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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>
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July 23, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julian Savulescu, Visiting Professor in Biomedical Ethics, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute; Distinguished Visiting Professor in Law, University of Melbourne; Uehiro Chair in Practical Ethics, The University of Melbourne HRAUN/Getty A young woman needs an abortion and the reasons, while urgent, are not medical. A United States Navy ... <a title="Doctors shouldn’t be allowed to object to medical care if it harms their patients" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/23/doctors-shouldnt-be-allowed-to-object-to-medical-care-if-it-harms-their-patients-260003/" aria-label="Read more about Doctors shouldn’t be allowed to object to medical care if it harms their patients">Read more</a>
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July 23, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rowena Maguire, Professor of Law and Director of the Centre of Justice, Queensland University of Technology Ryan McVay/Getty For centuries, clothes were hard to produce and expensive. People wore them as long as possible. But manufacturing advances have steadily driven down the cost of production. These days, ... <a title="Ultra fast fashion could be taxed to oblivion in France. Could Australia follow suit?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/23/ultra-fast-fashion-could-be-taxed-to-oblivion-in-france-could-australia-follow-suit-259559/" aria-label="Read more about Ultra fast fashion could be taxed to oblivion in France. Could Australia follow suit?">Read more</a>
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July 23, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Simon, Adjunct Fellow in Economics, Macquarie University Olga Kashubin/Shutterstock In the United States, President Donald Trump has been pressuring the chairman of the US Federal Reserve, Jerome Powell, to slash interest rates. This is partly to ease the interest payments on the ballooning US government debt. ... <a title="Central bank independence and credibility matters. Here’s why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/23/central-bank-independence-and-credibility-matters-heres-why-260198/" aria-label="Read more about Central bank independence and credibility matters. Here’s why">Read more</a>
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July 23, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ciara Smart, PhD Graduand in Australasian Irish History, University of Tasmania Love them or hate them, there’s no doubt Irish hip-hop trio Kneecap are having a moment. Their music – delivered in a powerful fusion of English and Irish – is known for its gritty lyrics about ... <a title="Kneecap’s stance on Gaza extends a long history of the Irish supporting other oppressed peoples" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/23/kneecaps-stance-on-gaza-extends-a-long-history-of-the-irish-supporting-other-oppressed-peoples-261261/" aria-label="Read more about Kneecap’s stance on Gaza extends a long history of the Irish supporting other oppressed peoples">Read more</a>
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July 23, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nathan Cooper, Associate Professor of Law, University of Waikato Getty Images The International Court of Justice (ICJ) will issue a highly anticipated advisory opinion overnight to clarify state obligations related to climate change. It will answer two urgent questions: what are the obligations of states under international ... <a title="Do countries have a duty to prevent climate harm? The world’s highest court is about to answer this crucial question" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/23/do-countries-have-a-duty-to-prevent-climate-harm-the-worlds-highest-court-is-about-to-answer-this-crucial-question-261396/" aria-label="Read more about Do countries have a duty to prevent climate harm? The world’s highest court is about to answer this crucial question">Read more</a>
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July 23, 2025
Asia Pacific Report Groups that have declined to join the government-sponsored “harmony accord” signed yesterday by some Muslim and Jewish groups, say that the proposed new council is “misaligned” with its aims. The signed accord was presented at Government House in Auckland. About 70 people attended, including representatives of the New Zealand Jewish Council, His ... <a title="Gaza not a religious issue – it’s a massive violation of international law, say accord critics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/23/gaza-not-a-religious-issue-its-a-massive-violation-of-international-law-say-accord-critics/" aria-label="Read more about Gaza not a religious issue – it’s a massive violation of international law, say accord critics">Read more</a>
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July 23, 2025
The Devonport Flagstaff About 200 people marched in Devonport last Saturday in support of Palestine. Pro-Palestine flags and placards were draped on the band rotunda at Windsor Reserve as speakers, including Green Party co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick and the people power manager of Amnesty International Aotearoa New Zealand Margaret Taylor, a Devonport local, encouraged the crowd ... <a title="Flying the flags for Palestine – NZ protesters take message to Devonport" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/23/flying-the-flags-for-palestine-nz-protesters-take-message-to-devonport/" aria-label="Read more about Flying the flags for Palestine – NZ protesters take message to Devonport">Read more</a>
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July 22, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra We’re now less than a month away from the start of the Albanese government’s “economic reform” (aka “productivity”) roundtable, but it has become quite hard to get a fix on exactly what this gathering will amount to. The guest list ... <a title="View from The Hill: How much can Jim Chalmers get out of the economic reform roundtable?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/22/view-from-the-hill-how-much-can-jim-chalmers-get-out-of-the-economic-reform-roundtable-261095/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: How much can Jim Chalmers get out of the economic reform roundtable?">Read more</a>
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July 22, 2025
BEARING WITNESS: By Cole Martin in occupied West Bank Two young Palestinians were beaten to death on their land by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank on Friday. A funeral was held on Sunday for Sayfollah “Saif” Mussalet, 20, and Muhammad Shalabi, 23, who were brutally killed by a large group of settlers in ... <a title="Israeli settlers beat to death 2 Palestinians in latest lynchings" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/22/israeli-settlers-beat-to-death-2-palestinians-in-latest-lynchings/" aria-label="Read more about Israeli settlers beat to death 2 Palestinians in latest lynchings">Read more</a>
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July 22, 2025
In a joint statement, more than two dozen Western countries, including New Zealand, have called for an immediate end to the war on Gaza. But the statement is merely empty rhetoric that declines to take any concrete action against Israel, and which Israel will duly ignore. AGAINST THE CURRENT: By Steven Cowan The New Zealand ... <a title="Gaza: Empty rhetoric from New Zealand and other Western countries" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/22/gaza-empty-rhetoric-from-new-zealand-and-other-western-countries/" aria-label="Read more about Gaza: Empty rhetoric from New Zealand and other Western countries">Read more</a>
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July 22, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Esterman, Professor of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of South Australia nimis69/Getty Images Winter is here, and with it come higher rates of respiratory illnesses. If you’ve been struck down recently with a sore throat, runny nose and a cough, or perhaps even a fever, you’re not ... <a title="COVID, flu, RSV: how these common viruses are tracking this winter – and how to protect yourself" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/22/covid-flu-rsv-how-these-common-viruses-are-tracking-this-winter-and-how-to-protect-yourself-261383/" aria-label="Read more about COVID, flu, RSV: how these common viruses are tracking this winter – and how to protect yourself">Read more</a>
