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February 25, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Victorians faces a state election late this year, with the Labor government pitching for a fourth term. A key issue will be the government’s failure to deal with thuggery and corruption in the building industry, centred on the Construction, Forestry ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Geoffrey Watson calls for a royal commission on the CFMEU scandal" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/25/politics-with-michelle-grattan-geoffrey-watson-calls-for-a-royal-commission-on-the-cfmeu-scandal-276861/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Geoffrey Watson calls for a royal commission on the CFMEU scandal">Read more</a>
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February 25, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vivienne Milligan, Honorary Professor of Housing Policy and Practice, City Futures Research Centre, UNSW Sydney Finding and affording adequate housing is a challenge many Australians face, but few more so than First Nations people. New national research shows unmet housing need among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ... <a title="More than 45,000 Indigenous households lack adequate housing. Here’s what must change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/25/more-than-45-000-indigenous-households-lack-adequate-housing-heres-what-must-change-276626/" aria-label="Read more about More than 45,000 Indigenous households lack adequate housing. Here’s what must change">Read more</a>
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February 25, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kath Albury, Professor of Media and Communication and Associate Investigator, ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making + Society, Swinburne University of Technology Gay and bisexual people in Australia are being targeted in violent attacks facilitated through dating and social media apps. A recent investigation by the ... <a title="Dating apps are facilitating LGBTQ+ hate crimes. How can users stay safe?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/25/dating-apps-are-facilitating-lgbtq-hate-crimes-how-can-users-stay-safe-276862/" aria-label="Read more about Dating apps are facilitating LGBTQ+ hate crimes. How can users stay safe?">Read more</a>
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February 25, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ann McCormack, Conjoint Associate Professor in Endocrinology, UNSW Sydney You may have noticed a plethora of reels and posts on social media claiming cortisol “spikes” are harmful. Some warn against drinking coffee on an empty stomach or even doing certain exercises lest they “spike” your cortisol levels. ... <a title="Cortisol ‘spikes’ are normal, so when is cortisol a real problem?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/25/cortisol-spikes-are-normal-so-when-is-cortisol-a-real-problem-267006/" aria-label="Read more about Cortisol ‘spikes’ are normal, so when is cortisol a real problem?">Read more</a>
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February 25, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Arup George, Research Manager, UNSW Sydney India has formally joined the United States’ flagship international alliance on artificial intelligence (AI) supply chain security: “Pax Silica”. Officials from both countries signed the Pax Silica declaration on the sidelines of a major AI summit in New Delhi last week. ... <a title="Why India joining the US alliance on AI tech is an opportunity for Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/25/why-india-joining-the-us-alliance-on-ai-tech-is-an-opportunity-for-australia-274115/" aria-label="Read more about Why India joining the US alliance on AI tech is an opportunity for Australia">Read more</a>
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February 25, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Micah Goldwater, Associate Professor, School of Psychology, Faculty of Science, University of Sydney As kids, many of us are told that if we go outside with wet hair, we’ll catch a cold. And as adults, we might spend an extra few minutes drying our hair before stepping ... <a title="I’m educated and a fan of science. So why do I follow superstitions?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/25/im-educated-and-a-fan-of-science-so-why-do-i-follow-superstitions-276398/" aria-label="Read more about I’m educated and a fan of science. So why do I follow superstitions?">Read more</a>
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February 25, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Starner, Lecturer in Drama, Australian Catholic University Summer of the Seventeenth Doll, a 1955 play by Ray Lawler is as canonical an Australian play as you can get. On its premiere, it was credited with ushering a new era of assuredness in Australian theatre: telling Australian ... <a title="70 years of ‘the Doll’: how Ray Lawler’s trilogy offers a strikingly bold vision for our future" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/25/70-years-of-the-doll-how-ray-lawlers-trilogy-offers-a-strikingly-bold-vision-for-our-future-275081/" aria-label="Read more about 70 years of ‘the Doll’: how Ray Lawler’s trilogy offers a strikingly bold vision for our future">Read more</a>
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February 25, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Diepstraten, Senior Research Officer, Blood Cells and Blood Cancer Division, WEHI (Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research) An estimated 170,000 Australians were diagnosed with cancer in 2025. Many people know the causes of cancer are partly genetic. But how do your genes, which contribute ... <a title="What is a ‘cancer gene’? How genetic mutations lead to cancer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/25/what-is-a-cancer-gene-how-genetic-mutations-lead-to-cancer-276272/" aria-label="Read more about What is a ‘cancer gene’? How genetic mutations lead to cancer">Read more</a>
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February 25, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jonathan Tonkin, Professor of Ecology and Rutherford Discovery Fellow, University of Canterbury In the summer of 2022, extreme heat and unprecedented drought drove parts of the world’s third largest river, the Yangtze, to dry up. The impacts for hydropower, shipping and industry in China were severe, immediate ... <a title="Extreme weather is transforming the world’s rivers. We need new ways to protect them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/25/extreme-weather-is-transforming-the-worlds-rivers-we-need-new-ways-to-protect-them-276358/" aria-label="Read more about Extreme weather is transforming the world’s rivers. We need new ways to protect them">Read more</a>
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February 25, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Barbara Barbosa Neves, Senior Horizon Fellow, AI and Ageing, University of Sydney Australia’s Royal Commission into Aged Care found a broken system. Now, technology companies are promising artificial intelligence (AI) will fix everything, from staff shortages to older people’s loneliness. This is known as agetech, an industry ... <a title="AI companies promise to ‘fix’ aged care, but they’re selling a false narrative" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/25/ai-companies-promise-to-fix-aged-care-but-theyre-selling-a-false-narrative-275822/" aria-label="Read more about AI companies promise to ‘fix’ aged care, but they’re selling a false narrative">Read more</a>
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February 25, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kathryn Russell, Research Fellow, Urban Stream Geomorphology, The University of Melbourne A growing number of new housing developments feature a little known but powerful bit of tech: smart rainwater tanks. That’s where the rainwater tank next to each house is fitted with a little computer to open ... <a title="How ‘smart’ rainwater tanks can help keep platypus habitat healthy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/25/how-smart-rainwater-tanks-can-help-keep-platypus-habitat-healthy-269816/" aria-label="Read more about How ‘smart’ rainwater tanks can help keep platypus habitat healthy">Read more</a>
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February 25, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Gawthorpe, Lecturer in History and International Studies, Leiden University As the US continues to assemble military assets in the Middle East and Europe ahead of a possible strike against Iran, Donald Trump is running up against two problems that have plagued American presidents before him. The ... <a title="Trump’s plan for strikes on Iran carries major risks – and the US military knows it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/25/trumps-plan-for-strikes-on-iran-carries-major-risks-and-the-us-military-knows-it-276775/" aria-label="Read more about Trump’s plan for strikes on Iran carries major risks – and the US military knows it">Read more</a>
