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March 20, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robin Gauld, Executive Dean, Bond Business School, Bond University Access to public elective services such as hip replacements or cataract surgery has long been inadequate in New Zealand, with extended wait times and exclusion of those not assessed as high priority despite genuine clinical need. Workforce shortages ... <a title="Shifting more healthcare to the private sector calls for a clear government plan – where is it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/20/shifting-more-healthcare-to-the-private-sector-calls-for-a-clear-government-plan-where-is-it-278197/" aria-label="Read more about Shifting more healthcare to the private sector calls for a clear government plan – where is it?">Read more</a>
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March 20, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Garin, Associate Professor of Economics, Carnegie Mellon University If you’ve ever ordered food through DoorDash, Uber Eats or Instacart, you may have realized the person who delivers it isn’t a salaried employee. They’re gig workers – independent contractors who pick up delivery tasks through an app, ... <a title="Seattle tried to guarantee higher pay for delivery drivers – here’s why it didn’t work as intended" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/20/seattle-tried-to-guarantee-higher-pay-for-delivery-drivers-heres-why-it-didnt-work-as-intended-276576/" aria-label="Read more about Seattle tried to guarantee higher pay for delivery drivers – here’s why it didn’t work as intended">Read more</a>
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March 20, 2026
SPECIAL REPORT: Reporters Without Borders Since the Solomon Islands established diplomatic relations with China in 2019, the Pacific country has become a strategic arena for Beijing’s influence. By capitalising on the economic fragility of the local media sector, China has stepped up conditional funding, editorial partnerships and influence programmes to disseminate its narratives. Reporters Without ... <a title="China’s growing grip on the fragile Solomon Islands media sector" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/20/chinas-growing-grip-on-the-fragile-solomon-islands-media-sector/" aria-label="Read more about China’s growing grip on the fragile Solomon Islands media sector">Read more</a>
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March 20, 2026
The Labor government has told the Senate that Australian charities don’t have to comply with international law, nor will they be compelled. Michael West Media reports. SPECIAL REPORT: By Stephanie Tran The Albanese government has rejected a proposal to strip tax-deductible status from Australian charities found to be supporting illegal occupations, amid mounting scrutiny over ... <a title="Australian charities funding Israel’s illegal settlements ‘untouchable’, says Labor govt" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/20/australian-charities-funding-israels-illegal-settlements-untouchable-says-labor-govt/" aria-label="Read more about Australian charities funding Israel’s illegal settlements ‘untouchable’, says Labor govt">Read more</a>
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March 19, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra When he talks about the May 12 budget, Treasurer Jim Chalmers always stresses that what’s done on things like the capital gains tax discount will be a matter for cabinet. It would be more accurate to say the fate of ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Chalmers is trying to make economic uncertainty a springboard for reform" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/19/grattan-on-friday-chalmers-is-trying-to-make-economic-uncertainty-a-springboard-for-reform-278186/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Chalmers is trying to make economic uncertainty a springboard for reform">Read more</a>
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March 19, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Niall Johnston, Conjoint Associate Lecturer, Faculty of Medicine, UNSW Sydney If you’re planning an Easter holiday to Bali, Vietnam or Thailand, it’s a good time to check if you and your family are vaccinated against measles. These are among destinations in Southeast Asia with ongoing measles outbreaks, ... <a title="Heading to Bali, Vietnam or Thailand? Why a measles vaccine is more important than ever" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/19/heading-to-bali-vietnam-or-thailand-why-a-measles-vaccine-is-more-important-than-ever-278310/" aria-label="Read more about Heading to Bali, Vietnam or Thailand? Why a measles vaccine is more important than ever">Read more</a>
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March 19, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Warwick Smith, Honorary Fellow, School of Social and Political Sciences, The University of Melbourne Former Treasury Secretary and chair of the Henry Tax Review, Ken Henry, has described the intergenerational injustice built into Australia’s tax system as an intentional “act of bastardry”. Treasurer Jim Chalmers also seems ... <a title="Is the capital gains tax discount an act of intergenerational ‘bastardry’?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/19/is-the-capital-gains-tax-discount-an-act-of-intergenerational-bastardry-278659/" aria-label="Read more about Is the capital gains tax discount an act of intergenerational ‘bastardry’?">Read more</a>
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March 19, 2026
By Joshua Carroll A global coalition of activists is preparing to launch the largest ever flotilla of aid ships aimed at breaking Israel’s illegal blockade of Gaza. The Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC), made up of civil society and grassroots groups from South Africa, Spain, Ireland, Türkiye, Norway, Brazil, France — and Aotearoa New Zealand — ... <a title="Activists plan ‘largest flotilla yet’ to break Israel’s siege of Gaza" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/19/activists-plan-largest-flotilla-yet-to-break-israels-siege-of-gaza/" aria-label="Read more about Activists plan ‘largest flotilla yet’ to break Israel’s siege of Gaza">Read more</a>
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March 19, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Steve Turton, Adjunct Professor of Environmental Geography, CQUniversity Australia Tropical Cyclone Narelle is currently a very dangerous Category 5 storm, sitting off the Far North Queensland Coast some 350 kilometres northeast of Cooktown. Formed in the Coral Sea, Narelle is packing a punch, with sustained winds near ... <a title="Cyclone Narelle: ‘compact’, dangerous and unusually predictable" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/19/cyclone-narelle-compact-dangerous-and-unusually-predictable-278767/" aria-label="Read more about Cyclone Narelle: ‘compact’, dangerous and unusually predictable">Read more</a>
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March 19, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The federal government has appointed Anthea Harris, former chief executive of the Australian Energy Regulator and of the Energy Security Board, as Coordinator of a new Fuel Supply Taskforce. The new taskforce will be established in Anthony Albanese’s own Department ... <a title="Albanese government appoints fuel coordinator as ACCC investigates major suppliers’ conduct in regional Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/19/albanese-government-appoints-fuel-coordinator-as-accc-investigates-major-suppliers-conduct-in-regional-australia-277245/" aria-label="Read more about Albanese government appoints fuel coordinator as ACCC investigates major suppliers’ conduct in regional Australia">Read more</a>
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March 19, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jennifer Stokes, Associate Professor, Teaching and Learning Innovation, Adelaide University K-pop stars Huntr/x are carb-loading, pre-show, on a private jet, when their snacking is rudely interrupted by demons. Rumi, Zoey and Mira break into song, maintaining the tempo as they defeat the demons, drop to earth, and ... <a title="Singing, slaying and going viral: how KPop Demon Hunters rocked the internet – and the Oscars" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/19/singing-slaying-and-going-viral-how-kpop-demon-hunters-rocked-the-internet-and-the-oscars-278439/" aria-label="Read more about Singing, slaying and going viral: how KPop Demon Hunters rocked the internet – and the Oscars">Read more</a>
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March 19, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jonathan W. Marshall, Associate Professor & Postgraduate Research Coordinator, Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, Edith Cowan University Theatre academic Peter Brooks championed the rise of melodrama as a popular form replacing tragedy. Melodrama, he said, tends to be explicit and hyperbolic in its representation of emotional ... <a title="How melodrama became the theme running through the 2026 Perth Festival" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/19/how-melodrama-became-the-theme-running-through-the-2026-perth-festival-278535/" aria-label="Read more about How melodrama became the theme running through the 2026 Perth Festival">Read more</a>
