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July 24, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Hawkins, Head, Canberra School of Government, University of Canberra Reserve Bank Governor Michele Bullock has fleshed out the central bank’s thinking behind its surprise decision to keep interest rates on hold this month. In a speech today to the Anika Foundation, Bullock said there has been: ... <a title="Reserve Bank says unemployment rise was not a shock, inflation on track" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/24/reserve-bank-says-unemployment-rise-was-not-a-shock-inflation-on-track-261759/" aria-label="Read more about Reserve Bank says unemployment rise was not a shock, inflation on track">Read more</a>
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July 24, 2025
This is Democracy Now!. I’m Amy Goodman. More than 100 humanitarian groups are demanding action to end Israel’s siege of Gaza, warning mass starvation is spreading across the Palestinian territory. The NGOs, including Amnesty International, Oxfam, Doctors Without Borders, warn, “illnesses like acute watery diarrhea are spreading, markets are empty, waste is piling up, and ... <a title="Israel waging ‘horror show’ starvation campaign in Gaza, says UN chief" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/24/israel-waging-horror-show-starvation-campaign-in-gaza-says-un-chief/" aria-label="Read more about Israel waging ‘horror show’ starvation campaign in Gaza, says UN chief">Read more</a>
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July 24, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jacqueline Peel, Professor of Law and Director, Melbourne Climate Futures, The University of Melbourne Hilaire Bule/Getty Climate change “imperils all forms of life” and countries must tackle the problem or face consequences under international law, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) has found. The court delivered its ... <a title="Historic ruling finds climate change ‘imperils all forms of life’ and puts laggard nations on notice" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/24/historic-ruling-finds-climate-change-imperils-all-forms-of-life-and-puts-laggard-nations-on-notice-261848/" aria-label="Read more about Historic ruling finds climate change ‘imperils all forms of life’ and puts laggard nations on notice">Read more</a>
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July 24, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Milad Haghani, Associate Professor & Principal Fellow in Urban Risk & Resilience, The University of Melbourne Richard Hamilton Smith/Getty Two teenage boys were thrown from a jet ski during a ride on the Georges River in Sydney’s south this week. One died at the scene. The other ... <a title="Jet ski accidents are tragic but preventable. Here’s how to reduce the risk" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/24/jet-ski-accidents-are-tragic-but-preventable-heres-how-to-reduce-the-risk-261746/" aria-label="Read more about Jet ski accidents are tragic but preventable. Here’s how to reduce the risk">Read more</a>
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July 24, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Felicity Deane, Professor of Trade Law and Taxation, Queensland University of Technology DarcyMaulsby/Getty The Albanese government has today confirmed it will lift biosecurity restrictions on beef imports from the United States. The timing of this decision has raised some eyebrows. Back in April, US President Donald Trump ... <a title="Australia says US beef will soon be welcome here again. It’s unlikely we’ll buy much of it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/24/australia-says-us-beef-will-soon-be-welcome-here-again-its-unlikely-well-buy-much-of-it-261836/" aria-label="Read more about Australia says US beef will soon be welcome here again. It’s unlikely we’ll buy much of it">Read more</a>
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July 24, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kim Dovey, Professor of Architecture and Urban Design, The University of Melbourne Balinese officials have begun the demolition of more than 40 businesses at Bingin Beach, a popular tourist spot in the Uluwatu region. In June, the Balinese House of Representatives determined the settlement is on public ... <a title="Bali is built on informal and ‘illegal’ settlements. Bulldozing Bingin Beach misses the real threat of overdevelopment" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/24/bali-is-built-on-informal-and-illegal-settlements-bulldozing-bingin-beach-misses-the-real-threat-of-overdevelopment-261755/" aria-label="Read more about Bali is built on informal and ‘illegal’ settlements. Bulldozing Bingin Beach misses the real threat of overdevelopment">Read more</a>
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July 24, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Wesley Morgan, Research Associate, Institute for Climate Risk and Response, UNSW Sydney JOHN THYS/AFP via Getty Images The world’s highest court says countries are legally obliged to prevent harms caused by climate change, in a ruling that repudiates Australia’s claims it is not legally responsible for emissions ... <a title="World’s highest court issues groundbreaking ruling for climate action. Here’s what it means for Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/24/worlds-highest-court-issues-groundbreaking-ruling-for-climate-action-heres-what-it-means-for-australia-261842/" aria-label="Read more about World’s highest court issues groundbreaking ruling for climate action. Here’s what it means for Australia">Read more</a>
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July 24, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Energy and climate issues are front and centre for both sides of politics. The government is struggling with pushback from some regional communities against the rollout of transmission lines and wind farms. At the same time, it will soon have ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Chris Bowen on why it’s ‘a little frustrating’ bidding for COP 31" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/24/politics-with-michelle-grattan-chris-bowen-on-why-its-a-little-frustrating-bidding-for-cop-31-261763/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Chris Bowen on why it’s ‘a little frustrating’ bidding for COP 31">Read more</a>
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July 24, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Popi Sotiriadou, Associate Professor of Sport Management – Director Business Innovation, Griffith University MARCO BERTORELLO/AFP via Getty Images Most sports look to support their athletes to become “faster, higher, stronger” – in reference to the Olympic Games’ original motto – so it is perhaps surprising that cycling’s ... <a title="Cycling’s governing body is introducing new rules to slow down elite riders. Not everyone’s happy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/24/cyclings-governing-body-is-introducing-new-rules-to-slow-down-elite-riders-not-everyones-happy-260917/" aria-label="Read more about Cycling’s governing body is introducing new rules to slow down elite riders. Not everyone’s happy">Read more</a>
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July 24, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Benjamin Pope, Associate Professor, School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Macquarie University The day before my thesis examination, my friend and radio astronomer Joe Callingham showed me an image we’d been awaiting for five long years – an infrared photo of two dying stars we’d requested from ... <a title="Swirling nebula of two dying stars revealed in spectacular detail in new Webb telescope image" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/24/swirling-nebula-of-two-dying-stars-revealed-in-spectacular-detail-in-new-webb-telescope-image-258314/" aria-label="Read more about Swirling nebula of two dying stars revealed in spectacular detail in new Webb telescope image">Read more</a>
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July 24, 2025
By Jamie Tahana in The Hague for RNZ Pacific The United Nations’ highest court has found that countries can be held legally responsible for their greenhouse gas emissions, in a ruling highly anticipated by Pacific countries long frustrated with the pace of global action to address climate change. In a landmark opinion delivered yesterday in ... <a title="UN’s highest court finds countries can be held legally responsible for emissions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/24/uns-highest-court-finds-countries-can-be-held-legally-responsible-for-emissions/" aria-label="Read more about UN’s highest court finds countries can be held legally responsible for emissions">Read more</a>
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July 24, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tim O’Hara, Senior Curator of Marine Invertebrates, Museums Victoria Research Institute A brittle star of the species _Gorgonocephalus eucnemis_. Lagunatic Photo / Getty Images You may have read that the deep sea is a very different environment from the land and shallow water. There is no light, ... <a title="Five arms, no heart and a global family: what DNA revealed about the weird deep-sea world of brittle stars" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/24/five-arms-no-heart-and-a-global-family-what-dna-revealed-about-the-weird-deep-sea-world-of-brittle-stars-261566/" aria-label="Read more about Five arms, no heart and a global family: what DNA revealed about the weird deep-sea world of brittle stars">Read more</a>
