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February 3, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Claire Henry, Associate Professor in Screen, Flinders University Getty Images Around the world, lawmakers are grappling with how to better protect young people from online harms such as cyberbullying, sexual exploitation and AI-generated “deepfake” images. Recent reforms overseas – notably Australia’s landmark move to restrict young people’s ... <a title="As Australia’s online harm crackdown reshapes the debate, NZ must find its own path" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/03/as-australias-online-harm-crackdown-reshapes-the-debate-nz-must-find-its-own-path-274723/" aria-label="Read more about As Australia’s online harm crackdown reshapes the debate, NZ must find its own path">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Nationals Leader David Littleproud easily saw off a token move to spill the party leadership on Monday. But he is now under immense pressure to reach a deal with Liberal leader Sussan Ley to put the Coalition together again. With ... <a title="View from The Hill: Littleproud and Ley turn on the music for another attempt at the two step" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/02/view-from-the-hill-littleproud-and-ley-turn-on-the-music-for-another-attempt-at-the-two-step-274835/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Littleproud and Ley turn on the music for another attempt at the two step">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vicki Lowik, Adjunct Research Fellow, School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Sciences, CQUniversity Australia New South Wales is set to become the first jurisdiction in the country to end the use of good character references in the sentencing of convicted criminals. The government will introduce a bill ... <a title="NSW is ditching good character references in sentencing. Will the rest of the country follow?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/02/nsw-is-ditching-good-character-references-in-sentencing-will-the-rest-of-the-country-follow-274842/" aria-label="Read more about NSW is ditching good character references in sentencing. Will the rest of the country follow?">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Griffiths, Democracy Deputy Program Director, Grattan Institute The Conversation, CC BY-SA Australia’s political parties set new records in funds raised and spent in the lead-up to the 2025 federal election. Now, nine months later, Australians finally get a look at who funded the parties’ election campaigns. ... <a title="New data show where the parties got their money from in the lead-up to the 2025 election" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/02/new-data-show-where-the-parties-got-their-money-from-in-the-lead-up-to-the-2025-election-274739/" aria-label="Read more about New data show where the parties got their money from in the lead-up to the 2025 election">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Clare Collins, Laureate Professor in Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Newcastle Olga Pankova/Getty Images Coffee first entered human lives and veins over 600 years ago. Now we consume an average of almost two kilos per person each year – sometimes with very specific preferences about blends and ... <a title="Does coffee raise your blood pressure? Here’s how much it’s OK to drink" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/02/does-coffee-raise-your-blood-pressure-heres-how-much-its-ok-to-drink-270955/" aria-label="Read more about Does coffee raise your blood pressure? Here’s how much it’s OK to drink">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Lee, Associate Professor in Property and Real Estate, Deakin University Australia’s corporate regulator has secured refunds of A$40 million to more than 38,000 investors in risky financial products, following a review of the industry. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) raised concerns that marketing of ... <a title="ASIC flags $40 million in refunds after review of risky financial products" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/02/asic-flags-40-million-in-refunds-after-review-of-risky-financial-products-274426/" aria-label="Read more about ASIC flags $40 million in refunds after review of risky financial products">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christopher Lean, Research Fellow in Philosophy, Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology, Macquarie University Ross Stone/Unsplash Less than a year ago, United States company Colossal Biosciences announced it had “resurrected” the dire wolf, a megafauna-hunting wolf species that had been extinct for 10,000 years. Within two days ... <a title="Some companies claim they can ‘resurrect’ species. Does that make people more comfortable with extinction?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/02/some-companies-claim-they-can-resurrect-species-does-that-make-people-more-comfortable-with-extinction-273583/" aria-label="Read more about Some companies claim they can ‘resurrect’ species. Does that make people more comfortable with extinction?">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Kirby, Construction Industry Consultant, Auckland University of Technology Getty Images New Zealand’s residential construction industry contributes roughly NZ$26 billion annually to the economy and employs around 70,000 workers. Yet despite its significance and scale, the sector’s productivity levels have flatlined since the mid-1980s. In housing construction, ... <a title="NZ’s $2.5 billion shoddy building bill: how to fix the ‘build now, fix later’ culture" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/02/nzs-2-5-billion-shoddy-building-bill-how-to-fix-the-build-now-fix-later-culture-272145/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s $2.5 billion shoddy building bill: how to fix the ‘build now, fix later’ culture">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gabrielle Appleby, Professor of Law, UNSW Law School, UNSW Sydney More than two years on, you’d be forgiven for thinking the story of the failure of the referendum on an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice has been neatly folded away and filed as a story of ... <a title="Why the Voice referendum failed – and what the government hasn’t learned from it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/02/why-the-voice-referendum-failed-and-what-the-government-hasnt-learned-from-it-255969/" aria-label="Read more about Why the Voice referendum failed – and what the government hasn’t learned from it">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tilman Ruff, Honorary Principal Fellow, School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne The New START treaty, the last remaining agreement constraining Russian and US nuclear weapons, is due to lapse on February 4. There are no negotiations to extend the terms of the treaty, ... <a title="The only remaining US-Russia nuclear treaty expires this week. Could a new arms race soon accelerate?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/02/the-only-remaining-us-russia-nuclear-treaty-expires-this-week-could-a-new-arms-race-soon-accelerate-269508/" aria-label="Read more about The only remaining US-Russia nuclear treaty expires this week. Could a new arms race soon accelerate?">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John White, Associate Professor in Wildlife and Conservation Biology, Deakin University John Smith , CC BY-ND The Australian authority that regulates pesticides has finally released its long-delayed review of the rodenticide poisons used by millions of Australians to combat rat and mice infestations. As researchers who study ... <a title="Household rat poisons found to be ‘unacceptable risk’ to native animals. So why aren’t they banned?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/02/household-rat-poisons-found-to-be-unacceptable-risk-to-native-animals-so-why-arent-they-banned-272346/" aria-label="Read more about Household rat poisons found to be ‘unacceptable risk’ to native animals. So why aren’t they banned?">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Howard, Senior Lecturer, Discipline of English and Writing, University of Sydney As summer has well and truly set in, we hope you’re able to while away some hours in the comfort of air-conditioning. And what better way to spend that time than with some new treats ... <a title="Gay ice-hockey players, lesbian space princesses, and cute dogs: what to watch in February" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/02/gay-ice-hockey-players-lesbian-space-princesses-and-cute-dogs-what-to-watch-in-february-273799/" aria-label="Read more about Gay ice-hockey players, lesbian space princesses, and cute dogs: what to watch in February">Read more</a>
