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March 5, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Strangio, Emeritus Professor of Politics, Monash University The recent elevation of Angus Taylor to leader of the Liberal Party generated an expected avalanche of commentary. The reactions ranged over most points of the compass. In some, Taylor was depicted as a final leadership throw of the ... <a title="The Liberal Party’s current woes are many. Sidelining Victoria is one of them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/05/the-liberal-partys-current-woes-are-many-sidelining-victoria-is-one-of-them-262431/" aria-label="Read more about The Liberal Party’s current woes are many. Sidelining Victoria is one of them">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nick Bisley, Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences and Professor of International Relations at La Trobe University., La Trobe University Australia faces a more complex and dangerous world than at any time since the threat of Japanese invasion during the second world war. The global economy is ... <a title="Australia can no longer be complacent about Trump’s America. It’s time to chart a new course" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/05/australia-can-no-longer-be-complacent-about-trumps-america-its-time-to-chart-a-new-course-276530/" aria-label="Read more about Australia can no longer be complacent about Trump’s America. It’s time to chart a new course">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Grant Russell, Professor of Primary Care Research, Monash University Since 2023, 137 Urgent Care Clinics have opened across Australia, in all states and territories. They’re usually located within or partnered with a general practice, an Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation or a community health centre. Last week, ... <a title="Australia now has 137 urgent care clinics. Are they working?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/05/australia-now-has-137-urgent-care-clinics-are-they-working-276880/" aria-label="Read more about Australia now has 137 urgent care clinics. Are they working?">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Two NZDF planes are on standby to head to the Middle East for evacuation operations. NZDF/Jalesa Normani The government is getting ready to send consular staff and two NZ Defence Force (NZDF) planes to the Middle East in preparation for evacuation operations. Foreign Minister Winston Peters says New Zealanders in the ... <a title="NZ Defence Force planes on standby for Middle East evacuations" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/05/nz-defence-force-planes-on-standby-for-middle-east-evacuations/" aria-label="Read more about NZ Defence Force planes on standby for Middle East evacuations">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand 123RF The government is considering scrapping the clean car standard altogether, months after slashing the fees importers pay to bring dirty vehicles into the country. An EV advocate said if the proposal goes ahead, New Zealanders will be sold “the high-emitting leftovers” that manufacturers can no longer sell in Australia. The ... <a title="Government considering scrapping entire clean car standard" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/05/government-considering-scrapping-entire-clean-car-standard/" aria-label="Read more about Government considering scrapping entire clean car standard">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brian Choo, Postdoctoral Fellow in Vertebrate Palaeontology, Flinders University Roughly 425 million years ago, in the warm seas over what is now southern China, there lived a metre-long bony fish with jaws full of clusters of spiky teeth. Long extinct, this predatory fish (Megamastax amblyodus) was an ... <a title="New fossil reveals the weird ‘tooth cushions’ of an apex predator from 425 million years ago" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/05/new-fossil-reveals-the-weird-tooth-cushions-of-an-apex-predator-from-425-million-years-ago-274122/" aria-label="Read more about New fossil reveals the weird ‘tooth cushions’ of an apex predator from 425 million years ago">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Shae McCrystal, Professor of Labour Law, University of Sydney Do your holidays always feel too short? Or are you a parent struggling to juggle the demands of school holidays with the leave you’re allowed to take? On Wednesday, the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) launched a ... <a title="Even if Australians won an extra week of leave, we’d need to make sure they could take it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/05/even-if-australians-won-an-extra-week-of-leave-wed-need-to-make-sure-they-could-take-it-277480/" aria-label="Read more about Even if Australians won an extra week of leave, we’d need to make sure they could take it">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew J. May, Professor of History, The University of Melbourne In 1981, a jingle played out across Australia, encouraging us to “Slip, Slop, Slap!” In 2023, the jingle was added to the National Film & Sound Archive’s Sounds of Australia registry in recognition of the way the ... <a title="‘Fry now pay later’: tracing a century of skin cancer messaging in Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/05/fry-now-pay-later-tracing-a-century-of-skin-cancer-messaging-in-australia-273003/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Fry now pay later’: tracing a century of skin cancer messaging in Australia">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand New Zealand’s Finn Allen plays a shot during the 2026 ICC Men’s T20 Cricket World Cup semi-final match against South Africa at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on March 4, 2026. AFP Finn Allen has hit the fastest century in T20 World Cup history as the Black Caps cruised into the ... <a title="Finn Allen’s record ton powers New Zealand into T20 World Cup final" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/05/finn-allens-record-ton-powers-new-zealand-into-t20-world-cup-final/" aria-label="Read more about Finn Allen’s record ton powers New Zealand into T20 World Cup final">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Supplied / Claire Garrigue More than half a century after the last whale was caught and killed in New Zealand, humpbacks are showing promising signs of recovery. An international study involving researchers from the University of Auckland shows humpback breeding is getting more competitive, which suggests the population is growing. University ... <a title="Fifty years after New Zealand stopped whaling, humpback population showing signs of recovery" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/05/fifty-years-after-new-zealand-stopped-whaling-humpback-population-showing-signs-of-recovery/" aria-label="Read more about Fifty years after New Zealand stopped whaling, humpback population showing signs of recovery">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cristóbal Castro Barrientos, PhD candidate, NZ Policy Research Institute, Auckland University of Technology On the face of it, New Zealand’s push to expand international education looks like an easy win for economic growth. Government targets, announced last year, aim to nearly double revenue to NZ$7.2 billion by ... <a title="NZ wants to double foreign student revenue by 2034 – but does it have capacity?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/05/nz-wants-to-double-foreign-student-revenue-by-2034-but-does-it-have-capacity-276736/" aria-label="Read more about NZ wants to double foreign student revenue by 2034 – but does it have capacity?">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rahul Sen, Senior Lecturer, Department of Economics and Finance, Auckland University of Technology In an increasingly uncertain world, where the global balance of power is tilting toward Asia, a comprehensive free trade agreement (FTA) with India promises access to a booming market and “southern anchor of stability” ... <a title="Labour-National standoff aside, the India-NZ trade deal is a blueprint for real growth" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/05/labour-national-standoff-aside-the-india-nz-trade-deal-is-a-blueprint-for-real-growth-276389/" aria-label="Read more about Labour-National standoff aside, the India-NZ trade deal is a blueprint for real growth">Read more</a>
