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April 17, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rebekah Moles, Professor in Pharmacy Practice, University of Sydney The pill is the most common way Australian women avoid getting pregnant. Almost 30% of Australian women who use contraception take the pill. Now, several state and territory governments are giving women greater access to the pill. Just ... <a title="Want to get the pill without seeing a GP? Here’s what you need to know" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/17/want-to-get-the-pill-without-seeing-a-gp-heres-what-you-need-to-know-280719/" aria-label="Read more about Want to get the pill without seeing a GP? Here’s what you need to know">Read more</a>
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April 17, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Viet Nguyen-Tien, Research Economist, London School of Economics and Political Science When the Strait of Hormuz first closed in March and oil hit US$120 a barrel, a very old question came back: is this finally the moment electric vehicles take off for good – or just another ... <a title="Electric vehicles pass tipping point, breaking the link with oil prices" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/17/electric-vehicles-pass-tipping-point-breaking-the-link-with-oil-prices-280655/" aria-label="Read more about Electric vehicles pass tipping point, breaking the link with oil prices">Read more</a>
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April 17, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne A DemosAU poll has Labor down three points on primary votes since February to just 26%, with Labor and One Nation now tied. The total vote for ... <a title="DemosAU gives Labor one of its worst poll results this term" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/17/demosau-gives-labor-one-of-its-worst-poll-results-this-term-280270/" aria-label="Read more about DemosAU gives Labor one of its worst poll results this term">Read more</a>
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April 17, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Melanie O’Brien, Professor of International Law, The University of Western Australia In early April, one of Australia’s most decorated soldiers, Ben Roberts-Smith, was arrested and charged with five war crimes of murder. These charges were brought under the Commonwealth Criminal Code Act. On Friday, a bail hearing ... <a title="‘Exceptional circumstances’: why was Ben Roberts-Smith granted bail?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/17/exceptional-circumstances-why-was-ben-roberts-smith-granted-bail-280453/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Exceptional circumstances’: why was Ben Roberts-Smith granted bail?">Read more</a>
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April 17, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rusty Langdon, Senior Research Consultant, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney More than 60% of battery system installation work inspected under a federal government green energy program is substandard and 1.2% unsafe, according to a recent report by the Clean Energy Regulator. The Cheaper Home ... <a title="More than 60% of home battery installations inspected in Australia are ‘substandard’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/17/more-than-60-of-home-battery-installations-inspected-in-australia-are-substandard-280449/" aria-label="Read more about More than 60% of home battery installations inspected in Australia are ‘substandard’">Read more</a>
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April 17, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marika Sosnowski, Senior research fellow, The University of Melbourne After weeks of bombardments in southern Lebanon that have killed more than 2,000 people and displaced more than one million residents, Israel has announced a ten-day ceasefire with Lebanon. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, however, vowed to keep ... <a title="Israel and Lebanon have signed a ceasefire. But this isn’t a tidy end to a war and attention moves on quickly" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/17/israel-and-lebanon-have-signed-a-ceasefire-but-this-isnt-a-tidy-end-to-a-war-and-attention-moves-on-quickly-280816/" aria-label="Read more about Israel and Lebanon have signed a ceasefire. But this isn’t a tidy end to a war and attention moves on quickly">Read more</a>
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April 17, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marta Khomyn, Senior Lecturer, Finance and Data Analytics, Adelaide University Elon Musk’s space exploration company SpaceX has filed confidential papers ahead of a planned public company listing on the US NASDAQ stock exchange. The initial public offering (IPO) for the company controlled by the world’s richest man ... <a title="Musk’s SpaceX is shaping up as the biggest IPO on record. It’s also bending the rules to do so" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/17/musks-spacex-is-shaping-up-as-the-biggest-ipo-on-record-its-also-bending-the-rules-to-do-so-280271/" aria-label="Read more about Musk’s SpaceX is shaping up as the biggest IPO on record. It’s also bending the rules to do so">Read more</a>
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April 17, 2026
By Stephanie Tran of Michael West Media The Supreme Court of New South Wales has struck down the state’s draconian anti-protest laws, ruling they impose an “impermissible burden” on political communication and are invalid. In a landmark decision yesterday, the court declared key provisions of the anti-protest laws introduced after the Bondi terrorist attack unconstitutional, ... <a title="‘Unconstitutional’ – NSW court strikes down Minns’ draconian anti-protest laws" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/17/unconstitutional-nsw-court-strikes-down-minns-draconian-anti-protest-laws/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Unconstitutional’ – NSW court strikes down Minns’ draconian anti-protest laws">Read more</a>
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April 17, 2026
By Giff Johnson, editor, Marshall Islands Journal/RNZ Pacific correspondent Most government offices in the Marshall Islands began enforcing a new policy this week of closing by 3pm daily as a way to conserve fuel given uncertainties of fuel supply globally. The move is to save energy and reduce the strain on the Marshalls Energy Company’s ... <a title="Marshall Islands government shuts down at 3pm daily amid fuel crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/17/marshall-islands-government-shuts-down-at-3pm-daily-amid-fuel-crisis/" aria-label="Read more about Marshall Islands government shuts down at 3pm daily amid fuel crisis">Read more</a>
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April 17, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lauren Ball, Professor of Community Health and Wellbeing, The University of Queensland Injectable peptides are generating a lot of buzz online. One of these is retatrutide, a drug that’s being described as the next big thing in weight loss. Some say it may be even more powerful ... <a title="Will retatrutide help me lose weight or look ‘shredded’?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/17/will-retatrutide-help-me-lose-weight-or-look-shredded-280580/" aria-label="Read more about Will retatrutide help me lose weight or look ‘shredded’?">Read more</a>
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April 17, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Damien Kingsbury, Emeritus Professor, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Deakin University Among the cruel ironies of the Myanmar civil war, now in its sixth year, is that for an army that is struggling to conscript soldiers, the Myanmar junta has repeatedly bombed its own troops held ... <a title="The Myanmar civil war is at stalemate – but anti-junta forces may be gaining the upper hand" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/17/the-myanmar-civil-war-is-at-stalemate-but-anti-junta-forces-may-be-gaining-the-upper-hand-277733/" aria-label="Read more about The Myanmar civil war is at stalemate – but anti-junta forces may be gaining the upper hand">Read more</a>
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April 17, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emmy van Esch, Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Management and International Business, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau The ability to function effectively in intercultural settings has been termed “cultural intelligence” – and it is often celebrated as a kind of modern superpower. But our latest research reveals ... <a title="Nurses with higher cultural competence don’t always perform better – new study" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/17/nurses-with-higher-cultural-competence-dont-always-perform-better-new-study-279846/" aria-label="Read more about Nurses with higher cultural competence don’t always perform better – new study">Read more</a>
