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February 19, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Phoebe Hart, Associate Professor, Film Screen & Animation, Queensland University of Technology Members of the Australian screen industry have been shocked to learn one of the nation’s most successful and prolific production companies, Matchbox Pictures – and its subsidiary Tony Ayres Productions – will shut their doors ... <a title="Why one of Australia’s most successful TV production companies is being shut down" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/19/why-one-of-australias-most-successful-tv-production-companies-is-being-shut-down-276371/" aria-label="Read more about Why one of Australia’s most successful TV production companies is being shut down">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Maria O’Sullivan, Associate Professor of Law, Member of Deakin Cyber and the Centre for Law as Protection, Deakin University, Deakin University In the wake of the Bondi terror attack, multiple state governments have passed laws to restrict mass protests. Most notably, the New South Wales government introduced ... <a title="With more restrictive laws across the country, how can we protect the right to protest?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/19/with-more-restrictive-laws-across-the-country-how-can-we-protect-the-right-to-protest-276070/" aria-label="Read more about With more restrictive laws across the country, how can we protect the right to protest?">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Neeraj Sharma, Scientia Associate Professor of Chemistry and ARC Future Fellow, UNSW Sydney You might have heard the common claim that electric cars aren’t really green – that their lithium-ion batteries rely on “blood” minerals such as cobalt, mined in terrible conditions. The critique had some truth ... <a title="‘Blood cobalt’ is disappearing from batteries – and cheaper, cleaner batteries are arriving" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/19/blood-cobalt-is-disappearing-from-batteries-and-cheaper-cleaner-batteries-are-arriving-263808/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Blood cobalt’ is disappearing from batteries – and cheaper, cleaner batteries are arriving">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tammy Williams, Lecturer, University of New England There is a growing number of “serious incidents” in Australian early childhood services, including day cares. A serious incident is one that seriously compromises the health, safety or wellbeing of a child. There were 160 such incidents per 100 services ... <a title="Childcare centres may have clear rules for staff numbers, but there are loopholes to get around them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/19/childcare-centres-may-have-clear-rules-for-staff-numbers-but-there-are-loopholes-to-get-around-them-275075/" aria-label="Read more about Childcare centres may have clear rules for staff numbers, but there are loopholes to get around them">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Fabrizio Carmignani, Professor, Griffith Business School, Griffith University This plan will decimate hotels across South Australia, wiping out many of the 26,000 jobs it directly creates. Australian Hotels Association (South Australia) chief executive Ian Horne, quoted in The Guardian, February 21, 2018 … a majority of pub ... <a title="FactCheck: would pokies reform in South Australia wipe out ‘many’ of 26,000 jobs?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/19/factcheck-would-pokies-reform-in-south-australia-wipe-out-many-of-26-000-jobs-93189/" aria-label="Read more about FactCheck: would pokies reform in South Australia wipe out ‘many’ of 26,000 jobs?">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne One Nation is just two points behind Labor in a Victorian state DemosAU poll, with the election in November. A federal Resolve poll has One Nation and ... <a title="The Coalition leads in Victorian DemosAU poll, with One Nation posting 21% support" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/19/the-coalition-leads-in-victorian-demosau-poll-with-one-nation-posting-21-support-275791/" aria-label="Read more about The Coalition leads in Victorian DemosAU poll, with One Nation posting 21% support">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rob Manwaring, Associate Professor, Politics and Public Policy, Flinders University South Australians head to the polls on March 21, with Premier Peter Malinauskas’s Labor Party on track to win by a landslide. But while a predicted landslide in a state election would not normally garner deep national ... <a title="Labor is set for a big win in the South Australian election. But will One Nation cause ructions?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/19/labor-is-set-for-a-big-win-in-the-south-australian-election-but-will-one-nation-cause-ructions-275671/" aria-label="Read more about Labor is set for a big win in the South Australian election. But will One Nation cause ructions?">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kelsie Boulton, Senior Research Fellow in Child Neurodevelopment, Brain and Mind Centre, University of Sydney When it comes to autism, few questions spark as much debate as how best to support autistic people with the greatest needs. This prompted The Lancet medical journal to commission a group ... <a title="A new diagnosis of ‘profound autism’ is on the cards. Here’s what could change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/19/a-new-diagnosis-of-profound-autism-is-on-the-cards-heres-what-could-change-271930/" aria-label="Read more about A new diagnosis of ‘profound autism’ is on the cards. Here’s what could change">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rosanna Scutella, Senior Research Fellow, Social and Global Studies Centre, RMIT University The Conversation fact-checks claims made on Q&A, broadcast Mondays on the ABC at 9.35pm. Thank you to everyone who sent us quotes for checking via Twitter using the hashtags #FactCheck and #QandA, on Facebook or ... <a title="FactCheck Q&A: do ‘about 30% of homeless people have a job’?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/19/factcheck-qanda-do-about-30-of-homeless-people-have-a-job-95514/" aria-label="Read more about FactCheck Q&A: do ‘about 30% of homeless people have a job’?">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Samara McPhedran, Senior Research Fellow, Violence Research and Prevention Program, Griffith University … the leading preventable cause of death and illness for women aged 18 to 44 is violence by a partner or former partner … – Extract from an editorial in The Age, March 13, 2018 ... <a title="FactCheck: is domestic violence the leading preventable cause of death and illness for women aged 18 to 44?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/19/factcheck-is-domestic-violence-the-leading-preventable-cause-of-death-and-illness-for-women-aged-18-to-44-94102/" aria-label="Read more about FactCheck: is domestic violence the leading preventable cause of death and illness for women aged 18 to 44?">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dylan McConnell, Researcher at the Australian German Climate and Energy College, The University of Melbourne The Conversation fact-checks claims made on Q&A, broadcast Mondays on the ABC at 9.35pm. Thank you to everyone who sent us quotes for checking via Twitter using hashtags #FactCheck and #QandA, on ... <a title="FactCheck Q&A: are South Australia’s high electricity prices ‘the consequence’ of renewable energy policy?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/19/factcheck-qanda-are-south-australias-high-electricity-prices-the-consequence-of-renewable-energy-policy-93594/" aria-label="Read more about FactCheck Q&A: are South Australia’s high electricity prices ‘the consequence’ of renewable energy policy?">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Helen Barrie, Deputy Director of the Australian Migration and Population Research Centre, University of Adelaide Nick Xenophon: The key issue here – and what I find most galling and emblematic of what is wrong – is we now have fewer young people in South Australia than we ... <a title="FactCheck: is South Australia’s youth population rising or falling?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/19/factcheck-is-south-australias-youth-population-rising-or-falling-92995/" aria-label="Read more about FactCheck: is South Australia’s youth population rising or falling?">Read more</a>
