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May 11, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Victoria Lorrimar, Director, Centre for Technology and Human Futures, University of Notre Dame Australia Some time earlier this year, an employee at tech giant Meta built a system to track how much each staff member was using artificial intelligence (AI). Named “Claudeonomics” after the Claude chatbot, the ... <a title="Silicon Valley’s AI ‘tokenmaxxing’ obsession has a big problem – and philosophers saw it coming" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/11/silicon-valleys-ai-tokenmaxxing-obsession-has-a-big-problem-and-philosophers-saw-it-coming-281530/" aria-label="Read more about Silicon Valley’s AI ‘tokenmaxxing’ obsession has a big problem – and philosophers saw it coming">Read more</a>
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May 11, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kevin Dew, Professor of Sociology, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington General practitioners (GPs) and hospital doctors are usually the first contact point for patients, but as our new research shows, they can take on different roles, acting either as gatekeepers or brokers. As gatekeepers ... <a title="Doctors can act as gatekeepers or brokers for patients – how they decide can be crucial" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/11/doctors-can-act-as-gatekeepers-or-brokers-for-patients-how-they-decide-can-be-crucial-279845/" aria-label="Read more about Doctors can act as gatekeepers or brokers for patients – how they decide can be crucial">Read more</a>
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May 11, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jane Dahlstrom, Pathologist and Emeritus Professor, ANU School of Medicine and Psychology, Australian National University Warning: this article is about stillbirth and its investigations, including autopsies and related procedures. About six babies are stillborn in Australia every day – an incredibly difficult time for families. Understandably, they ... <a title="Why did my baby die? I’m a pathologist. Here’s what I want you to know" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/11/why-did-my-baby-die-im-a-pathologist-heres-what-i-want-you-to-know-278315/" aria-label="Read more about Why did my baby die? I’m a pathologist. Here’s what I want you to know">Read more</a>
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May 11, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Erin Harper, Lecturer, School of Education and Social Work, University of Sydney Governments have spent about a year announcing new policies to make early education safer for Australian children. In the wake of reports of shocking abuse and neglect in daycare centres, there have been moves to ... <a title="Governments keep trying to make childcare safer. Could a new ‘national commission’ make a difference?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/11/governments-keep-trying-to-make-childcare-safer-could-a-new-national-commission-make-a-difference-282485/" aria-label="Read more about Governments keep trying to make childcare safer. Could a new ‘national commission’ make a difference?">Read more</a>
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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>
