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May 5, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Next week’s budget will contain cutbacks to the concessional treatment of electric vehicles (EVs) that will save the government $1.7 billion over the budget period. Announcing the changes to the Fringe Benefit Tax (FBT) exemption for EVs, Treasurer Jim Chalmers ... <a title="Next week’s budget to reduce electric vehicle FBT concession" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/05/next-weeks-budget-to-reduce-electric-vehicle-fbt-concession-282062/" aria-label="Read more about Next week’s budget to reduce electric vehicle FBT concession">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2026
COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle Kiwi Julien Blondel’s face may be bloodied but it is unbowed. So far the New Zealand government has done nothing after Blondel and other New Zealand peace activists were savagely beaten by Israeli soldiers who attacked the Global Sumud flotilla near the Greek Island of Crete on April 30. The flotilla ... <a title="After Israel’s brutal attack on Kiwis the NZ government does nothing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/05/after-israels-brutal-attack-on-kiwis-the-nz-government-does-nothing/" aria-label="Read more about After Israel’s brutal attack on Kiwis the NZ government does nothing">Read more</a>
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Keith Rankin.
There is a narrative going around that the war in the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman – Israel/USA versus Iran – is a training exercise for the big one, a war between the United States and China centred on the Taiwan Strait.
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May 4, 2026
By Stefan Armbruster of Pasifika TV Fiji has recorded a dramatic jump in its media freedom rating to be in the top 25 nations globally while Samoan government press restrictions have seen its rating plummet in the latest World Press Freedom Index. Advocacy group Reporters Sans Frontières (RSF) said globally it was the first time ... <a title="Fiji jumps, Samoa plunges in World Press Freedom Index" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/04/fiji-jumps-samoa-plunges-in-world-press-freedom-index/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji jumps, Samoa plunges in World Press Freedom Index">Read more</a>
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Keith Rankin.
Inflation is a topic which has, for a long time now, been at the forefront of normative economics. Normative economics is the economics of mainstream ideology, not the economics informed by concept or science.
Submitted Analysis.Post
Keith Rankin.
Are we witnessing, for the first time, a British King appeasing a foreign emperor? And on the quarter-millennial anniversary of Britain's greatest ever geopolitical humiliation. Could King Charles be enacting one of the final straws in the deathknell of the Monarchy?
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May 4, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Thomas Jeffries, Senior Lecturer in Microbiology, Western Sydney University Three people have died after a suspected outbreak of hantavirus on a cruise ship in the middle of the Atlantic ocean. At least one other passenger is in intensive care in South Africa. The World Health Organization announced ... <a title="What is hantavirus, the disease that has killed 3 cruise ship passengers?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/04/what-is-hantavirus-the-disease-that-has-killed-3-cruise-ship-passengers-282044/" aria-label="Read more about What is hantavirus, the disease that has killed 3 cruise ship passengers?">Read more</a>
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May 4, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Patrizia Biondi, Academic, Visual Arts, University of Sydney The Venice Biennale is the most prestigious recurring event in contemporary art, often described as the Olympics of the art world. The most prestigious prize of the sprawling international exhibition is the Golden Lion for best national participation. The ... <a title="The Venice Biennale jury has resigned, proving art institutions cannot remain separate from politics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/04/the-venice-biennale-jury-has-resigned-proving-art-institutions-cannot-remain-separate-from-politics-282040/" aria-label="Read more about The Venice Biennale jury has resigned, proving art institutions cannot remain separate from politics">Read more</a>
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May 4, 2026
By Charlotte England of Novara Media Israeli soldiers beat and tortured flotilla organisers Saif Abukeshek and Thiago Ávila after abducting them in international waters near Greece in the early hours of Thursday morning, allege lawyers and diplomats. After illegally intercepting 22 boats and kidnapping around 200 activists hundreds of miles from Gaza, Israel transferred the ... <a title="Gaza flotilla organisers subjected to ‘extreme brutality’ in illegal Israeli detention" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/04/gaza-flotilla-organisers-subjected-to-extreme-brutality-in-illegal-israeli-detention/" aria-label="Read more about Gaza flotilla organisers subjected to ‘extreme brutality’ in illegal Israeli detention">Read more</a>
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May 4, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Meredith Primrose Jones, Researcher, Oceania Cyber Security Centre, RMIT University Over the last two months, refineries and fuel storage facilities around the world have caught fire due to war (Russia) or accident (Australia, the United States, India and Mexico), adding more pressure to stressed oil and gas ... <a title="Oil refineries are catching fire in war or by accident. How does this worsen the energy crunch?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/04/oil-refineries-are-catching-fire-in-war-or-by-accident-how-does-this-worsen-the-energy-crunch-281855/" aria-label="Read more about Oil refineries are catching fire in war or by accident. How does this worsen the energy crunch?">Read more</a>
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May 4, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Haidee Cadd, Research Fellow, Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health, University of Wollongong During the summer of 2019–2020, half of Australia’s third largest island was on fire. Kangaroo Island, also known as Karta Pintingga or Karti in local mainland Aboriginal languages, was one of the worst-hit places ... <a title="Lake mud reveals 7,000 years of Kangaroo Island’s complex fire history" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/04/lake-mud-reveals-7-000-years-of-kangaroo-islands-complex-fire-history-279567/" aria-label="Read more about Lake mud reveals 7,000 years of Kangaroo Island’s complex fire history">Read more</a>
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May 4, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Haskell-Dowland, Professor of Cyber Security Practice, Edith Cowan University The ABC has revealed a major cybersecurity flaw in Bluetooth-enabled police tasers and body-worn cameras that means officers can be tracked. The exposé shows how anyone can use simple software tools to detect the presence of a ... <a title="Police equipment can be tracked via Bluetooth. What about your phone, watch and headphones?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/04/police-equipment-can-be-tracked-via-bluetooth-what-about-your-phone-watch-and-headphones-282039/" aria-label="Read more about Police equipment can be tracked via Bluetooth. What about your phone, watch and headphones?">Read more</a>
