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November 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christian Eva, Research Fellow, POLIS: The Centre for Social Research and Policy, Australian National University Australia’s decade-old Indigenous Procurement Policy has been hailed by both sides of politics as a success in Indigenous economic policy. Started in 2015 as a way to address under-investment in Indigenous businesses ... <a title="Just 18 firms won 50% of federal Indigenous procurement spending: new study" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/17/just-18-firms-won-50-of-federal-indigenous-procurement-spending-new-study-269504/" aria-label="Read more about Just 18 firms won 50% of federal Indigenous procurement spending: new study">Read more</a>
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November 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julie Deslippe, Senior Lecturer in Plant Ecology, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Department of Conservation, CC BY-NC-SA The sight of flames tearing across Tongariro National Park last week was heartbreaking for lovers of the landscape. It was also potentially disastrous for a world-renowned alpine ... <a title="The fire is out, but Tongariro is now at risk of losing its unique biological legacy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/17/the-fire-is-out-but-tongariro-is-now-at-risk-of-losing-its-unique-biological-legacy-269710/" aria-label="Read more about The fire is out, but Tongariro is now at risk of losing its unique biological legacy">Read more</a>
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November 16, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Coalition parties on Sunday formally endorsed a joint policy on climate and energy that drops the commitment to net zero and gives priority to affordable power. But settling this contentious issue has failed to ease the pressure on Sussan ... <a title="View from The Hill: Coalition parties jointly cremate net zero, while leadership contenders circle Sussan Ley" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/16/view-from-the-hill-coalition-parties-jointly-cremate-net-zero-while-leadership-contenders-circle-sussan-ley-269396/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Coalition parties jointly cremate net zero, while leadership contenders circle Sussan Ley">Read more</a>
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November 15, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Muireann Quigley, Professor, Law, Medicine and Technology, University of Birmingham LBeddoe/Shutterstock.com In clinical trials around the world, a surprising treatment is showing promise for people with terminal illnesses: psychedelic therapy. For many, the hardest part of dying isn’t physical pain but the fear, anxiety and sense of ... <a title="Psychedelics might help terminal patients find peace" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/15/psychedelics-might-help-terminal-patients-find-peace-265915/" aria-label="Read more about Psychedelics might help terminal patients find peace">Read more</a>
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November 15, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Cushion, Professor, Cardiff School of Journalism, Media and Culture, Cardiff University The Prescott memo was leaked to the Daily Telegraph. Steve Travelguide/Shutterstock The BBC has long weathered accusations of bias. So why did the latest scandal lead to the resignations of the BBC’s director general and ... <a title="BBC bias? The Prescott memo falls well short of the standards of impartiality it demands" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/15/bbc-bias-the-prescott-memo-falls-well-short-of-the-standards-of-impartiality-it-demands-269576/" aria-label="Read more about BBC bias? The Prescott memo falls well short of the standards of impartiality it demands">Read more</a>
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November 15, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Catherine Happer, Professor of Media Sociology, Director, Glasgow University Media Group, University of Glasgow ImageFlow/Shutterstock That trust in media is declining throughout the world is almost an unquestioned truth today. But researchers have found it hard to clearly demonstrate how we went from an era of high ... <a title="What a decade of research reveals about why people don’t trust media in the digital age" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/15/what-a-decade-of-research-reveals-about-why-people-dont-trust-media-in-the-digital-age-264222/" aria-label="Read more about What a decade of research reveals about why people don’t trust media in the digital age">Read more</a>
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November 14, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Musgrave, Senior Lecturer in Pharmacology, University of Adelaide Alexander Sinn/Unsplash Australia’s regulator has suspended use of a common pesticide used on blueberries, raspberries and blackberries known as dimethoate. But this year-long suspension isn’t due to any new information about the pesticide itself. Rather, the Australian Pesticides ... <a title="Are berries safe to eat? How worried should I be about the pesticide dimethoate?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/14/are-berries-safe-to-eat-how-worried-should-i-be-about-the-pesticide-dimethoate-269691/" aria-label="Read more about Are berries safe to eat? How worried should I be about the pesticide dimethoate?">Read more</a>
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November 14, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anna Malos, Climateworks Centre Country Lead, Australia, Monash University On Thursday, the Liberals reversed their commitment to net zero by 2050. While it’s impossible to predict precisely what this decision means for climate action in Australia, the policies and laws already in place suggest momentum will continue. ... <a title="The Liberals dropped net zero. Will it make any difference to Australia’s climate response?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/14/the-liberals-dropped-net-zero-will-it-make-any-difference-to-australias-climate-response-269712/" aria-label="Read more about The Liberals dropped net zero. Will it make any difference to Australia’s climate response?">Read more</a>
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November 14, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brian Oliver, Professor, School of Life Sciences, University of Technology Sydney Natalia Alkema/Getty Multiple schools and early learning centres in the Australian Capital Territory have shut on Friday after asbestos was found in coloured sand used for children’s art and sensory play. At least one school in ... <a title="Asbestos has been found in children’s coloured sand. What’s the risk to kids?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/14/asbestos-has-been-found-in-childrens-coloured-sand-whats-the-risk-to-kids-269796/" aria-label="Read more about Asbestos has been found in children’s coloured sand. What’s the risk to kids?">Read more</a>
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November 14, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Spoonley, Distinguished Professor, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University A year after the 2023 census, changes were already taking place in New Zealand’s population that meant the data was in danger of being superseded. Fertility was continuing to decline, ... <a title="Growing, going, gone: latest numbers show NZ now at risk of population stagnation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/14/growing-going-gone-latest-numbers-show-nz-now-at-risk-of-population-stagnation-269778/" aria-label="Read more about Growing, going, gone: latest numbers show NZ now at risk of population stagnation">Read more</a>
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November 14, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Delyse Ryan, National Course Coordinator of Creative Arts, Senior Lecturer in Drama, Australian Catholic University Andy Phillipson The Australian premiere of Circa’s Wolf at Brisbane’s Queensland Performing Arts Centre was a breath-holding whirlwind of primal excitement. In two 40-minute acts, Director Yaron Lifschitz took us on a ... <a title="Circa’s Wolf is a triumph – brimming with primal power and acrobatic precision" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/14/circas-wolf-is-a-triumph-brimming-with-primal-power-and-acrobatic-precision-267428/" aria-label="Read more about Circa’s Wolf is a triumph – brimming with primal power and acrobatic precision">Read more</a>
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November 14, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ihsan Yilmaz, Deputy Directory (Research Development), Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation & Research Professor of Political Science and International Relations, Deakin University Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images Warnings this week from the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) about sabotage threats marked an important shift in tone. ... <a title="The threat of sabotage from China is growing. That’s not an excuse to erode Australians’ freedoms" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/14/the-threat-of-sabotage-from-china-is-growing-thats-not-an-excuse-to-erode-australians-freedoms-269715/" aria-label="Read more about The threat of sabotage from China is growing. That’s not an excuse to erode Australians’ freedoms">Read more</a>
