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May 17, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Don Weatherburn, Director of the NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research; Adjunct Professor, School of Social Science, UNSW Sydney But sadly, under Daniel Andrews Victoria has won the unenviable title as the state with the country’s highest rate of crime. – Leader of the Victorian Liberal ... <a title="FactCheck: does Victoria have Australia’s highest rate of crime?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/17/factcheck-does-victoria-have-australias-highest-rate-of-crime-105846-2/" aria-label="Read more about FactCheck: does Victoria have Australia’s highest rate of crime?">Read more</a>
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May 17, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Beeson, Adjunct Professor, Australia-China Relations Institute, University of Technology Sydney Keir Starmer is the United Kingdom’s sixth prime minster in the past ten years. For a country that likes to think of itself as the birthplace of modern democracy and a model of stability in a ... <a title="Starmer’s troubles may be self-inflicted. But voters everywhere are fed up with leaders lacking courage" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/17/starmers-troubles-may-be-self-inflicted-but-voters-everywhere-are-fed-up-with-leaders-lacking-courage-283056/" aria-label="Read more about Starmer’s troubles may be self-inflicted. But voters everywhere are fed up with leaders lacking courage">Read more</a>
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May 16, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bethany Butchers, Associate Lecturer in Law, University of Newcastle After a years-long legal battle, the Federal Court of Australia has handed down a judgment in a landmark case about gender discrimination law. It found a transgender woman was directly discriminated against on the basis of gender by ... <a title="A historic court victory has upheld transgender rights in Australia. A legal academic explains why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/16/a-historic-court-victory-has-upheld-transgender-rights-in-australia-a-legal-academic-explains-why-262022/" aria-label="Read more about A historic court victory has upheld transgender rights in Australia. A legal academic explains why">Read more</a>
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May 16, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Shireen Daft, Lecturer, Macquarie Law School, Macquarie University The Tatmawdaw – the military government in Myanmar – has reportedly expanded a ban on menstrual products from being transported in the country across key routes, as part of the ongoing civil war in the country. This targeting of ... <a title="How menstruation is being weaponised in war" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/16/how-menstruation-is-being-weaponised-in-war-281894/" aria-label="Read more about How menstruation is being weaponised in war">Read more</a>
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May 16, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sabrina Lenzen, Senior Research Fellow in Health Economics, The University of Queensland Imagine your elderly mother needs help to get out of bed, shower and manage her medications – and then waiting more than a year for that support to arrive. According to a federal government report ... <a title="Australians wait 12 months for aged care – and the latest budget funding is unlikely to change that" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/16/australians-wait-12-months-for-aged-care-and-the-latest-budget-funding-is-unlikely-to-change-that-282960/" aria-label="Read more about Australians wait 12 months for aged care – and the latest budget funding is unlikely to change that">Read more</a>
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May 16, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nial Wheate, Professor, School of Natural Sciences, Macquarie University It can be easy to think you get plenty of vitamin D when you live in a country bathed in sunshine, but the reality is more complicated. Almost one in four Australian adults have vitamin D deficiency. Vitamin ... <a title="Should I take vitamin D now there’s less sun, or for bone or immune health?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/16/should-i-take-vitamin-d-now-theres-less-sun-or-for-bone-or-immune-health-281748/" aria-label="Read more about Should I take vitamin D now there’s less sun, or for bone or immune health?">Read more</a>
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May 16, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Wesley Widmaier, Professor of International Relations, Australian National University Back in 2005, US economist Fred Bergsten coined the term “Group of 2” or “G2”, proposing a stronger partnership between what are now the world’s two largest economies – the United States and China. In the aftermath of ... <a title="After an opaque summit, China and the US want to work together again. That might not be good news for the world" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/16/after-an-opaque-summit-china-and-the-us-want-to-work-together-again-that-might-not-be-good-news-for-the-world-282603/" aria-label="Read more about After an opaque summit, China and the US want to work together again. That might not be good news for the world">Read more</a>
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May 16, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Austin, Senior Lecturer in Theatre, The University of Melbourne Young children are spending less and less time outdoors. Most Australian preschool children don’t play outside every day. This is despite research that suggests time spent in non-urban outdoor environments is linked to better physical and mental ... <a title="Theatre for young audiences should be seen as critical for children’s cultural agency" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/16/theatre-for-young-audiences-should-be-seen-as-critical-for-childrens-cultural-agency-282864/" aria-label="Read more about Theatre for young audiences should be seen as critical for children’s cultural agency">Read more</a>
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May 16, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David M. Pritchard, Associate Professor of Greek History, The University of Queensland During their high-stakes meeting in Beijing this week, Chinese President Xi Jinping reportedly asked US President Donald Trump if the two countries could overcome the “Thucydides trap”. This phrase, popularised by contemporary US political scientist ... <a title="What is the ‘Thucydides trap’ Xi warned Trump about? Lessons from an ancient war between Athens and Sparta" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/16/what-is-the-thucydides-trap-xi-warned-trump-about-lessons-from-an-ancient-war-between-athens-and-sparta-283054/" aria-label="Read more about What is the ‘Thucydides trap’ Xi warned Trump about? Lessons from an ancient war between Athens and Sparta">Read more</a>
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May 16, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Oscar Vorobjovas-Pinta, Senior Lecturer in Business Services, Edith Cowan University Australian singer Delta Goodrem has advanced to the Eurovision Song Contest grand final after days of online hype, fan campaigning and betting speculation surrounding her performance of Eclipse. Each year in May, millions watch the contest, cheer ... <a title="How public voting has turned Eurovision from a song contest into a political platform" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/16/how-public-voting-has-turned-eurovision-from-a-song-contest-into-a-political-platform-282733/" aria-label="Read more about How public voting has turned Eurovision from a song contest into a political platform">Read more</a>
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May 15, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yang Xiang, Professor, Computer Science, Swinburne University of Technology You’re trying to book concert tickets before they sell out. You click the link and before you can make the payment, you’re asked to identify traffic lights, bicycles or blurry crosswalks in a grid of tiny images. Again. ... <a title="More and more websites want proof you’re human. Blame the bots" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/15/more-and-more-websites-want-proof-youre-human-blame-the-bots-282476/" aria-label="Read more about More and more websites want proof you’re human. Blame the bots">Read more</a>
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May 15, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Clive Schofield, Professor, Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security (ANCORS), University of Wollongong Last year, Thailand and Cambodia fought two brief conflicts over their 800-kilometre-long land border that killed dozens of people and forced a half million people to flee their homes. Now, tensions are ... <a title="Thailand and Cambodia are bickering over their borders again. Can diplomacy prevent a return to war?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/15/thailand-and-cambodia-are-bickering-over-their-borders-again-can-diplomacy-prevent-a-return-to-war-282589/" aria-label="Read more about Thailand and Cambodia are bickering over their borders again. Can diplomacy prevent a return to war?">Read more</a>
