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February 23, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Among today’s leaders, New South Wales Premier Chris Minns is notable in a couple of ways. As a Labor leader, his views are a mix of the extremely tough and the very empathetic and compassionate. His handling of the antisemitism ... <a title="View from The Hill: Chris Minns makes sense on ISIS brides’ children, while opposition adds to scaremongering" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/23/view-from-the-hill-chris-minns-makes-sense-on-isis-brides-children-while-opposition-adds-to-scaremongering-275913/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Chris Minns makes sense on ISIS brides’ children, while opposition adds to scaremongering">Read more</a>
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February 23, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Austin, Senior Lecturer in Theatre, The University of Melbourne In the shadow of Franz Kafka’s visionary dystopian fiction, the faceless, hierarchical machinery of bureaucracy has long served as a symbol of quiet, grinding despair. Kafka’s institutions are at once impenetrable and absurd, systems that trap individuals ... <a title="Jean Tong’s Do Not Pass Go is Kafka for the modern corporate age" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/23/jean-tongs-do-not-pass-go-is-kafka-for-the-modern-corporate-age-274979/" aria-label="Read more about Jean Tong’s Do Not Pass Go is Kafka for the modern corporate age">Read more</a>
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February 23, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Steve Turton, Adjunct Professor of Environmental Geography, CQUniversity Australia On average, Australia’s driest town, Oodnadatta, gets just 172mm of rain a year. But the small town in inland South Australia is likely to get two years’ worth of rain in a single week. Rainfall records are likely ... <a title="Severe flooding – in central Australia? How a vast humid air mass could soak the desert" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/23/severe-flooding-in-central-australia-how-a-vast-humid-air-mass-could-soak-the-desert-276618/" aria-label="Read more about Severe flooding – in central Australia? How a vast humid air mass could soak the desert">Read more</a>
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February 23, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jodie Avery, Research Co-Lead, Chronic Reproductive Health Conditions, Robinson Research Institute, Adelaide University If you live with pelvic pain, period pain, sex or bowel symptoms, you may have been told you could have endometriosis, and that surgery is the “gold standard” for diagnosis and treatment. But over ... <a title="Is surgery necessary for my endometriosis or ‘suspected’ endo?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/23/is-surgery-necessary-for-my-endometriosis-or-suspected-endo-276365/" aria-label="Read more about Is surgery necessary for my endometriosis or ‘suspected’ endo?">Read more</a>
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February 23, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Charlotte Gupta, Sleep Researcher, Appleton Institute, HealthWise Research Group, CQUniversity Australia It’s nighttime and you’re exhausted. But the hotel bed feels wrong. The mini fridge won’t stop making that low, irritating hum. The power outlet lights feel brighter than the sun. Outside, random car honks and noises ... <a title="The ‘first-night effect’: why it’s hard to sleep when you’re somewhere new" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/23/the-first-night-effect-why-its-hard-to-sleep-when-youre-somewhere-new-270299/" aria-label="Read more about The ‘first-night effect’: why it’s hard to sleep when you’re somewhere new">Read more</a>
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February 23, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Nielsen, Associate Professor, School of Psychology, The University of Queensland A baby macaque monkey named Punch has gone viral for his heart-wrenching pursuit of companionship. After being abandoned by his mother and rejected by the rest of his troop, his zookeepers at Ichikawa City Zoo in ... <a title="A viral monkey, his plushie, and a 70-year-old experiment: what Punch tells us about attachment theory" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/23/a-viral-monkey-his-plushie-and-a-70-year-old-experiment-what-punch-tells-us-about-attachment-theory-276625/" aria-label="Read more about A viral monkey, his plushie, and a 70-year-old experiment: what Punch tells us about attachment theory">Read more</a>
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February 23, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Victoria Whitington, Associate Professor of Education (Adjunct), Adelaide University The federal Coalition has proposed an alternative to the universal child care system involving vouchers that could be used for long daycare, family daycare, nannies or a combination of these. Senator Leah Blyth argues in an opinion article ... <a title="The Coalition has proposed vouchers for nannies or child care. It raises more questions than answers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/23/the-coalition-has-proposed-vouchers-for-nannies-or-child-care-it-raises-more-questions-than-answers-276268/" aria-label="Read more about The Coalition has proposed vouchers for nannies or child care. It raises more questions than answers">Read more</a>
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February 23, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lachlan Hart, Lecturer, School of Education, UNSW Sydney The Kimberley region in the north-west corner of Western Australia is full of rugged ranges and gorges, and long stretches of red soil and rocky ground. The dry seasons are long, and the wet seasons often flood the Martuwarra ... <a title="250 million-year-old amphibian fossils from Australia reveal global spread of ‘sea-salamanders’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/23/250-million-year-old-amphibian-fossils-from-australia-reveal-global-spread-of-sea-salamanders-276162/" aria-label="Read more about 250 million-year-old amphibian fossils from Australia reveal global spread of ‘sea-salamanders’">Read more</a>
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February 23, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lisa Meehan, Director, NZ Policy Research Institute, Auckland University of Technology Pay equity is back in the spotlight in New Zealand, with an unofficial “people’s select committee” about to report on last year’s legislative changes that overhauled the process and cancelled existing claims. As we await its ... <a title="The work women do has changed. The case for pay equity in NZ hasn’t" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/23/the-work-women-do-has-changed-the-case-for-pay-equity-in-nz-hasnt-274962/" aria-label="Read more about The work women do has changed. The case for pay equity in NZ hasn’t">Read more</a>
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February 23, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vaughan Cruickshank, Senior Lecturer in Health and Physical Education, University of Tasmania Milan Cortina 2026 was Australia’s most successful Winter Olympics. From 1936-2022, Australia won 19 medals, including six golds. This year, Australia has added another six medals, including three golds. How has this happened and what ... <a title="After the Milan Cortina medals, what comes next for Australian winter sports?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/23/after-the-milan-cortina-medals-what-comes-next-for-australian-winter-sports-276060/" aria-label="Read more about After the Milan Cortina medals, what comes next for Australian winter sports?">Read more</a>
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February 23, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Rutland, Professor of Government, Wesleyan University Perceived wisdom has it that the longer a war goes on, the less enthusiastic a public becomes for continuing the conflict. After all, it is ordinary citizens who tend to bear the economic and human costs. And yet, as the ... <a title="As war in Ukraine enters a 5th year, will the ‘Putin consensus’ among Russians hold?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/23/as-war-in-ukraine-enters-a-5th-year-will-the-putin-consensus-among-russians-hold-275666/" aria-label="Read more about As war in Ukraine enters a 5th year, will the ‘Putin consensus’ among Russians hold?">Read more</a>
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February 23, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anna Drury, PhD Candidate in History, Lancaster University Much has been done, by way of interviews and Instagram reels, to market Emerald Fennell’s Wuthering Heights as a tale of ferocious passion and untameable desire. The question of precisely whose passion we see play out onscreen is a ... <a title="In Emerald Fennel’s Wuthering Heights, domestic abuse has been recast as consensual kink" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/23/in-emerald-fennels-wuthering-heights-domestic-abuse-has-been-recast-as-consensual-kink-276314/" aria-label="Read more about In Emerald Fennel’s Wuthering Heights, domestic abuse has been recast as consensual kink">Read more</a>
