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March 17, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Musgrave, Senior Lecturer in Pharmacology, Adelaide University For about a year, an algal bloom in South Australian waters has had devastating effects on marine life. At my local beach, walks were a sad parade of dead sea life. But what of the health effects of these ... <a title="Can brevetoxins from algal blooms make me sick? A toxicologist explains" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/17/can-brevetoxins-from-algal-blooms-make-me-sick-a-toxicologist-explains-278405/" aria-label="Read more about Can brevetoxins from algal blooms make me sick? A toxicologist explains">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Shannon Bosch, Associate Professor (Law), Edith Cowan University Afghanistan says at least 400 people have been killed in a Pakistani airstrike on a drug rehabilitation hospital in Kabul on Monday night, with potentially hundreds more wounded. Pakistan has denied deliberately targeting the health-care facility. In a statement ... <a title="Attacks on hospitals are surging in war zones. What do the laws of war say about protecting them?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/17/attacks-on-hospitals-are-surging-in-war-zones-what-do-the-laws-of-war-say-about-protecting-them-278414/" aria-label="Read more about Attacks on hospitals are surging in war zones. What do the laws of war say about protecting them?">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Saman Gorji, Associate Professor, Renewable Energy and Electrical Engineering, Deakin University When diesel prices jump, most Australians notice it at the bowser. But in parts of remote Australia, diesel is what keeps the lights on. That makes it indispensable. That’s why the federal government’s decisions to temporarily ... <a title="Remote communities are more vulnerable to fuel price shocks – could microgrids help?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/17/remote-communities-are-more-vulnerable-to-fuel-price-shocks-could-microgrids-help-278422/" aria-label="Read more about Remote communities are more vulnerable to fuel price shocks – could microgrids help?">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amin Saikal, Emeritus Professor of Middle Eastern Studies, Australian National University; The University of Western Australia; Victoria University As the Middle East war enters its third week, there is no sign from either Iran or the United States and Israel that they will stop the fighting any ... <a title="As the war drags on, what does victory look like for the US, Israel and Iran?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/17/as-the-war-drags-on-what-does-victory-look-like-for-the-us-israel-and-iran-278520/" aria-label="Read more about As the war drags on, what does victory look like for the US, Israel and Iran?">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robert Finkeldey, PhD Scholar of Corporate Corruption of Democracy, University of Technology Sydney The health of global democracy is regressing to Cold War-era levels. For the average global citizen, democracy is now back where it was in 1978, according to new research assessing more than 200 countries. ... <a title="New study shows global democracy hasn’t been this bad since 1978. Australia should be worried" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/17/new-study-shows-global-democracy-hasnt-been-this-bad-since-1978-australia-should-be-worried-276066/" aria-label="Read more about New study shows global democracy hasn’t been this bad since 1978. Australia should be worried">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rodrigo Praino, Professor & Director, Jeff Bleich Centre for Democracy and Disruptive Technologies, Flinders University US President Donald Trump speaks in a way unlike any of his predecessors. His distinctive and highly recognisable style may even play a role in his appeal to his political base. Since ... <a title="Trump’s war language is aggressive and extreme. It also offers some insight into his thinking" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/17/trumps-war-language-is-aggressive-and-extreme-it-also-offers-some-insight-into-his-thinking-278427/" aria-label="Read more about Trump’s war language is aggressive and extreme. It also offers some insight into his thinking">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew Mclaughlin, Adjunct Research Fellow, School of Human Sciences, The University of Western Australia The federal government has just released updated physical activity guidelines for adults and older adults (aged 65+) for the first time in more than a decade. The Australian government first produced guidelines for ... <a title="Australia’s new physical activity guidelines won’t shift the needle – here are 4 better ideas" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/17/australias-new-physical-activity-guidelines-wont-shift-the-needle-here-are-4-better-ideas-278311/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s new physical activity guidelines won’t shift the needle – here are 4 better ideas">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Todd Farrell, Senior Tutor, School of Social and Political Sciences, The University of Melbourne With South Australia in its final week of campaigning ahead of the state election, you may have noticed while there’s been a few scandals around mistaken identity of hospital patients and controversial candidates’ ... <a title="South Australians have truth in political advertising laws. Why doesn’t everyone else?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/17/south-australians-have-truth-in-political-advertising-laws-why-doesnt-everyone-else-278194/" aria-label="Read more about South Australians have truth in political advertising laws. Why doesn’t everyone else?">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jonathan Graffam-O’Meara, PhD Candidate in Theatre, Monash University Every Melburnian knows the West Gate Bridge, crossing the Yarra River north of its exit to Port Phillip Bay. It looms, it hums, it holds memory, it writhes. You know the feeling – that perceptible flex when you’re stopped ... <a title="The West Gate Bridge disaster looms large over Melbourne. A new play can’t fully capture its grief" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/17/the-west-gate-bridge-disaster-looms-large-over-melbourne-a-new-play-cant-fully-capture-its-grief-277229/" aria-label="Read more about The West Gate Bridge disaster looms large over Melbourne. A new play can’t fully capture its grief">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard J. Buning, Research Lead, UQ Micromobility Research Cluster, The University of Queensland E-bikes have been increasing in popularity – they make cycling more accessible than ever. However, they’ve also been linked to tragic accidents. In response, the Queensland government has conducted a parliamentary inquiry on e-mobility ... <a title="Should e-bike riders be required to have a driver’s licence?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/17/should-e-bike-riders-be-required-to-have-a-drivers-licence-278207/" aria-label="Read more about Should e-bike riders be required to have a driver’s licence?">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Eylem Altuntas, Researcher, Speech & Language Development, The MARCS Institute for Brain, Behaviour and Development, Western Sydney University Anyone who has spent time with a baby knows how unpredictable the first year can feel. One week a baby suddenly seems to “get” something new. The next week, ... <a title="Babies learn a lot in their first year. But their behaviour doesn’t always tell the full story" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/17/babies-learn-a-lot-in-their-first-year-but-their-behaviour-doesnt-always-tell-the-full-story-274032/" aria-label="Read more about Babies learn a lot in their first year. But their behaviour doesn’t always tell the full story">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jack Wilson, Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Matilda Centre for Research in Mental Health and Substance Use, University of Sydney The number of Australians using medicinal cannabis has surged over the past five years. Around 700,000 Australians have used cannabis for their health in the past year. ... <a title="Does medicinal cannabis work for depression, anxiety or PTSD? Our study says there’s no evidence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/17/does-medicinal-cannabis-work-for-depression-anxiety-or-ptsd-our-study-says-theres-no-evidence-278303/" aria-label="Read more about Does medicinal cannabis work for depression, anxiety or PTSD? Our study says there’s no evidence">Read more</a>
