewer’s I Only Talk to God When I Want Something: a potent exploration of faith and suffering" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/20/richard-lewers-i-only-talk-to-god-when-i-want-something-a-potent-exploration-of-faith-and-suffering-270059/" aria-label="Read more about Richard Lewer’s I Only Talk to God When I Want Something: a potent exploration of faith and suffering">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris Wilkins, Professor of Policy and Health, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University Sai Aung/Getty Images New Zealand’s mainstay drug law turned 50 this year – yet we still don’t have a clear, comprehensive picture of the social harms different drugs pose. When the Misuse of ... <a title="A new index challenges common beliefs about drug use and harm in NZ" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/20/a-new-index-challenges-common-beliefs-about-drug-use-and-harm-in-nz-269174/" aria-label="Read more about A new index challenges common beliefs about drug use and harm in NZ">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Wesley Morgan, Research Associate, Institute for Climate Risk and Response, UNSW Sydney Francesco Riccardo Iacomino/Getty At the last possible minute, Australia has backed away from its bid to host the United Nations COP31 climate summit next year in Adelaide alongside Pacific nations. Under a compromise struck with ... <a title="Australia has dropped its bid to host the COP31 climate talks. Here’s what happened – and what’s next" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/20/australia-has-dropped-its-bid-to-host-the-cop31-climate-talks-heres-what-happened-and-whats-next-270257/" aria-label="Read more about Australia has dropped its bid to host the COP31 climate talks. Here’s what happened – and what’s next">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jennifer Power, Principal Research Fellow, Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University Deon Black/Pexels About one in ten perimenopausal or menopausal women masturbate to relieve their symptoms, according to a study that has generated media interest around the world. The attention is likely ... <a title="Does masturbating really help menopause symptoms? New research says yes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/20/does-masturbating-really-help-menopause-symptoms-new-research-says-yes-270146/" aria-label="Read more about Does masturbating really help menopause symptoms? New research says yes">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sam Schwarzkopf, Associate Professor of Health Sciences, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Getty Images Inspired by owls and their amazing ability to find their prey by hearing alone, my team decided to test how good humans are at discerning sounds. We were surprised to find just ... <a title="Auditory illusions: new research discovers how our ears play tricks on us" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/20/auditory-illusions-new-research-discovers-how-our-ears-play-tricks-on-us-269479/" aria-label="Read more about Auditory illusions: new research discovers how our ears play tricks on us">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Australia has ceded next year’s United Nations climate conference – COP 31 – to Turkey, but has negotiated a fall back that gives Climate Minister Chris Bowen a prominent role. Under the arrangement, Australia has also secured a pre-COP meeting ... <a title="Australia cedes COP31 but negotiates role for Chris Bowen and Pacific countries" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/20/australia-cedes-cop31-but-negotiates-role-for-chris-bowen-and-pacific-countries-270274/" aria-label="Read more about Australia cedes COP31 but negotiates role for Chris Bowen and Pacific countries">Read more</a>
