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November 5, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Burgis-Kasthala, Professor of International Law, La Trobe University The Middle East has long been riddled by instability. This makes getting a sense of the broader, long-term trends in the aftermath of the Gaza war particularly challenging. The significance of Trump’s 20-point peace deal that has (hopefully) ... <a title="After 2 years of devastating war, will Arab countries now turn their backs on Israel?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/05/after-2-years-of-devastating-war-will-arab-countries-now-turn-their-backs-on-israel-267869/" aria-label="Read more about After 2 years of devastating war, will Arab countries now turn their backs on Israel?">Read more</a>
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November 5, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anna Marie Brennan, Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Waikato Getty Images As satellite technology surges ahead and space becomes increasingly accessible to private and state actors alike, the new and unsettling threat of space terrorism looms above Earth’s atmosphere. Once the domain of science fiction, the ... <a title="The threat of space terrorism is no longer science fiction, but we’re ill-prepared to combat it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/05/the-threat-of-space-terrorism-is-no-longer-science-fiction-but-were-ill-prepared-to-combat-it-268659/" aria-label="Read more about The threat of space terrorism is no longer science fiction, but we’re ill-prepared to combat it">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
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
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
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>
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November 4, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Charles Livingstone, Associate Professor, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University The Melbourne Cup, a 3,200–metre race for horses more than three years old, has long been called “the race that stops the nation”. Held each year on the first Tuesday in November at Flemington ... <a title="Is the Melbourne Cup losing its appeal? Here’s what the numbers reveal" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/04/is-the-melbourne-cup-losing-its-appeal-heres-what-the-numbers-reveal-268653/" aria-label="Read more about Is the Melbourne Cup losing its appeal? Here’s what the numbers reveal">Read more</a>
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November 4, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gediminas Lipnickas, Lecturer in Marketing, University of South Australia Weichao Deng/Unsplash Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly becoming commonplace, despite statistics showing that only approximately 7% to 13% (depending on size) of companies have incorporated AI into their regular business workflows. Adoption in specific business functions is far ... <a title="The ‘doorman fallacy’: why careless adoption of AI backfires so easily" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/04/the-doorman-fallacy-why-careless-adoption-of-ai-backfires-so-easily-268380/" aria-label="Read more about The ‘doorman fallacy’: why careless adoption of AI backfires so easily">Read more</a>
