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March 9, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hannah Dahlen, Professor of Midwifery, Associate Dean Research and HDR, Midwifery Discipline Leader, Western Sydney University Every pregnant woman wants to deliver a healthy baby. During labour and birth, women also want to feel listened to and respected, and to come out of the experience physically and ... <a title="Seeing the same midwife or doctor in pregnancy and labour reduces the risk of birth trauma" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/09/seeing-the-same-midwife-or-doctor-in-pregnancy-and-labour-reduces-the-risk-of-birth-trauma-276182/" aria-label="Read more about Seeing the same midwife or doctor in pregnancy and labour reduces the risk of birth trauma">Read more</a>
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March 9, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ken Purnell, Professor of Education, CQUniversity Australia This year, students at The King’s School in Sydney are starting lessons later on Wednesdays. The start of the usual day has been pushed back from 8.50am to 9.40am. This is to allow students to do self-directed learning at home ... <a title="School hours have barely changed since the 1800s. This doesn’t suit teenagers’ sleep" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/09/school-hours-have-barely-changed-since-the-1800s-this-doesnt-suit-teenagers-sleep-275444/" aria-label="Read more about School hours have barely changed since the 1800s. This doesn’t suit teenagers’ sleep">Read more</a>
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March 9, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Martie-Louise Verreynne, Professor in Innovation and Associate Dean (Research), The University of Queensland Innovation is one of the most celebrated yet misunderstood ideas of our time. It is invoked in policy speeches, corporate strategy decks and university mission statements. But strip away the buzzword and what remains? ... <a title="Andrew Leigh maps the drivers of history’s big breakthroughs — and why they still matter" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/09/andrew-leigh-maps-the-drivers-of-historys-big-breakthroughs-and-why-they-still-matter-277222/" aria-label="Read more about Andrew Leigh maps the drivers of history’s big breakthroughs — and why they still matter">Read more</a>
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March 9, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Blaxland, Professor, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney issued a stark warning in his address to the Australian parliament. The post-war global order is “breaking down”, he said, and middle powers like Canada and Australia risk subordination due to ... <a title="Australia can’t easily reduce its military dependence on the US, but with Canada, we can mitigate risk" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/09/australia-cant-easily-reduce-its-military-dependence-on-the-us-but-with-canada-we-can-mitigate-risk-276528/" aria-label="Read more about Australia can’t easily reduce its military dependence on the US, but with Canada, we can mitigate risk">Read more</a>
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March 8, 2026
COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle Three more schools and a major hospital have been bombed in Iran and more in Lebanon by the US-Israeli military, all within the first week of launching their latest war. This is a pattern, not “collateral damage”. Iran’s Ambassador to the United Nations Amir-Saeid Iravani said on March 7 that the ... <a title="The smallest coffins are always the heaviest. The US-Israeli killing of children must be stopped" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/08/the-smallest-coffins-are-always-the-heaviest-the-us-israeli-killing-of-children-must-be-stopped/" aria-label="Read more about The smallest coffins are always the heaviest. The US-Israeli killing of children must be stopped">Read more</a>
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March 8, 2026
ANALYSIS: By Hana Saada In an era when images can circle the globe in seconds and newsrooms claim to uphold universal humanitarian principles; one might expect the killing of 165 schoolgirls inside a primary school to dominate international headlines. One would expect emergency debates, moral outrage, and relentless coverage. Yet in the southeastern Iranian city ... <a title="165 massacred schoolgirls in Iran – and the silence that exposes the West’s moral selectivity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/08/165-massacred-schoolgirls-in-iran-and-the-silence-that-exposes-the-wests-moral-selectivity/" aria-label="Read more about 165 massacred schoolgirls in Iran – and the silence that exposes the West’s moral selectivity">Read more</a>
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March 8, 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 Two Victorian polls have One Nation at 23–24% with Labor on top on primary votes in one and the Coalition in the other. Labor has a huge ... <a title="Two Victorian polls have One Nation at 23–24%, but differ on which party is in the lead" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/08/two-victorian-polls-have-one-nation-at-23-24-but-differ-on-which-party-is-in-the-lead-277331/" aria-label="Read more about Two Victorian polls have One Nation at 23–24%, but differ on which party is in the lead">Read more</a>
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March 6, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Duffy, Research Fellow, Genetic Epidemiology Lab, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute About one in two Australians will be diagnosed with skin cancer by age 70. The most dangerous kind is melanoma, which develops in skin cells called melanocytes that have been overexposed to the sun. Common ... <a title="Australian children now have half as many moles as kids in 1992. That’s good news for melanoma risk" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/06/australian-children-now-have-half-as-many-moles-as-kids-in-1992-thats-good-news-for-melanoma-risk-277620/" aria-label="Read more about Australian children now have half as many moles as kids in 1992. That’s good news for melanoma risk">Read more</a>
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March 6, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Samantha Hepburn, Professor of Law, Deakin University As many Australians prepare for the Labour Day long weekend, you might be watching the price at the fuel bowser with more trepidation than usual. The crisis in the Middle East has caused global disruptions to energy and liquid fuel ... <a title="The Iran war has triggered a fuel price rise. What does this mean for Australian consumers?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/06/the-iran-war-has-triggered-a-fuel-price-rise-what-does-this-mean-for-australian-consumers-277605/" aria-label="Read more about The Iran war has triggered a fuel price rise. What does this mean for Australian consumers?">Read more</a>
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March 6, 2026
Pacific Media Watch Journalists in Iran have been working amid hostile air strikes for almost a week since the start of the US-Israeli offensive while also facing repression from the Iranian regime. Internet access in the country remains limited and information is scarce. As war spreads across the region, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has expressed ... <a title="War in Iran – journalism in crisis as reporters work amid bombs, says RSF" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/06/war-in-iran-journalism-in-crisis-as-reporters-work-amid-bombs-says-rsf/" aria-label="Read more about War in Iran – journalism in crisis as reporters work amid bombs, says RSF">Read more</a>
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March 6, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nathan Fioritti, Lecturer in Politics, School of Social Sciences, Monash University The 2025 Australian federal election was defined by its many shock results, from the Labor Party’s thumping victory to the Liberals’ considerable losses. Another defining feature of this election were the setbacks experienced by the Greens, ... <a title="The Greens’ election review flew under the radar. Here’s what it said" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/06/the-greens-election-review-flew-under-the-radar-heres-what-it-said-277514/" aria-label="Read more about The Greens’ election review flew under the radar. Here’s what it said">Read more</a>
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March 6, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jennifer Parker, Adjunct Professor, Defence and Security Institute, The University of Western Australia; UNSW Sydney News that a United States submarine had torpedoed and sunk the Iranian warship IRIS Dena about 40 nautical miles off Sri Lanka this week took many observers by surprise. An attack like ... <a title="The US sank an Iranian warship and didn’t rescue the survivors. Is this legal in war?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/06/the-us-sank-an-iranian-warship-and-didnt-rescue-the-survivors-is-this-legal-in-war-277606/" aria-label="Read more about The US sank an Iranian warship and didn’t rescue the survivors. Is this legal in war?">Read more</a>
