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October 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rick Sarre, Emeritus Professor in Law and Criminal Justice, University of South Australia The Victorian Director of Public Prosecutions, who has carriage of the Erin Patterson murder case, has chosen to appeal against what he considers to be an overly lenient sentence. This comes on the back ... <a title="There are now two appeals in the Erin Patterson mushroom murder case. What’s going on?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/06/there-are-now-two-appeals-in-the-erin-patterson-mushroom-murder-case-whats-going-on-266796/" aria-label="Read more about There are now two appeals in the Erin Patterson mushroom murder case. What’s going on?">Read more</a>
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October 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra When you look at Sussan Ley’s predicament, you can’t help thinking of Brendan Nelson. Nelson, a Liberal moderate and a former minister who was a competent but not outstanding performer, won the Liberal leadership after the 2007 defeat of the ... <a title="View from The Hill: Can Sussan Ley avoid Brendan Nelson’s fate?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/06/view-from-the-hill-can-sussan-ley-avoid-brendan-nelsons-fate-265855/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Can Sussan Ley avoid Brendan Nelson’s fate?">Read more</a>
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October 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Eyal Mayroz, Senior Lecturer in Peace and Conflict Studies, University of Sydney Two years into the most horrific chapter in the history of Israel and Palestine, a glimmer of hope has been offered to both sides by US President Donald Trump’s plan for a permanent ceasefire and ... <a title="On a grim anniversary, an end to Gaza’s violence is suddenly clear – if both sides can make sacrifices" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/06/on-a-grim-anniversary-an-end-to-gazas-violence-is-suddenly-clear-if-both-sides-can-make-sacrifices-266771/" aria-label="Read more about On a grim anniversary, an end to Gaza’s violence is suddenly clear – if both sides can make sacrifices">Read more</a>
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October 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Austin, Senior Lecturer in Theatre, The University of Melbourne Pia Johnson Melbourne Theatre Company’s (MTC) latest offering is a striking adaptation of the 1938 gothic novel Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier. Like Alfred Hitchcock’s 1940 film, the story follows a young woman who marries a widower, ... <a title="New adaptation of Rebecca is visually haunting, but misses the core tensions of the original story" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/06/new-adaptation-of-rebecca-is-visually-haunting-but-misses-the-core-tensions-of-the-original-story-265746/" aria-label="Read more about New adaptation of Rebecca is visually haunting, but misses the core tensions of the original story">Read more</a>
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October 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Guido Carim Junior, Senior Lecturer in Aviation, Griffith University redcharlie/Unsplash “It is the closest all of us passengers ever want to come to a plane crash,” a Qantas flight QF1889’s passenger said after the plane suddenly descended about 20,000 feet on Monday September 22, and diverted back ... <a title="These 4 aeroplane failures are more common than you think – and not as scary as they sound" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/06/these-4-aeroplane-failures-are-more-common-than-you-think-and-not-as-scary-as-they-sound-265866/" aria-label="Read more about These 4 aeroplane failures are more common than you think – and not as scary as they sound">Read more</a>
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October 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marcelo Feitosa de Paula Dias, PhD candidate in Environmental Law, Queensland University of Technology Giselleflissak/Getty Have you noticed more QR codes or country-of-origin labels on the meat at the supermarket or timber decking from the hardware shop? You’re not imagining it. We’re in a new era of ... <a title="From beef to timber, a new era of labels will reveal where your shopping comes from" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/06/from-beef-to-timber-a-new-era-of-labels-will-reveal-where-your-shopping-comes-from-265083/" aria-label="Read more about From beef to timber, a new era of labels will reveal where your shopping comes from">Read more</a>
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October 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nick Fuller, Clinical Trials Director, Department of Endocrinology, RPA Hospital, University of Sydney Anastassiya Bezhekeneva/Getty Images Walk down the health aisle of any supermarket and you’ll see shelves lined with brightly packaged vitamin and mineral supplements designed for children. These products promise to support immunity, boost brain ... <a title="Do kids really need vitamin supplements?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/06/do-kids-really-need-vitamin-supplements-257624/" aria-label="Read more about Do kids really need vitamin supplements?">Read more</a>
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October 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sebastian Maslow, Associate Professor, International Relations, Contemporary Japanese Politics & Society, University of Tokyo Under the slogan “#ChangeLDP”, Japan’s long-ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has elected Sanae Takaichi as its new leader. Pending a vote in the Diet’s lower house later this month, she is poised to ... <a title="Is Sanae Takaichi Japan’s Margaret Thatcher — or its next Liz Truss?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/06/is-sanae-takaichi-japans-margaret-thatcher-or-its-next-liz-truss-266478/" aria-label="Read more about Is Sanae Takaichi Japan’s Margaret Thatcher — or its next Liz Truss?">Read more</a>
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October 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne Labor retains a large lead in three new national polls including Newspoll, while many more voters thought Labor’s 2035 emissions reduction target too ambitious rather than not ... <a title="Labor retains big lead in Newspoll and all other federal polls" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/06/labor-retains-big-lead-in-newspoll-and-all-other-federal-polls-266376/" aria-label="Read more about Labor retains big lead in Newspoll and all other federal polls">Read more</a>
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October 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Aaron J. Snoswell, Senior Research Fellow in AI Accountability, Queensland University of Technology Sean Gladwell/Getty Images There are many claims to sort through in the current era of ubiquitous artificial intelligence (AI) products, especially generative AI ones based on large language models or LLMs, such as ChatGPT, ... <a title="Does AI pose an existential risk? We asked 5 experts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/06/does-ai-pose-an-existential-risk-we-asked-5-experts-266345/" aria-label="Read more about Does AI pose an existential risk? We asked 5 experts">Read more</a>
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October 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kristy Hess, Professor (Communication), Deakin University Australians and people the world over rely on local journalism to keep them informed, but the sector is in a lot of trouble. More than 200 local newspapers in regional Australia significantly cut their services or closed during the COVID pandemic. ... <a title="Local news is dwindling globally. Here’s how other countries are trying to fix it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/06/local-news-is-dwindling-globally-heres-how-other-countries-are-trying-to-fix-it-266466/" aria-label="Read more about Local news is dwindling globally. Here’s how other countries are trying to fix it">Read more</a>
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October 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Melanie O’Brien, Associate Professor of International Law, The University of Western Australia In September this year, a UN-backed independent commission of inquiry released a report concluding Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. The report said: Israeli authorities deliberately inflicted conditions of life on the Palestinians in Gaza ... <a title="Why are the ICJ and ICC cases on Israel and Gaza taking so long?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/06/why-are-the-icj-and-icc-cases-on-israel-and-gaza-taking-so-long-265674/" aria-label="Read more about Why are the ICJ and ICC cases on Israel and Gaza taking so long?">Read more</a>
