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May 13, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The federal government’s fifth budget contains major, controversial changes to the tax arrangements for housing. The government has argued that the changes will ensure young people will have better access to the housing market. But Shadow Treasurer Tim Wilson says ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Tim Wilson on the budget’s hidden hits on young Australians" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/13/politics-with-michelle-grattan-tim-wilson-on-the-budgets-hidden-hits-on-young-australians-282848/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Tim Wilson on the budget’s hidden hits on young Australians">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Breadon, Program Director, Health and Aged Care, Grattan Institute Health was at the heart of last year’s budget. Last night, tax and housing took centre stage, and there were few surprises in health. Most new health funding goes to previous commitments and continuing programs, including big ... <a title="Urgent care clinics, medicines and vaccines: what the budget means for Australians’ health" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/13/urgent-care-clinics-medicines-and-vaccines-what-the-budget-means-for-australians-health-282250/" aria-label="Read more about Urgent care clinics, medicines and vaccines: what the budget means for Australians’ health">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Timothy Neal, Senior lecturer in Economics at the Institute for Climate Risk and Response, UNSW Sydney Last night, Labor unveiled a budget designed to tackle intergenerational equity in Australia through bold tax reform. It comes at a time where politics is consumed with the international shocks created ... <a title="A real ‘intergenerational equity’ budget would address our unceasing environmental decline" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/13/a-real-intergenerational-equity-budget-would-address-our-unceasing-environmental-decline-282375/" aria-label="Read more about A real ‘intergenerational equity’ budget would address our unceasing environmental decline">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Aruna Sathanapally, Chief Executive, Grattan Institute The 2026 federal budget was delivered after a year of building expectations for bold reform. Part of that buildup was last year’s economic reform roundtable. That highlighted a laundry list of “regulatory hairballs” from the Productivity Commission, as well as opportunities ... <a title="Will this budget really make housing fairer for more Australians? It’s a good start" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/13/will-this-budget-really-make-housing-fairer-for-more-australians-its-a-good-start-282367/" aria-label="Read more about Will this budget really make housing fairer for more Australians? It’s a good start">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Charles Livingstone, Associate Professor, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University Former MP Peta Murphy, a Labor hero to many, died in December 2023 from cancer that recurred shortly after the 2019 federal election. Despite this major illness, she actively and enthusiastically chaired a multi-party ... <a title="All sides of politics backed ambitious gambling reforms. The government’s response is half-hearted at best" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/13/all-sides-of-politics-backed-ambitious-gambling-reforms-the-governments-response-is-half-hearted-at-best-282710/" aria-label="Read more about All sides of politics backed ambitious gambling reforms. The government’s response is half-hearted at best">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Thomas White, Associate Professor, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney You’re cooking dinner, distracted, and your hand brushes a hot pan. Nerve signals race to your spinal cord and back to yank your arm away in a fraction of a second, with no thought ... <a title="370 billion crickets are farmed for food every year. Scientists have discovered they may feel pain" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/13/370-billion-crickets-are-farmed-for-food-every-year-scientists-have-discovered-they-may-feel-pain-279855/" aria-label="Read more about 370 billion crickets are farmed for food every year. Scientists have discovered they may feel pain">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ben Gray, Associate Professor of Primary Health Care and General Practice, University of Otago New Zealand is facing a critical shortage of doctors, both in hospitals and general practice. In my recent research, I argue a strict requirement for patient consent to train junior doctors is one ... <a title="Patient consent is a barrier to training junior doctors on the job – a rule change is needed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/13/patient-consent-is-a-barrier-to-training-junior-doctors-on-the-job-a-rule-change-is-needed-281463/" aria-label="Read more about Patient consent is a barrier to training junior doctors on the job – a rule change is needed">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Janne Torkkola, PhD Student, School of Environment and Science, Griffith University If you travel around Australia, you will find an incredible diversity of lizards. The three-toed snake-tooth skink (Saiphos reticulatus), for example, is a peculiarly long and stumpy legged reptile that burrows in rainforest and is covered ... <a title="Why are there so many lizards in Australia? The ancient climate holds a clue" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/13/why-are-there-so-many-lizards-in-australia-the-ancient-climate-holds-a-clue-282708/" aria-label="Read more about Why are there so many lizards in Australia? The ancient climate holds a clue">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Maria Nawaz, Project Lead, Australian Climate Accountability Project at the UNSW Australian Human Rights Institute, UNSW Sydney Australia’s High Court will today hear its first ever climate case. It could have real implications for fossil fuel producers across the country. The nation’s highest court has been asked ... <a title="Should emissions from coal burned overseas be considered in Australian mine approvals? For the first time, the High Court will decide" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/13/should-emissions-from-coal-burned-overseas-be-considered-in-australian-mine-approvals-for-the-first-time-the-high-court-will-decide-281343/" aria-label="Read more about Should emissions from coal burned overseas be considered in Australian mine approvals? For the first time, the High Court will decide">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Simone Marino, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, School of Education; Adjunct Research Fellow, Social Ageing (SAGE) Futures Lab, Edith Cowan University Every Friday morning in a community hall near Fremantle, something quietly extraordinary happens. Chairs are arranged in a rough semicircle. Someone has brought a tray of biscotti from ... <a title="‘This is where she comes alive’: for ageing migrants, community choirs are more than music" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/13/this-is-where-she-comes-alive-for-ageing-migrants-community-choirs-are-more-than-music-280467/" aria-label="Read more about ‘This is where she comes alive’: for ageing migrants, community choirs are more than music">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stuart Thompson, Senior Lecturer in Plant Biochemistry, University of Westminster Researchers at MIT have suggested that rice seeds can hear the sound of rain, according to a new study. MIT calls it “the first direct evidence that plant seeds and seedlings can sense sounds in nature”. Perhaps ... <a title="Can plants hear? Latest research offers new insights" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/13/can-plants-hear-latest-research-offers-new-insights-282178/" aria-label="Read more about Can plants hear? Latest research offers new insights">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicholas Dickinson, Lecturer in Politics, University of Exeter Between 2016 and 2024 the UK saw four changes of prime minister by way of a party leadership contest. In that time, even casual observers became familiar with the dramatic process that the Conservative Party uses to topple one ... <a title="Ousting Keir Starmer is harder than it looks – party rules mean he can choose to keep fighting" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/13/ousting-keir-starmer-is-harder-than-it-looks-party-rules-mean-he-can-choose-to-keep-fighting-282683/" aria-label="Read more about Ousting Keir Starmer is harder than it looks – party rules mean he can choose to keep fighting">Read more</a>
