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June 10, 2025
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Every country has its tragedies. A few are highly remembered. Most are semi-remembered. Others are almost entirely forgotten. Sometimes the loss of memory is due to these tragedies being to a degree international, seemingly making it somebody else’s ‘duty’ to remember them. This could have been the case with the Air ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – Remembering New Zealand’s Missing Tragedy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/10/keith-rankin-analysis-remembering-new-zealands-missing-tragedy/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – Remembering New Zealand’s Missing Tragedy">Read more</a>
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June 10, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Laura Revell, Associate Professor in Atmospheric Chemistry, University of Canterbury Han Jiajun/VCG via Getty Images The international space industry is on a growth trajectory, but new research shows a rapid increase in rocket launches would damage the ozone layer. Several hundred rockets are launched globally each year ... <a title="A 10-fold increase in rocket launches would start harming the ozone layer – new research" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/10/a-10-fold-increase-in-rocket-launches-would-start-harming-the-ozone-layer-new-research-257480/" aria-label="Read more about A 10-fold increase in rocket launches would start harming the ozone layer – new research">Read more</a>
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June 10, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Poropat, Research Associate, School of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Curtin University Artist’s reconstruction of Judy. Travis Tischler Since the late 19th century, sauropod dinosaurs (long-necks like Brontosaurus and Brachiosaurus) have been almost universally regarded as herbivores, or plant eaters. However, until recently, no direct evidence – ... <a title="For the first time, fossil stomach contents of a sauropod dinosaur reveal what they really ate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/10/for-the-first-time-fossil-stomach-contents-of-a-sauropod-dinosaur-reveal-what-they-really-ate-258183/" aria-label="Read more about For the first time, fossil stomach contents of a sauropod dinosaur reveal what they really ate">Read more</a>
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June 10, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Azadeh Dastyari, Director, Research and Policy, Whitlam Institute, Western Sydney University On June 11, Australia marks 50 years since the Racial Discrimination Act became law. This important legislation helps make sure people are treated equally no matter their race, skin colour, background, or where they come from. ... <a title="The Racial Discrimination Act at 50: the bumpy, years-long journey to Australia’s first human rights laws" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/10/the-racial-discrimination-act-at-50-the-bumpy-years-long-journey-to-australias-first-human-rights-laws-257245/" aria-label="Read more about The Racial Discrimination Act at 50: the bumpy, years-long journey to Australia’s first human rights laws">Read more</a>
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June 10, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Garritt C. Van Dyk, Senior Lecturer in History, University of Waikato The Corpses of the De Witt Brothers, attributed to Jan de Baen, c. 1672-1675. Rijksmuseum The Dutch Golden Age, beginning in 1588, is known for the art of Rembrandt, the invention of the microscope, and the ... <a title="Fake news and real cannibalism: a cautionary tale from the Dutch Golden Age" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/10/fake-news-and-real-cannibalism-a-cautionary-tale-from-the-dutch-golden-age-257104/" aria-label="Read more about Fake news and real cannibalism: a cautionary tale from the Dutch Golden Age">Read more</a>
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June 10, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Venkat Narayanan, Senior Lecturer – Accounting and Tax, RMIT University Rudy Balasko/Shutterstock Earlier this year, I attended a housing conference in Sydney. The event’s opening address centred on the way Australia seems to be becoming like 18th-century England – a country where inheritance largely determines one’s opportunities ... <a title="Some economists have called for a radical ‘global wealth tax’ on billionaires. How would that work?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/10/some-economists-have-called-for-a-radical-global-wealth-tax-on-billionaires-how-would-that-work-257632/" aria-label="Read more about Some economists have called for a radical ‘global wealth tax’ on billionaires. How would that work?">Read more</a>
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June 10, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Niall Johnston, Conjoint Associate Lecturer, Faculty of Medicine, UNSW Sydney Tomsickova Tatyana/Shutterstock Whooping cough (pertussis) is always circulating in Australia, and epidemics are expected every three to four years. However, the numbers we’re seeing with the current surge – which started in 2024 – are higher than ... <a title="Australia’s whooping cough surge is not over – and it doesn’t just affect babies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/10/australias-whooping-cough-surge-is-not-over-and-it-doesnt-just-affect-babies-257808/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s whooping cough surge is not over – and it doesn’t just affect babies">Read more</a>
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June 10, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Clive Phillips, Adjunct Professor in Animal Welfare, Curtin University Toa55/Shutterstock As a teenager in the 1970s, I worked on a typical dairy farm in England. Fifty cows grazed on lush pastures for most of their long lives, each producing about 12 litres of milk daily. They were ... <a title="As livestock numbers grow, wild animal populations plummet. Giving all creatures a better future will take a major rethink" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/10/as-livestock-numbers-grow-wild-animal-populations-plummet-giving-all-creatures-a-better-future-will-take-a-major-rethink-256891/" aria-label="Read more about As livestock numbers grow, wild animal populations plummet. Giving all creatures a better future will take a major rethink">Read more</a>
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June 10, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Philip Harrison, Professor School of Architecture and Planning, University of the Witwatersrand South African president Cyril Ramaphosa met senior leaders of Johannesburg and Gauteng, the province it’s located in, in March 2025 to discuss ways to arrest the steep decline in South Africa’s largest city. Ramaphosa announced ... <a title="Johannesburg’s problems can be solved – but it’s a long journey to fix South Africa’s economic powerhouse" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/10/johannesburgs-problems-can-be-solved-but-its-a-long-journey-to-fix-south-africas-economic-powerhouse-256013/" aria-label="Read more about Johannesburg’s problems can be solved – but it’s a long journey to fix South Africa’s economic powerhouse">Read more</a>
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June 10, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says his second term government is “focused on delivery” of its commitments, declaring this is important not only for the economy but also for Australians’ faith in our democracy. In a speech to the National Press ... <a title="Albanese says the government’s focus on delivering commitments is essential to reinforce faith in democracy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/10/albanese-says-the-governments-focus-on-delivering-commitments-is-essential-to-reinforce-faith-in-democracy-257331/" aria-label="Read more about Albanese says the government’s focus on delivering commitments is essential to reinforce faith in democracy">Read more</a>
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June 10, 2025
COMMENTARY: By Cole Martin in Occupied Bethlehem Many people have been closely following the journey this week of the Madleen, a small humanitarian yacht seeking to break Israel’s illegal blockade of Gaza with a crew of 12 on board, including humanitarian activists and journalists. This morning we woke to the harrowing, yet not unexpected, news ... <a title="Why Israel’s ‘humane’ propaganda is such a sinister facade" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/10/why-israels-humane-propaganda-is-such-a-sinister-facade/" aria-label="Read more about Why Israel’s ‘humane’ propaganda is such a sinister facade">Read more</a>
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June 9, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emma Shortis, Adjunct Senior Fellow, School of Global, Urban and Social Studies, RMIT University “You just [expletive] shot the reporter!” Australian journalist Lauren Tomasi was in the middle of a live cross, covering the protests against the Trump administration’s mass deportation policy in Los Angeles, California. As ... <a title="Trump has long speculated about using force against his own people. Now he has the pretext to do so" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/09/trump-has-long-speculated-about-using-force-against-his-own-people-now-he-has-the-pretext-to-do-so-258471/" aria-label="Read more about Trump has long speculated about using force against his own people. Now he has the pretext to do so">Read more</a>
