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January 21, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Angela Jackson, Social Policy Commissioner, Productivity Commission, and Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Tasmania Deb Cohn-Orbach/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images At the start of the new year, many of us will commit to joining a gym, eating healthier or cutting back on drinking and smoking. We ... <a title="A stronger focus on prevention could help governments rein in health care and social spending" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/21/a-stronger-focus-on-prevention-could-help-governments-rein-in-health-care-and-social-spending-273801/" aria-label="Read more about A stronger focus on prevention could help governments rein in health care and social spending">Read more</a>
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January 21, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emma Beckett, Senior Lecturer, Nutrition and Food Science, Australian Catholic University RDNE Stock project/Pexels Work is finished, and you’re tired and hungry. Maybe you’re rushing home or to daycare pickup. You know you should be cooking dinner from scratch for the healthiest choice but that isn’t going ... <a title="How to cut down on trans fats if cooking from scratch isn’t an option" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/21/how-to-cut-down-on-trans-fats-if-cooking-from-scratch-isnt-an-option-269806/" aria-label="Read more about How to cut down on trans fats if cooking from scratch isn’t an option">Read more</a>
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January 21, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Angela Jackson, Social Policy Commissioner, Productivity Commission, and Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Tasmania Deb Cohn-Orbach/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images At the start of the new year, many of us will commit to joining a gym, eating healthier or cutting back on drinking and smoking. We ... <a title="A stronger focus on prevention could help governments rein in healthcare and social spending" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/21/a-stronger-focus-on-prevention-could-help-governments-rein-in-healthcare-and-social-spending-273801/" aria-label="Read more about A stronger focus on prevention could help governments rein in healthcare and social spending">Read more</a>
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January 21, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brenton Griffin, Academic Status in the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, Flinders University Netflix The new Netflix documentary Evil Influencer: The Jodi Hildebrandt Story, directed by Skye Borgman, seeks to understand the shocking crimes of both Hildebrandt and business partner Ruby Franke. In 2023, Hildebrandt ... <a title="What Evil Influencer: The Jodi Hildebrandt Story tells us about Mormonism" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/21/what-evil-influencer-the-jodi-hildebrandt-story-tells-us-about-mormonism-272810/" aria-label="Read more about What Evil Influencer: The Jodi Hildebrandt Story tells us about Mormonism">Read more</a>
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January 21, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicholas Ross Smith, Senior Research Fellow, National Centre for Research on Europe, University of Canterbury Sean Gallup/Getty Images In the wake of the US military intervention in Venezuela and Donald Trump’s repeated threats towards Greenland, a wave of pessimism has swept the western world. For countries wedded ... <a title="How NZ can survive – and even thrive – in Trump’s new world of great-power rivalry" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/21/how-nz-can-survive-and-even-thrive-in-trumps-new-world-of-great-power-rivalry-273575/" aria-label="Read more about How NZ can survive – and even thrive – in Trump’s new world of great-power rivalry">Read more</a>
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January 21, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kaveh Madani, Director of the Institute for Water, Environment and Health, United Nations University The world is now using so much fresh water amid the consequences of climate change that it has entered an era of water bankruptcy, with many regions no longer able to bounce back ... <a title="The world is in water bankruptcy, UN scientists report – here’s what that means" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/21/the-world-is-in-water-bankruptcy-un-scientists-report-heres-what-that-means-273213/" aria-label="Read more about The world is in water bankruptcy, UN scientists report – here’s what that means">Read more</a>
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January 21, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Nationals have defied shadow cabinet solidarity, voting in the Senate against the government’s hate crime legislation, which passed late Tuesday night with the support of the Liberals. The Nationals’ action puts new strain on Coalition relations, and is destabilising ... <a title="View from The Hill: defiant Nationals break with Liberals over hate bill, putting strain on Coalition" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/21/view-from-the-hill-defiant-nationals-break-with-liberals-over-hate-bill-putting-strain-on-coalition-272437/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: defiant Nationals break with Liberals over hate bill, putting strain on Coalition">Read more</a>
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January 21, 2026
COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle Donald Trump is a classic example of why you don’t let bullies prosper. “Trump is cutting the last threads of the tattered cloth of ‘the rules-based international order’ — the self-serving system that touted international law as long as it didn’t apply to the US and its allies. The Canadians, the ... <a title="Eugene Doyle: Look where appeasing a bully has led the West – Greenland, and then?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/21/eugene-doyle-look-where-appeasing-a-bully-has-led-the-west-greenland-and-then/" aria-label="Read more about Eugene Doyle: Look where appeasing a bully has led the West – Greenland, and then?">Read more</a>
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January 20, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jon Piccini, Senior Lecturer in History, Australian Catholic University US President Donald Trump’s invitation of selected world leaders, including Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, to join a “Board of Peace” has sparked a predictable mix of deep concern and morbid humour. One particular point of contention is that ... <a title="It may not be perfect, but history shows Australia cannot turn its back on the UN" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/20/it-may-not-be-perfect-but-history-shows-australia-cannot-turn-its-back-on-the-un-273896/" aria-label="Read more about It may not be perfect, but history shows Australia cannot turn its back on the UN">Read more</a>
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January 20, 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 US President Donald Trump has announced the formation of his “Board of Peace”, inaugurating the second phase of his 20-point peace plan for Gaza. The board has already caused ... <a title="Should Australia join Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’? Here are 5 key points to consider" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/20/should-australia-join-trumps-board-of-peace-here-are-5-key-points-to-consider-273794/" aria-label="Read more about Should Australia join Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’? Here are 5 key points to consider">Read more</a>
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January 20, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vic Camilieri-Asch, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Queensland University of Technology Four people have now been bitten by sharks in the last two days in New South Wales, including three in Sydney Harbour. Two people are in critical condition. The shark species responsible isn’t yet known. But some of ... <a title="Bull sharks are spending longer in Sydney Harbour and other summer grounds. Here’s how you can stay safe" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/20/bull-sharks-are-spending-longer-in-sydney-harbour-and-other-summer-grounds-heres-how-you-can-stay-safe-273897/" aria-label="Read more about Bull sharks are spending longer in Sydney Harbour and other summer grounds. Here’s how you can stay safe">Read more</a>
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January 20, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yixiao Zhou, Associate Professor in Economics and Director of China Economy Program, Australian National University China’s economy met the government’s official growth target in 2025, with official figures showing real gross domestic product (GDP) expanded by 5%. Exports played an outsized role in delivering this headline growth. ... <a title="To sustain prosperity as its population shrinks, China will have to invest big at home" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/20/to-sustain-prosperity-as-its-population-shrinks-china-will-have-to-invest-big-at-home-273894/" aria-label="Read more about To sustain prosperity as its population shrinks, China will have to invest big at home">Read more</a>
