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July 28, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rose Nakayi, Senior Lecturer of Law, Makerere University Populism is rife in various African countries. This political ideology responds to and takes advantage of a situation where a large section of people feels exploited, marginalised or disempowered. It sets up “the people” against “the other”. It promises ... <a title="Uganda’s land eviction crisis: do populist state measures actually fix problems?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/28/ugandas-land-eviction-crisis-do-populist-state-measures-actually-fix-problems-260512/" aria-label="Read more about Uganda’s land eviction crisis: do populist state measures actually fix problems?">Read more</a>
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July 28, 2025
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Have you noticed how, in New Zealand news items and weather reports, Nelson and Marlborough are called the “top” of the South Island rather than the ‘north’ of that island. We also get phrases such as the “lower North Island” and the “upper North Island”. And New Zealand’s narrators regularly refer ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – Representation versus Reality; Reaching a Low Point" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/28/keith-rankin-analysis-representation-versus-reality-reaching-a-low-point/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – Representation versus Reality; Reaching a Low Point">Read more</a>
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July 28, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ella Vines, Post-doctoral researcher, Green Lab, Monash University One-time Nationals leader Barnaby Joyce sought to dominate the first sitting week of the current federal parliament by proposing a divisive plan to reverse Australia’s net zero emissions target. The campaign, backed by fellow former Nationals leader Michael McCormack, ... <a title="Barnaby Joyce wants Australia to abandon net zero – but his 4 central claims don’t stack up" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/28/barnaby-joyce-wants-australia-to-abandon-net-zero-but-his-4-central-claims-dont-stack-up-261837/" aria-label="Read more about Barnaby Joyce wants Australia to abandon net zero – but his 4 central claims don’t stack up">Read more</a>
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July 28, 2025
No New Zealanders were on board the Handala in the latest arrest and abductions of Freedom Flotilla crew on humanitarian siege-busting missions to Gaza. However, two Australians were and one talks to The New Arab just before the attack on Saturday. INTERVIEW: By Sebastian Shehadi The Handala, a 1968 Norwegian trawler repurposed by the Freedom ... <a title="‘We pose no threat – our aim is to break the siege’: Tan Safi on joining the Handala Gaza flotilla" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/28/we-pose-no-threat-our-aim-is-to-break-the-siege-tan-safi-on-joining-the-handala-gaza-flotilla/" aria-label="Read more about ‘We pose no threat – our aim is to break the siege’: Tan Safi on joining the Handala Gaza flotilla">Read more</a>
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July 28, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Daswin de Silva, Professor of AI and Analytics, Director of AI Strategy, La Trobe University George Peters / Getty Images We are entering the third phase of generative AI. First came the chatbots, followed by the assistants. Now we are beginning to see agents: systems that aspire ... <a title="AI agents are here. Here’s what to know about what they can do – and how they can go wrong" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/28/ai-agents-are-here-heres-what-to-know-about-what-they-can-do-and-how-they-can-go-wrong-261579/" aria-label="Read more about AI agents are here. Here’s what to know about what they can do – and how they can go wrong">Read more</a>
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July 28, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christopher Rudge, Law lecturer, University of Sydney A recent landmark court decision could have significant ramifications for several million social security recipients. The ruling means the federal government will need to recalculate more than A$4 billion in debts owed to the Department of Social Services, which administers ... <a title="The ghost of Robodebt – Federal Court rules billions of dollars in welfare debts must be recalculated" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/28/the-ghost-of-robodebt-federal-court-rules-billions-of-dollars-in-welfare-debts-must-be-recalculated-261543/" aria-label="Read more about The ghost of Robodebt – Federal Court rules billions of dollars in welfare debts must be recalculated">Read more</a>
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July 28, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ken Pang, Senior Principal Research Fellow and Group Leader, Transgender Health Research Group, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute Gender clinics provide multidisciplinary care that helps trans people to explore and affirm their gender identity. The number of adolescents referred to gender clinics has increased worldwide in recent years, ... <a title="Critics claim gender clinics are seeing an excess of trans boys. But new data suggest otherwise" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/28/critics-claim-gender-clinics-are-seeing-an-excess-of-trans-boys-but-new-data-suggest-otherwise-257817/" aria-label="Read more about Critics claim gender clinics are seeing an excess of trans boys. But new data suggest otherwise">Read more</a>
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July 28, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ella Vines, Post-doctoral researcher, Green Lab, Monash University One-time Nationals leader Barnaby Joyce sought to dominate the first sitting week of the current federal parliament by proposing a divisive plan to reverse Australia’s net zero emissions target. The campaign, backed by fellow former Nationals leader Michael McCormack, ... <a title="Barnaby Joyce wants Australia to abandon net zero – but his 5 central claims don’t stack up" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/28/barnaby-joyce-wants-australia-to-abandon-net-zero-but-his-5-central-claims-dont-stack-up-261837/" aria-label="Read more about Barnaby Joyce wants Australia to abandon net zero – but his 5 central claims don’t stack up">Read more</a>
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July 28, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Madden, Emeritus Professor, Centre of Policy Studies, Victoria University In the wake of last week’s Tasmanian election that delivered another hung parliament, the new government will need to shore up crossbench support. One of the issues to be negotiated will be support for the new stadium ... <a title="As post-election talks drag on, what will Hobart’s proposed stadium actually cost Tasmanians?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/28/as-post-election-talks-drag-on-what-will-hobarts-proposed-stadium-actually-cost-tasmanians-261666/" aria-label="Read more about As post-election talks drag on, what will Hobart’s proposed stadium actually cost Tasmanians?">Read more</a>
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July 28, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Angelique Nadia Sweetman McInnes, Academic in Financial Planning, CQUniversity Australia Is there anything you can do to protect your superannuation from dodgy providers or questionable financial advice? And if someone rings you out of the blue and tempts you with a better return on your savings – ... <a title="Want to save yourself from super scams and dodgy financial advice? Ask these questions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/28/want-to-save-yourself-from-super-scams-and-dodgy-financial-advice-ask-these-questions-261756/" aria-label="Read more about Want to save yourself from super scams and dodgy financial advice? Ask these questions">Read more</a>
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July 28, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jamilla Rosdahl, Senior Lecturer, Australian College of Applied Psychology Last month, actor Brad Pitt stepped onto the Formula One circuit as the leading man of the high-octane film F1, backed by Apple Studios, Jerry Bruckheimer Films and Pitt’s own Plan B Entertainment. During the publicity campaign, cameras ... <a title="The celebrity halo effect: why abuse allegations against powerful men like Brad Pitt are so easily forgotten" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/28/the-celebrity-halo-effect-why-abuse-allegations-against-powerful-men-like-brad-pitt-are-so-easily-forgotten-261101/" aria-label="Read more about The celebrity halo effect: why abuse allegations against powerful men like Brad Pitt are so easily forgotten">Read more</a>
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July 28, 2025
Muslims, and the global community, must rally around the Palestinian people’s inalienable rights: to exist, to return home, and to live free from occupation. ANALYSIS: By Shadee ElMasry In our world today, one would be hard-pressed to find a reputable, well-known scholar or group of scholars who support Israel. Of course, the keywords here are ... <a title="Debunking the theological gaslighting of Israel-supporting Imams" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/28/debunking-the-theological-gaslighting-of-israel-supporting-imams/" aria-label="Read more about Debunking the theological gaslighting of Israel-supporting Imams">Read more</a>
