ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on May 2, 2026.
View from The Hill: Albanese sensitive on one tax reform that won’t be in the budget
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra With all the talk about the May 12 budget containing significant tax reform, Anthony Albanese sounded very sensitive when confronted about one big reform his government won’t be making. In a question-and-answer session at a forum run by the Daily
Cricket Australia’s Big Bash cash grab is rejected – but there are better options on the table
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Mangan, Emeritus Professor Australian Institute for Business and Economics, University of Queensland, The University of Queensland After a year-long push to raise money via private capital, Cricket Australia (CA) has announced it will not sell some or all of its Big Bash League (BBL) franchises. The
Physicists have measured ‘negative time’ in the lab
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Howard Wiseman, Director, Centre for Quantum Dynamics, Griffith University As Homer tells us, Odysseus made an epic journey, against the odds, from Troy to his home in Ithaca. He visited many lands, but mostly dwelt with the nymph Calypso on her island. We can imagine that his
Making tech giants pay for news was a success the first time around. It can be done again
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rod Sims, Enterprise Professor, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne With the release this week of the government’s News Bargaining Incentive, it’s worth reconsidering the origins and achievements of its predecessor, the News Media Bargaining Code. Both have the same aim:
One Nation: built by the media, supercharged by the algorithms
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ashlynne McGhee, Head of Editorial Innovation, The Conversation The media made Pauline Hanson and One Nation, but now the party holds all the power. For 30 years, journalists have ridden a merry-go-round reporting on its stunts and inflammatory rhetoric, while grappling with how to interrogate its policies
ER Report: A Roundup of Significant Articles on EveningReport.nz for May 1, 2026
ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on May 1, 2026.

