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April 21, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alex Munt, Associate Professor, Media Arts & Production, University of Technology Sydney In the opening moments of Vladimir, Netflix’s new erotic drama series, the protagonist M (Rachel Weisz) is sprawled on a couch in her negligee, writing in her notepad. She leans towards the camera, then stares ... <a title="From Fleabag to Vladimir: why has breaking the fourth wall has become so common?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/21/from-fleabag-to-vladimir-why-has-breaking-the-fourth-wall-has-become-so-common-280716/" aria-label="Read more about From Fleabag to Vladimir: why has breaking the fourth wall has become so common?">Read more</a>
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April 21, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Liz Evans, Adjunct Researcher, English and Writing, University of Tasmania In the 1990s, Melissa Auf der Maur played bass in two of the decade’s most notable rock bands: Hole and Smashing Pumpkins. Her new book, Even the Good Girls Will Cry: My 90s Rock Memoir, documents this ... <a title="Girls in bands: two 90s rock icons on romance, ruthlessness and boring men" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/21/girls-in-bands-two-90s-rock-icons-on-romance-ruthlessness-and-boring-men-275942/" aria-label="Read more about Girls in bands: two 90s rock icons on romance, ruthlessness and boring men">Read more</a>
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April 21, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kevin John Brophy, Emeritus Professor of Creative Writing, The University of Melbourne Mohammed Massoud Morsi is a master storyteller and it is no surprise that the manuscript of his new novel won the prestigious 2025 Dorothy Hewett Award. He brings stories to light that unsettle stereotypes and ... <a title="Despots, brutality and the quest for a home: The Hair of the Pigeon explores suffering and love" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/21/despots-brutality-and-the-quest-for-a-home-the-hair-of-the-pigeon-explores-suffering-and-love-277741/" aria-label="Read more about Despots, brutality and the quest for a home: The Hair of the Pigeon explores suffering and love">Read more</a>
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April 21, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Frank Bongiorno, Director, Vice-Chancellor’s Centre for Public Ideas, University of Canberra “Australia is the small house,” the architect Robin Boyd reflected in his book Australia’s Home in 1952. “Ownership of one in a fenced allotment is as inevitable and unquestionable a goal of the average Australian as ... <a title="Robert Menzies fostered Australia’s love of home ownership, but the romance is souring" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/21/robert-menzies-fostered-australias-love-of-home-ownership-but-the-romance-is-souring-276631/" aria-label="Read more about Robert Menzies fostered Australia’s love of home ownership, but the romance is souring">Read more</a>
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April 21, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ettore Camerlenghi, Associate Research Fellow, Avian Behaviour, Deakin University You might go for a walk in the forest to disconnect from work and calm your nerves after a busy week. The chirping and calls of birds in the canopy above might be exactly what allows you to ... <a title="Birds and monkeys in the Amazon share information via ‘internet of the forest’: new research" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/21/birds-and-monkeys-in-the-amazon-share-information-via-internet-of-the-forest-new-research-276171/" aria-label="Read more about Birds and monkeys in the Amazon share information via ‘internet of the forest’: new research">Read more</a>
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April 21, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Libby Callaway, Associate Professor, Rehabilitation, Ageing and Independent Living Research Centre and Occupational Therapy Department, School of Primary and Allied Healthcare, Monash University The government is expected to announce further changes to the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) this week, focused on containing the rising number of ... <a title="The Coalition wants NDIS reform to focus on 3 things. Here’s what this would mean for users – and the budget" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/21/the-coalition-wants-ndis-reform-to-focus-on-3-things-heres-what-this-would-mean-for-users-and-the-budget-280811/" aria-label="Read more about The Coalition wants NDIS reform to focus on 3 things. Here’s what this would mean for users – and the budget">Read more</a>
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April 21, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anja Bless, Lecturer in Sustainability and International Relations, University of Technology Sydney Australia has long been proud of its food production. The nation produces enough to feed 75 million people – and exports 70% of its produce. But this position isn’t guaranteed. Intensifying climate change is putting ... <a title="Overheated cows, flooded highways, and now a fuel crisis: why Australia’s food system is in big trouble" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/21/overheated-cows-flooded-highways-and-now-a-fuel-crisis-why-australias-food-system-is-in-big-trouble-272334/" aria-label="Read more about Overheated cows, flooded highways, and now a fuel crisis: why Australia’s food system is in big trouble">Read more</a>
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April 21, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Shae McCrystal, Professor of Labour Law, University of Sydney Have you ever gone out to bring in your wheelie bin after collection day only to find it still full? That was the situation facing residents of three Melbourne councils this month after council workers missed collections on ... <a title="Why Melbourne council workers are escalating from skipping bins to a full strike" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/21/why-melbourne-council-workers-are-escalating-from-skipping-bins-to-a-full-strike-280823/" aria-label="Read more about Why Melbourne council workers are escalating from skipping bins to a full strike">Read more</a>
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April 21, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sun Yee Yip, Lecturer in Teacher Education, Monash University Australia needs more teachers. It ranks among the worst-performing countries in the OECD for teacher shortages. This is particularly so for public schools. As of December 2025, there was a reported shortfall of 2,600 teachers in Victoria and ... <a title="Australia has access to 20,000 migrant teachers, but is not using them. Why not?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/21/australia-has-access-to-20-000-migrant-teachers-but-is-not-using-them-why-not-280817/" aria-label="Read more about Australia has access to 20,000 migrant teachers, but is not using them. Why not?">Read more</a>
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April 21, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jonathan R. Goodman, Assistant Research Professor, Psychiatry, University of Cambridge Until a few years ago, no one had heard of bixonimania. Then, in 2024, a group of scientists posted findings online announcing the condition, which they claimed affected the eyes after computer use. However, the scientists had ... <a title="The fake disease that fooled the internet — and what it says about all of us" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/21/the-fake-disease-that-fooled-the-internet-and-what-it-says-about-all-of-us-280615/" aria-label="Read more about The fake disease that fooled the internet — and what it says about all of us">Read more</a>
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April 21, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By William Barter, UKRI Future Leaders Fellow, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh Recent findings from research we have been carrying out at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at Cern in Geneva suggest that we might be closing in on signs of undiscovered physics. If confirmed, ... <a title="Our Large Hadron Collider results hint at undiscovered physics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/21/our-large-hadron-collider-results-hint-at-undiscovered-physics-272620/" aria-label="Read more about Our Large Hadron Collider results hint at undiscovered physics">Read more</a>
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April 21, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ximena Nelson, Professor of Animal Behaviour, University of Canterbury Bruce the kea is missing his entire upper beak. Yet he is the alpha bird of his circus (the apt collective noun for a group of New Zealand’s famously playful alpine parrots). As our latest research shows, Bruce ... <a title="How Bruce the half-beak kea weaponised his disability to become the alpha bird" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/21/how-bruce-the-half-beak-kea-weaponised-his-disability-to-become-the-alpha-bird-280993/" aria-label="Read more about How Bruce the half-beak kea weaponised his disability to become the alpha bird">Read more</a>
