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February 8, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Sussan Ley and David Littleproud on Sunday announced an 11th hour patch up of the federal Coalition that the Liberal leader hopes will hold off an early challenge from Angus Taylor. But on Sunday night it was doubtful whether re-forming ... <a title="View from The Hill: will disastrous Newspoll trigger Taylor challenge to Ley, despite Coalition patch-up?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/08/view-from-the-hill-will-disastrous-newspoll-trigger-taylor-challenge-to-ley-despite-coalition-patch-up-275399/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: will disastrous Newspoll trigger Taylor challenge to Ley, despite Coalition patch-up?">Read more</a>
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February 8, 2026
By Wendy Bacon On the eve of his Australian tour, Israel’s President Isaac Herzog faces huge opposition to his visit. In a “National Day of Protest”, hundreds of thousands are expected to march in 30 cities around Australia, including every state capital city tomorrow evening. Herzog’s visit has been opposed by Green Party and several ... <a title="Herzog’s visit to Australia builds conflict not social cohesion" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/08/herzogs-visit-to-australia-builds-conflict-not-social-cohesion/" aria-label="Read more about Herzog’s visit to Australia builds conflict not social cohesion">Read more</a>
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February 8, 2026
Asia Pacific Report Speakers contrasted and condemned settler colonialism strategies in Aotearoa New Zealand and Israel’s illegal occupation and genocide in Palestine at a feisty solidarity rally in Auckland Tāmaki Makaurau today — a day after Waitangi Day, the national holiday marking the 1840 signing of Te Tititi o Waitangi between 46 chiefs and the ... <a title="Lessons in decolonisation – Minto draws parallels between NZ and Gaza injustices" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/08/lessons-in-decolonisation-minto-draws-parallels-between-nz-and-gaza-injustices/" aria-label="Read more about Lessons in decolonisation – Minto draws parallels between NZ and Gaza injustices">Read more</a>
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February 7, 2026
Writing in The Guardian on Thursday, UN Commissioner Chris Sidoti laid out the reasons Israeli President Isaac Herzog should not be welcome in Australia, and urged Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to correct his terrible mistake in inviting him. COMMENTARY: By Chris Sidoti It’s not too late for Anthony Albanese to withdraw the invitation to the ... <a title="Isaac Herzog is accused of inciting genocide in Gaza. He shouldn’t be welcomed to Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/07/isaac-herzog-is-accused-of-inciting-genocide-in-gaza-he-shouldnt-be-welcomed-to-australia/" aria-label="Read more about Isaac Herzog is accused of inciting genocide in Gaza. He shouldn’t be welcomed to Australia">Read more</a>
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February 6, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Sunday’s Newspoll is being keenly awaited by federal Liberals as leadership aspirant Angus Taylor contemplates the timing of a challenge to Sussan Ley. With talks to try to get the federal Coalition together looking near collapse, Taylor danced around the ... <a title="View from The Hill: Angus Taylor circles Ley, as Liberals watch polling and negotiations with Nats" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/06/view-from-the-hill-angus-taylor-circles-ley-as-liberals-watch-polling-and-negotiations-with-nats-274833/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Angus Taylor circles Ley, as Liberals watch polling and negotiations with Nats">Read more</a>
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February 6, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Archana Koirala, Paediatrician and Infectious Diseases Specialist; Clinical Researcher, University of Sydney LSO Photo/Getty Images Australia is battling its biggest rise in whooping cough cases in 35 years. During 2024 and 2025 Australia recorded 82,513 whooping cough cases – the highest number since monitoring began in 1991. ... <a title="Whooping cough cases are at their highest level in 35 years – so why the surge?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/06/whooping-cough-cases-are-at-their-highest-level-in-35-years-so-why-the-surge-275082/" aria-label="Read more about Whooping cough cases are at their highest level in 35 years – so why the surge?">Read more</a>
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February 6, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Hickie, Co-Director, Health and Policy, Brain and Mind Centre, University of Sydney Joel Cauchi’s psychiatrist failed to see the early warning signs of his relapse into psychosis and should be investigated by the Queensland health ombudsman, New South Wales coroner Teresa O’Sullivan has concluded. Cauchi, who ... <a title="Lessons from Bondi Junction attack show what we really need from schizophrenia care" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/06/lessons-from-bondi-junction-attack-show-what-we-really-need-from-schizophrenia-care-275221/" aria-label="Read more about Lessons from Bondi Junction attack show what we really need from schizophrenia care">Read more</a>
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February 6, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emma Palmer, Lecturer in International Law, Griffith University Just four months ago, Timor-Leste formally became a member of the Association of Southeast Asian States (ASEAN). This week, the tiny country took an unprecedented step: its judicial authorities appointed a prosecutor to examine the Myanmar military’s responsibility for ... <a title="With international law at a ‘breaking point’, a tiny country goes after Myanmar’s junta on its own" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/06/with-international-law-at-a-breaking-point-a-tiny-country-goes-after-myanmars-junta-on-its-own-275089/" aria-label="Read more about With international law at a ‘breaking point’, a tiny country goes after Myanmar’s junta on its own">Read more</a>
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February 6, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Eve Vincent, Associate Professor, Anthropology, Macquarie University Pavel Danilyuk/Pexels, CC BY Teeth are one of the most visible markers of poverty: structural circumstances that are individually borne. In an essay for Aeon, US journalist Sarah Smarsh calls them “poor teeth”. She writes: Often, bad teeth are blamed ... <a title="What our teeth reveal about the growing gap between rich and poor" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/06/what-our-teeth-reveal-about-the-growing-gap-between-rich-and-poor-274519/" aria-label="Read more about What our teeth reveal about the growing gap between rich and poor">Read more</a>
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February 6, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ehsan Noroozinejad, Senior Researcher and Sustainable Future Lead, Urban Transformations Research Centre, Western Sydney University Bunnings, The Conversation Australia is in a deep housing crisis. The latest National Housing Supply and Affordability Council analysis shows the country is likely to fall more than a quarter-of-a-million homes short ... <a title="Bunnings’ backyard pods won’t fix the housing crisis, but they signal a shift" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/06/bunnings-backyard-pods-wont-fix-the-housing-crisis-but-they-signal-a-shift-275210/" aria-label="Read more about Bunnings’ backyard pods won’t fix the housing crisis, but they signal a shift">Read more</a>
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February 6, 2026
By Layla Bailey-McDowell, RNZ Māori news journalist Climate change has been a key focus for iwi leaders gathering at Waitangi this week, as coastal communities across New Zealand’s North Island recover from recent severe weather events. The National Iwi Chairs Forum, representing more than 70 iwi, has been meeting to set priorities for the year ... <a title="Climate change a priority for NZ’s iwi leaders at Waitangi" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/06/climate-change-a-priority-for-nzs-iwi-leaders-at-waitangi/" aria-label="Read more about Climate change a priority for NZ’s iwi leaders at Waitangi">Read more</a>
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February 6, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Celeste Rodriguez Louro, Associate Professor, Chair of Linguistics and Director of Language Lab, The University of Western Australia Aelitta / Getty Images Claims that artificial intelligence (AI) is on the verge of surpassing human intelligence have become commonplace. According to some commentators, rapid advances in large language ... <a title="Why comparisons between AI and human intelligence miss the point" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/06/why-comparisons-between-ai-and-human-intelligence-miss-the-point-274621/" aria-label="Read more about Why comparisons between AI and human intelligence miss the point">Read more</a>
