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November 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Barry Barton, Professor of Law, University of Waikato Just as world leaders gather for this year’s COP30 climate summit in Brazil, the government’s announcement of its intention to significantly change New Zealand’s climate change law upends years of cross-party consensus. All of the proposals pose serious problems, ... <a title="The government’s dismantling of climate laws breaks years of cross-party agreement" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/07/the-governments-dismantling-of-climate-laws-breaks-years-of-cross-party-agreement-269107/" aria-label="Read more about The government’s dismantling of climate laws breaks years of cross-party agreement">Read more</a>
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November 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tayla Broadbridge, PhD Candidate in Mathematics, University of Adelaide Eating plenty of fruit and vegetables is key to staying healthy and avoiding diseases such as heart disease and stroke. But it’s often easier said than done. Places where many people eat poorly are often called “food deserts”, ... <a title="‘Food deserts’ found even in areas with supermarkets nearby – new study" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/07/food-deserts-found-even-in-areas-with-supermarkets-nearby-new-study-269083/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Food deserts’ found even in areas with supermarkets nearby – new study">Read more</a>
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November 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paula Lorgelly, Professor of Health Economics, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Getty Images New Zealand’s drug-buying agency Pharmac is currently consulting on a change to how it manages its waiting list for medicines. This represents one of the stages of Pharmac’s “reset” through which the agency ... <a title="Pharmac wants to trim its controversial medicines waiting list – no list at all might be better" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/07/pharmac-wants-to-trim-its-controversial-medicines-waiting-list-no-list-at-all-might-be-better-268276/" aria-label="Read more about Pharmac wants to trim its controversial medicines waiting list – no list at all might be better">Read more</a>
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November 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jacqueline Peel, Professor of Law, The University of Melbourne The Amazonian city of Belém, Brazil Ricardo Lima/Getty Along with delegates from all over the world, I’ll be heading to the United Nations COP30 climate summit in the Brazilian Amazon city of Belém. Like many others, I’m unsure ... <a title="Geopolitics, backsliding and progress: here’s what to expect at this year’s COP30 global climate talks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/07/geopolitics-backsliding-and-progress-heres-what-to-expect-at-this-years-cop30-global-climate-talks-268662/" aria-label="Read more about Geopolitics, backsliding and progress: here’s what to expect at this year’s COP30 global climate talks">Read more</a>
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November 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Wesley Morgan, Research Associate, Institute for Climate Risk and Response, UNSW Sydney Naomi Rahim/Getty Ten years on from the landmark Paris Agreement, countries have taken big strides in limiting emissions and the clean energy transition is accelerating rapidly. But geopolitical headwinds are growing and the damage bill ... <a title="As global climate action threatens to stall, can Australia step up at COP30 in Brazil?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/07/as-global-climate-action-threatens-to-stall-can-australia-step-up-at-cop30-in-brazil-267430/" aria-label="Read more about As global climate action threatens to stall, can Australia step up at COP30 in Brazil?">Read more</a>
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November 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gary Mortimer, Professor of Marketing and Consumer Behaviour, Queensland University of Technology More than 1.4 million people are employed in Australian retail and fast food businesses. Sadly, it’s not always a happy or safe place to work. A union survey of more than 4,600 frontline workers found ... <a title="As retail workers brace for the silly season, this 20c solution could dial down customer verbal abuse" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/07/as-retail-workers-brace-for-the-silly-season-this-20c-solution-could-dial-down-customer-verbal-abuse-269074/" aria-label="Read more about As retail workers brace for the silly season, this 20c solution could dial down customer verbal abuse">Read more</a>
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November 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Oliver Bown, Associate Professor, UNSW Sydney Getty Images Last week, artificial intelligence (AI) music company Udio announced an out-of-court settlement with Universal Music Group (UMG) over a lawsuit that accused Udio (as well as another AI music company called Suno) of copyright infringement. The lawsuit was brought ... <a title="Universal Music went from suing an AI company to partnering with it. What will it mean for artists?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/07/universal-music-went-from-suing-an-ai-company-to-partnering-with-it-what-will-it-mean-for-artists-268773/" aria-label="Read more about Universal Music went from suing an AI company to partnering with it. What will it mean for artists?">Read more</a>
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November 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kristin Brig, Lecturer in Public Health & Society, Washington University in St. Louis The water infrastructure politics of eThekwini, the municipality that includes the city of Durban, have been splashed across the digital pages of South Africa’s news outlets in recent years. They’ve covered the 2022 floods ... <a title="Access to water has a long racial history in Durban: I followed the story in the city’s archives" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/07/access-to-water-has-a-long-racial-history-in-durban-i-followed-the-story-in-the-citys-archives-267302/" aria-label="Read more about Access to water has a long racial history in Durban: I followed the story in the city’s archives">Read more</a>
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November 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Opposition Leader Malcom Fraser, Lord Mayor of Melbourne Ron Walker and Prime Minister Gough Whitlam at the Lord Mayor’s Banquet in Melbourne on November 10, 1975. City of Melbourne, CC BY In his just-released memoir, historian and former diplomat Lachlan ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: November 11 1975 – watching history being made, from the best seats in the house" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/06/grattan-on-friday-november-11-1975-watching-history-being-made-from-the-best-seats-in-the-house-268988/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: November 11 1975 – watching history being made, from the best seats in the house">Read more</a>
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November 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Catherine Gascoigne, Macquarie Research Fellow in International Economic Law, Macquarie University The US Supreme Court has heard arguments overnight on the legality of President Donald Trump’s “liberation day” tariffs on most countries around the world. The number of sceptical questions posed by the justices in the hearings ... <a title="‘America’s big case’: the US Supreme Court raises doubts about Trump’s tariff regime" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/06/americas-big-case-the-us-supreme-court-raises-doubts-about-trumps-tariff-regime-269178/" aria-label="Read more about ‘America’s big case’: the US Supreme Court raises doubts about Trump’s tariff regime">Read more</a>
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November 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexa Scarlata, Lecturer, Digital Communication, RMIT University This week the Labor government announced it is poised to introduce a bill to parliament that will impose regulatory obligations on major subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) services operating in Australia. The legislation will require services such as Netflix, Disney+ and Prime ... <a title="New laws will force streaming giants to invest in local content – but it’s too soon to celebrate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/06/new-laws-will-force-streaming-giants-to-invest-in-local-content-but-its-too-soon-to-celebrate-269093/" aria-label="Read more about New laws will force streaming giants to invest in local content – but it’s too soon to celebrate">Read more</a>
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November 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Milad Haghani, Associate Professor and Principal Fellow in Urban Risk and Resilience, The University of Melbourne In the span of just a few days, two children were killed in separate e-bike crashes in Queensland — one on the Sunshine Coast and another on the Gold Coast. Not ... <a title="Young people are increasingly being killed or injured on e-bikes. It’s time for governments to act" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/06/young-people-are-increasingly-being-killed-or-injured-on-e-bikes-its-time-for-governments-to-act-269095/" aria-label="Read more about Young people are increasingly being killed or injured on e-bikes. It’s time for governments to act">Read more</a>
