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April 23, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Politically, it’s a very bad time to be a baby boomer. It is not just that intergenerational equity has become, rightly, a priority for Labor. It’s also that this government, which always has an ear cocked to public opinion, is ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Politically, the baby boomers’ day is done" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/23/grattan-on-friday-politically-the-baby-boomers-day-is-done-281138/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Politically, the baby boomers’ day is done">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Phil Brewer, Professor in Plant Biology, La Trobe University Whether it’s tucking into some toast, dumplings or a bowl of fresh pasta, humans love eating wheat. Wheat is the most widely grown cereal crop in the world. It’s produced by harvesting the dry, edible seeds of a ... <a title="We eat a lot of wheat. So how can we grow more in a changing climate?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/23/we-eat-a-lot-of-wheat-so-how-can-we-grow-more-in-a-changing-climate-271846/" aria-label="Read more about We eat a lot of wheat. So how can we grow more in a changing climate?">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tracy Comans, Professor, School of Public Health, The University of Queensland; The University of Melbourne This week, we learned older people in home-based aged care will no longer have to pay out-of-pocket for showering, dressing and continence care. This backflip will provide relief for those currently receiving ... <a title="A free shower is the least older people can expect. But aged care funding misses one key point" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/23/a-free-shower-is-the-least-older-people-can-expect-but-aged-care-funding-misses-one-key-point-281228/" aria-label="Read more about A free shower is the least older people can expect. But aged care funding misses one key point">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anita Manfreda, Associate Professor – Blue Mountains International Hotel Management School, Torrens University Australia Trying to book a flight right now can feel absurd. Qantas and Virgin Australia are warning that higher fuel costs and disruption linked to the Middle East conflict are putting pressure on fares ... <a title="Airlines are facing higher fuel costs and cutting fares at the same time. How does that work?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/23/airlines-are-facing-higher-fuel-costs-and-cutting-fares-at-the-same-time-how-does-that-work-281219/" aria-label="Read more about Airlines are facing higher fuel costs and cutting fares at the same time. How does that work?">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jessica Gildersleeve, Professor of English Literature, University of Southern Queensland As early as the poetry of AB “Banjo” Paterson, urban Australians have been drawn to the pastoral fantasy of the outback, in which, as Paterson famously puts it, “the drover’s life has pleasures that the townsfolk never ... <a title="Alphabet Lane is an unsettling new drama that rejects the myth of the idyllic country life" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/23/alphabet-lane-is-an-unsettling-new-drama-that-rejects-the-myth-of-the-idyllic-country-life-279214/" aria-label="Read more about Alphabet Lane is an unsettling new drama that rejects the myth of the idyllic country life">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joyce Siette, Associate Professor | Deputy Director, The MARCS Institute for Brain, Behaviour and Development, Western Sydney University Over recent weeks, speculation has grown about US President Donald Trump’s erratic behaviour during the US-Israel war on Iran. While questioning Trump’s mental fitness for office, various commentators have ... <a title="We can’t know if Donald Trump has dementia. Even if he did, it wouldn’t excuse his actions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/23/we-cant-know-if-donald-trump-has-dementia-even-if-he-did-it-wouldnt-excuse-his-actions-281131/" aria-label="Read more about We can’t know if Donald Trump has dementia. Even if he did, it wouldn’t excuse his actions">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alice Neikirk, Program Convenor, Criminology, University of Newcastle April 25 1896 was a significant date in the history of women’s legal rights in Australia. Two things happened on this day: women, including Aboriginal women, voted for the first time in Australia, thanks to a Constitutional Amendment passed ... <a title="Long before the Anzacs, April 25 was the day women in Australia got the right to vote" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/23/long-before-the-anzacs-april-25-was-the-day-women-in-australia-got-the-right-to-vote-278528/" aria-label="Read more about Long before the Anzacs, April 25 was the day women in Australia got the right to vote">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rosemary Purcell, Professorial Fellow, Centre for Youth Mental Health, The University of Melbourne Last Thursday night at the MCG, fans witnessed a gripping game of AFL football between Carlton and Collingwood. But it was something rarely seen during a match that has gripped attention since: a player ... <a title="Sports need better game-day mental health protocols to protect athletes – here’s how" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/23/sports-need-better-game-day-mental-health-protocols-to-protect-athletes-heres-how-281232/" aria-label="Read more about Sports need better game-day mental health protocols to protect athletes – here’s how">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Archana Koirala, Paediatrician and Infectious Diseases Specialist; Clinical Researcher, University of Sydney The Northern Territory and Western Australia are experiencing outbreaks of an almost-eradicated infection, diphtheria. The NT has recorded 17 cases of respiratory diphtheria in the past month and 60 cases of the less serious cutaneous ... <a title="Before vaccines, diphtheria used to kill hundreds each year. Now it’s back in Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/23/before-vaccines-diphtheria-used-to-kill-hundreds-each-year-now-its-back-in-australia-279856/" aria-label="Read more about Before vaccines, diphtheria used to kill hundreds each year. Now it’s back in Australia">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jonathan Graffam-O’Meara, Tutor in English & Theatre, The University of Melbourne “Don’t worry, I’m not here to buy your properties,” He Huang deadpans at the start of her Melbourne International Comedy Festival opening night set. Huang tells a series of jokes carefully calibrated for white Australian audiences: ... <a title="Artists at Melbourne International Comedy Festival are asking: what does it mean to be a comedian?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/23/artists-at-melbourne-international-comedy-festival-are-asking-what-does-it-mean-to-be-a-comedian-281027/" aria-label="Read more about Artists at Melbourne International Comedy Festival are asking: what does it mean to be a comedian?">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emily Foley, Postdoctoral research fellow, Flinders University; University of Canberra WorkChoices marked one of the great turning points of the Howard era. It accelerated the unravelling of a decade-long Coalition government, handed Labor a potent election weapon, and led the most successful union campaigns in modern Australian ... <a title="WorkChoices helped end John Howard’s leadership. The policy’s ghost still haunts the Liberals" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/23/workchoices-helped-end-john-howards-leadership-the-policys-ghost-still-haunts-the-liberals-276749/" aria-label="Read more about WorkChoices helped end John Howard’s leadership. The policy’s ghost still haunts the Liberals">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Oliver Wigmore, Senior Research Fellow, Antarctic Research Centre, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Thousands of slips in Tairāwhiti in January. The loss of eight lives in the Bay of Plenty later that month. And, days ago, landslides that damaged homes, forced evacuations and blocked ... <a title="Climate change means more landslides in NZ – but new tech can help reduce the risk" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/23/climate-change-means-more-landslides-in-nz-but-new-tech-can-help-reduce-the-risk-278518/" aria-label="Read more about Climate change means more landslides in NZ – but new tech can help reduce the risk">Read more</a>
