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August 22, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Philip Johnson, Lecturer, College of Business, Government and Law, Flinders University In early August, US President Donald Trump signed a not-so-secretive order to make plans for the use of US military force against specific Latin American criminal organisations. The plans were acted upon this week. The US ... <a title="The US government wants to use the military against drug traffickers. History suggests this may backfire" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/22/the-us-government-wants-to-use-the-military-against-drug-traffickers-history-suggests-this-may-backfire-263124/" aria-label="Read more about The US government wants to use the military against drug traffickers. History suggests this may backfire">Read more</a>
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August 22, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Bartos, Professor of Economics, University of Canberra Day three of the government’s economic reform roundtable was about budget sustainability. It’s a slow burn issue. If the Australian government spends more than it raises in revenue, it has to finance the difference (the budget deficit) by borrowing. ... <a title="After three days of talks, a fairer tax system is on the agenda. There’s no shortage of ideas" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/22/after-three-days-of-talks-a-fairer-tax-system-is-on-the-agenda-theres-no-shortage-of-ideas-263330/" aria-label="Read more about After three days of talks, a fairer tax system is on the agenda. There’s no shortage of ideas">Read more</a>
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August 22, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vanessa Jordan, Associate Professor and Cochrane New Zealand Fellow, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Getty Images For almost two decades, all New Zealanders had free access to one of the world’s most trusted libraries on medical information. The Cochrane Library is known as the gold standard ... <a title="The Cochrane library is a global source of independent health evidence for everyone – why is NZ restricting access?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/22/the-cochrane-library-is-a-global-source-of-independent-health-evidence-for-everyone-why-is-nz-restricting-access-263272/" aria-label="Read more about The Cochrane library is a global source of independent health evidence for everyone – why is NZ restricting access?">Read more</a>
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August 22, 2025
RNZ News New Zealand has joined more than two dozen other countries to call for “immediate and independent” foreign media access to Gaza. Earlier this month, an Israeli strike in the city killed six journalists — four Al Jazeera correspondents and cameramen, and two other media workers. The Israeli military admitted in a statement to ... <a title="NZ joins calls for urgent, independent foreign media access to Gaza" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/22/nz-joins-calls-for-urgent-independent-foreign-media-access-to-gaza/" aria-label="Read more about NZ joins calls for urgent, independent foreign media access to Gaza">Read more</a>
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August 22, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peninah Kansiime, Lecturer in Social Work, Edith Cowan University Eyad Baba/Getty This article contains descriptions of sexual violence some readers may find distressing. Recently, the United Nations Chief warned Israel he had consistently noted “patterns of certain forms of sexual violence” perpetrated by Israeli armed forces against ... <a title="Israel is on notice for using sexual violence against Palestinians. It’s all too common as a war tactic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/22/israel-is-on-notice-for-using-sexual-violence-against-palestinians-its-all-too-common-as-a-war-tactic-262951/" aria-label="Read more about Israel is on notice for using sexual violence against Palestinians. It’s all too common as a war tactic">Read more</a>
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August 22, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Raphael Trouve, Senior Research Fellow in Forest Dynamics and Statistical Modelling, The University of Melbourne Tom Fairman Something silent and sinister is happening in Australia’s mountain ash forests. As temperatures rise, these ecosystems are slowly, steadily losing their trees – and with them, their ability to store ... <a title="Climate change is driving a silent, sinister change in Australia’s mountain ash forests" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/22/climate-change-is-driving-a-silent-sinister-change-in-australias-mountain-ash-forests-255737/" aria-label="Read more about Climate change is driving a silent, sinister change in Australia’s mountain ash forests">Read more</a>
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August 22, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Konstantine Panegyres, Lecturer in Classics and Ancient History, The University of Western Australia The ruins of an ‘insula’ (a kind of apartment building) in the port town of Ostia near Rome. Dennis G. Jarvis/Wikimedia, CC BY-SA In many developed countries, the price of property has risen so ... <a title="The ancient Greeks and Romans grappled with housing crises, too" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/22/the-ancient-greeks-and-romans-grappled-with-housing-crises-too-261860/" aria-label="Read more about The ancient Greeks and Romans grappled with housing crises, too">Read more</a>
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August 22, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Laura Nicole Driessen, Postdoctoral Researcher in Radio Astronomy, University of Sydney Not a black moon. Jayanth Muppaneni/Unsplash There’s been a lot of buzz online about the August “black moon”, happening later this week. While you’ve probably heard of a “blue moon” before, this might be the first ... <a title="What’s a ‘black moon’? Here’s why it’s worth looking up at the sky this week" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/22/whats-a-black-moon-heres-why-its-worth-looking-up-at-the-sky-this-week-263205/" aria-label="Read more about What’s a ‘black moon’? Here’s why it’s worth looking up at the sky this week">Read more</a>
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August 22, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Louise Stone, Professor of General Practice, University of Adelaide sturti/Getty A long-term relationship with a GP – one who knows you and your history – improves your health and even reduces your chance of dying prematurely. This type of trusted relationship is particularly important if you have ... <a title="Should I break up with my GP? 4 signs it may be time" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/22/should-i-break-up-with-my-gp-4-signs-it-may-be-time-259262/" aria-label="Read more about Should I break up with my GP? 4 signs it may be time">Read more</a>
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August 22, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Edwell, Associate Professor in Ancient History, Macquarie University Eram Garden in Iran. Sergey-73/Shutterstock Some of the most enduring ancient myths in the Persian world were centred around gardens of almost unimaginable beauty and opulence. The biblical Garden of Eden and the Epic of Gilgamesh’s Garden of ... <a title="Almost unimaginable beauty and opulence: the paradise pleasure gardens of ancient Persia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/22/almost-unimaginable-beauty-and-opulence-the-paradise-pleasure-gardens-of-ancient-persia-259677/" aria-label="Read more about Almost unimaginable beauty and opulence: the paradise pleasure gardens of ancient Persia">Read more</a>
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August 22, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Meade, Adjunct Associate Professor, Centre for Applied Energy Economics and Policy Research, Griffith University In its quest to lower electricity prices for New Zealand households, the Electricity Authority may inadvertently make the situation worse. This week, the authority announced plans to require New Zealand’s “gentailers” – ... <a title="An attempt to lower NZ electricity prices could end up doing the opposite – here’s why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/22/an-attempt-to-lower-nz-electricity-prices-could-end-up-doing-the-opposite-heres-why-263519/" aria-label="Read more about An attempt to lower NZ electricity prices could end up doing the opposite – here’s why">Read more</a>
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August 21, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark R Johnson, Lecturer in Digital Cultures, University of Sydney The Conversation, CC BY Earlier this week, a Frenchman named Raphaël Graven died in his sleep during a livestreamed broadcast on the Kick platform. Known online as Jean Pormanove, the man appeared to have been subjected to ... <a title="What is Kick, the platform that livestreamed a man’s death this week?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/21/what-is-kick-the-platform-that-livestreamed-a-mans-death-this-week-263614/" aria-label="Read more about What is Kick, the platform that livestreamed a man’s death this week?">Read more</a>
