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July 23, 2025
By Don Wiseman, RNZ Pacific senior journalist A longtime Bougainville politician, Joe Lera, wants to see widespread changes in the way the Autonomous Bougainville Government (ABG) is run. The Papua New Guinea region, which is seeking independence from Port Moresby, is holding elections in the first week of September. Seven candidates are running for president, ... <a title="Veteran Bougainville politician wants new approach to independence and development" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/23/veteran-bougainville-politician-wants-new-approach-to-independence-and-development/" aria-label="Read more about Veteran Bougainville politician wants new approach to independence and development">Read more</a>
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July 23, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tania Chatterjee, Joint PhD Candidate at Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, The University of Queensland Getty Images/GCShutter Big tech platforms often present content moderation as a seamless, tech‑driven system. But human labour, often outsourced to countries such as India and the Philippines, plays a pivotal role in ... <a title="Hard labour conditions of online moderators directly affect how well the internet is policed – new study" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/23/hard-labour-conditions-of-online-moderators-directly-affect-how-well-the-internet-is-policed-new-study-261386/" aria-label="Read more about Hard labour conditions of online moderators directly affect how well the internet is policed – new study">Read more</a>
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July 23, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Megan Willis, Associate Professor, School of Behavioural and Health Sciences, Australian Catholic University martin-dm/Getty When we talk about “ghosting”, we usually think it relates to dating. But what happens when you’ve been ghosted by someone you’ve known for years – your childhood best friend, a parent, a ... <a title="Ghosted by a friend? 4 expert tips on how to handle the hurt" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/23/ghosted-by-a-friend-4-expert-tips-on-how-to-handle-the-hurt-260300/" aria-label="Read more about Ghosted by a friend? 4 expert tips on how to handle the hurt">Read more</a>
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July 23, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Norton, Professor of Higher Education Policy, Monash University The Albanese government’s 20% cut to student debt is the first bill introduced to the new federal parliament. It is clever politics. In the government’s first term, the 3 million Australians with a student debt turned high indexation ... <a title="Labor’s new bill would cut HELP loans by 20%. But it also risks locking some graduates into a ‘debt treadmill’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/23/labors-new-bill-would-cut-help-loans-by-20-but-it-also-risks-locking-some-graduates-into-a-debt-treadmill-261472/" aria-label="Read more about Labor’s new bill would cut HELP loans by 20%. But it also risks locking some graduates into a ‘debt treadmill’">Read more</a>
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July 23, 2025
By Jamie Tahana in The Hague for RNZ Pacific In 2019, a group of law students at the University of the South Pacific, frustrated at the slow pace with which the world’s governments were moving to address the climate crisis, had an idea — they would take the world’s governments to court. They arranged a ... <a title="ICJ climate crisis ruling: Will world’s top court back Pacific-led call to hold governments accountable?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/23/icj-climate-crisis-ruling-will-worlds-top-court-back-pacific-led-call-to-hold-governments-accountable/" aria-label="Read more about ICJ climate crisis ruling: Will world’s top court back Pacific-led call to hold governments accountable?">Read more</a>
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July 23, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ashley Humphrey, Lecturer in Social Sciences, Monash University Now into its fourth year, the war that followed Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has taken a devastating toll. An estimated 60,000 to 100,0000 Ukrainian lives have been lost and more than 10 million citizens displaced, and entire cities have ... <a title="‘Maybe this is the last minutes you are living’: how the war is impacting young Ukrainians" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/23/maybe-this-is-the-last-minutes-you-are-living-how-the-war-is-impacting-young-ukrainians-260800/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Maybe this is the last minutes you are living’: how the war is impacting young Ukrainians">Read more</a>
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July 23, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Timothy Welch, Senior Lecturer in Urban Planning, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Getty Images The recent report comparing Auckland to nine international peer cities delivered an uncomfortable truth: our largest city is falling behind, hampered by car dependency, low-density housing and “weak economic performance”. The Deloitte ... <a title="Auckland is NZ’s ‘primate city’ but its potential remains caged in by poor planning and vision" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/23/auckland-is-nzs-primate-city-but-its-potential-remains-caged-in-by-poor-planning-and-vision-261176/" aria-label="Read more about Auckland is NZ’s ‘primate city’ but its potential remains caged in by poor planning and vision">Read more</a>
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July 23, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Timothy Heffernan, Lecturer in Anthropology, Australian National University Almost half of all Australian properties are at risk of bushfire, while 17,500 face risk of coastal erosion. By 2030, more than 3 million will face riverine flood risk. Meanwhile, housing demand continues to outpace supply. With climate-related disasters ... <a title="Climate disasters are pushing people into homelessness – but there’s a lot we can do about it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/23/climate-disasters-are-pushing-people-into-homelessness-but-theres-a-lot-we-can-do-about-it-259149/" aria-label="Read more about Climate disasters are pushing people into homelessness – but there’s a lot we can do about it">Read more</a>
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July 23, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Shannon Bosch, Associate Professor (Law), Edith Cowan University More than 100 people were arrested in the United Kingdom on the weekend for supporting Palestine Action, a protest group that opposes Britain’s support of Israel. Palestine Action was recently proscribed as a terrorist organisation, placing it in the ... <a title="UK bans Gaza protest group – could the same thing happen in Australia?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/23/uk-bans-gaza-protest-group-could-the-same-thing-happen-in-australia-261562/" aria-label="Read more about UK bans Gaza protest group – could the same thing happen in Australia?">Read more</a>
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July 23, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lachlan Goold, Senior Lecturer in Contemporary Music, University of the Sunshine Coast Ozzy Osbourne photographed in London in 1991. Martyn Goodacre/Getty Images Ozzy Osbourne, the “prince of darkness” and godfather of heavy metal, has died aged 76, just weeks after he reunited with Black Sabbath bandmates for ... <a title="The incredible impact of Ozzy Osbourne, from Black Sabbath to Ozzfest to 30 years of retirement tours" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/23/the-incredible-impact-of-ozzy-osbourne-from-black-sabbath-to-ozzfest-to-30-years-of-retirement-tours-258820/" aria-label="Read more about The incredible impact of Ozzy Osbourne, from Black Sabbath to Ozzfest to 30 years of retirement tours">Read more</a>
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July 23, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sara Webb, Lecturer, Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing, Swinburne University of Technology Comet 3I/ATLAS International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/K. Meech/Jen Miller/Mahdi Zamani, CC BY On July 1, astronomers spotted an unusual high-speed object zooming towards the Sun. Dubbed 3I/ATLAS, the surprising space traveller had one very special quality: its ... <a title="Could the latest ‘interstellar comet’ be an alien probe? Why spotting cosmic visitors is harder than you think" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/23/could-the-latest-interstellar-comet-be-an-alien-probe-why-spotting-cosmic-visitors-is-harder-than-you-think-261656/" aria-label="Read more about Could the latest ‘interstellar comet’ be an alien probe? Why spotting cosmic visitors is harder than you think">Read more</a>
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July 23, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Pandanus Petter, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, School of Politics and International Relations, Australian National University The government in the UK is introducing legislation into parliament to lower the voting age to 16. If passed, the new age rules will be in place for the next general election, expected ... <a title="Should Australia lower the voting age to 16 like the UK? We asked 5 experts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/23/should-australia-lower-the-voting-age-to-16-like-the-uk-we-asked-5-experts-261469/" aria-label="Read more about Should Australia lower the voting age to 16 like the UK? We asked 5 experts">Read more</a>
