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March 31, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nina Van Dyke, Associate Professor and Associate Director, Mitchell Institute, Victoria University When most people think about “healthy eating”, they usually focus on what they eat. That might mean trying to eat more fruit and vegetables or less fast food, or counting calories. But there’s a lot ... <a title="Focusing on how and why you eat – not just what – may be the key to healthy eating" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/31/focusing-on-how-and-why-you-eat-not-just-what-may-be-the-key-to-healthy-eating-273019/" aria-label="Read more about Focusing on how and why you eat – not just what – may be the key to healthy eating">Read more</a>
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March 31, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bernard Stewart, Professor, Paediatrics and Child Health, UNSW Sydney As early as the 1880s, there was evidence that smoking tobacco damaged your lungs. But it took almost 100 years to definitively show that smoking causes lung cancer. So, what about vapes? Until now, most research that has ... <a title="Strongest evidence yet that vaping likely causes cancer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/31/strongest-evidence-yet-that-vaping-likely-causes-cancer-279550/" aria-label="Read more about Strongest evidence yet that vaping likely causes cancer">Read more</a>
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March 31, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Zachary Aman, Professor of Chemical Engineering, The University of Western Australia Fuel has become a precious, and increasingly expensive, commodity. The ongoing Middle East conflict has effectively closed the Strait of Hormuz, cutting off 20% of the world’s oil supplies. This, coupled with tit-for-tat attacks on key ... <a title="Is E10 fuel bad for my car? And could it save me money?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/31/is-e10-fuel-bad-for-my-car-and-could-it-save-me-money-279081/" aria-label="Read more about Is E10 fuel bad for my car? And could it save me money?">Read more</a>
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March 31, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sally Patfield, Lecturer, Teachers and Teaching Research Centre, School of Education, University of Newcastle Each year, about 30% of new undergraduates in Australia are the first in their families to go to university. This means their parents do not have a university-level qualification. Often, they also don’t ... <a title="‘Mum and Dad both finished school in Year 10’– how to help first-in-family students graduate from uni" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/31/mum-and-dad-both-finished-school-in-year-10-how-to-help-first-in-family-students-graduate-from-uni-279323/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Mum and Dad both finished school in Year 10’– how to help first-in-family students graduate from uni">Read more</a>
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March 31, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vinh Thai, Professor of Logistics and Supply Chain Management, School of Accounting, Information Systems and Supply Chain, RMIT University An Easter bunny for $10. A box of 20 hollow Easter eggs for $18. A 100g block of plain dark chocolate for $8.50. Even last year, such high ... <a title="Why does chocolate cost so much this Easter, when cocoa’s price is at a 3-year low?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/31/why-does-chocolate-cost-so-much-this-easter-when-cocoas-price-is-at-a-3-year-low-279209/" aria-label="Read more about Why does chocolate cost so much this Easter, when cocoa’s price is at a 3-year low?">Read more</a>
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March 31, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul S.C.Taçon, Chair in Rock Art Research and Director of the Place, Evolution and Rock Art Heritage Unit (PERAHU), Griffith University Extinct animals have long fascinated people around the world – from dinosaurs, to giant kangaroos, to enormous flightless birds and almost unimaginable sea creatures. But one ... <a title="NT rock art thousands of years old sheds new light on the mysterious Tasmanian tiger" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/31/nt-rock-art-thousands-of-years-old-sheds-new-light-on-the-mysterious-tasmanian-tiger-278670/" aria-label="Read more about NT rock art thousands of years old sheds new light on the mysterious Tasmanian tiger">Read more</a>
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March 30, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vincent Hurley, Lecturer in Criminology (police & policing). School of International Studies, Macquarie University Police killer Dezi Freeman evaded authorities for more than 200 days before he was reportedly shot and killed by police on Monday morning. Freeman shot and killed two police officers on August 26 ... <a title="How do fugitives like Dezi Freeman evade police for so long?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/30/how-do-fugitives-like-dezi-freeman-evade-police-for-so-long-279554/" aria-label="Read more about How do fugitives like Dezi Freeman evade police for so long?">Read more</a>
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March 30, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Locky Xianglong Liu, Research fellow, Centre of Policy Studies, Victoria University With fuel prices staying high, the federal government has announced a halving of the fuel excise for three months. This will cost the federal budget A$2.55 billion, according to Treasurer Jim Chalmers. This will cut the ... <a title="Halving the fuel excise is smart politics, but flawed policy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/30/halving-the-fuel-excise-is-smart-politics-but-flawed-policy-279535/" aria-label="Read more about Halving the fuel excise is smart politics, but flawed policy">Read more</a>
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March 30, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rachael Burgin, Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Criminal Justice, Swinburne University of Technology Sexual violence causes profound trauma and many victims seek counselling and support in its wake. Access to counselling is crucial to promote recovery for victim-survivors. Like anyone seeking health care, victim-survivors have a reasonable ... <a title="Rapists’ lawyers are using their victim-survivors’ counselling notes in court. This needs to stop" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/30/rapists-lawyers-are-using-their-victim-survivors-counselling-notes-in-court-this-needs-to-stop-279314/" aria-label="Read more about Rapists’ lawyers are using their victim-survivors’ counselling notes in court. This needs to stop">Read more</a>
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March 30, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Albanese government will halve the excise on petrol and diesel and reduce the heavy vehicle road user charge to zero, both for three months, at a budget cost of $2.55 billion. Halving the fuel excise will cut the cost ... <a title="Government slashes fuel excise, heavy vehicles charge for 3 months at cost of $2.55 billion" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/30/government-slashes-fuel-excise-heavy-vehicles-charge-for-3-months-at-cost-of-2-55-billion-279207/" aria-label="Read more about Government slashes fuel excise, heavy vehicles charge for 3 months at cost of $2.55 billion">Read more</a>
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March 30, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Saman Gorji, Associate Professor, Renewable Energy and Electrical Engineering, Deakin University Most Australians now understand the basic promise of rooftop solar: lower power bills, cleaner electricity and, for some households, the option to charge an electric vehicle at home for far less than the cost of petrol. ... <a title="Australia’s rooftop solar boom left apartment residents behind. Here’s how to fix it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/30/australias-rooftop-solar-boom-left-apartment-residents-behind-heres-how-to-fix-it-279082/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s rooftop solar boom left apartment residents behind. Here’s how to fix it">Read more</a>
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March 30, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emily Dollman, Head, Music Education and Pedagogy, Adelaide University Music is a wonderful addition to your baby’s life from the earliest days. Hearing is one of the first senses to develop in the womb, and by birth a baby’s hearing is fully functioning. This means hearing our ... <a title="My baby loves children’s music, but I don’t – what can we listen to together?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/30/my-baby-loves-childrens-music-but-i-dont-what-can-we-listen-to-together-274525/" aria-label="Read more about My baby loves children’s music, but I don’t – what can we listen to together?">Read more</a>
