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January 16, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sean Richey, Professor, Georgia State University A young girl holds Old Glory at an Independence Day celebration. SDI Productions/E+ via Getty Images Eileen Higgins won a historic victory in December. She became the first woman ever elected mayor of Miami, as well as its first Democratic mayor ... <a title="One cure for sour feelings about politics − getting people to love their hometowns" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/16/one-cure-for-sour-feelings-about-politics-getting-people-to-love-their-hometowns-272876/" aria-label="Read more about One cure for sour feelings about politics − getting people to love their hometowns">Read more</a>
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January 15, 2026
COMMENTARY: By Ian Powell On 14 December 2025, a father and son, reportedly linked to the ISIS clerical fascist organisation, committed a murderous attack on innocent participants at a Jewish celebration on Sydney’s famous Bondi Beach. Fifteen were killed and around 40 seriously injured. There is no way this horrific event can be minimised. It ... <a title="Bondi Beach’s murderous terrorism aftermath – an Aotearoa perspective" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/15/bondi-beachs-murderous-terrorism-aftermath-an-aotearoa-perspective/" aria-label="Read more about Bondi Beach’s murderous terrorism aftermath – an Aotearoa perspective">Read more</a>
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January 15, 2026
By Adam Burns, RNZ News reporter There has been mixed reaction in parts of New Zealand’s red-and-black country — Canterbury — following the shock axing of All Blacks coach Scott Robertson. New Zealand Rugby (NZR) confirmed today the 51-year-old known as “Razor” had departed the position two years early following a recent end-of-season review. A ... <a title="Mixed reactions to shock axing of All Blacks coach Scott Robertson" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/15/mixed-reactions-to-shock-axing-of-all-blacks-coach-scott-robertson/" aria-label="Read more about Mixed reactions to shock axing of All Blacks coach Scott Robertson">Read more</a>
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January 15, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Anthony Albanese’s omnibus bill on hate speech and gun reform is once again exposing Sussan Ley’s lack of authority over her colleagues. Ley on Thursday declared the bill was “pretty unsalvageable”, flagging the Coalition’s expected opposition in next week’s special ... <a title="View from The Hill: Sussan Ley wedged by her own troops on Albanese omnibus legislation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/15/view-from-the-hill-sussan-ley-wedged-by-her-own-troops-on-albanese-omnibus-legislation-272440/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Sussan Ley wedged by her own troops on Albanese omnibus legislation">Read more</a>
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January 15, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ali Mamouri, Research Fellow, Middle East Studies, Deakin University Since the outbreak of the current wave of protests in Iran, two sharply competing narratives have emerged to explain what is unfolding in the streets. For the ruling establishment, the unrest is portrayed as a foreign-engineered plot. They ... <a title="One uprising, two stories: how each side is trying frame the uprising in Iran" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/15/one-uprising-two-stories-how-each-side-is-trying-frame-the-uprising-in-iran-273573/" aria-label="Read more about One uprising, two stories: how each side is trying frame the uprising in Iran">Read more</a>
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January 15, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Susan M Park, Professor of Global Governance, University of Sydney MirageC/Getty The federal government has unveiled new details of its plan to create a A$1.2 billion critical mineral reserve. Three minerals will initially be the focus: antimony, gallium and rare earths (a group of 17 different elements). ... <a title="Australia is betting on a new ‘strategic reserve’ to loosen China’s grip on critical minerals" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/15/australia-is-betting-on-a-new-strategic-reserve-to-loosen-chinas-grip-on-critical-minerals-273337/" aria-label="Read more about Australia is betting on a new ‘strategic reserve’ to loosen China’s grip on critical minerals">Read more</a>
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January 15, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Justin Bergman, International Affairs Editor, The Conversation We used to have a pretty clear idea of what an autocrat was. History is full of examples: Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, Mao Zedong, along with Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping and Viktor Orban today. The list goes on. So, where ... <a title="The Making of an Autocrat: podcast out now" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/15/the-making-of-an-autocrat-podcast-out-now-273457/" aria-label="Read more about The Making of an Autocrat: podcast out now">Read more</a>
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January 15, 2026
By Kaya Selby, RNZ Pacific journalist Just over a week after the United States announced its withdrawal from the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) — China has stepped in to fill the funding gap. President Donald Trump included the scientific organisation among a list of others that US government officials were ordered to withdraw from. ... <a title="China matches US contribution to Pacific environmental body a week after Trump pulls out" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/15/china-matches-us-contribution-to-pacific-environmental-body-a-week-after-trump-pulls-out/" aria-label="Read more about China matches US contribution to Pacific environmental body a week after Trump pulls out">Read more</a>
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January 15, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Milad Haghani, Associate Professor and Principal Fellow in Urban Risk and Resilience, The University of Melbourne Doug Bagg/Unsplash, CC BY The national road trauma data for December last year was just released, which means we now have a full picture of Australia’s road safety outcomes for 2025. ... <a title="Pedestrian deaths just reached an 18-year high. Bull bars are part of the problem" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/15/pedestrian-deaths-just-reached-an-18-year-high-bull-bars-are-part-of-the-problem-273362/" aria-label="Read more about Pedestrian deaths just reached an 18-year high. Bull bars are part of the problem">Read more</a>
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January 15, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By William Gourlay, Teaching Associate in Politics & International Relations at the School of Social Sciences, Monash University Independence Day celebration in Eritrea in 2023. J. Countess/Getty Images The geopolitical temperature is rising in the Red Sea. Ethiopia is threatening Eritrea, its diminutive neighbour, making a claim on ... <a title="Another war in the Horn of Africa would be disastrous for one of the world’s most repressive nations" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/15/another-war-in-the-horn-of-africa-would-be-disastrous-for-one-of-the-worlds-most-repressive-nations-271529/" aria-label="Read more about Another war in the Horn of Africa would be disastrous for one of the world’s most repressive nations">Read more</a>
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January 15, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Morris, Postdoctoral Fellow, Faculty of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Lincoln University, New Zealand Serene Lee/Getty Images Cut the words “please” and “thank you” from your next ChatGPT query and, if you believe some of the talk online, you might think you are helping save the planet. ... <a title="Does adding ‘please’ and ‘thank you’ to your ChatGPT prompts really waste energy?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/15/does-adding-please-and-thank-you-to-your-chatgpt-prompts-really-waste-energy-272258/" aria-label="Read more about Does adding ‘please’ and ‘thank you’ to your ChatGPT prompts really waste energy?">Read more</a>
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January 15, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Graham H. Pyke, Honorary Professor in School of Natural Sciences, Macquarie University A native _Leioproctus_ bee on _Calectasia narragara_. Kit Prendergast/@bee.babette_performer Late last year, the New South Wales government announced an additional A$9.5 million in funding to support honeybee keepers in the wake of the 2022 arrival ... <a title="Native pollinators need more support than honeybees in Australia – here’s why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/15/native-pollinators-need-more-support-than-honeybees-in-australia-heres-why-273238/" aria-label="Read more about Native pollinators need more support than honeybees in Australia – here’s why">Read more</a>
