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March 17, 2026
Pacific Media Watch As the US and Israel battle to control the narrative of their war against Iran, their messaging gets harder to defend, reports Al Jazeera’s Listening Post. With the war entering its third week, the upper hand that the United States and Israel hold militarily is being countered asymmetrically by Iran which has ... <a title="War on Iran: Propaganda in overdrive as Trump’s war spirals out of control" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/17/war-on-iran-propaganda-in-overdrive-as-trumps-war-spirals-out-of-control/" aria-label="Read more about War on Iran: Propaganda in overdrive as Trump’s war spirals out of control">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra A Senate inquiry has provided Treasurer Jim Chalmers with ammunition for his plan to pare back the capital gains tax discount in the May 12 budget. The majority report of the inquiry into the operation of the capital gains tax ... <a title="Capital gains tax discount ‘skewed’ housing towards investors: Senate inquiry" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/17/capital-gains-tax-discount-skewed-housing-towards-investors-senate-inquiry-278187/" aria-label="Read more about Capital gains tax discount ‘skewed’ housing towards investors: Senate inquiry">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2026
COMMENTARY: By Saige England Every week, health prevailing, I march with our Palestinian friends and their supporters in Aotearoa New Zealand. And my country is one which — under Britain — was colonised. Colonisation perpetrates injustices against indigenous people. This legacy is still felt by Indigenous people today. All around the world we must dismantle ... <a title="Saige England: Journalists must stand up and report with the moral courage of abolitionists" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/17/saige-england-journalists-must-stand-up-and-report-with-the-moral-courage-of-abolitionists/" aria-label="Read more about Saige England: Journalists must stand up and report with the moral courage of abolitionists">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Hawkins, Head, Canberra School of Government, University of Canberra The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has lifted official interest rates for the second time this year as it struggles to bring inflation under control, saying inflation is “likely to remain above target for some time”. But ... <a title="RBA narrowly votes to lift interest rates. The Middle East war may determine if there’s more to come" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/17/rba-narrowly-votes-to-lift-interest-rates-the-middle-east-war-may-determine-if-theres-more-to-come-278205/" aria-label="Read more about RBA narrowly votes to lift interest rates. The Middle East war may determine if there’s more to come">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Musgrave, Senior Lecturer in Pharmacology, Adelaide University For about a year, an algal bloom in South Australian waters has had devastating effects on marine life. At my local beach, walks were a sad parade of dead sea life. But what of the health effects of these ... <a title="Can brevetoxins from algal blooms make me sick? A toxicologist explains" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/17/can-brevetoxins-from-algal-blooms-make-me-sick-a-toxicologist-explains-278405/" aria-label="Read more about Can brevetoxins from algal blooms make me sick? A toxicologist explains">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Shannon Bosch, Associate Professor (Law), Edith Cowan University Afghanistan says at least 400 people have been killed in a Pakistani airstrike on a drug rehabilitation hospital in Kabul on Monday night, with potentially hundreds more wounded. Pakistan has denied deliberately targeting the health-care facility. In a statement ... <a title="Attacks on hospitals are surging in war zones. What do the laws of war say about protecting them?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/17/attacks-on-hospitals-are-surging-in-war-zones-what-do-the-laws-of-war-say-about-protecting-them-278414/" aria-label="Read more about Attacks on hospitals are surging in war zones. What do the laws of war say about protecting them?">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Saman Gorji, Associate Professor, Renewable Energy and Electrical Engineering, Deakin University When diesel prices jump, most Australians notice it at the bowser. But in parts of remote Australia, diesel is what keeps the lights on. That makes it indispensable. That’s why the federal government’s decisions to temporarily ... <a title="Remote communities are more vulnerable to fuel price shocks – could microgrids help?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/17/remote-communities-are-more-vulnerable-to-fuel-price-shocks-could-microgrids-help-278422/" aria-label="Read more about Remote communities are more vulnerable to fuel price shocks – could microgrids help?">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amin Saikal, Emeritus Professor of Middle Eastern Studies, Australian National University; The University of Western Australia; Victoria University As the Middle East war enters its third week, there is no sign from either Iran or the United States and Israel that they will stop the fighting any ... <a title="As the war drags on, what does victory look like for the US, Israel and Iran?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/17/as-the-war-drags-on-what-does-victory-look-like-for-the-us-israel-and-iran-278520/" aria-label="Read more about As the war drags on, what does victory look like for the US, Israel and Iran?">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robert Finkeldey, PhD Scholar of Corporate Corruption of Democracy, University of Technology Sydney The health of global democracy is regressing to Cold War-era levels. For the average global citizen, democracy is now back where it was in 1978, according to new research assessing more than 200 countries. ... <a title="New study shows global democracy hasn’t been this bad since 1978. Australia should be worried" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/17/new-study-shows-global-democracy-hasnt-been-this-bad-since-1978-australia-should-be-worried-276066/" aria-label="Read more about New study shows global democracy hasn’t been this bad since 1978. Australia should be worried">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rodrigo Praino, Professor & Director, Jeff Bleich Centre for Democracy and Disruptive Technologies, Flinders University US President Donald Trump speaks in a way unlike any of his predecessors. His distinctive and highly recognisable style may even play a role in his appeal to his political base. Since ... <a title="Trump’s war language is aggressive and extreme. It also offers some insight into his thinking" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/17/trumps-war-language-is-aggressive-and-extreme-it-also-offers-some-insight-into-his-thinking-278427/" aria-label="Read more about Trump’s war language is aggressive and extreme. It also offers some insight into his thinking">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew Mclaughlin, Adjunct Research Fellow, School of Human Sciences, The University of Western Australia The federal government has just released updated physical activity guidelines for adults and older adults (aged 65+) for the first time in more than a decade. The Australian government first produced guidelines for ... <a title="Australia’s new physical activity guidelines won’t shift the needle – here are 4 better ideas" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/17/australias-new-physical-activity-guidelines-wont-shift-the-needle-here-are-4-better-ideas-278311/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s new physical activity guidelines won’t shift the needle – here are 4 better ideas">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2026
NERMEEN SHAIKH: This is Democracy Now!, I’m Nermeen Shaikh, with Amy Goodman. As we continue to look at the US and Israel war on Iran and Israel’s attacks on Lebanon, we go now to Jerusalem, where we’re joined by Orly Noy. She’s an Iranian Israeli political activist and editor of the Hebrew-language news site Local ... <a title="As Israel keeps bombing Iran, Palestinians face growing violence in West Bank" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/17/as-israel-keeps-bombing-iran-palestinians-face-growing-violence-in-west-bank/" aria-label="Read more about As Israel keeps bombing Iran, Palestinians face growing violence in West Bank">Read more</a>
