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April 28, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gediminas Lipnickas, Senior Lecturer in Marketing, Adelaide University There’s now a vast, rapidly expanding global trade in counterfeit goods: imitation clothes, shoes and electronics, and even fake cosmetics and pharmaceuticals. Some fake products can pose serious health risks to unsuspecting buyers. Health authorities have warned consumers to ... <a title="From fake medicines to watches, counterfeits are everywhere and getting harder to catch" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/28/from-fake-medicines-to-watches-counterfeits-are-everywhere-and-getting-harder-to-catch-281525/" aria-label="Read more about From fake medicines to watches, counterfeits are everywhere and getting harder to catch">Read more</a>
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April 28, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bianca McBryde, PhD Candidate, Behavioural Ecology and Conservation, University of Sydney From brightly coloured birds to the much-loved sugar glider, Australia’s native animals are a sight to behold. The island continent is home to nearly 600,000 plants, animals and insects, many of which are found nowhere else ... <a title="Possums and gliders are pushing a native bird to extinction. What can we do?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/28/possums-and-gliders-are-pushing-a-native-bird-to-extinction-what-can-we-do-281431/" aria-label="Read more about Possums and gliders are pushing a native bird to extinction. What can we do?">Read more</a>
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April 28, 2026
ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on April 28, 2026.
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April 28, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Imogen Richards, Senior Lecturer in Criminology, Deakin University The Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion will deliver its interim report to the governor-general by April 30. Public hearings will follow, defining antisemitism and its effects on Jewish Australians. As a researcher of political violence, I provided ... <a title="Banning protest slogans won’t end antisemitism. We need to understand the complex forces driving it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/28/banning-protest-slogans-wont-end-antisemitism-we-need-to-understand-the-complex-forces-driving-it-272151/" aria-label="Read more about Banning protest slogans won’t end antisemitism. We need to understand the complex forces driving it">Read more</a>
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April 28, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ben Rich, Director of the Curtin Extremism Research Network (CERN), Curtin University As the United States and Israel launched their war on Iran in late February, the social media posts by some US national security agencies took a particular turn. With missiles and bombs raining down, Pentagon ... <a title="You’d better start paying attention to the manosphere. You’re living in it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/28/youd-better-start-paying-attention-to-the-manosphere-youre-living-in-it-279547/" aria-label="Read more about You’d better start paying attention to the manosphere. You’re living in it">Read more</a>
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April 28, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Samara Ranie, PhD Student, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland The quail is a small, unassuming bird that glides rather than flies and prefers to hide under bushes than to perch on top of a tree. And now, it’s also helping scientists understand serious birth ... <a title="Fluorescent quail embryos could help solve serious birth defects in humans" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/28/fluorescent-quail-embryos-could-help-solve-serious-birth-defects-in-humans-277090/" aria-label="Read more about Fluorescent quail embryos could help solve serious birth defects in humans">Read more</a>
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April 28, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Craig Stevens, Professor in Ocean Physics, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau; Earth Sciences New Zealand A rare dataset collected by instruments at the point where Antarctica’s largest ice shelf begins to float reveals ocean processes that drive melting at this critical part of the continent. During ... <a title="Antarctica’s ice shelves are vulnerable to melting from below – knowing how far ocean heat reaches is crucial" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/28/antarcticas-ice-shelves-are-vulnerable-to-melting-from-below-knowing-how-far-ocean-heat-reaches-is-crucial-278195/" aria-label="Read more about Antarctica’s ice shelves are vulnerable to melting from below – knowing how far ocean heat reaches is crucial">Read more</a>
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April 28, 2026
ANALYSIS: By Jeremy Scahill Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has been on a strategic tour to prepare for two dramatically different paths that could unfold in the coming days — a return to diplomacy or a resumption of the war with the US and Israel. While President Donald Trump has claimed that the Iranian government ... <a title="As Trump’s narrative on negotiations flails, Iran is setting its own terms for ending the war" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/28/as-trumps-narrative-on-negotiations-flails-iran-is-setting-its-own-terms-for-ending-the-war/" aria-label="Read more about As Trump’s narrative on negotiations flails, Iran is setting its own terms for ending the war">Read more</a>
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April 28, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra A Coalition government would boost Australia’s minimum fuel reserve to 60 days, and deliver at least one billion litres of new storage with a $800 million Fuel Security Facility. The opposition, making the announcement on Monday, said the new storage ... <a title="Coalition would boost Australia’s fuel reserve to 60 days" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/28/coalition-would-boost-australias-fuel-reserve-to-60-days-281142/" aria-label="Read more about Coalition would boost Australia’s fuel reserve to 60 days">Read more</a>
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April 28, 2026
RNZ Pacific The Fiji Prime Minister has thrown his government’s support behind a controversial waste-to-energy project at Vuda Point in the country’s Western Division despite “a delay”. The multi-million-dollar “Fiji Energy from Waste Project”, backed by Australian billionaire Ian Malouf and Fiji-born businessman Robert Cromb’s company The Next Generation (TNG) Fiji, has been making headlines ... <a title="Fiji PM Rabuka gives govt support for controversial waste-to-energy project" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/28/fiji-pm-rabuka-gives-govt-support-for-controversial-waste-to-energy-project/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji PM Rabuka gives govt support for controversial waste-to-energy project">Read more</a>
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April 28, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Isrrah Malabanan, PhD Candidate in Transport Engineering, The University of Melbourne Electric vehicle purchases in Australia have surged amid the ongoing war in Iran, as drivers worry about rising fuel costs. The big drawcard: much cheaper running costs. As of 22 April, A$1 of electricity takes an ... <a title="Bought a new EV? Here’s a quick guide to driving and charging" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/28/bought-a-new-ev-heres-a-quick-guide-to-driving-and-charging-280363/" aria-label="Read more about Bought a new EV? Here’s a quick guide to driving and charging">Read more</a>
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April 28, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ray Wills, Adjunct Professor, The University of Western Australia Over the last two months, nations have scrambled to shore up oil supplies as the Iran war prevented oil tankers moving through the Strait of Hormuz. This, according to some global analysts, would lead to a downturn for ... <a title="Is oil king again? China’s surging cleantech exports show the opposite is true" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/28/is-oil-king-again-chinas-surging-cleantech-exports-show-the-opposite-is-true-281349/" aria-label="Read more about Is oil king again? China’s surging cleantech exports show the opposite is true">Read more</a>
