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May 17, 2026
Report by Dr David Robie – Café Pacific. – Updated research has shown up lingering headaches over the impacts of decades-long nuclear testing in the Pacific islands and interventions of outside powers, amid growing threats from climate change, writes Dr Lee Duffield for the Independent Australia. REVIEW: By Lee Duffield The journalist, professor and peace ... <a title="Nuclear – now climate change: New book on how great powers have plagued the Pacific" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/17/nuclear-now-climate-change-new-book-on-how-great-powers-have-plagued-the-pacific-2/" aria-label="Read more about Nuclear – now climate change: New book on how great powers have plagued the Pacific">Read more</a>
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May 17, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lucinda Beaman, FactCheck Editor, The Conversation Between now and November 24, when Victorians will choose their next government, they’re sure to be hit with more than their fair share of political spin, misinformation, half-truths, and maybe even a few brazen falsehoods. That’s why we’ll be turning our ... <a title="Victorian election 2018: how to spot and suggest a fact check" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/17/victorian-election-2018-how-to-spot-and-suggest-a-fact-check-105507-2/" aria-label="Read more about Victorian election 2018: how to spot and suggest a fact check">Read more</a>
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May 17, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Whiteford, Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University In aged care in particular we’re spending A$1 billion extra, every year. – Prime Minister Scott Morrison, doorstop interview, Guildford, Western Australia, October 2, 2018 Preparations for the Royal Commission into aged care are now underway, ... <a title="FactCheck: is the Coalition spending ‘$1 billion extra, every year’ on aged care?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/17/factcheck-is-the-coalition-spending-1-billion-extra-every-year-on-aged-care-103323-2/" aria-label="Read more about FactCheck: is the Coalition spending ‘$1 billion extra, every year’ on aged care?">Read more</a>
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May 17, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Fabrizio Carmignani, Professor, Griffith Business School, Griffith University The evidence on the ground is very clear. The Trump tax cuts have led to stronger investment, stronger growth, lower unemployment rate and higher wages. – Minister for Finance Mathias Cormann, interview on RN Breakfast, August 13, 2018 After ... <a title="FactCheck: have the Trump tax cuts led to lower unemployment and higher wages?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/17/factcheck-have-the-trump-tax-cuts-led-to-lower-unemployment-and-higher-wages-101460/" aria-label="Read more about FactCheck: have the Trump tax cuts led to lower unemployment and higher wages?">Read more</a>
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May 17, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dilpreet Kaur, Editorial Intern, The Conversation It’s February, the holidays seem like a distant memory and here we are barrelling toward a federal election, which the government has indicated will be in May. Remember in the olden days – as in, a few elections ago – we ... <a title="Trust Me, I’m An Expert: how to spot the work of a political spin doctor this election season" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/17/trust-me-im-an-expert-how-to-spot-the-work-of-a-political-spin-doctor-this-election-season-106338-2/" aria-label="Read more about Trust Me, I’m An Expert: how to spot the work of a political spin doctor this election season">Read more</a>
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May 17, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Whelan, Associate Professor of Economics, University of Sydney Last year, more people bought their seventh home than those buying their first. – Queensland Minister for Housing and Public Works Mick de Brenni, media statement, November 22, 2018 Housing affordability remains a serious issue in many cities ... <a title="FactCheck: did more people buy their seventh home than bought their first home last year?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/17/factcheck-did-more-people-buy-their-seventh-home-than-bought-their-first-home-last-year-108492-2/" aria-label="Read more about FactCheck: did more people buy their seventh home than bought their first home last year?">Read more</a>
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May 17, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jennifer Buckingham, Senior Research Fellow, The Centre for Independent Studies; Associate Investigator, ARC Centre of Excellence in Cognition and its Disorders, Macquarie University Victoria has the lowest funding rate for public schools of any state in Australia. – Victorian Greens state election pamphlet, circulated in the seat ... <a title="FactCheck: does Victoria have Australia’s lowest rate of public school funding?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/17/factcheck-does-victoria-have-australias-lowest-rate-of-public-school-funding-106772-2/" aria-label="Read more about FactCheck: does Victoria have Australia’s lowest rate of public school funding?">Read more</a>
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May 17, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ray Markey, Emeritus Professor, Macquarie University The Conversation fact-checks claims made on Q&A, broadcast Mondays on the ABC at 9.35pm. Thank you to everyone who sent us quotes for checking via Twitter using the hashtags #FactCheck and #QandA, on Facebook or by email. [embedded content]Excerpt from Q&A, ... <a title="FactCheck Q&A: have 90% of Labor MPs worked in trade unions?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/17/factcheck-qanda-have-90-of-labor-mps-worked-in-trade-unions-104226-2/" aria-label="Read more about FactCheck Q&A: have 90% of Labor MPs worked in trade unions?">Read more</a>
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May 17, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Don Weatherburn, Director of the NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research; Adjunct Professor, School of Social Science, UNSW Sydney But sadly, under Daniel Andrews Victoria has won the unenviable title as the state with the country’s highest rate of crime. – Leader of the Victorian Liberal ... <a title="FactCheck: does Victoria have Australia’s highest rate of crime?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/17/factcheck-does-victoria-have-australias-highest-rate-of-crime-105846-2/" aria-label="Read more about FactCheck: does Victoria have Australia’s highest rate of crime?">Read more</a>
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May 17, 2026
PROFILE: By Campion Ohasio The Solomon Islands has entered a new political era. In a historic morning at Parliament House yesterday, Matthew Cooper Wale was elected as the nation’s new Prime Minister. His victory marks the culmination of a dramatic week in Honiara and signals a potential shift in both the country’s internal management and ... <a title="New chapter for Hapi Isles – Matthew Wale takes the helm as PM" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/17/new-chapter-for-hapi-isles-matthew-wale-takes-the-helm-as-pm/" aria-label="Read more about New chapter for Hapi Isles – Matthew Wale takes the helm as PM">Read more</a>
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May 17, 2026
Fijian Media Association Fiji’s media workers finally got to celebrate their World Press Freedom Day this week 11 days late — on Thursday, May 14. The event was pushed back from its traditional May 3 global date — which fell on a Sunday this year — to accommodate a packed news cycle dominated by parliamentary ... <a title="Fiji’s journalists celebrate belated World Press Freedom Day – but warn of threats" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/17/fijis-journalists-celebrate-belated-world-press-freedom-day-but-warn-of-threats/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji’s journalists celebrate belated World Press Freedom Day – but warn of threats">Read more</a>
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May 17, 2026
ANALYSIS: By David Robie, Pacific Media Watch When the Paris-based global watchdog Reporters Without Borders released their annual World Press Freedom Index dossier online three days before World Press Freedom Day, journalists in the Asia-Pacific region were quick to check out their ranking. Overall the prognosis wasn’t very flattering. No country in the region was ... <a title="Improvements in Pacific media freedom, but a shameful silence on Gaza ‘death trap’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/17/improvements-in-pacific-media-freedom-but-a-shameful-silence-on-gaza-death-trap/" aria-label="Read more about Improvements in Pacific media freedom, but a shameful silence on Gaza ‘death trap’">Read more</a>
