
Billions are spent on child mental health services without knowing if they work in the long term
Child mental health services are supposed to change lives. So why don’t we measure whether they actually do?
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Child mental health services are supposed to change lives. So why don’t we measure whether they actually do?

The minister cancelling his press club appearance was embarrassing and revealing.

A new review looked at 1,734 people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). But it couldn’t separate pesticide from other risk factors, such as head trauma.

Race Around the World emphasises on-screen personalities, light entertainment and not-too-critical feedback. What is being left unsaid?

The outgoing union leader said that beyond the new Victorian royal commission, ‘a lot more needs to be done’ to fight corruption in construction Australia-wide.

In an apparent Australian first, an attack on a Victorian defence manufacturer is being investigated as a potential act of far-left terror.
ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on August 5, 2026.

Keith Rankin writes; January 1956: "In a famous interview with Life magazine, Dulles formalized his philosophy of 'Brinkmanship', boasting that intentionally pushing the Soviet Union and China to the very verge of nuclear war was a 'necessary art' to secure peace." Is such Dulles-style brinkmanship Nato's present doctrine against Russia?

Even with human rights safeguards in place, the new convention risks giving authoritarian regimes new tools to target their critics.

Part-time students are more than twice as likely to drop out of university than their full-time peers. How can unis better support this vulnerable group?

A new review links to eating less protein to longer lifespans and improved metabolism. But lots of this evidence comes from animals, not humans.

Presented as Russia’s Michael McIntyre, Sasha Nezlobin is having to nearly start over in exile.