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May 13, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Janne Torkkola, PhD Student, School of Environment and Science, Griffith University If you travel around Australia, you will find an incredible diversity of lizards. The three-toed snake-tooth skink (Saiphos reticulatus), for example, is a peculiarly long and stumpy legged reptile that burrows in rainforest and is covered ... <a title="Why are there so many lizards in Australia? The ancient climate holds a clue" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/13/why-are-there-so-many-lizards-in-australia-the-ancient-climate-holds-a-clue-282708/" aria-label="Read more about Why are there so many lizards in Australia? The ancient climate holds a clue">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Maria Nawaz, Project Lead, Australian Climate Accountability Project at the UNSW Australian Human Rights Institute, UNSW Sydney Australia’s High Court will today hear its first ever climate case. It could have real implications for fossil fuel producers across the country. The nation’s highest court has been asked ... <a title="Should emissions from coal burned overseas be considered in Australian mine approvals? For the first time, the High Court will decide" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/13/should-emissions-from-coal-burned-overseas-be-considered-in-australian-mine-approvals-for-the-first-time-the-high-court-will-decide-281343/" aria-label="Read more about Should emissions from coal burned overseas be considered in Australian mine approvals? For the first time, the High Court will decide">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Simone Marino, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, School of Education; Adjunct Research Fellow, Social Ageing (SAGE) Futures Lab, Edith Cowan University Every Friday morning in a community hall near Fremantle, something quietly extraordinary happens. Chairs are arranged in a rough semicircle. Someone has brought a tray of biscotti from ... <a title="‘This is where she comes alive’: for ageing migrants, community choirs are more than music" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/13/this-is-where-she-comes-alive-for-ageing-migrants-community-choirs-are-more-than-music-280467/" aria-label="Read more about ‘This is where she comes alive’: for ageing migrants, community choirs are more than music">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stuart Thompson, Senior Lecturer in Plant Biochemistry, University of Westminster Researchers at MIT have suggested that rice seeds can hear the sound of rain, according to a new study. MIT calls it “the first direct evidence that plant seeds and seedlings can sense sounds in nature”. Perhaps ... <a title="Can plants hear? Latest research offers new insights" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/13/can-plants-hear-latest-research-offers-new-insights-282178/" aria-label="Read more about Can plants hear? Latest research offers new insights">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicholas Dickinson, Lecturer in Politics, University of Exeter Between 2016 and 2024 the UK saw four changes of prime minister by way of a party leadership contest. In that time, even casual observers became familiar with the dramatic process that the Conservative Party uses to topple one ... <a title="Ousting Keir Starmer is harder than it looks – party rules mean he can choose to keep fighting" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/13/ousting-keir-starmer-is-harder-than-it-looks-party-rules-mean-he-can-choose-to-keep-fighting-282683/" aria-label="Read more about Ousting Keir Starmer is harder than it looks – party rules mean he can choose to keep fighting">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Shaw, Professor of Politics, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University New Zealanders like to think of themselves as an uncomplicated lot. So straightforward, in fact, that successful completion of a short test can determine one’s fitness to become a Kiwi. At least, that’s the plan ... <a title="Kiwi or not to be: can a citizenship test really measure what it means to be a New Zealander?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/13/kiwi-or-not-to-be-can-a-citizenship-test-really-measure-what-it-means-to-be-a-new-zealander-282704/" aria-label="Read more about Kiwi or not to be: can a citizenship test really measure what it means to be a New Zealander?">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jemma Geoghegan, Professor and Webster Family Chair in Viral Pathogenesis, University of Otago The hoiho, also known as takaraka or yellow-eyed penguin, holds a special place in Aotearoa New Zealand’s natural identity. Shy and solitary, with its distinctive yellow headband and pale eyes, it is one of ... <a title="Why the race to save these cherished penguins just became more urgent" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/13/why-the-race-to-save-these-cherished-penguins-just-became-more-urgent-282579/" aria-label="Read more about Why the race to save these cherished penguins just became more urgent">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Bartos, Professor of Economics, University of Canberra This year’s budget combines fiscal policy – taxes and spending – with a heavy focus on better regulation. The budget deficit has fallen slightly from the mid-year update in December, to A$31.5 billion, but the budget remains firmly in ... <a title="A budget with a bundle of reforms in a time of ‘extreme uncertainty’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/12/a-budget-with-a-bundle-of-reforms-in-a-time-of-extreme-uncertainty-282255/" aria-label="Read more about A budget with a bundle of reforms in a time of ‘extreme uncertainty’">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Hawkins, Head, Canberra School of Government, University of Canberra Treasurer Jim Chalmers has called his budget “ambitious in the face of adversity”. Speaking to reporters in the lockup on Tuesday, he acknowledged his latest budget is “not exactly the same budget we would have handed down ... <a title="Get ready for a budget slowdown. But Chalmers insists we won’t see a recession" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/12/get-ready-for-a-budget-slowdown-but-chalmers-insists-we-wont-see-a-recession-282272/" aria-label="Read more about Get ready for a budget slowdown. But Chalmers insists we won’t see a recession">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra All working Australians will receive a permanent $250 “tax offset” from next year in Treasurer Jim Chalmers fifth budget, which also cracks down on tax breaks for housing investors and trusts. The tax offset in the budget will cost nearly ... <a title="Budget 2026 brings a small tax handout to workers and a crackdown on tax breaks and trusts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/12/budget-2026-brings-a-small-tax-handout-to-workers-and-a-crackdown-on-tax-breaks-and-trusts-280914/" aria-label="Read more about Budget 2026 brings a small tax handout to workers and a crackdown on tax breaks and trusts">Read more</a>
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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>
