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April 21, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anja Bless, Lecturer in Sustainability and International Relations, University of Technology Sydney Australia has long been proud of its food production. The nation produces enough to feed 75 million people – and exports 70% of its produce. But this position isn’t guaranteed. Intensifying climate change is putting ... <a title="Overheated cows, flooded highways, and now a fuel crisis: why Australia’s food system is in big trouble" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/21/overheated-cows-flooded-highways-and-now-a-fuel-crisis-why-australias-food-system-is-in-big-trouble-272334/" aria-label="Read more about Overheated cows, flooded highways, and now a fuel crisis: why Australia’s food system is in big trouble">Read more</a>
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April 21, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Shae McCrystal, Professor of Labour Law, University of Sydney Have you ever gone out to bring in your wheelie bin after collection day only to find it still full? That was the situation facing residents of three Melbourne councils this month after council workers missed collections on ... <a title="Why Melbourne council workers are escalating from skipping bins to a full strike" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/21/why-melbourne-council-workers-are-escalating-from-skipping-bins-to-a-full-strike-280823/" aria-label="Read more about Why Melbourne council workers are escalating from skipping bins to a full strike">Read more</a>
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April 21, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sun Yee Yip, Lecturer in Teacher Education, Monash University Australia needs more teachers. It ranks among the worst-performing countries in the OECD for teacher shortages. This is particularly so for public schools. As of December 2025, there was a reported shortfall of 2,600 teachers in Victoria and ... <a title="Australia has access to 20,000 migrant teachers, but is not using them. Why not?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/21/australia-has-access-to-20-000-migrant-teachers-but-is-not-using-them-why-not-280817/" aria-label="Read more about Australia has access to 20,000 migrant teachers, but is not using them. Why not?">Read more</a>
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April 21, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jonathan R. Goodman, Assistant Research Professor, Psychiatry, University of Cambridge Until a few years ago, no one had heard of bixonimania. Then, in 2024, a group of scientists posted findings online announcing the condition, which they claimed affected the eyes after computer use. However, the scientists had ... <a title="The fake disease that fooled the internet — and what it says about all of us" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/21/the-fake-disease-that-fooled-the-internet-and-what-it-says-about-all-of-us-280615/" aria-label="Read more about The fake disease that fooled the internet — and what it says about all of us">Read more</a>
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April 21, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By William Barter, UKRI Future Leaders Fellow, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh Recent findings from research we have been carrying out at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at Cern in Geneva suggest that we might be closing in on signs of undiscovered physics. If confirmed, ... <a title="Our Large Hadron Collider results hint at undiscovered physics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/21/our-large-hadron-collider-results-hint-at-undiscovered-physics-272620/" aria-label="Read more about Our Large Hadron Collider results hint at undiscovered physics">Read more</a>
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April 21, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ximena Nelson, Professor of Animal Behaviour, University of Canterbury Bruce the kea is missing his entire upper beak. Yet he is the alpha bird of his circus (the apt collective noun for a group of New Zealand’s famously playful alpine parrots). As our latest research shows, Bruce ... <a title="How Bruce the half-beak kea weaponised his disability to become the alpha bird" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/21/how-bruce-the-half-beak-kea-weaponised-his-disability-to-become-the-alpha-bird-280993/" aria-label="Read more about How Bruce the half-beak kea weaponised his disability to become the alpha bird">Read more</a>
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April 21, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dan Mennill, Professor and Associate Dean of Science, University of Windsor When Rachel Carson wrote the environmental classic Silent Spring in 1962, she warned that unchecked human impacts might create a silent future. Forty years later, biologists uncovered a striking effect of noise pollution on songbirds. They ... <a title="Paris has successfully cut noise pollution, but urban birds still can’t sing at their natural pitch" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/21/paris-has-successfully-cut-noise-pollution-but-urban-birds-still-cant-sing-at-their-natural-pitch-280229/" aria-label="Read more about Paris has successfully cut noise pollution, but urban birds still can’t sing at their natural pitch">Read more</a>
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April 21, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tamara Krawchenko, Associate Professor, School of Public Administration, University of Victoria The Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe recently called for local and national authorities to work together to help Ukraine recover and rebuild four years after Russia’s full-scale invasion of the ... <a title="Cities helping cities rebuild: How local partnerships are shaping Ukraine’s recovery" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/21/cities-helping-cities-rebuild-how-local-partnerships-are-shaping-ukraines-recovery-280205/" aria-label="Read more about Cities helping cities rebuild: How local partnerships are shaping Ukraine’s recovery">Read more</a>
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April 21, 2026
By Margot Staunton, RNZ Pacific senior journalist The Fiji Police Force has launched a murder investigation following the death of wellknown drug pusher Jone Vakarisi, who died in military custody on Thursday. Police spokesperson Ana Naisoro told RNZ Pacific that “investigators are gathering intelligence to establish the facts and circumstances surrounding the victim’s death”. “The ... <a title="Fiji police confirm murder probe launched into death of man in military custody" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/21/fiji-police-confirm-murder-probe-launched-into-death-of-man-in-military-custody/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji police confirm murder probe launched into death of man in military custody">Read more</a>
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April 20, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Albanese government on Wednesday will unveil the biggest source of cuts in the May 12 budget, when it announces a sweeping overhaul of the National Disability Insurance Scheme. It wants to get the $49 billion-a-year scheme, now growing at ... <a title="NDIS changes to be unveiled on Wednesday will provide budget’s biggest cuts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/20/ndis-changes-to-be-unveiled-on-wednesday-will-provide-budgets-biggest-cuts-280584/" aria-label="Read more about NDIS changes to be unveiled on Wednesday will provide budget’s biggest cuts">Read more</a>
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April 20, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kevin Morrison, Industry Fellow, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney As Australian leaders scramble to secure fuel supplies on the international market, Queensland Premier David Crisafulli has been quick to pitch a domestic option: begin extracting the “sea of oil” in the Taroom Trough, a ... <a title="Is there really untold oil wealth in Queensland’s Taroom Trough? Here’s why scepticism is warranted" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/20/is-there-really-untold-oil-wealth-in-queenslands-taroom-trough-heres-why-scepticism-is-warranted-280707/" aria-label="Read more about Is there really untold oil wealth in Queensland’s Taroom Trough? Here’s why scepticism is warranted">Read more</a>
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April 20, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Renwick, Professor of Physical Geography (Climate Science), Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington At their most intense, the downpours that drove widespread flash flooding across Wellington early on Monday morning would have counted as extreme even by tropical standards. But here in 2026, it ... <a title="An ‘ordinary’ storm with extraordinary impacts: what made Wellington’s deluge so intense?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/20/an-ordinary-storm-with-extraordinary-impacts-what-made-wellingtons-deluge-so-intense-281016/" aria-label="Read more about An ‘ordinary’ storm with extraordinary impacts: what made Wellington’s deluge so intense?">Read more</a>
