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February 19, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Breadon, Program Director, Health and Aged Care, Grattan Institute Child vaccination has been one of Australia’s biggest success stories. Before the COVID pandemic, we hit the national target of 95% of one-year-olds fully vaccinated. Our child vaccination rates were among the best in the world. Vaccination ... <a title="Child vaccination rates are falling fast, with some regions barely reaching 80%" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/19/child-vaccination-rates-are-falling-fast-with-some-regions-barely-reaching-80-259387/" aria-label="Read more about Child vaccination rates are falling fast, with some regions barely reaching 80%">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Evelyn Parr, Research Fellow in Exercise Metabolism and Nutrition, Mary MacKillop Institute for Health Research, Australian Catholic University Intermittent fasting has become a buzzword in nutrition circles, with many people looking to it as a way to lose weight or improve their health. But new research from ... <a title="Intermittent fasting doesn’t have an edge for weight loss, but might still work for some" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/19/intermittent-fasting-doesnt-have-an-edge-for-weight-loss-but-might-still-work-for-some-276057/" aria-label="Read more about Intermittent fasting doesn’t have an edge for weight loss, but might still work for some">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Caroline Gurvich, Associate Professor and Clinical Neuropsychologist, Monash University Depression is a complex and deeply personal experience. While almost everyone has periods of sadness, low mood or grief, depression is different. Major depressive disorder is persistent, interferes with day-to-day activities, and can affect work, life and relationships. ... <a title="What causes depression? What we know, don’t know and suspect" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/19/what-causes-depression-what-we-know-dont-know-and-suspect-267011/" aria-label="Read more about What causes depression? What we know, don’t know and suspect">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Scott Duncan, Professor of Population Health, Auckland University of Technology Somewhere along the way to adulthood, time to play fades away. We tend to trade silliness and imagination for seriousness and busyness. Yet there is clear evidence that adults benefit from playfulness just as children do. Research ... <a title="Play reduces stress and lifts wellbeing – and adults benefit as much as children do" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/19/play-reduces-stress-and-lifts-wellbeing-and-adults-benefit-as-much-as-children-do-264767/" aria-label="Read more about Play reduces stress and lifts wellbeing – and adults benefit as much as children do">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hunter Bennett, Lecturer in Exercise Science, Adelaide University If you go to the gym often, you might have been told you shouldn’t lift weights in runners. The common belief is it is bad for your performance and can lead to injuries. But is this really the case? ... <a title="Runners, flat shoes or bare foot – what should I wear to lift weights?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/19/runners-flat-shoes-or-bare-foot-what-should-i-wear-to-lift-weights-273902/" aria-label="Read more about Runners, flat shoes or bare foot – what should I wear to lift weights?">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Crosby, Professor, Monash 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 by email. [embedded content]Excerpt from Q&A, July ... <a title="FactCheck: has Australia’s net debt doubled under the current government?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/19/factcheck-has-australias-net-debt-doubled-under-the-current-government-100819/" aria-label="Read more about FactCheck: has Australia’s net debt doubled under the current government?">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne This year [Pauline Hanson] has voted effectively 100% of the time with the Turnbull government. Honestly you may as well vote LNP if you are voting One Nation because there is no difference. – ... <a title="FactCheck: has Pauline Hanson voted ‘effectively 100% of the time with the Turnbull government’ in 2018?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/19/factcheck-has-pauline-hanson-voted-effectively-100-of-the-time-with-the-turnbull-government-in-2018-100248/" aria-label="Read more about FactCheck: has Pauline Hanson voted ‘effectively 100% of the time with the Turnbull government’ in 2018?">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Liz Allen, Demographer, ANU Centre for Social Research and Methods, Australian National University We’re the highest-growing country in the world, with 1.6% increase, and that’s double than a lot of other countries. – One Nation leader Pauline Hanson, interview on Sky News Australia, May 9 2018 One ... <a title="FactCheck: is Australia’s population the ‘highest-growing in the world’?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/19/factcheck-is-australias-population-the-highest-growing-in-the-world-96523/" aria-label="Read more about FactCheck: is Australia’s population the ‘highest-growing in the world’?">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 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 by email. [embedded content]Excerpt ... <a title="FactCheck Q&A: did the Coalition ‘deliver more than a million jobs in the last year’?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/19/factcheck-qanda-did-the-coalition-deliver-more-than-a-million-jobs-in-the-last-year-99378/" aria-label="Read more about FactCheck Q&A: did the Coalition ‘deliver more than a million jobs in the last year’?">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anilan V, Postdoctoral Researcher, Adelaide University Let’s say you want to encourage more drivers to shift to battery-electric vehicles. What’s the best way to do it? Globally, billions have been poured into incentives to encourage drivers to switch. The most popular approaches are rebates to cut the ... <a title="Want to boost uptake of battery EVs? Subsidise chargers at home and work – not the vehicles" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/19/want-to-boost-uptake-of-battery-evs-subsidise-chargers-at-home-and-work-not-the-vehicles-272176/" aria-label="Read more about Want to boost uptake of battery EVs? Subsidise chargers at home and work – not the vehicles">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robyn Eckersley, Redmond Barry Professor of Political Science, School of Social and Political Sciences, The University of Melbourne Regulating climate emissions just became more difficult. US President Donald Trump announced on Thursday the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has repealed its own 2009 legal finding that greenhouse gas ... <a title="Trump has scrapped the long-standing legal basis for tackling climate emissions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/19/trump-has-scrapped-the-long-standing-legal-basis-for-tackling-climate-emissions-275921/" aria-label="Read more about Trump has scrapped the long-standing legal basis for tackling climate emissions">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bert Johnson, Professor of Political Science, Middlebury College Jesse Jackson’s two campaigns for president, in 1984 and 1988, were unsuccessful but historic. The civil rights activist and organizer, who died on Feb. 17, 2026, helped pave the way for Barack Obama’s election a generation later as the ... <a title="How Jesse Jackson set the stage for Bernie Sanders and today’s progressives" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/19/how-jesse-jackson-set-the-stage-for-bernie-sanders-and-todays-progressives-276249/" aria-label="Read more about How Jesse Jackson set the stage for Bernie Sanders and today’s progressives">Read more</a>
