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January 30, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Opposition Leader Sussan Ley on Friday allocated responsibilities formerly held by the Nationals to existing Liberal shadow ministers on a temporary basis. This will get the opposition through the next parliamentary week, starting Tuesday. It also gives the Nationals a ... <a title="Sussan Ley fills frontbench holes temporarily, giving a brief window for Nationals to rethink Coalition split" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/30/sussan-ley-fills-frontbench-holes-temporarily-giving-a-brief-window-for-nationals-to-rethink-coalition-split-274030/" aria-label="Read more about Sussan Ley fills frontbench holes temporarily, giving a brief window for Nationals to rethink Coalition split">Read more</a>
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January 30, 2026
By Agnese Boffano in London As Meta, TikTok, Instagram and X continue to dominate online social spaces, a new platform called UpScrolled has entered the scene. It is not built around dances or memes, but instead positions itself as a space promising fewer shadowbans and greater freedom of political expression, particularly for pro-Palestinian voices. So, ... <a title="UpScrolled – the pro-Palestine platform shaking up social media" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/30/upscrolled-the-pro-palestine-platform-shaking-up-social-media/" aria-label="Read more about UpScrolled – the pro-Palestine platform shaking up social media">Read more</a>
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January 30, 2026
ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on January 30, 2026.
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January 30, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Benjamin Liu, Senior Lecturer in Commercial Law, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Getty Images Most of us would agree fairness is a good guiding principle in life. Actually defining and applying it in the law, however, isn’t quite so simple. Since March last year, New Zealand’s ... <a title="NZ’s finance industry is required by law to treat customers fairly – but how do we define ‘fair’?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/30/nzs-finance-industry-is-required-by-law-to-treat-customers-fairly-but-how-do-we-define-fair-272413/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s finance industry is required by law to treat customers fairly – but how do we define ‘fair’?">Read more</a>
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January 30, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kai Riemer, Professor of Information Technology and Organisation, University of Sydney Egor Komarov/Unsplash How do you translate ancient Palmyrene script from a Roman tombstone? How many paired tendons are supported by a specific sesamoid bone in a hummingbird? Can you identify closed syllables in Biblical Hebrew based ... <a title="AI is failing ‘Humanity’s Last Exam’. So what does that mean for machine intelligence?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/30/ai-is-failing-humanitys-last-exam-so-what-does-that-mean-for-machine-intelligence-274620/" aria-label="Read more about AI is failing ‘Humanity’s Last Exam’. So what does that mean for machine intelligence?">Read more</a>
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January 30, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Kemish, Adjunct Professor, School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry, The University of Queensland Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Davos speech should unsettle Australian strategic thinkers, who have been raised in the belief the US alliance is the unshakeable foundation of Australia’s regional security. Carney’s point – ... <a title="Australia needs to get real about Trump’s changing America" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/30/australia-needs-to-get-real-about-trumps-changing-america-274424/" aria-label="Read more about Australia needs to get real about Trump’s changing America">Read more</a>
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January 30, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Allen Cheng, Professor of Infectious Diseases, Monash University An outbreak of the deadly Nipah virus in India has put many countries in Asia on high alert, given the fatality rate in humans can be between 40% and 75%. Several countries, including Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore, have introduced ... <a title="What is Nipah virus? And what makes it so deadly?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/30/what-is-nipah-virus-and-what-makes-it-so-deadly-274725/" aria-label="Read more about What is Nipah virus? And what makes it so deadly?">Read more</a>
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January 30, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephan Blum, Research Associate, Institute for Prehistory and Early History and Medieval Archaeology, University of Tübingen Imagine a city that thrived for thousands of years, its streets alive with workshops, markets and the laughter of children, yet that is remembered for a single night of fire. That ... <a title="Rethinking Troy: how years of careful peace, not epic war, shaped this bronze age city" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/30/rethinking-troy-how-years-of-careful-peace-not-epic-war-shaped-this-bronze-age-city-272833/" aria-label="Read more about Rethinking Troy: how years of careful peace, not epic war, shaped this bronze age city">Read more</a>
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January 30, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Williams, Professor of Palaeobiology, University of Leicester Pigeons are well-suited to urban living, and are outcompeting distinctive local species around the world. Wirestock Creators / shutterstock The age of humans is increasingly an age of sameness. Across the planet, distinctive plants and animals are disappearing, replaced ... <a title="Welcome to the ‘Homogenocene’: how humans are making the world’s wildlife dangerously samey" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/30/welcome-to-the-homogenocene-how-humans-are-making-the-worlds-wildlife-dangerously-samey-274092/" aria-label="Read more about Welcome to the ‘Homogenocene’: how humans are making the world’s wildlife dangerously samey">Read more</a>
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January 30, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Pan Wang, Associate Professor in Chinese and Asian Studies, UNSW Sydney Qianlong / AP A Chinese personal safety app called Are You Dead? – recently rebranded as Demumu – has gone viral in recent weeks, attracting widespread media attention. Behind its sudden popularity lie deeper social transformations, ... <a title="Are You Dead? China’s viral app reveals a complex reality of solo living and changing social ties" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/30/are-you-dead-chinas-viral-app-reveals-a-complex-reality-of-solo-living-and-changing-social-ties-274536/" aria-label="Read more about Are You Dead? China’s viral app reveals a complex reality of solo living and changing social ties">Read more</a>
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January 30, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By A/Prof. Elmira Jamei, Associate professor, Victoria University This week, Victoria recorded its hottest day in nearly six years. On Tuesday, the northwest towns of Walpeup and Hopetoun reached 48.9°C, and the temperature in parts of Melbourne soared over 45°C. Towns in South Australia also broke heat records. ... <a title="We know how to cool our cities and towns. So why aren’t we doing it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/30/we-know-how-to-cool-our-cities-and-towns-so-why-arent-we-doing-it-273341/" aria-label="Read more about We know how to cool our cities and towns. So why aren’t we doing it?">Read more</a>
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January 30, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Allison Creed, Lecturer and Curriculum Designer, Cognitive Linguistics, The University of Melbourne karelnoppe/Getty I recently watched a participant at a wine tasting freeze when asked for their opinion. “It’s … nice?” they ventured, clearly wanting to say more but lacking the specific vocabulary to do so. The ... <a title="‘Bold’. ‘Elegant’. ‘Introverted’? How words describing wine get lost in translation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/30/bold-elegant-introverted-how-words-describing-wine-get-lost-in-translation-274415/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Bold’. ‘Elegant’. ‘Introverted’? How words describing wine get lost in translation">Read more</a>
