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May 11, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kimberley Reid, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Atmospheric Sciences, The University of Melbourne We’re less than a month away from the southern hemisphere winter. But you’d be forgiven for thinking summer was only last week. April was unseasonably warm and dry across Australia. Temperatures were above average or ... <a title="Why has this autumn been so hot and dry?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/11/why-has-this-autumn-been-so-hot-and-dry-282049/" aria-label="Read more about Why has this autumn been so hot and dry?">Read more</a>
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May 11, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sharon Kaye Parker, Australian Research Council Laureate Fellow, Curtin University Unemployment in Australia is currently at 4.3% – below average for the past century. But last week, the Reserve Bank forecast unemployment will slowly climb from next year on, rising to 4.7% by mid-2028 – and possibly ... <a title="Worried about your job? You’re not alone. But there are proven ways to ease job insecurity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/11/worried-about-your-job-youre-not-alone-but-there-are-proven-ways-to-ease-job-insecurity-281128/" aria-label="Read more about Worried about your job? You’re not alone. But there are proven ways to ease job insecurity">Read more</a>
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May 11, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Catharine Fleming, Senior Lecturer in Public Health, Western Sydney University Teenagers lead busy lives. And to get through everything from school exams to softball games, they need nutritious food. But research suggests Australian teens aren’t getting the nutrients they need, because their diets often revolve around sugary, ... <a title="Australian teens don’t eat enough nutritious food. But we can change that" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/11/australian-teens-dont-eat-enough-nutritious-food-but-we-can-change-that-280714/" aria-label="Read more about Australian teens don’t eat enough nutritious food. But we can change that">Read more</a>
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May 11, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Deborah Te Kawa, PhD Candidate in Political Science and International Relations, University of Canterbury The New Yorker magazine’s recently published investigation into OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman posed a loaded question: can the people building this powerful technology actually be trusted? The report described a system where ... <a title="‘Polyanna policy’ – is NZ’s framework for AI use in government overly optimistic?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/11/polyanna-policy-is-nzs-framework-for-ai-use-in-government-overly-optimistic-281425/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Polyanna policy’ – is NZ’s framework for AI use in government overly optimistic?">Read more</a>
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May 11, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Santiago Zuluaga Castañeda, JdlC Researcher, Departamento de Ecología Evolutiva, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (MNCN-CSIC) Birds of prey and vultures (raptors) play a vital role in ecosystems, both as top predators and key scavengers. However, compared to many other bird species, raptor populations are declining faster. This ... <a title="Birds of prey in South Africa are in trouble – a study analyses data from 16 years of road counts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/11/birds-of-prey-in-south-africa-are-in-trouble-a-study-analyses-data-from-16-years-of-road-counts-281908/" aria-label="Read more about Birds of prey in South Africa are in trouble – a study analyses data from 16 years of road counts">Read more</a>
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May 11, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rachel Woods, Associate Professor, University of Nottingham; University of Lincoln Peas aren’t often seen as a particularly exciting vegetable. They tend to be treated as a basic side dish or something people eat out of habit, rather than choice. But they’re also cheap, widely available and contain ... <a title="Five reasons to add peas into your diet" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/11/five-reasons-to-add-peas-into-your-diet-281925/" aria-label="Read more about Five reasons to add peas into your diet">Read more</a>
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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>
