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January 9, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Prime Minister Anthony Albanese prides himself with being in tune with the public mood. But in holding out for weeks against a royal commission into antisemitism he misjudged that mood, making Thursday’s backdown on his hardline opposition a humiliation for ... <a title="View from The Hill: Albanese’s backflip on royal commission is a humiliating own goal" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/09/view-from-the-hill-albaneses-backflip-on-royal-commission-is-a-humiliating-own-goal-272439/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Albanese’s backflip on royal commission is a humiliating own goal">Read more</a>
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January 9, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brian Oliver, Professor, School of Life Sciences, University of Technology Sydney The distinctive smell of smoke in summer is often all you need to know there is a bushfire burning. Even if the fire is many kilometres away, the drop in air quality can be harmful for ... <a title="How to protect yourself from bushfire smoke" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/09/how-to-protect-yourself-from-bushfire-smoke-272065/" aria-label="Read more about How to protect yourself from bushfire smoke">Read more</a>
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January 9, 2026
ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on January 9, 2026.
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January 9, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Josh Roose, Associate Professor of Politics, Deakin University After weeks of mounting pressure, the government has called a royal commission to look into antisemitism and social cohesion in Australia. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese appointed former High Court judge Virginia Bell to chair the wide-ranging inquiry. It’s required ... <a title="These are the 6 key questions the antisemitism royal commission needs to answer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/09/these-are-the-6-key-questions-the-antisemitism-royal-commission-needs-to-answer-273010/" aria-label="Read more about These are the 6 key questions the antisemitism royal commission needs to answer">Read more</a>
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January 9, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jason Sharples, Professor of Bushfire Dynamics, School of Science, UNSW Canberra, UNSW Sydney Bushfires are strongly driven by weather: hot, dry and windy conditions can combine to create the perfect environment for flames to spread across the landscape. But sometimes the relationship flips: fires can generate their ... <a title="When bushfires make their own weather" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/09/when-bushfires-make-their-own-weather-273008/" aria-label="Read more about When bushfires make their own weather">Read more</a>
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January 9, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mia Cobb, Research Fellow, Animal Welfare Science Centre, The University of Melbourne Anna Tarazevich/Pexels The multi-day heatwave conditions have arrived this summer, with temperatures soaring past 45°C in some regions. While we may head to shopping centres or cinemas to stay comfortable, we need to consider the ... <a title="Pets suffer in extreme heat. An animal welfare expert explains how we can help them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/09/pets-suffer-in-extreme-heat-an-animal-welfare-expert-explains-how-we-can-help-them-273007/" aria-label="Read more about Pets suffer in extreme heat. An animal welfare expert explains how we can help them">Read more</a>
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January 9, 2026
SPECIAL REPORT: By Scott Waide, RNZ Pacific PNG correspondent A Papua New Guinea police operation in Tsak Valley, Enga Province, in the early hours of Friday, 2 January 2026 — which resulted in five deaths — has prompted calls for an independent investigation following sharply differing accounts of events from police and community sources, as ... <a title="PNG’s lethal Tsak Valley raid and deeper crisis over guns, policing, trust in Enga" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/09/pngs-lethal-tsak-valley-raid-and-deeper-crisis-over-guns-policing-trust-in-enga/" aria-label="Read more about PNG’s lethal Tsak Valley raid and deeper crisis over guns, policing, trust in Enga">Read more</a>
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January 9, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Roberta Garrett, Senior Lecturer in Literature and Cultural Studies, University of East London For films and books about Shakespeare’s life, there is little source material to draw on beyond the few known facts of the great writer’s parentage, hometown, marriage, children, property and death. Shakespeare biopics therefore ... <a title="Hamnet: by centring Anne Hathaway, this sensuous film gives Shakespeare’s world new life" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/09/hamnet-by-centring-anne-hathaway-this-sensuous-film-gives-shakespeares-world-new-life-272969/" aria-label="Read more about Hamnet: by centring Anne Hathaway, this sensuous film gives Shakespeare’s world new life">Read more</a>
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January 9, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jonathan Paul, Associate Professor in Earth Science, Royal Holloway, University of London Greenland’s concentration of natural resource wealth is tied to its hugely varied geological history over the past 4 billion years. Jane Rix/Shutterstock Greenland, the largest island on Earth, possesses some of the richest stores of ... <a title="Greenland is rich in natural resources – a geologist explains why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/09/greenland-is-rich-in-natural-resources-a-geologist-explains-why-273022/" aria-label="Read more about Greenland is rich in natural resources – a geologist explains why">Read more</a>
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January 9, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Harvey, PhD Researcher, Global Agriculture and Food Systems, University of Edinburgh; University of Exeter Pixel-Shot/Shutterstock Cutting down the amount of meat we eat helps reduce greenhouse gas emissions associated with agriculture. But what about the meat that our pet dogs eat? Our new study shows that ... <a title="Your dog’s dinner could be worse for the planet than your own – new research" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/09/your-dogs-dinner-could-be-worse-for-the-planet-than-your-own-new-research-271865/" aria-label="Read more about Your dog’s dinner could be worse for the planet than your own – new research">Read more</a>
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January 9, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Scarlett Howard, Research Fellow, School of Biological Sciences, Monash University Scarlett Howard Humans have always been fascinated with space. We frequently question whether we are alone in the universe. If not, what does intelligent life look like? And how would aliens communicate? The possibility of extraterrestrial life ... <a title="Can we use bees as a model of intelligent alien life to develop interstellar communication?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/09/can-we-use-bees-as-a-model-of-intelligent-alien-life-to-develop-interstellar-communication-271524/" aria-label="Read more about Can we use bees as a model of intelligent alien life to develop interstellar communication?">Read more</a>
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January 9, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jean-Nicolas Bordeleau, Research Fellow, Jeff Bleich Centre for Democracy and Disruptive Technologies, Flinders University Amid increasing polarisation, disinformation and economic anxieties, the health of representative democracies will be tested in elections across all continents in 2026. There are four pivotal elections that will either reinforce democratic norms ... <a title="4 pivotal elections around the world that will pose a test to democracy in 2026" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/09/4-pivotal-elections-around-the-world-that-will-pose-a-test-to-democracy-in-2026-270882/" aria-label="Read more about 4 pivotal elections around the world that will pose a test to democracy in 2026">Read more</a>
