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May 5, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stella Huangfu, Associate Professor, School of Economics, University of Sydney The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has lifted the official cash rate by another 25 basis points, the third hike this year as it struggles to keep inflation under control. The increase takes the cash rate to ... <a title="With no easy options, RBA raises interest rates for the third time to quell inflation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/05/with-no-easy-options-rba-raises-interest-rates-for-the-third-time-to-quell-inflation-281979/" aria-label="Read more about With no easy options, RBA raises interest rates for the third time to quell inflation">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra As high poll numbers are increasingly emboldening One Nation, Pauline Hanson now says she might seek to move to the House of Representatives. Her adviser James Ashby first floated the idea on Sky News on Monday, saying he would “throw ... <a title="View from The Hill: Would Pauline Hanson really risk a tilt at the lower house?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/05/view-from-the-hill-would-pauline-hanson-really-risk-a-tilt-at-the-lower-house-281635/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Would Pauline Hanson really risk a tilt at the lower house?">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marten Risius, Adjunct Senior Fellow, School of Psychology, The University of Queensland Eighty-one years after Adolf Hitler died by his own hand in a Berlin bunker, a viral video on TikTok shows an AI-generated vision of the Nazi dictator standing in Antarctica, shoulders broad and face smiling, ... <a title="Hollow-Earth myths and Nazi UFOs on TikTok are bringing white supremacism into the mainstream" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/05/hollow-earth-myths-and-nazi-ufos-on-tiktok-are-bringing-white-supremacism-into-the-mainstream-281653/" aria-label="Read more about Hollow-Earth myths and Nazi UFOs on TikTok are bringing white supremacism into the mainstream">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jaimie Northam, Lecturer in Clinical Child Psychology, Western Sydney University If you’ve decided to separate from your partner, and you have kids together, it’s normal to worry about the potential impact on them. Although some studies have shown a higher risk of mental health problems for children ... <a title="How to talk to your kids about separating and managing the change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/05/how-to-talk-to-your-kids-about-separating-and-managing-the-change-278100/" aria-label="Read more about How to talk to your kids about separating and managing the change">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jay Marlowe, Professor of Social Work, Co-Founder Centre for Asia Pacific Refugee Studies, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau A person fleeing persecution may not travel with extensive documentation, legal advice or even a neatly ordered account of their situation. Trauma, fear, language barriers, fragmented evidence and ... <a title="Is New Zealand sliding toward a US-style approach to immigration and asylum?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/05/is-new-zealand-sliding-toward-a-us-style-approach-to-immigration-and-asylum-281861/" aria-label="Read more about Is New Zealand sliding toward a US-style approach to immigration and asylum?">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kylie Moore-Gilbert, Research Fellow, Security Studies, Macquarie University Hostage-taking by nation-states is emerging as an overlooked consequence of the more unstable and dangerous world that’s been created by the fracturing rules-based order. In an increasingly might-is-right system of international relations, malign actors have become even more emboldened ... <a title="Hostage‑taking by rogue states is on the rise. New research provides fresh ways to tackle it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/05/hostage-taking-by-rogue-states-is-on-the-rise-new-research-provides-fresh-ways-to-tackle-it-280913/" aria-label="Read more about Hostage‑taking by rogue states is on the rise. New research provides fresh ways to tackle it">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Morgan Cataldo, Visiting Fellow, School of Global, Urban and Social Studies, RMIT University There’s a growing awareness policy works best when shaped by the people and communities who have lived through the issues it aims to address. If we don’t listen to and learn from those who ... <a title="‘Demand the impossible’: how lived experience leaders make systems and policy better" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/05/demand-the-impossible-how-lived-experience-leaders-make-systems-and-policy-better-267748/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Demand the impossible’: how lived experience leaders make systems and policy better">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emma Beckett, Senior Lecturer, Nutrition and Food Science, Australian Catholic University You’re standing in a supermarket aisle, weighing up whether to buy a microwave meal or a bunch of fresh carrots. We all know making healthy eating choices can be tough. That’s especially true if you are ... <a title="‘Decision fatigue’ could be hurting your health. A nutritionist explains" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/05/decision-fatigue-could-be-hurting-your-health-a-nutritionist-explains-278666/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Decision fatigue’ could be hurting your health. A nutritionist explains">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lev Bromberg, Lecturer, La Trobe University Over the decades, journalists and activist groups have revealed horrendous animal cruelty using covert recordings. A 2011 Four Corners investigation of abuse of Australian cattle in Indonesia is among the most well-known examples. Many attempts to record agricultural operations have involved ... <a title="Copyright law is being used to hide alleged animal abuse. Here’s what’s at stake" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/05/copyright-law-is-being-used-to-hide-alleged-animal-abuse-heres-whats-at-stake-281344/" aria-label="Read more about Copyright law is being used to hide alleged animal abuse. Here’s what’s at stake">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Colin Hawes, Associate professor of law, University of Technology Sydney The Chinese-owned firm that operates the Port of Darwin isn’t happy about the federal government’s push to return it to an Australian owner. Now, the situation is escalating, with the stage set for an international legal showdown. ... <a title="Chinese companies are increasingly taking on foreign governments. It’s not just the Port of Darwin" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/05/chinese-companies-are-increasingly-taking-on-foreign-governments-its-not-just-the-port-of-darwin-282045/" aria-label="Read more about Chinese companies are increasingly taking on foreign governments. It’s not just the Port of Darwin">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nikki-Anne Wilson, Lecturer, School of Psychology, UNSW Sydney; Neuroscience Research Australia Words escape you. Your skin tingles. You are overwhelmed by how small and insignificant you really are, bursting with a feeling that is hard to define. This is awe. Awe is a complex emotional state we ... <a title="How a sense of awe can be good for your mental health" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/05/how-a-sense-of-awe-can-be-good-for-your-mental-health-280272/" aria-label="Read more about How a sense of awe can be good for your mental health">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Graeme Austin, Professor of Law, University of Melbourne; Chair of Private Law, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Music superstar Taylor Swift has applied to trademark her voice and image to head off the threat of AI-generated impersonations. But the problem extends much further than ... <a title="From Taylor Swift to Bollywood, stars turn to the civil courts to fight deepfakes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/05/from-taylor-swift-to-bollywood-stars-turn-to-the-civil-courts-to-fight-deepfakes-281745/" aria-label="Read more about From Taylor Swift to Bollywood, stars turn to the civil courts to fight deepfakes">Read more</a>
