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April 24, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bamo Nouri, Honorary Research Fellow, Department of International Politics, City St George’s, University of London Let’s begin with a simple question that rarely gets a straight answer: what would victory over Iran actually look like? In Washington and Jerusalem, the answers tend to sound definitive: eliminate Iran’s ... <a title="Middle East conflict looks increasingly like a war nobody can win" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/24/middle-east-conflict-looks-increasingly-like-a-war-nobody-can-win-281253/" aria-label="Read more about Middle East conflict looks increasingly like a war nobody can win">Read more</a>
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April 24, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brigid Rooney, Associate Professor (Affiliate), Australian Literature, University of Sydney David George Joseph Malouf AO, one of Australia’s most accomplished, internationally renowned and beloved writers, has died aged 92. Malouf’s novels are cherished by readers – from Johnno (1975), An Imaginary Life (1978), Child’s Play (1981) and ... <a title="David Malouf was a writer of wisdom, grace and generosity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/24/david-malouf-was-a-writer-of-wisdom-grace-and-generosity-223011/" aria-label="Read more about David Malouf was a writer of wisdom, grace and generosity">Read more</a>
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April 24, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Cantrell, Senior Lecturer in Humanities, University of Southern Queensland Some historical events are so catastrophic they resist comprehension. And yet they compel us to try to understand them, again and again. Chernobyl is one of them. On April 26, 1986, at 1:23am, Reactor No. 4 at ... <a title="Chernobyl at 40: the lies, the loss and why we can’t let go" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/24/chernobyl-at-40-the-lies-the-loss-and-why-we-cant-let-go-280369/" aria-label="Read more about Chernobyl at 40: the lies, the loss and why we can’t let go">Read more</a>
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April 24, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jesse Kearse, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington The magnitude of an earthquake depends on how far a rupture travels along a fault line before it stops. For the first time, we have now directly observed how a large earthquake comes to ... <a title="Seismic ‘whiplash’ – new research shows what happens when earthquakes stop suddenly" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/24/seismic-whiplash-new-research-shows-what-happens-when-earthquakes-stop-suddenly-280846/" aria-label="Read more about Seismic ‘whiplash’ – new research shows what happens when earthquakes stop suddenly">Read more</a>
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April 24, 2026
By Jeremy Loffredo of Drop Site News Prominent Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil has been killed in what appeared to be a targeted attack by the Israeli military in the town of Tyre in southern Lebanon. Her employer, Al-Akhbar, confirmed the death of their correspondent on Wednesday evening. Khalil and Zeinab Faraj, a freelance photojournalist, were ... <a title="Targeted Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil bombed and left to die by Israel" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/24/targeted-lebanese-journalist-amal-khalil-bombed-and-left-to-die-by-israel/" aria-label="Read more about Targeted Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil bombed and left to die by Israel">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Politically, it’s a very bad time to be a baby boomer. It is not just that intergenerational equity has become, rightly, a priority for Labor. It’s also that this government, which always has an ear cocked to public opinion, is ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Politically, the baby boomers’ day is done" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/23/grattan-on-friday-politically-the-baby-boomers-day-is-done-281138/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Politically, the baby boomers’ day is done">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Phil Brewer, Professor in Plant Biology, La Trobe University Whether it’s tucking into some toast, dumplings or a bowl of fresh pasta, humans love eating wheat. Wheat is the most widely grown cereal crop in the world. It’s produced by harvesting the dry, edible seeds of a ... <a title="We eat a lot of wheat. So how can we grow more in a changing climate?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/23/we-eat-a-lot-of-wheat-so-how-can-we-grow-more-in-a-changing-climate-271846/" aria-label="Read more about We eat a lot of wheat. So how can we grow more in a changing climate?">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tracy Comans, Professor, School of Public Health, The University of Queensland; The University of Melbourne This week, we learned older people in home-based aged care will no longer have to pay out-of-pocket for showering, dressing and continence care. This backflip will provide relief for those currently receiving ... <a title="A free shower is the least older people can expect. But aged care funding misses one key point" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/23/a-free-shower-is-the-least-older-people-can-expect-but-aged-care-funding-misses-one-key-point-281228/" aria-label="Read more about A free shower is the least older people can expect. But aged care funding misses one key point">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anita Manfreda, Associate Professor – Blue Mountains International Hotel Management School, Torrens University Australia Trying to book a flight right now can feel absurd. Qantas and Virgin Australia are warning that higher fuel costs and disruption linked to the Middle East conflict are putting pressure on fares ... <a title="Airlines are facing higher fuel costs and cutting fares at the same time. How does that work?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/23/airlines-are-facing-higher-fuel-costs-and-cutting-fares-at-the-same-time-how-does-that-work-281219/" aria-label="Read more about Airlines are facing higher fuel costs and cutting fares at the same time. How does that work?">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jessica Gildersleeve, Professor of English Literature, University of Southern Queensland As early as the poetry of AB “Banjo” Paterson, urban Australians have been drawn to the pastoral fantasy of the outback, in which, as Paterson famously puts it, “the drover’s life has pleasures that the townsfolk never ... <a title="Alphabet Lane is an unsettling new drama that rejects the myth of the idyllic country life" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/23/alphabet-lane-is-an-unsettling-new-drama-that-rejects-the-myth-of-the-idyllic-country-life-279214/" aria-label="Read more about Alphabet Lane is an unsettling new drama that rejects the myth of the idyllic country life">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joyce Siette, Associate Professor | Deputy Director, The MARCS Institute for Brain, Behaviour and Development, Western Sydney University Over recent weeks, speculation has grown about US President Donald Trump’s erratic behaviour during the US-Israel war on Iran. While questioning Trump’s mental fitness for office, various commentators have ... <a title="We can’t know if Donald Trump has dementia. Even if he did, it wouldn’t excuse his actions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/23/we-cant-know-if-donald-trump-has-dementia-even-if-he-did-it-wouldnt-excuse-his-actions-281131/" aria-label="Read more about We can’t know if Donald Trump has dementia. Even if he did, it wouldn’t excuse his actions">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alice Neikirk, Program Convenor, Criminology, University of Newcastle April 25 1896 was a significant date in the history of women’s legal rights in Australia. Two things happened on this day: women, including Aboriginal women, voted for the first time in Australia, thanks to a Constitutional Amendment passed ... <a title="Long before the Anzacs, April 25 was the day women in Australia got the right to vote" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/23/long-before-the-anzacs-april-25-was-the-day-women-in-australia-got-the-right-to-vote-278528/" aria-label="Read more about Long before the Anzacs, April 25 was the day women in Australia got the right to vote">Read more</a>
