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November 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Justine Bell-James, Professor, TC Beirne School of Law, The University of Queensland Brayden Stanford/Pexels, CC BY-NC-ND Today is a landmark day for environmental law. After years of false starts and abandoned promises, Labor has finally struck a deal with the Greens to pass long-awaited changes to the ... <a title="Long-sought environmental law reform is finally here. But will the compromise deal actually protect nature?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/27/long-sought-environmental-law-reform-is-finally-here-but-will-the-compromise-deal-actually-protect-nature-270775/" aria-label="Read more about Long-sought environmental law reform is finally here. But will the compromise deal actually protect nature?">Read more</a>
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November 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Milad Haghani, Associate Professor and Principal Fellow in Urban Risk and Resilience, The University of Melbourne Tommy Wang/Getty The Hong Kong high-rise fire, which spread across multiple buildings in a large residential complex, has killed dozens, with hundreds reported missing. The confirmed death toll is now 44, ... <a title="The Hong Kong high-rise fire shows how difficult it is to evacuate in an emergency" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/27/the-hong-kong-high-rise-fire-shows-how-difficult-it-is-to-evacuate-in-an-emergency-270774/" aria-label="Read more about The Hong Kong high-rise fire shows how difficult it is to evacuate in an emergency">Read more</a>
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November 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Barnaby Joyce has finally announced he is quitting the Nationals Party, declaring he is “strongly considering” running for a Senate seat for One Nation in New South Wales at the next election. But the maverick MP is not switching to ... <a title="Barnaby Joyce quits Nationals, as he eyes One Nation Senate seat" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/27/barnaby-joyce-quits-nationals-as-he-eyes-one-nation-senate-seat-270798/" aria-label="Read more about Barnaby Joyce quits Nationals, as he eyes One Nation Senate seat">Read more</a>
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November 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ehsan Noroozinejad, Senior Researcher and Sustainable Future Lead, Urban Transformations Research Centre, Western Sydney University At least 44 people have died and more than 270 are missing after a major fire engulfed an apartment complex in Hong Kong’s Tai Po district. The fire, which swept through multiple ... <a title="Why is bamboo used for scaffolding in Hong Kong? A construction expert explains" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/27/why-is-bamboo-used-for-scaffolding-in-hong-kong-a-construction-expert-explains-270780/" aria-label="Read more about Why is bamboo used for scaffolding in Hong Kong? A construction expert explains">Read more</a>
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November 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jane Tiller, Ethical, Legal & Social Adviser in Public Health Genomics, Monash University FG Trade Latin/Getty A bill that would ban life insurers from discriminating against Australians based on results of genetic testing has been introduced to parliament this week. If passed into law as expected, the ... <a title="Life insurers soon won’t be able to discriminate against you based on your genes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/27/life-insurers-soon-wont-be-able-to-discriminate-against-you-based-on-your-genes-270564/" aria-label="Read more about Life insurers soon won’t be able to discriminate against you based on your genes">Read more</a>
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November 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Cameron, Senior Lecturer in Public Policy, Griffith University The 2025 Australian federal election was a resounding win for the Australian Labor Party. Labor won 94 seats in the House of Representatives and a commanding majority. The Liberal-National Coalition was reduced to just 43 seats in the ... <a title="Better policies; better leader: new study reveals why Labor won the 2025 federal election" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/27/better-policies-better-leader-new-study-reveals-why-labor-won-the-2025-federal-election-270678/" aria-label="Read more about Better policies; better leader: new study reveals why Labor won the 2025 federal election">Read more</a>
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November 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mia Cobb, Research Fellow, Animal Welfare Science Centre, The University of Melbourne Have you ever seen a dog focused on nuzzling their expensive treat under a blanket, behind a couch cushion, or into a freshly dug hole in the backyard? You might think they are behaving like ... <a title="Your dog is not a doomsday prepper. Here’s why they hide food and toys" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/27/your-dog-is-not-a-doomsday-prepper-heres-why-they-hide-food-and-toys-268284/" aria-label="Read more about Your dog is not a doomsday prepper. Here’s why they hide food and toys">Read more</a>
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November 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Luke Beck, Professor of Constitutional Law, Monash University Two teenagers are taking the federal government to the High Court. They argue the ban on social media accounts for under-16s is unconstitutional because it interferes with free political communication. The ban is due to take effect on December ... <a title="Two teens have launched a High Court challenge to the under-16s social media ban. Will it make a difference?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/27/two-teens-have-launched-a-high-court-challenge-to-the-under-16s-social-media-ban-will-it-make-a-difference-270688/" aria-label="Read more about Two teens have launched a High Court challenge to the under-16s social media ban. Will it make a difference?">Read more</a>
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November 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Plum, Senior Research Fellow, New Zealand Policy Research Institute, Auckland University of Technology Sandra Mu/Getty Images People of Māori descent account for just a fifth of Aotearoa’s population, but are overrepresented at every stage of the criminal justice system. They comprise 37% of people prosecuted by ... <a title="Māori face harsher sentences than NZ Europeans for similar drink-driving offences – with lasting consequences" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/27/maori-face-harsher-sentences-than-nz-europeans-for-similar-drink-driving-offences-with-lasting-consequences-269070/" aria-label="Read more about Māori face harsher sentences than NZ Europeans for similar drink-driving offences – with lasting consequences">Read more</a>
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November 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nathan Garland, Lecturer in Applied Mathematics and Physics, Griffith University Milad Fakurian / Unsplash OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman – perhaps the most prominent face of the artificial intelligence (AI) boom that accelerated with the launch of ChatGPT in 2022 – loves scaling laws. These widely admired ... <a title="Can bigger-is-better ‘scaling laws’ keep AI improving forever? History says we can’t be too sure" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/27/can-bigger-is-better-scaling-laws-keep-ai-improving-forever-history-says-we-cant-be-too-sure-270448/" aria-label="Read more about Can bigger-is-better ‘scaling laws’ keep AI improving forever? History says we can’t be too sure">Read more</a>
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November 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Baker, Professor of Public Health, University of Otago Joe Raedle/Getty Images As the Christmas season looms, with its crowded end-of-year parties, family gatherings and busy travel schedules, many New Zealanders might be asking a now familiar question: should I get another COVID-19 booster? After nearly four ... <a title="Your risk of catching COVID is at its lowest since 2020 – but here’s why you should still get boosted for Christmas" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/27/your-risk-of-catching-covid-is-at-its-lowest-since-2020-but-heres-why-you-should-still-get-boosted-for-christmas-270271/" aria-label="Read more about Your risk of catching COVID is at its lowest since 2020 – but here’s why you should still get boosted for Christmas">Read more</a>
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November 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Charlene Wright, Research Fellow, Equitable Cancer Outcomes across Rural and Remote Australia (ECORRA), Deakin University If you live in rural or remote Australia and are diagnosed with cancer, you’re less likely to survive than someone in the city with the same disease. Our research shows people in ... <a title="Rural Australians are 13% less likely to survive cancer. Here’s what needs to change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/27/rural-australians-are-13-less-likely-to-survive-cancer-heres-what-needs-to-change-270360/" aria-label="Read more about Rural Australians are 13% less likely to survive cancer. Here’s what needs to change">Read more</a>
