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February 20, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Virginia Raguin, Distinguished Professor of Humanities Emerita, College of the Holy Cross Michelangelo’s fresco of “The Last Judgment,” covering the wall behind the altar of the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City, is being restored. The work, which started on Feb. 1, 2026, is expected to continue for ... <a title="Why Michelangelo’s ‘Last Judgment’ endures" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/20/why-michelangelos-last-judgment-endures-275323/" aria-label="Read more about Why Michelangelo’s ‘Last Judgment’ endures">Read more</a>
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February 20, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gregory P. Magarian, Thomas and Karole Green Professor of Law, Washington University in St. Louis The president announces an aggressive, controversial policy. Large groups of protesters take to the streets. Government agents open fire and kill protesters. All of these events, familiar from Minneapolis in 2026, also ... <a title="Why the ‘Streets of Minneapolis’ have echoed with public support – unlike the campus of Kent State in 1970" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/20/why-the-streets-of-minneapolis-have-echoed-with-public-support-unlike-the-campus-of-kent-state-in-1970-274917/" aria-label="Read more about Why the ‘Streets of Minneapolis’ have echoed with public support – unlike the campus of Kent State in 1970">Read more</a>
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February 20, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adewumi Badiora, Senior Lecturer, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Olabisi Onabanjo University Nigeria is urbanising at a remarkable speed. Some of the world’s fastest growing cities are in the west African country. With the current rate of urbanisation, Kano, Ibadan, Abuja and Port Harcourt will surpass ... <a title="Streetlights in Lagos can boost safety and grow the economy. Why not everyone benefits" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/20/streetlights-in-lagos-can-boost-safety-and-grow-the-economy-why-not-everyone-benefits-275581/" aria-label="Read more about Streetlights in Lagos can boost safety and grow the economy. Why not everyone benefits">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra This week we pressed the rewind button on the Pauline tape, back to Hanson maxing out with inflammatory statements about Muslims, attracting a blaze of publicity and widespread outrage. Or, given One Nation’s surging polls, have we pushed the fast ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Can Angus Taylor get beyond slogans to craft a sound immigration policy?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/19/grattan-on-friday-can-angus-taylor-get-beyond-slogans-to-craft-a-sound-immigration-policy-275911/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Can Angus Taylor get beyond slogans to craft a sound immigration policy?">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Phoebe Hart, Associate Professor, Film Screen & Animation, Queensland University of Technology Members of the Australian screen industry have been shocked to learn one of the nation’s most successful and prolific production companies, Matchbox Pictures – and its subsidiary Tony Ayres Productions – will shut their doors ... <a title="Why one of Australia’s most successful TV production companies is being shut down" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/19/why-one-of-australias-most-successful-tv-production-companies-is-being-shut-down-276371/" aria-label="Read more about Why one of Australia’s most successful TV production companies is being shut down">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Maria O’Sullivan, Associate Professor of Law, Member of Deakin Cyber and the Centre for Law as Protection, Deakin University, Deakin University In the wake of the Bondi terror attack, multiple state governments have passed laws to restrict mass protests. Most notably, the New South Wales government introduced ... <a title="With more restrictive laws across the country, how can we protect the right to protest?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/19/with-more-restrictive-laws-across-the-country-how-can-we-protect-the-right-to-protest-276070/" aria-label="Read more about With more restrictive laws across the country, how can we protect the right to protest?">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Neeraj Sharma, Scientia Associate Professor of Chemistry and ARC Future Fellow, UNSW Sydney You might have heard the common claim that electric cars aren’t really green – that their lithium-ion batteries rely on “blood” minerals such as cobalt, mined in terrible conditions. The critique had some truth ... <a title="‘Blood cobalt’ is disappearing from batteries – and cheaper, cleaner batteries are arriving" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/19/blood-cobalt-is-disappearing-from-batteries-and-cheaper-cleaner-batteries-are-arriving-263808/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Blood cobalt’ is disappearing from batteries – and cheaper, cleaner batteries are arriving">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tammy Williams, Lecturer, University of New England There is a growing number of “serious incidents” in Australian early childhood services, including day cares. A serious incident is one that seriously compromises the health, safety or wellbeing of a child. There were 160 such incidents per 100 services ... <a title="Childcare centres may have clear rules for staff numbers, but there are loopholes to get around them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/19/childcare-centres-may-have-clear-rules-for-staff-numbers-but-there-are-loopholes-to-get-around-them-275075/" aria-label="Read more about Childcare centres may have clear rules for staff numbers, but there are loopholes to get around them">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 This plan will decimate hotels across South Australia, wiping out many of the 26,000 jobs it directly creates. Australian Hotels Association (South Australia) chief executive Ian Horne, quoted in The Guardian, February 21, 2018 … a majority of pub ... <a title="FactCheck: would pokies reform in South Australia wipe out ‘many’ of 26,000 jobs?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/19/factcheck-would-pokies-reform-in-south-australia-wipe-out-many-of-26-000-jobs-93189/" aria-label="Read more about FactCheck: would pokies reform in South Australia wipe out ‘many’ of 26,000 jobs?">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne One Nation is just two points behind Labor in a Victorian state DemosAU poll, with the election in November. A federal Resolve poll has One Nation and ... <a title="The Coalition leads in Victorian DemosAU poll, with One Nation posting 21% support" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/19/the-coalition-leads-in-victorian-demosau-poll-with-one-nation-posting-21-support-275791/" aria-label="Read more about The Coalition leads in Victorian DemosAU poll, with One Nation posting 21% support">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rob Manwaring, Associate Professor, Politics and Public Policy, Flinders University South Australians head to the polls on March 21, with Premier Peter Malinauskas’s Labor Party on track to win by a landslide. But while a predicted landslide in a state election would not normally garner deep national ... <a title="Labor is set for a big win in the South Australian election. But will One Nation cause ructions?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/19/labor-is-set-for-a-big-win-in-the-south-australian-election-but-will-one-nation-cause-ructions-275671/" aria-label="Read more about Labor is set for a big win in the South Australian election. But will One Nation cause ructions?">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kelsie Boulton, Senior Research Fellow in Child Neurodevelopment, Brain and Mind Centre, University of Sydney When it comes to autism, few questions spark as much debate as how best to support autistic people with the greatest needs. This prompted The Lancet medical journal to commission a group ... <a title="A new diagnosis of ‘profound autism’ is on the cards. Here’s what could change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/19/a-new-diagnosis-of-profound-autism-is-on-the-cards-heres-what-could-change-271930/" aria-label="Read more about A new diagnosis of ‘profound autism’ is on the cards. Here’s what could change">Read more</a>
