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February 20, 2026
By Margot Staunton, RNZ Pacific senior journalist Fiji’s former Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama and ex-police commissioner Sitiveni Qiliho are out on bail after appearing in court, charged with inciting mutiny. The pair appeared for a first call before the Suva Magistrates Court yesterday and were granted bail under strict conditions. Magistrate Yogesh Prasad also issued ... <a title="Former Fiji prime minister and ex-police commissioner on bail in inciting mutiny case" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/20/former-fiji-prime-minister-and-ex-police-commissioner-on-bail-in-inciting-mutiny-case/" aria-label="Read more about Former Fiji prime minister and ex-police commissioner on bail in inciting mutiny case">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2026
From curbing protests to controlling what can be said in Australia, state and Federal Labor governments are becoming authoritarian. Next in line is the thought police entering campus. Nick Riemer reports for Michael West Media. ANALYSIS: By Nick Riemer In December, the NSW Labor government gave itself the power to ban street marches for an ... <a title="‘Antisemitism training’ at universities. Labor’s march to authoritarianism" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/19/antisemitism-training-at-universities-labors-march-to-authoritarianism/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Antisemitism training’ at universities. Labor’s march to authoritarianism">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra This week we pressed the rewind button on the Pauline tape, back to Hanson maxing out with inflammatory statements about Muslims, attracting a blaze of publicity and widespread outrage. Or, given One Nation’s surging polls, have we pushed the fast ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Can Angus Taylor get beyond slogans to craft a sound immigration policy?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/19/grattan-on-friday-can-angus-taylor-get-beyond-slogans-to-craft-a-sound-immigration-policy-275911/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Can Angus Taylor get beyond slogans to craft a sound immigration policy?">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Phoebe Hart, Associate Professor, Film Screen & Animation, Queensland University of Technology Members of the Australian screen industry have been shocked to learn one of the nation’s most successful and prolific production companies, Matchbox Pictures – and its subsidiary Tony Ayres Productions – will shut their doors ... <a title="Why one of Australia’s most successful TV production companies is being shut down" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/19/why-one-of-australias-most-successful-tv-production-companies-is-being-shut-down-276371/" aria-label="Read more about Why one of Australia’s most successful TV production companies is being shut down">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Maria O’Sullivan, Associate Professor of Law, Member of Deakin Cyber and the Centre for Law as Protection, Deakin University, Deakin University In the wake of the Bondi terror attack, multiple state governments have passed laws to restrict mass protests. Most notably, the New South Wales government introduced ... <a title="With more restrictive laws across the country, how can we protect the right to protest?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/19/with-more-restrictive-laws-across-the-country-how-can-we-protect-the-right-to-protest-276070/" aria-label="Read more about With more restrictive laws across the country, how can we protect the right to protest?">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Neeraj Sharma, Scientia Associate Professor of Chemistry and ARC Future Fellow, UNSW Sydney You might have heard the common claim that electric cars aren’t really green – that their lithium-ion batteries rely on “blood” minerals such as cobalt, mined in terrible conditions. The critique had some truth ... <a title="‘Blood cobalt’ is disappearing from batteries – and cheaper, cleaner batteries are arriving" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/19/blood-cobalt-is-disappearing-from-batteries-and-cheaper-cleaner-batteries-are-arriving-263808/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Blood cobalt’ is disappearing from batteries – and cheaper, cleaner batteries are arriving">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tammy Williams, Lecturer, University of New England There is a growing number of “serious incidents” in Australian early childhood services, including day cares. A serious incident is one that seriously compromises the health, safety or wellbeing of a child. There were 160 such incidents per 100 services ... <a title="Childcare centres may have clear rules for staff numbers, but there are loopholes to get around them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/19/childcare-centres-may-have-clear-rules-for-staff-numbers-but-there-are-loopholes-to-get-around-them-275075/" aria-label="Read more about Childcare centres may have clear rules for staff numbers, but there are loopholes to get around them">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Fabrizio Carmignani, Professor, Griffith Business School, Griffith University This plan will decimate hotels across South Australia, wiping out many of the 26,000 jobs it directly creates. Australian Hotels Association (South Australia) chief executive Ian Horne, quoted in The Guardian, February 21, 2018 … a majority of pub ... <a title="FactCheck: would pokies reform in South Australia wipe out ‘many’ of 26,000 jobs?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/19/factcheck-would-pokies-reform-in-south-australia-wipe-out-many-of-26-000-jobs-93189/" aria-label="Read more about FactCheck: would pokies reform in South Australia wipe out ‘many’ of 26,000 jobs?">Read more</a>
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February 19, 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 One Nation is just two points behind Labor in a Victorian state DemosAU poll, with the election in November. A federal Resolve poll has One Nation and ... <a title="The Coalition leads in Victorian DemosAU poll, with One Nation posting 21% support" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/19/the-coalition-leads-in-victorian-demosau-poll-with-one-nation-posting-21-support-275791/" aria-label="Read more about The Coalition leads in Victorian DemosAU poll, with One Nation posting 21% support">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rob Manwaring, Associate Professor, Politics and Public Policy, Flinders University South Australians head to the polls on March 21, with Premier Peter Malinauskas’s Labor Party on track to win by a landslide. But while a predicted landslide in a state election would not normally garner deep national ... <a title="Labor is set for a big win in the South Australian election. But will One Nation cause ructions?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/19/labor-is-set-for-a-big-win-in-the-south-australian-election-but-will-one-nation-cause-ructions-275671/" aria-label="Read more about Labor is set for a big win in the South Australian election. But will One Nation cause ructions?">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kelsie Boulton, Senior Research Fellow in Child Neurodevelopment, Brain and Mind Centre, University of Sydney When it comes to autism, few questions spark as much debate as how best to support autistic people with the greatest needs. This prompted The Lancet medical journal to commission a group ... <a title="A new diagnosis of ‘profound autism’ is on the cards. Here’s what could change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/19/a-new-diagnosis-of-profound-autism-is-on-the-cards-heres-what-could-change-271930/" aria-label="Read more about A new diagnosis of ‘profound autism’ is on the cards. Here’s what could change">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rosanna Scutella, Senior Research Fellow, Social and Global Studies Centre, RMIT University The Conversation fact-checks claims made on Q&A, broadcast Mondays on the ABC at 9.35pm. Thank you to everyone who sent us quotes for checking via Twitter using the hashtags #FactCheck and #QandA, on Facebook or ... <a title="FactCheck Q&A: do ‘about 30% of homeless people have a job’?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/19/factcheck-qanda-do-about-30-of-homeless-people-have-a-job-95514/" aria-label="Read more about FactCheck Q&A: do ‘about 30% of homeless people have a job’?">Read more</a>
