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May 11, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Philip Laird, Honorary Principal Fellow, University of Wollongong Every day, hundreds of trucks barrel along highways from Melbourne to Brisbane. Some B-triple trucks stretch to 36 metres or more, more than seven times the length of an average car. Australia relies on those largely diesel-fuelled trucks for ... <a title="After dumping Inland Rail, Australia has no plan to stop relying on diesel trucks for freight" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/11/after-dumping-inland-rail-australia-has-no-plan-to-stop-relying-on-diesel-trucks-for-freight-282276/" aria-label="Read more about After dumping Inland Rail, Australia has no plan to stop relying on diesel trucks for freight">Read more</a>
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May 11, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kaveh Khalilpour, Associate Professor in Engineering and IT, University of Technology Sydney Australia is in the midst of an electric vehicle boom. The combined rise of battery electric, plug-in hybrids and conventional hybrid cars is steadily shifting the long-term market dominance of petrol and diesel. This is ... <a title="Wealthy people were the first to buy electric vehicles. The current boom risks entrenching inequality" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/11/wealthy-people-were-the-first-to-buy-electric-vehicles-the-current-boom-risks-entrenching-inequality-280458/" aria-label="Read more about Wealthy people were the first to buy electric vehicles. The current boom risks entrenching inequality">Read more</a>
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May 11, 2026
The Bondi Royal Commission started its public hearings in Australia last week — and the mainstream media is lapping up the “antisemitism” narrative while ignoring other Jewish voices, reports Michael West Media. ANALYSIS: By Stephanie Tran The first block of public hearings for the Royal Commission into Antisemitism and Social Cohesion began last week, focusing ... <a title="Australian ‘antisemitism’ – the Royal Conflation Commission is in session" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/11/australian-antisemitism-the-royal-conflation-commission-is-in-session/" aria-label="Read more about Australian ‘antisemitism’ – the Royal Conflation Commission is in session">Read more</a>
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May 10, 2026
COMMENTARY: By Lim Tean Why is US President Donald Trump carrying on with his State visit to Beijing this week on May 14? I wouldn’t if I were him. It also shows that he is surrounded by incompetent officials. Any competent advisor would advise him against undertaking this trip. He goes as the leader of ... <a title="Iran war fallout – Trump is going to Beijing on bended knees" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/10/iran-war-fallout-trump-is-going-to-beijing-on-bended-knees/" aria-label="Read more about Iran war fallout – Trump is going to Beijing on bended knees">Read more</a>
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May 10, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra No wonder Jim Chalmers was anxious to use every opportunity on Sunday to weigh in on the Liberals’ “bloodbath” in Farrer. It was extremely good news for a treasurer who is having to explain a budget in which key election ... <a title="View from The Hill: Post-Farrer, Liberals will struggle with awkward questions about their relations with One Nation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/10/view-from-the-hill-post-farrer-liberals-will-struggle-with-awkward-questions-about-their-relations-with-one-nation-282266/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Post-Farrer, Liberals will struggle with awkward questions about their relations with One Nation">Read more</a>
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May 10, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Josh Sunman, Associate Lecturer in Public Policy, Flinders University One Nation’s surge can no longer be seen as a blip or an aberration. As the results in the Farrer byelection showed, the right-wing populist party – which has been hovering on the fringes of Australian politics for ... <a title="With wind in its sails, One Nation looks to replicate Farrer success in Victoria – and federally" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/10/with-wind-in-its-sails-one-nation-looks-to-replicate-farrer-success-in-victoria-and-federally-282477/" aria-label="Read more about With wind in its sails, One Nation looks to replicate Farrer success in Victoria – and federally">Read more</a>
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May 10, 2026
ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on May 10, 2026.
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May 10, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ben Wellings, Associate Professor in Politics and International Relations, Monash University Elections in England, Scotland and Wales have put further pressure on Sir Keir Starmer’s already troubled leadership of the United Kingdom’s Labour government. These results are further evidence of significant trends in all liberal democracies – ... <a title="Local elections reveal the deep fracturing of UK politics and put the writing on the wall for Keir Starmer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/10/local-elections-reveal-the-deep-fracturing-of-uk-politics-and-put-the-writing-on-the-wall-for-keir-starmer-281440/" aria-label="Read more about Local elections reveal the deep fracturing of UK politics and put the writing on the wall for Keir Starmer">Read more</a>
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May 10, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra One Nation’s smashing victory in Farrer fires up the insurgent party, and casts fresh doubts over the future of the Liberal Party. The result could not be a more devastating rebuff for Liberal leader Angus Taylor, who has been found ... <a title="View from The Hill: A primal scream from Farrer throws Liberals into deeper crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/10/view-from-the-hill-a-primal-scream-from-farrer-throws-liberals-into-deeper-crisis-282263/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: A primal scream from Farrer throws Liberals into deeper crisis">Read more</a>
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May 10, 2026
By Johnny Blades, RNZ Pacific senior journalist Indonesian authorities say investigations are underway into an incident in West Papua when a number of people were allegedly injured after police fired shots amid a student graduation event. Reports from West Papua say seven people suffered injuries when tensions flared at a parade by senior high school ... <a title="West Papuan graduation parade turns violent after police object to Morning Star flag" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/10/west-papuan-graduation-parade-turns-violent-after-police-object-to-morning-star-flag/" aria-label="Read more about West Papuan graduation parade turns violent after police object to Morning Star flag">Read more</a>
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May 10, 2026
COMMENTARY: By Kalafi Moala The importance of media freedom is recognised each year globally on May 3. This year the Pacific Island country of Tonga commemorated World Press Freedom Day just a week after one of the most frightening threats to that freedom which took place at a media outlet. A hooded man brandishing a ... <a title="Tongan armed threat against journalist troubles Pacific media freedom" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/10/tongan-armed-threat-against-journalist-troubles-pacific-media-freedom/" aria-label="Read more about Tongan armed threat against journalist troubles Pacific media freedom">Read more</a>
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May 9, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne One Nation has won the Farrer federal byelection – the first time the party has won an election for a federal House of Representatives seat. At the ... <a title="One Nation wins Farrer byelection as Liberal vote crashes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/09/one-nation-wins-farrer-byelection-as-liberal-vote-crashes-282051/" aria-label="Read more about One Nation wins Farrer byelection as Liberal vote crashes">Read more</a>
