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March 5, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra When Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney addressed federal parliament on Thursday his well-crafted speech had one gaping hole. It did not mention the huge issue dominating world attention – the United States-Israeli strikes on Iran and the subsequent ever-widening conflict ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: would Labor be supporting this war if it were in opposition?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/05/grattan-on-friday-would-labor-be-supporting-this-war-if-it-were-in-opposition-277242/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: would Labor be supporting this war if it were in opposition?">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The byelection for the regional New South Wales seat of Farrer, vacated by former opposition leader Sussan Ley, will be held on May 9. the date was announced by the Speaker of the House of Representatives on Thursday. The main ... <a title="Farrer byelection will be on May 9" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/05/farrer-byelection-will-be-on-may-9-277621/" aria-label="Read more about Farrer byelection will be on May 9">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Dwyer, Lecturer, School of Social Sciences, University of Tasmania A US submarine sank the Iranian frigate IRIS Dena off the southern coast of Sri Lanka on Wednesday, killing 87 people. The submarine struck the ship with a torpedo, US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said, resulting in ... <a title="The US just torpedoed an Iranian ship. Here’s why this old tech is hard to defend against" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/05/the-us-just-torpedoed-an-iranian-ship-heres-why-this-old-tech-is-hard-to-defend-against-277615/" aria-label="Read more about The US just torpedoed an Iranian ship. Here’s why this old tech is hard to defend against">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hussein Dia, Professor of Transport Technology and Sustainability, Swinburne University of Technology Petrol prices began rising even before the conflict in Iran drove oil prices higher. Australia imports around 80% of its fuel, which means prices can spike when geopolitical shocks ripple through supply chains. As motorists ... <a title="Petrol prices too high? Here’s how quickly an EV could save you money" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/05/petrol-prices-too-high-heres-how-quickly-an-ev-could-save-you-money-272165/" aria-label="Read more about Petrol prices too high? Here’s how quickly an EV could save you money">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rebecca Strating, Director, La Trobe Centre for Global Security, and Professor of International Relations, La Trobe University Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney made an impassioned pitch in the Australian parliament for middle powers like Canada and Australia to build new coalitions in the “ruptured” global order that ... <a title="In a ‘ruptured’ world order, here’s how Australia can forge new middle-power partnerships" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/05/in-a-ruptured-world-order-heres-how-australia-can-forge-new-middle-power-partnerships-276367/" aria-label="Read more about In a ‘ruptured’ world order, here’s how Australia can forge new middle-power partnerships">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Heather Bray, Senior Lecturer in Science Communication, The University of Western Australia Last month, the United Kingdom’s Supreme Court determined that plant-based drink maker Oatly could not trademark the phrase “Post Milk Generation” – effectively banning the use of the word “milk” on their cartons. The decision ... <a title="How Australia and NZ rules on plant milks differ from overseas, where cows make the only ‘milk’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/05/how-australia-and-nz-rules-on-plant-milks-differ-from-overseas-where-cows-make-the-only-milk-275923/" aria-label="Read more about How Australia and NZ rules on plant milks differ from overseas, where cows make the only ‘milk’">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Mark Carney has nominated key areas of cooperation between Canada and Australia as part of middle powers building a new international order. Addressing the federal parliament, with both houses sitting together, Carney once again pressed his now familiar argument for ... <a title="Mark Carney highlights areas of Australian-Canadian cooperation as middle powers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/05/mark-carney-highlights-areas-of-australian-canadian-cooperation-as-middle-powers-277240/" aria-label="Read more about Mark Carney highlights areas of Australian-Canadian cooperation as middle powers">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Denis Muller, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism, The University of Melbourne The astonishingly successful Kyle and Jackie O radio show on KIIS FM is dead. Jackie “O” Henderson resigned and Kyle Sandilands has been suspended for 14 days after he attacked her on air, accusing ... <a title="For 27 years, the Kyle and Jackie O Show indulged Australia’s most vulgar, sexist impulses" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/05/for-27-years-the-kyle-and-jackie-o-show-indulged-australias-most-vulgar-sexist-impulses-277510/" aria-label="Read more about For 27 years, the Kyle and Jackie O Show indulged Australia’s most vulgar, sexist impulses">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Trevor Mazzucchelli, Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology, Curtin University The ceramic bowl with an uneven glaze. The teacup mended with gold lacquer. The images are calming and attractive. They are said to reflect wabi-sabi – a Japanese aesthetic often summarised in the West as valuing imperfection, impermanence ... <a title="What is wabi-sabi? Will this Japanese philosophy make me happy?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/05/what-is-wabi-sabi-will-this-japanese-philosophy-make-me-happy-275786/" aria-label="Read more about What is wabi-sabi? Will this Japanese philosophy make me happy?">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By T.J. Thomson, Associate Professor of Visual Communication & Digital Media, RMIT University Why do you see the results you do when you search for information online? It’s a complex mix of what the source is, its relationships to other sources online, and your own past browsing history ... <a title="Are Google’s ‘preferred sources’ a good thing for online news?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/05/are-googles-preferred-sources-a-good-thing-for-online-news-277372/" aria-label="Read more about Are Google’s ‘preferred sources’ a good thing for online news?">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2026
Asia Pacific Report A new documentary film on the devastating “ecocide” happening in West Papua will be screened at a weekend solidarity forum in Auckland Tāmaki Makaurau this weekend. The 90m feature film, Pesta Babi (“The Pig Feast”) — Colonialism In Our Time, produced by award-winning Papuan journalist Victor Mambor and directed by Dandhy Dwi ... <a title="Devastating new ‘ecocide’ film to premiere at West Papua solidarity forum weekend" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/05/devastating-new-ecocide-film-to-premiere-at-west-papua-solidarity-forum-weekend/" aria-label="Read more about Devastating new ‘ecocide’ film to premiere at West Papua solidarity forum weekend">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Gawthorpe, Lecturer in History and International Studies, Leiden University If Israel and the US hoped their attack on Iran would force the country to capitulate quickly, they were wrong. Despite the death of the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and many other senior figures, Iran has ... <a title="How prepared are the US and its allies for a protracted conflict in Iran?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/05/how-prepared-are-the-us-and-its-allies-for-a-protracted-conflict-in-iran-277454/" aria-label="Read more about How prepared are the US and its allies for a protracted conflict in Iran?">Read more</a>
