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April 22, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Fotini Vasilopoulos, Postdoctoral Researcher, Matilda Centre for Research in Mental Health and Substance Use, University of Sydney Pretend play is a significant and often magical part of childhood. Children have huge imaginations and use these to turn rocks into spaceships, tables into forts or pens into fairies. ... <a title="Pretend play is a magical part of childhood. New research suggests it can also help mental health" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/22/pretend-play-is-a-magical-part-of-childhood-new-research-suggests-it-can-also-help-mental-health-281121/" aria-label="Read more about Pretend play is a magical part of childhood. New research suggests it can also help mental health">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris Evans, Emeritus Professor, School of Accounting, Auditing and Taxation, UNSW Sydney It looks increasingly likely Treasurer Jim Chalmers will make changes to the capital gains tax (CGT) discount in the federal budget in May. Under the current system, a person who has held an asset for ... <a title="Tinkering with the capital gains tax discount isn’t enough. Here’s why it needs to go" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/22/tinkering-with-the-capital-gains-tax-discount-isnt-enough-heres-why-it-needs-to-go-280577/" aria-label="Read more about Tinkering with the capital gains tax discount isn’t enough. Here’s why it needs to go">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra From October people will no longer have to pay to receive help with showering, dressing and support in managing continence, in changes to home care packages to be announced by Health Minister Mark Butler on Wednesday. Under the aged care ... <a title="Government finally to cover full cost of showering under home care program" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/22/government-finally-to-cover-full-cost-of-showering-under-home-care-program-281140/" aria-label="Read more about Government finally to cover full cost of showering under home care program">Read more</a>
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April 21, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Next month’s federal budget is an even tighter balancing act than usual, with Treasurer Jim Chalmers facing global economic uncertainty, a fuel crisis and the need to juggle cost-of-living relief with combating inflation. The government has been weighing up changes ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: former minister Ed Husic on why Labor must ‘stare down’ gas companies over tax" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/21/politics-with-michelle-grattan-former-minister-ed-husic-on-why-labor-must-stare-down-gas-companies-over-tax-281124/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: former minister Ed Husic on why Labor must ‘stare down’ gas companies over tax">Read more</a>
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April 21, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Nationals leader Matt Canavan is giving the concept of the political “ground game” a new twist in the Farrer byelection. Canavan is literally camping out in the southern New South Wales electorate, despite the Nationals seemingly having no chance of ... <a title="View from The Hill: It’s a chilly campaign for Matt Canavan in Farrer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/21/view-from-the-hill-its-a-chilly-campaign-for-matt-canavan-in-farrer-280583/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: It’s a chilly campaign for Matt Canavan in Farrer">Read more</a>
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April 21, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marcus Michelangeli, Lecturer, Environmental Sustainability and Management, Griffith University Fish or sharks on cocaine might sound like something dreamed up in a Hollywood writers’ room, but the reality is far less entertaining. Increasingly, scientists are detecting cocaine and other powerful drugs in aquatic environments, and even in ... <a title="Coked to the gills? Cocaine-laced wastewater can make salmon roam twice as far" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/21/coked-to-the-gills-cocaine-laced-wastewater-can-make-salmon-roam-twice-as-far-281126/" aria-label="Read more about Coked to the gills? Cocaine-laced wastewater can make salmon roam twice as far">Read more</a>
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April 21, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Townsend, Research Fellow, UQ School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences, The University of Queensland In a significant development in the battle against brain injury in sport, teams from the National Rugby League (NRL) and the National Rugby League for Women (NRLW) are now required to ... <a title="The NRL has just taken a giant step forward with brain injury prevention. Other leagues must follow" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/21/the-nrl-has-just-taken-a-giant-step-forward-with-brain-injury-prevention-other-leagues-must-follow-281119/" aria-label="Read more about The NRL has just taken a giant step forward with brain injury prevention. Other leagues must follow">Read more</a>
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April 21, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Podger, Honorary Professor of Public Policy, Australian National University The public service isn’t often considered highly newsworthy, but when it comes to how much senior heads get paid, it ignites public discussion. Depending on the department, some heads now earn more than A$1 million a year. ... <a title="Some senior bureaucrats earn more than $1 million a year. How did we get here?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/21/some-senior-bureaucrats-earn-more-than-1-million-a-year-how-did-we-get-here-281009/" aria-label="Read more about Some senior bureaucrats earn more than $1 million a year. How did we get here?">Read more</a>
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April 21, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rajat Roy, Associate Professor, Bond Business School, Bond University Today, Apple announced the tech company’s longtime chief executive Tim Cook will step down and transition to the role of executive chairman of Apple’s board of directors. This change will take effect from September 1 2026. John Ternus, ... <a title="Apple chief executive Tim Cook resigns after 15 years. What’s next for the tech giant?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/21/apple-chief-executive-tim-cook-resigns-after-15-years-whats-next-for-the-tech-giant-281122/" aria-label="Read more about Apple chief executive Tim Cook resigns after 15 years. What’s next for the tech giant?">Read more</a>
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April 21, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Hawkins, Head, Canberra School of Government, University of Canberra After two decades of declining cash use, Australians are handing over more banknotes and coins for regular purchases again, a new survey by the Reserve Bank has found. The decline in the use of physical money had ... <a title="Why cash has made an unexpected comeback in Australia: new study" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/21/why-cash-has-made-an-unexpected-comeback-in-australia-new-study-281029/" aria-label="Read more about Why cash has made an unexpected comeback in Australia: new study">Read more</a>
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April 21, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Suze Wilson, Associate Professor, School of Management and Marketing Te Kahui Kahurangi, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has survived a caucus leadership vote and stays on as National Party leader. But the questions about his leadership style that brought the issue ... <a title="Luxon lives on as leader. Public perception is a tougher challenge" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/21/luxon-lives-on-as-leader-public-perception-is-a-tougher-challenge-281112/" aria-label="Read more about Luxon lives on as leader. Public perception is a tougher challenge">Read more</a>
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April 21, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris Taylor, Research Fellow, Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University The loss of our forests is one of the biggest environmental challenges of our time. Forests are key to curbing carbon emissions and protecting the plants, animals and humans that call Earth home. However, ... <a title="Our efforts to halt global forest loss aren’t working: new research" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/21/our-efforts-to-halt-global-forest-loss-arent-working-new-research-280368/" aria-label="Read more about Our efforts to halt global forest loss aren’t working: new research">Read more</a>
