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May 15, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ryan Leack, Assistant Professor of Writing, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences I teach writing and rhetoric, but my college students and I often overlook a surprisingly complicated question: What is writing? And can artificial intelligence really do it? Many people think of “writing” as ... <a title="Is AI really ‘writing’? From a priestess to philosophers, ancient authors would have said ‘no’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/15/is-ai-really-writing-from-a-priestess-to-philosophers-ancient-authors-would-have-said-no-280133/" aria-label="Read more about Is AI really ‘writing’? From a priestess to philosophers, ancient authors would have said ‘no’">Read more</a>
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May 15, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jessica Maddox, Associate Professor of Advertising and Public Relations, University of Georgia Some of the hottest casting calls in Hollywood right now aren’t for Netflix, Disney or HBO. They’re for TikTok. In January 2026, TikTok rolled out PineDrama in the United States and Brazil, an app devoted ... <a title="TikTok’s popular microdramas shrink TV into bite-sized chunks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/15/tiktoks-popular-microdramas-shrink-tv-into-bite-sized-chunks-280422/" aria-label="Read more about TikTok’s popular microdramas shrink TV into bite-sized chunks">Read more</a>
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May 15, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nick Turner, Professor and Future Fund Chair in Leadership, Haskayne School of Business, University of Calgary When work gets stressful, the standard advice is familiar: exercise more, eat better, sleep more and cut back on unhealthy habits. But our new research study suggests not all healthy habits ... <a title="Sleep and diet may matter more than exercise for buffering the health toll of chronic stress" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/15/sleep-and-diet-may-matter-more-than-exercise-for-buffering-the-health-toll-of-chronic-stress-282015/" aria-label="Read more about Sleep and diet may matter more than exercise for buffering the health toll of chronic stress">Read more</a>
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May 15, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hang Pham, Lecturer, School of Accounting and Commercial Law, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Most of us are familiar with the concept of greenwashing: organisations exaggerating or overstating their environmental credentials. But in New Zealand, there are signs the country’s climate disclosure regime may ... <a title="Why ‘greenhushing’ signals deeper issues with NZ’s climate risk reporting regime" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/15/why-greenhushing-signals-deeper-issues-with-nzs-climate-risk-reporting-regime-282037/" aria-label="Read more about Why ‘greenhushing’ signals deeper issues with NZ’s climate risk reporting regime">Read more</a>
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May 14, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Angus Taylor might have reckoned he and the opposition are in such deep doo-doo that he might as well throw everything at Thursday night’s budget reply. The result was a mixed bag. The promise to index tax brackets is a ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Taylor’s bold budget reply is a mix of sound and dubious policy commitments" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/14/grattan-on-friday-taylors-bold-budget-reply-is-a-mix-of-sound-and-dubious-policy-commitments-282264/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Taylor’s bold budget reply is a mix of sound and dubious policy commitments">Read more</a>
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May 14, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Opposition Leader Angus Taylor has committed a Coalition government to phase in income tax indexation under a “tax back guarantee” that he says “will fully protect all taxpayers from inflation”. In his budget reply on Thursday night, Taylor described the ... <a title="Angus Taylor promises to index income tax to inflation in big tax gamble" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/14/angus-taylor-promises-to-index-income-tax-to-inflation-in-big-tax-gamble-282262/" aria-label="Read more about Angus Taylor promises to index income tax to inflation in big tax gamble">Read more</a>
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May 14, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Catherine Smith, Senior Lecturer of Wellbeing Science, The University of Melbourne The federal government has announced a new “safeguard” around how funding is spent to support school students with disabilities. The budget papers say there is an issue with “inaccurate claiming” by schools and new controls are ... <a title="The government wants to save $463m by tightening disability support to school students. What’s going on?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/14/the-government-wants-to-save-463m-by-tightening-disability-support-to-school-students-whats-going-on-282852/" aria-label="Read more about The government wants to save $463m by tightening disability support to school students. What’s going on?">Read more</a>
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May 14, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Senator Tammy Tyrrell, who started her parliamentary career as part of the Jacqui Lambie Network before turning independent, has now joined Labor. “I’m very proud to be a Labor girl,” she declared at a news conference with Prime Minister Anthony ... <a title="Crossbench senator Tammy Tyrrell joins government ranks, declaring she’s ‘proud to be a Labor girl’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/14/crossbench-senator-tammy-tyrrell-joins-government-ranks-declaring-shes-proud-to-be-a-labor-girl-281638/" aria-label="Read more about Crossbench senator Tammy Tyrrell joins government ranks, declaring she’s ‘proud to be a Labor girl’">Read more</a>
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May 14, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bjørn-Oliver Magsig, Senior Lecturer in Law, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington The government’s plan to change the law to bar claims for harms from greenhouse gas emissions shuts down New Zealand’s most important climate tort case, meaning it will never be decided on its ... <a title="Changing climate law to prevent civil cases removes a key protection for NZ citizens" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/14/changing-climate-law-to-prevent-civil-cases-removes-a-key-protection-for-nz-citizens-282849/" aria-label="Read more about Changing climate law to prevent civil cases removes a key protection for NZ citizens">Read more</a>
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May 14, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emmalee Ford, Adjunct Lecturer, Sexual and Reproductive Health, University of Sydney Menstruation is once again a hot topic on social media, thanks to a new health trend known as “cycle syncing”. It involves aligning your diet and exercise habits to each phase of your menstrual cycle. For ... <a title="What is ‘cycle syncing’, and how might it affect menstruation?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/14/what-is-cycle-syncing-and-how-might-it-affect-menstruation-278073/" aria-label="Read more about What is ‘cycle syncing’, and how might it affect menstruation?">Read more</a>
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May 14, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jeannie Marie Paterson, Professor of Law (consumer protections and credit law), The University of Melbourne Coles has been found to have misled its supermarket customers over discounts – and could now face hundreds of millions of dollars in penalties. In a landmark case, Federal Court Justice Michael ... <a title="Coles’ discounts misled shoppers, court rules. It could face hundreds of millions in fines" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/14/coles-discounts-misled-shoppers-court-rules-it-could-face-hundreds-of-millions-in-fines-282855/" aria-label="Read more about Coles’ discounts misled shoppers, court rules. It could face hundreds of millions in fines">Read more</a>
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May 14, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christopher Mesagno, Associate Professor – Sport and Exercise Psychology, Victoria University Legendary 18-time major winner Jack Nicklaus once stated golf was “90% mental and 10% physical”. That’s because unlike most other ball sports, a golfer spends most of the time thinking about their game instead of actually ... <a title="The yips: when ‘choking’ in sport can go next level" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/14/the-yips-when-choking-in-sport-can-go-next-level-278770/" aria-label="Read more about The yips: when ‘choking’ in sport can go next level">Read more</a>
