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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>
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January 30, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Phoebe Hart, Associate Professor, Film Screen & Animation, Queensland University of Technology ABC Raise a paw if your dog ever helped you to meet a new two-legged friend? The premise of ABC’s Dog Park capitalises on the fact pet ownership in Australia is increasing, with canines being ... <a title="Dog parks are an unexploited arena for a television dramedy – so now we have ABC’s Dog Park" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/30/dog-parks-are-an-unexploited-arena-for-a-television-dramedy-so-now-we-have-abcs-dog-park-273458/" aria-label="Read more about Dog parks are an unexploited arena for a television dramedy – so now we have ABC’s Dog Park">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Liberal manoeuvrings for an assault on Sussan Ley’s leadership don’t lack transparency. As members of the Liberal Party gathered in Melbourne on Thursday to attend the memorial service for former colleague Katie Allen, leadership aspirants Andrew Hastie and Angus ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: 2 aspirants who are unlikely to suit the times vie for the Liberal leadership" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/29/grattan-on-friday-2-aspirants-who-are-unlikely-to-suit-the-times-vie-for-the-liberal-leadership-274029/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: 2 aspirants who are unlikely to suit the times vie for the Liberal leadership">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amin Saikal, Emeritus Professor of Middle Eastern Studies, Australian National University; The University of Western Australia; Victoria University The United States and the Islamic Republic of Iran are once again on the brink of a major confrontation. This would have terrible ramifications for both countries, the region ... <a title="With Iran weakened, Trump’s end goal may now be regime change. It’s an incredibly risky gamble" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/29/with-iran-weakened-trumps-end-goal-may-now-be-regime-change-its-an-incredibly-risky-gamble-274626/" aria-label="Read more about With Iran weakened, Trump’s end goal may now be regime change. It’s an incredibly risky gamble">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Megan Prictor, Associate Professor in Health Technology Law, The University of Melbourne On Wednesday, the federal government announced plans to reform how medications are dispensed and tracked, aiming to reduce unsafe use, stockpiling and “doctor shopping”. This will include two stages. First, the government will require all ... <a title="The government wants to track your medicines – here’s why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/29/the-government-wants-to-track-your-medicines-heres-why-274532/" aria-label="Read more about The government wants to track your medicines – here’s why">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kathryn Benier, Senior Lecturer in Criminology, Monash University Olegs Jonins/Unsplash Reports that Victoria Police are issuing anti-association orders to “youth gang members” has sparked fresh debate about how to best deal with youth gang violence in Australia. These orders have previously been used to reduce the presence ... <a title="Why are some young people attracted to gangs and what are some evidence-based solutions?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/29/why-are-some-young-people-attracted-to-gangs-and-what-are-some-evidence-based-solutions-265072/" aria-label="Read more about Why are some young people attracted to gangs and what are some evidence-based solutions?">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Draper, Professor, and Executive Director: Institute for International Trade, and Director of the Jean Monnet Centre of Trade and Environment, Adelaide University The “mother of all deals”: that’s how European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen described the new free trade agreement between the European Union ... <a title="What the ‘mother of all deals’ between India and the EU means for global trade" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/29/what-the-mother-of-all-deals-between-india-and-the-eu-means-for-global-trade-274515/" aria-label="Read more about What the ‘mother of all deals’ between India and the EU means for global trade">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Keiran Hardy, Associate Professor, Griffith Criminology Institute, Griffith University As controversy over Australia’s new hate laws continues, last weekend’s so-called March for Australia rallies were the latest in a string of events that have raised the temperature of public debate. It’s hard to generalise about the motivations ... <a title="What is extremism, and how do we decide?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/29/what-is-extremism-and-how-do-we-decide-274419/" aria-label="Read more about What is extremism, and how do we decide?">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jessica Kolbusz, Research Fellow, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Western Australia NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, 2019 Southeastern U.S. Deep-sea Exploration When most of us look out at the ocean, we see a mostly flat blue surface stretching to the horizon. It’s easy ... <a title="Submarine mountains and long-distance waves stir the deepest parts of the ocean" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/29/submarine-mountains-and-long-distance-waves-stir-the-deepest-parts-of-the-ocean-274124/" aria-label="Read more about Submarine mountains and long-distance waves stir the deepest parts of the ocean">Read more</a>
