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February 18, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gaala Watson, Lecturer, Indigenous Business Hub, UQ Business School, The University of Queensland Over the next five years, the federal government plans to buy more from Indigenous businesses, while cracking down on a practice known as “Black cladding”. That’s when non-Indigenous businesses fraudulently exaggerate or falsify Indigenous ... <a title="Indigenous businesses are losing millions to fraudulent firms. We need stronger oversight" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/18/indigenous-businesses-are-losing-millions-to-fraudulent-firms-we-need-stronger-oversight-269368/" aria-label="Read more about Indigenous businesses are losing millions to fraudulent firms. We need stronger oversight">Read more</a>
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February 18, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katherine Sundermann, Senior Lecturer in Urban Planning and Design, Monash University The federal government plans to sell A$3 billion of Department of Defence properties on prime land across Australia, including Paddington in Sydney, St Kilda in Melbourne and Victoria Barracks in Brisbane. The sales may help the ... <a title="Australia plans to sell off defence land to developers – but could it deliver homes instead?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/18/australia-plans-to-sell-off-defence-land-to-developers-but-could-it-deliver-homes-instead-275796/" aria-label="Read more about Australia plans to sell off defence land to developers – but could it deliver homes instead?">Read more</a>
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February 18, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Grace Waye-Harris, Early Career Researcher in History, Adelaide University For the medieval knight, armour was essential. It provided protection on the battlefield and signified status and rank. As the medieval period came to a close, Renaissance ideals of peace and diplomacy prevailed and the need for battle-hardened ... <a title="5 weird armours from history" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/18/5-weird-armours-from-history-273580/" aria-label="Read more about 5 weird armours from history">Read more</a>
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February 17, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kerry Brown, Professor of Employment and Industry, School of Business and Law, Edith Cowan University A recent case before the Fair Work Commission has revealed the limits of being able to work a second job when you are employed full time. An employee was sacked for holding ... <a title="A worker was sacked over his side hustle. Here are 5 tips for employees with second gigs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/17/a-worker-was-sacked-over-his-side-hustle-here-are-5-tips-for-employees-with-second-gigs-275813/" aria-label="Read more about A worker was sacked over his side hustle. Here are 5 tips for employees with second gigs">Read more</a>
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February 17, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ben McCann, Associate Professor of French Studies, Adelaide University Robert Duvall, who has died at the age of 95, will be remembered for a glittering career that saw him appear in two of American cinema’s most iconic films. But let’s not forget the other hundred or so ... <a title="Part star, part supporting actor, Robert Duvall lit up 1970s American cinema – and kept going" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/17/part-star-part-supporting-actor-robert-duvall-lit-up-1970s-american-cinema-and-kept-going-227370/" aria-label="Read more about Part star, part supporting actor, Robert Duvall lit up 1970s American cinema – and kept going">Read more</a>
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February 17, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hal Pawson, Emeritus Professor of Housing, UNSW Sydney Thanks to an unprecedented lift in public funding in the 2020s, an extra 55,000 new, good quality homes around Australia will be available to people on the lowest incomes by 2030. That’s almost triple the increase of 20,000 homes ... <a title="55,000 extra social housing homes are being built. But a new study shows that boom still falls short" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/17/55-000-extra-social-housing-homes-are-being-built-but-a-new-study-shows-that-boom-still-falls-short-275925/" aria-label="Read more about 55,000 extra social housing homes are being built. But a new study shows that boom still falls short">Read more</a>
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February 17, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emily Brayshaw, Honorary Research Fellow, School of Design, University of Technology Sydney Even before the film’s release, the costumes for Emerald Fennell’s Wuthering Heights caused controversy. Wuthering Heights was first published in 1847 and the story switches back and forth in time between 1801 and the 1770s. ... <a title="Are the costumes for Wuthering Heights accurate? No. Are they magnificent? Absolutely yes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/17/are-the-costumes-for-wuthering-heights-accurate-no-are-they-magnificent-absolutely-yes-274971/" aria-label="Read more about Are the costumes for Wuthering Heights accurate? No. Are they magnificent? Absolutely yes">Read more</a>
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February 16, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jeannie Marie Paterson, Professor of Law (consumer protections and credit law), The University of Melbourne Coles has appeared before the Federal Court in Melbourne, as hearings for a high-stakes case launched against the supermarket by Australia’s consumer watchdog officially begin. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) ... <a title="Coles accused of ‘utterly misleading’ discounts as major court case kicks off" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/16/coles-accused-of-utterly-misleading-discounts-as-major-court-case-kicks-off-276041/" aria-label="Read more about Coles accused of ‘utterly misleading’ discounts as major court case kicks off">Read more</a>
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February 16, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Libby (Elizabeth) Sander, MBA Director & Associate Professor of Organisational Behaviour, Bond Business School, Bond University Since the pandemic, offices around the world have quietly shrunk. Many organisations don’t need as much floor space or as many desks, given many staff now do a mix of hybrid ... <a title="Why your brain has to work harder in an open-plan office than private offices: study" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/16/why-your-brain-has-to-work-harder-in-an-open-plan-office-than-private-offices-study-274946/" aria-label="Read more about Why your brain has to work harder in an open-plan office than private offices: study">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julian Koplin, Lecturer in Bioethics, Monash University & Honorary fellow, Melbourne Law School, Monash University Jorge Salvador/Unsplash It rarely takes long before new media technologies are turned to the task of creating pornography. This was true of the printing press, photography, and the earliest days of the ... <a title="Non-consensual AI porn doesn’t violate privacy – but it’s still wrong" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/13/non-consensual-ai-porn-doesnt-violate-privacy-but-its-still-wrong-275095/" aria-label="Read more about Non-consensual AI porn doesn’t violate privacy – but it’s still wrong">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jenny Graves, Distinguished Professor of Genetics and Vice Chancellor’s Fellow, La Trobe University Nathan Devery / Getty Images Men tend to lose the Y chromosome from their cells as they age. But because the Y bears few genes other than for male determination, it was thought this ... <a title="Men lose their Y chromosome as they age. Scientists thought it didn’t matter – but now we’re learning more" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/13/men-lose-their-y-chromosome-as-they-age-scientists-thought-it-didnt-matter-but-now-were-learning-more-275823/" aria-label="Read more about Men lose their Y chromosome as they age. Scientists thought it didn’t matter – but now we’re learning more">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra After she was trounced in Friday’s Liberal ballot, Sussan Ley addressed the media with a speech that was gracious in defeat, but came with an announcement new Liberal leader Angus Taylor would not have wanted. Ley’s decision to quit parliament ... <a title="View from The Hill: Sussan Ley leaves Angus Taylor his first hurdle, and it’s a high one" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/13/view-from-the-hill-sussan-ley-leaves-angus-taylor-his-first-hurdle-and-its-a-high-one-275912/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Sussan Ley leaves Angus Taylor his first hurdle, and it’s a high one">Read more</a>
