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March 27, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Anthony Albanese has pushed back at Donald Trump’s crack at Australia for not providing the United States with as much backing over the Iran war as the president believed it should. Trump, who made his comment about Australia when asked ... <a title="Albanese gives tit-for-tat response to Trump’s criticism of Australia over Iran war" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/27/albanese-gives-tit-for-tat-response-to-trumps-criticism-of-australia-over-iran-war-279204/" aria-label="Read more about Albanese gives tit-for-tat response to Trump’s criticism of Australia over Iran war">Read more</a>
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March 27, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matt Nichol, Lecturer in Law, CQUniversity Australia The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has confirmed it is introducing a controversial new policy that will ban transgender athletes from competing in women’s events. The IOC stated eligibility for women’s events will be determined by a “once-in-a-lifetime” sex test, which ... <a title="The Olympics’ transgender athlete ban is a legal and moral minefield" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/27/the-olympics-transgender-athlete-ban-is-a-legal-and-moral-minefield-279445/" aria-label="Read more about The Olympics’ transgender athlete ban is a legal and moral minefield">Read more</a>
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March 27, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Damien O’Meara, Lecturer, School of Media and Communication, RMIT University When Nora (Claudia Karvan) breaks her leg, her son Darcy (Luke Wiltshire) – a trans man – returns home to see her for the first time since he came out. It doesn’t take long before Darcy realises ... <a title="Homebodies: bold TV about a trans man, his mother and the conversations they never had" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/27/homebodies-bold-tv-about-a-trans-man-his-mother-and-the-conversations-they-never-had-277500/" aria-label="Read more about Homebodies: bold TV about a trans man, his mother and the conversations they never had">Read more</a>
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March 27, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Terry Goldsworthy, Associate Professor in Criminal Justice and Criminology, Bond University With petrol and diesel prices soaring, we’re hearing more reports of alleged fuel thefts from petrol stations, farms, trucks and even parked cars. Australasian Convenience and Petroleum Marketers Association’s chief executive officer Rowan Lee told AAP ... <a title="‘Drive-off’ fuel thefts cost $80 million even before the war – and they’re heading up" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/27/drive-off-fuel-thefts-cost-80million-even-before-the-war-and-theyre-heading-up-264365/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Drive-off’ fuel thefts cost $80 million even before the war – and they’re heading up">Read more</a>
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March 27, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lauren Ball, Professor of Community Health and Wellbeing, The University of Queensland Easter chocolate is all over supermarket shelves. Some people reach straight for milk chocolate eggs while others pause at the darker varieties, assuming they’re healthier. Dark chocolate has gained a reputation as the “better” choice ... <a title="Is dark chocolate healthier than milk chocolate? 2 dietitians explain" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/27/is-dark-chocolate-healthier-than-milk-chocolate-2-dietitians-explain-278062/" aria-label="Read more about Is dark chocolate healthier than milk chocolate? 2 dietitians explain">Read more</a>
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March 27, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Steve Turton, Adjunct Professor of Environmental Geography, CQUniversity Australia Severe Tropical Cyclone Narelle continues to amaze us with its long journey across northern Australia. This cyclone began life near the Solomon Islands on March 16, when moist air rose rapidly and created a low-pressure zone. Narelle crossed ... <a title="Cyclone Narelle is now larger and ‘more severe’ as it crosses the Western Australian coast" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/27/cyclone-narelle-is-now-larger-and-more-severe-as-it-crosses-the-western-australian-coast-279322/" aria-label="Read more about Cyclone Narelle is now larger and ‘more severe’ as it crosses the Western Australian coast">Read more</a>
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March 27, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Susan Hutchinson, PhD Candidate, International Relations, Australian National University Since the Taliban took control of Kabul in August 2021, Afghanistan’s ambassador to Australia, Wahidullah Waissi, and his staff have continued to represent the people of Afghanistan under the most trying circumstances. They have continued to provide diplomatic ... <a title="Closing the Afghan embassy in Canberra would put many vulnerable Afghans at significant risk" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/27/closing-the-afghan-embassy-in-canberra-would-put-many-vulnerable-afghans-at-significant-risk-276855/" aria-label="Read more about Closing the Afghan embassy in Canberra would put many vulnerable Afghans at significant risk">Read more</a>
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March 27, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gehan Gunasekara, Professor of Commercial Law, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Anyone who has recently travelled to the United States will be familiar with biometric checks – facial and fingerprint scans – used at the border. It is the same technology platform that is used in ... <a title="Will a new border deal with the US open a backdoor into Kiwis’ personal data?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/27/will-a-new-border-deal-with-the-us-open-a-backdoor-into-kiwis-personal-data-278416/" aria-label="Read more about Will a new border deal with the US open a backdoor into Kiwis’ personal data?">Read more</a>
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March 27, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jonathan Este, Senior International Affairs Editor, Associate Editor, The Conversation This is the text from The Conversation UK’s World Affairs Briefing email. Sign up here to receive weekly analysis of the latest developments in international relations, direct to your inbox. The five-day deadline to open the Strait ... <a title="Iran was always going to close the Strait of Hormuz" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/27/iran-was-always-going-to-close-the-strait-of-hormuz-279371/" aria-label="Read more about Iran was always going to close the Strait of Hormuz">Read more</a>
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March 27, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lynn Akesson, Professor Emerita of Ethnology in the Department of Arts and Cultural Sciences, Lund University The Swedish painter Margareta Magnusson died on March 12 aged 92. She became famous in 2017 for coining the smart and humorous concept of döstädning in a book known in English ... <a title="The Swedish concept of ‘döstädning’ or death cleaning is about more than just getting rid of things" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/27/the-swedish-concept-of-dostadning-or-death-cleaning-is-about-more-than-just-getting-rid-of-things-279030/" aria-label="Read more about The Swedish concept of ‘döstädning’ or death cleaning is about more than just getting rid of things">Read more</a>
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March 27, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Murat Ungor, Senior Lecturer in Economics, University of Otago In recent years, there has been no shortage of warnings about the fragility of New Zealand’s largely imported fuel supply. Now, motorists are seeing the cost of that vulnerability at the pump. Across the country, petrol has surpassed ... <a title="Distant conflict, local crisis: is this oil shock the wake-up call NZ needed?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/27/distant-conflict-local-crisis-is-this-oil-shock-the-wake-up-call-nz-needed-278983/" aria-label="Read more about Distant conflict, local crisis: is this oil shock the wake-up call NZ needed?">Read more</a>
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March 27, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alison Fogarty, Psychologist and Research Fellow in the Centre for Social and Early Emotional Development, Deakin University New research on a group of Australian preschoolers suggests more than 40% are dealing with an anxiety disorder. The study, led by Monash University and published in the journal of ... <a title="Are you worried about your preschoolers’ anxiety? Here’s how to help" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/27/are-you-worried-about-your-preschoolers-anxiety-heres-how-to-help-279320/" aria-label="Read more about Are you worried about your preschoolers’ anxiety? Here’s how to help">Read more</a>
