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February 5, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hal Swerissen, Emeritus Professor of Public Health, La Trobe University David Sacks/Getty Images The Australian government has finalised a A$220 billion hospital funding deal with the states and territories. A key part of the negotiation was $2 billion designed to help hospitals move more than 3,000 patients ... <a title="With a shortage of aged-care beds, discharging patients stranded in hospital is harder than it sounds" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/05/with-a-shortage-of-aged-care-beds-discharging-patients-stranded-in-hospital-is-harder-than-it-sounds-274949/" aria-label="Read more about With a shortage of aged-care beds, discharging patients stranded in hospital is harder than it sounds">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Levi West, Research Fellow, Research School of Social Science, Australian National University Tim Clifford/Instagram Nine days after it happened, police have declared an alleged attempted bombing at an Invasion Day rally in Perth an act of terrorism. A 31-year-old man is accused of throwing a homemade fragment ... <a title="Why did it take 9 days to declare the Perth bombing attempt a terrorist attack?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/05/why-did-it-take-9-days-to-declare-the-perth-bombing-attempt-a-terrorist-attack-275223/" aria-label="Read more about Why did it take 9 days to declare the Perth bombing attempt a terrorist attack?">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jonti Horner, Professor (Astrophysics), University of Southern Queensland The Great Comet of 1680 over Rotterdam. Lieve Verschuier/Rotterdam Museum A newly discovered comet has astronomers excited, with the potential to be a spectacular sight in early April. C/2026 A1 (MAPS) was spotted by a team of four amateur ... <a title="A new comet was just discovered. Will it be visible in broad daylight?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/05/a-new-comet-was-just-discovered-will-it-be-visible-in-broad-daylight-274533/" aria-label="Read more about A new comet was just discovered. Will it be visible in broad daylight?">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tai Neilson, Senior Lecturer in Media, Macquarie University When the World Wide Web went live in the early 1990s, its founders hoped it would be a space for anyone to share information and collaborate. But today, the free and open web is shrinking. The Internet Archive has ... <a title="News sites are locking out the Internet Archive to stop AI crawling. Is the ‘open web’ closing?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/05/news-sites-are-locking-out-the-internet-archive-to-stop-ai-crawling-is-the-open-web-closing-274968/" aria-label="Read more about News sites are locking out the Internet Archive to stop AI crawling. Is the ‘open web’ closing?">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Beatriz Carbajal-Carrera, Lecturer in Spanish and Latin American Studies, University of Sydney Bad Bunny is on a roll. Among the three wins at the 68th Grammy Awards, DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS (I should have taken more pictures) became the first Spanish-language record to win Album of the ... <a title="Who is Bad Bunny? Why the biggest music star in the world sings in Puerto Rican Spanish" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/05/who-is-bad-bunny-why-the-biggest-music-star-in-the-world-sings-in-puerto-rican-spanish-274965/" aria-label="Read more about Who is Bad Bunny? Why the biggest music star in the world sings in Puerto Rican Spanish">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tim Lindsey, Malcolm Smith Professor of Asian Law and Director of the Centre for Indonesian Law, Islam and Society, The University of Melbourne Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto waited decades for his chance to lead the country. The controversial former general finally won the office on his third ... <a title="Indonesia’s leader is going after critics with a vengeance. This could complicate relations with Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/05/indonesias-leader-is-going-after-critics-with-a-vengeance-this-could-complicate-relations-with-australia-274947/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesia’s leader is going after critics with a vengeance. This could complicate relations with Australia">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Daryl Efron, Associate Professor, Department of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne skynesher/Getty The Victorian government has announced it will train 150 GPs to diagnose and start treatment for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in adults and children. This decision could shorten wait times and lower costs for ... <a title="More GPs will be able to diagnose and treat ADHD – and experts say it’s a positive step" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/05/more-gps-will-be-able-to-diagnose-and-treat-adhd-and-experts-say-its-a-positive-step-274959/" aria-label="Read more about More GPs will be able to diagnose and treat ADHD – and experts say it’s a positive step">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vaughan Cruickshank, Senior Lecturer in Health and Physical Education, University of Tasmania This year’s Winter Olympics will be held in northern Italy, starting on Friday. They will be the most spread out in history: the two main competition sites – Milan and the winter resort of Cortina ... <a title="Milan Cortina Winter Olympics: history, new events and Australian medal chances" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/05/milan-cortina-winter-olympics-history-new-events-and-australian-medal-chances-271834/" aria-label="Read more about Milan Cortina Winter Olympics: history, new events and Australian medal chances">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joel Scanlan, Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Law; Academic Co-Lead, CSAM Deterrence Centre, University of Tasmania In the 2024–25 financial year alone, the Australian Centre to Counter Child Exploitation received nearly 83,000 reports of online child sexual abuse material (CSAM), primarily on mainstream platforms. This was a ... <a title="Big tech companies are still failing to tackle child abuse material online" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/05/big-tech-companies-are-still-failing-to-tackle-child-abuse-material-online-274857/" aria-label="Read more about Big tech companies are still failing to tackle child abuse material online">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ahmed Uzair Aziz, PhD Candidate in Māori Studies, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Rose Davis, CC BY-NC-ND This story begins with a 160-year-old cottage, sited in a vortex of overlapping histories, and becomes the tale of a city itself. The green and cream weatherboard house at ... <a title="This central Auckland cottage tells a remarkable tale of the city’s bicultural history" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/05/this-central-auckland-cottage-tells-a-remarkable-tale-of-the-citys-bicultural-history-274005/" aria-label="Read more about This central Auckland cottage tells a remarkable tale of the city’s bicultural history">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Samuel Cornell, PhD Candidate in Public Health, School of Population Health, UNSW Sydney Fernando Garcia/Unsplash The extraordinary rescue this week in Geographe Bay, Western Australia has been described as heroic. A 13-year-old boy swam four hours to shore in rough seas after his family was swept far ... <a title="One family’s ocean paddle almost ended in tragedy. It reminds us coastal weather is notoriously changeable" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/05/one-familys-ocean-paddle-almost-ended-in-tragedy-it-reminds-us-coastal-weather-is-notoriously-changeable-275077/" aria-label="Read more about One family’s ocean paddle almost ended in tragedy. It reminds us coastal weather is notoriously changeable">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hrvoje Tkalčić, Professor, Head of Geophysics, Director of Warramunga Array, Australian National University ANU Media Tyres stick to hot asphalt as I drive the Stuart Highway from Alice Springs northward, leaving the MacDonnell Ranges behind. My destination is the Warramunga facility, about 500 kilometres north – a ... <a title="In the Australian outback, we’re listening for nuclear tests – and what we hear matters more than ever" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/05/in-the-australian-outback-were-listening-for-nuclear-tests-and-what-we-hear-matters-more-than-ever-272892/" aria-label="Read more about In the Australian outback, we’re listening for nuclear tests – and what we hear matters more than ever">Read more</a>
