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March 30, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Locky Xianglong Liu, Research fellow, Centre of Policy Studies, Victoria University With fuel prices staying high, the federal government has announced a halving of the fuel excise for three months. This will cost the federal budget A$2.55 billion, according to Treasurer Jim Chalmers. This will cut the ... <a title="Halving the fuel excise is smart politics, but flawed policy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/30/halving-the-fuel-excise-is-smart-politics-but-flawed-policy-279535/" aria-label="Read more about Halving the fuel excise is smart politics, but flawed policy">Read more</a>
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March 30, 2026
ANALYSIS: Introduced by Robert Reich From time to time, I post transcripts I’ve come across of particularly insightful conversations. Here’s one that’s particularly relevant to the US “No Kings” Day protests at the weekend. Recently, The Conversation hosted a webinar in which executive editor and general manager Beth Daley interviewed John Shattuck, professor of practice ... <a title="Regime change: What Americans can learn from other nonviolent civil activism movements" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/30/regime-change-what-americans-can-learn-from-other-nonviolent-civil-activism-movements/" aria-label="Read more about Regime change: What Americans can learn from other nonviolent civil activism movements">Read more</a>
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March 30, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rachael Burgin, Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Criminal Justice, Swinburne University of Technology Sexual violence causes profound trauma and many victims seek counselling and support in its wake. Access to counselling is crucial to promote recovery for victim-survivors. Like anyone seeking health care, victim-survivors have a reasonable ... <a title="Rapists’ lawyers are using their victim-survivors’ counselling notes in court. This needs to stop" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/30/rapists-lawyers-are-using-their-victim-survivors-counselling-notes-in-court-this-needs-to-stop-279314/" aria-label="Read more about Rapists’ lawyers are using their victim-survivors’ counselling notes in court. This needs to stop">Read more</a>
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March 30, 2026
In this episode of A View from Afar, political scientist and former Pentagon Analyst Paul Buchanan and journalist Selwyn Manning deep-dive into the US-Israel war in the Middle East.
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March 30, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Albanese government will halve the excise on petrol and diesel and reduce the heavy vehicle road user charge to zero, both for three months, at a budget cost of $2.55 billion. Halving the fuel excise will cut the cost ... <a title="Government slashes fuel excise, heavy vehicles charge for 3 months at cost of $2.55 billion" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/30/government-slashes-fuel-excise-heavy-vehicles-charge-for-3-months-at-cost-of-2-55-billion-279207/" aria-label="Read more about Government slashes fuel excise, heavy vehicles charge for 3 months at cost of $2.55 billion">Read more</a>
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March 30, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Saman Gorji, Associate Professor, Renewable Energy and Electrical Engineering, Deakin University Most Australians now understand the basic promise of rooftop solar: lower power bills, cleaner electricity and, for some households, the option to charge an electric vehicle at home for far less than the cost of petrol. ... <a title="Australia’s rooftop solar boom left apartment residents behind. Here’s how to fix it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/30/australias-rooftop-solar-boom-left-apartment-residents-behind-heres-how-to-fix-it-279082/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s rooftop solar boom left apartment residents behind. Here’s how to fix it">Read more</a>
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March 30, 2026
ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on March 30, 2026.
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March 30, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emily Dollman, Head, Music Education and Pedagogy, Adelaide University Music is a wonderful addition to your baby’s life from the earliest days. Hearing is one of the first senses to develop in the womb, and by birth a baby’s hearing is fully functioning. This means hearing our ... <a title="My baby loves children’s music, but I don’t – what can we listen to together?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/30/my-baby-loves-childrens-music-but-i-dont-what-can-we-listen-to-together-274525/" aria-label="Read more about My baby loves children’s music, but I don’t – what can we listen to together?">Read more</a>
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March 30, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Terry Goldsworthy, Associate Professor in Criminal Justice and Criminology, Bond University For more than 200 days, police killer Dezi Freeman was on the run in the harsh bush terrain of north-east Victoria after shooting and killing two police officers in August 2025. Freeman was reportedly shot dead ... <a title="After 216 days on the run, how was Dezi Freeman caught and what happens now?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/30/after-216-days-on-the-run-how-was-dezi-freeman-caught-and-what-happens-now-264196/" aria-label="Read more about After 216 days on the run, how was Dezi Freeman caught and what happens now?">Read more</a>
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March 30, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Terry Goldsworthy, Associate Professor in Criminal Justice and Criminology, Bond University For more than 200 days, police killer Dezi Freeman was on the run in the harsh bush terrain of north-east Victoria after shooting and killing two police officers in August 2025. Freeman was reportedly shot dead ... <a title="After more than 200 days on the run, how was Dezi Freeman caught and what happens now?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/30/after-more-than-200-days-on-the-run-how-was-dezi-freeman-caught-and-what-happens-now-264196/" aria-label="Read more about After more than 200 days on the run, how was Dezi Freeman caught and what happens now?">Read more</a>
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March 30, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joanne Wallis, Professor of International Security, Adelaide University Last year, Australia was reminded of China’s willingness to exercise its growing naval power in the region. In February, a Chinese flotilla circumnavigated the country and conducted live-fire drills in the Tasman Sea. And in November, a powerful Chinese ... <a title="Yes, China has made inroads in the Pacific, but Australia still does far more" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/30/yes-china-has-made-inroads-in-the-pacific-but-australia-still-does-far-more-276877/" aria-label="Read more about Yes, China has made inroads in the Pacific, but Australia still does far more">Read more</a>
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March 30, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Keith Christian, Professor of Zoology, Charles Darwin University Earth is teeming with life: creatures big and small have spread and adapted to vastly different environments. Many animals can also change their physiology – how their bodies function – in response to local fluctuations. Just think of hibernating ... <a title="Tropical geckos in Australia are more adaptable than we thought" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/30/tropical-geckos-in-australia-are-more-adaptable-than-we-thought-266777/" aria-label="Read more about Tropical geckos in Australia are more adaptable than we thought">Read more</a>
