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May 12, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The tilt of this budget was, when you think about it, predictable. The Albanese government has used the first budget of its second term to do what you’d expect a Labor government that had won a massive majority would do. ... <a title="Albanese government uses its political dominance to implement a ‘Labor’ agenda" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/12/albanese-government-uses-its-political-dominance-to-implement-a-labor-agenda-280908/" aria-label="Read more about Albanese government uses its political dominance to implement a ‘Labor’ agenda">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Formosa, Professor and Head of the Department of Philosophy, and Co-Director of the Macquire University Ethics & Agency Research Centre, Macquarie University Jimmy Donaldson, better known as MrBeast, runs the most subscribed-to YouTube channel in the world (with 484 million subscribers) and has an estimated net ... <a title="‘Poverty porn’: the moral dilemma behind MrBeast’s billion-dollar empire" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/12/poverty-porn-the-moral-dilemma-behind-mrbeasts-billion-dollar-empire-282050/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Poverty porn’: the moral dilemma behind MrBeast’s billion-dollar empire">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Deborah Shnookal, Research fellow, Department of Spanish and Latin American Studies, The University of Melbourne For months, US President Donald Trump has been fixated on Cuba. He’s issued threats and imposed additional sanctions on the island. The US military has conducted dozens of intelligence-gathering flights off the ... <a title="Why is the US so obsessed with controlling Cuba?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/12/why-is-the-us-so-obsessed-with-controlling-cuba-280729/" aria-label="Read more about Why is the US so obsessed with controlling Cuba?">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By George Mihaylov, Senior Lecturer in Finance, Adelaide University Do you ever feel like everything is getting more expensive, everywhere, all at once? You’re not alone. Australians have been grappling with a cost-of-living crisis since the pandemic. Last year, it briefly began to look like inflation might finally ... <a title="Feeling the pinch? Here are some ways to find savings – and even fight inflation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/12/feeling-the-pinch-here-are-some-ways-to-find-savings-and-even-fight-inflation-282142/" aria-label="Read more about Feeling the pinch? Here are some ways to find savings – and even fight inflation">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rhys Parry, Research Fellow, Virology, The University of Queensland For many people, news of a virus outbreak on a cruise ship immediately brings back memories of COVID spreading when the Ruby Princess docked in Sydney in March 2020. Of the passengers and crew who disembarked, 575 had ... <a title="Hantavirus is very different to COVID. Here’s why the ‘Andes virus’ won’t cause the next pandemic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/12/hantavirus-is-very-different-to-covid-heres-why-the-andes-virus-wont-cause-the-next-pandemic-282595/" aria-label="Read more about Hantavirus is very different to COVID. Here’s why the ‘Andes virus’ won’t cause the next pandemic">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lisa Meehan, Director NZ Policy Research Institute, Auckland University of Technology The government’s decision to scrap the one-year fees-free tertiary scheme in this month’s Budget will be contentious. Some will see it as a sensible saving, others as another blow to students facing high living costs. But ... <a title="NZ’s costly fees-free scheme did little to widen access to tertiary education – new study" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/12/nzs-costly-fees-free-scheme-did-little-to-widen-access-to-tertiary-education-new-study-282587/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s costly fees-free scheme did little to widen access to tertiary education – new study">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joanne Orlando, Researcher, Digital Wellbeing, Western Sydney University Are you surrounded by screens? Today, we rely on technology to do everything from sending emails to ordering food. But being constantly connected can leave us physically and mentally exhausted. That’s why some people are doing “digital detoxes”, the ... <a title="What is a ‘digital detox’ and will it make me healthier?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/12/what-is-a-digital-detox-and-will-it-make-me-healthier-280135/" aria-label="Read more about What is a ‘digital detox’ and will it make me healthier?">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tanya Latty, Associate Professor in Entomology, University of Sydney Imagine trying to build a house without a blueprint, find a shortcut through an unfamiliar city without a map, or govern a large organisation with no leaders and no meetings. It sounds impossible. Yet tiny-brained ants, working without ... <a title="In an ant colony, the queen isn’t in charge. So who is?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/12/in-an-ant-colony-the-queen-isnt-in-charge-so-who-is-278196/" aria-label="Read more about In an ant colony, the queen isn’t in charge. So who is?">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rana Mitter, Professor of U.S.-Asia Relations, Harvard Kennedy School Meetings between Chinese and American leaders are not exactly routine, but few are historically groundbreaking. The exceptions include the very first visit by a sitting U.S. president to China, when Richard Nixon met with Chairman Mao Zedong in ... <a title="Trump-Xi summit will be no ‘Nixon in China’ moment – that they are talking is enough for now" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/12/trump-xi-summit-will-be-no-nixon-in-china-moment-that-they-are-talking-is-enough-for-now-282295/" aria-label="Read more about Trump-Xi summit will be no ‘Nixon in China’ moment – that they are talking is enough for now">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julien Cooper, Lecturer, Department of History and Archaeology, Macquarie University We have been on a years-long campaign of satellite remote sensing of the vast desert landscapes in Eastern Sudan. This involved using satellite aerial imagery to systematically and painstakingly search for archaeological features in Atbai Desert of ... <a title="We found hundreds of huge ancient mass graves hidden in the Sahara desert" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/12/we-found-hundreds-of-huge-ancient-mass-graves-hidden-in-the-sahara-desert-281978/" aria-label="Read more about We found hundreds of huge ancient mass graves hidden in the Sahara desert">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anthony Scott, Professor of Health Economics and Director, Centre for Health Economics, Monash Business School, Monash University Australia’s Health Minister Mark Butler has declared reducing specialists’ fees will be his next key focus of health policy reform. Doctors are currently free to set their own fees and ... <a title="Specialist doctors are charging too much. 4 options to rein in excessive fees" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/12/specialist-doctors-are-charging-too-much-4-options-to-rein-in-excessive-fees-281986/" aria-label="Read more about Specialist doctors are charging too much. 4 options to rein in excessive fees">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Thomas Longden, Senior Researcher, Urban Transformations Research Centre, Western Sydney University Australia is in the grip of a record-breaking battery rush. Last week Energy Minister Chris Bowen announced that more than 380,000 home batteries have been installed since July last year. That’s over 100,000 more than the ... <a title="Like solar, most of the first home battery subsidies went to the wealthy. We need a fairer approach" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/12/like-solar-most-of-the-first-home-battery-subsidies-went-to-the-wealthy-we-need-a-fairer-approach-282495/" aria-label="Read more about Like solar, most of the first home battery subsidies went to the wealthy. We need a fairer approach">Read more</a>
