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February 16, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jeannie Marie Paterson, Professor of Law (consumer protections and credit law), The University of Melbourne Coles has appeared before the Federal Court in Melbourne, as hearings for a high-stakes case launched against the supermarket by Australia’s consumer watchdog officially begin. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) ... <a title="Coles accused of ‘utterly misleading’ discounts as major court case kicks off" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/16/coles-accused-of-utterly-misleading-discounts-as-major-court-case-kicks-off-276041/" aria-label="Read more about Coles accused of ‘utterly misleading’ discounts as major court case kicks off">Read more</a>
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February 16, 2026
ANALYSIS: By Bryce Edwards Politicians are under fire overseas. But New Zealand should take note too. The US Justice Department’s release of more than three million Epstein files (including 180,000 images and 2000 videos) has blown the doors off the most protected social network of the late 20th century. What these documents reveal is not ... <a title="Bryce Edwards: What the Epstein scandal means for NZ politics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/16/bryce-edwards-what-the-epstein-scandal-means-for-nz-politics/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards: What the Epstein scandal means for NZ politics">Read more</a>
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February 16, 2026
Israel’s President Herzog has departed Australia, leaving less “social cohesion”, while politicians, justices and NSW police have many questions to answer. Wendy Bacon reports for Michael West Media. ANALYSIS: By Wendy Bacon Many who witnessed the horrific police violence in Sydney’s CBS on the evening of February 9 say they had never seen anything like ... <a title="Herzog protest – when politicans fail, police go rogue, justice fails to protect" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/16/herzog-protest-when-politicans-fail-police-go-rogue-justice-fails-to-protect/" aria-label="Read more about Herzog protest – when politicans fail, police go rogue, justice fails to protect">Read more</a>
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February 16, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Libby (Elizabeth) Sander, MBA Director & Associate Professor of Organisational Behaviour, Bond Business School, Bond University Since the pandemic, offices around the world have quietly shrunk. Many organisations don’t need as much floor space or as many desks, given many staff now do a mix of hybrid ... <a title="Why your brain has to work harder in an open-plan office than private offices: study" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/16/why-your-brain-has-to-work-harder-in-an-open-plan-office-than-private-offices-study-274946/" aria-label="Read more about Why your brain has to work harder in an open-plan office than private offices: study">Read more</a>
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February 15, 2026
While the world has focused on the atrocities in Gaza, Israel continues its support of illegal settlements, hostility and apartheid in the West Bank. Asia-Pacific specialist journalist Ben Bohane reports from Bethlehem for Michael West Media. SPECIAL REPORT: By Ben Bohane We are no more than 5 minutes out of Bethlehem on a crisp December ... <a title="The West Bank: Israel’s atrocities in clear sight, but out of mind" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/15/the-west-bank-israels-atrocities-in-clear-sight-but-out-of-mind/" aria-label="Read more about The West Bank: Israel’s atrocities in clear sight, but out of mind">Read more</a>
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February 15, 2026
COMMENTARY: By Maher Nazzal The Epstein Files were never just about one man. Jeffrey Epstein didn’t operate in a vacuum. His crimes were grotesque, systematic, and, crucially, protected for decades. That alone should unsettle anyone who believes power is held accountable. What’s disturbing isn’t only what he did, but what didn’t happen afterwards. How does ... <a title="Maher Nazzal: The Epstein Files – the real scandal is the silence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/15/maher-nazzal-the-epstein-files-the-real-scandal-is-the-silence/" aria-label="Read more about Maher Nazzal: The Epstein Files – the real scandal is the silence">Read more</a>
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February 15, 2026
Keith Rankin, 13 February 2026 On 14 January, Al Jazeera produced an episode of ‘Inside Story’, their daily current affairs feature programme: Why is the US Fed chair criminal probe causing global alarm? The context is the conflict between the Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, versus the man who appointed him to that role, President ... <a title="Keith Rankin Essay – The New Alchemy: Democracy, and the Church of Money" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/15/keith-rankin-essay-the-new-alchemy-democracy-and-the-church-of-money/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Essay – The New Alchemy: Democracy, and the Church of Money">Read more</a>
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February 15, 2026
Asia Pacific Report Protesters have condemned Indonesia’s plan to take part in the International Stabilisaton Force for Gaza as Israel continues to violate the ceasefire on an almost daily basis. Carrying placards declaring “Break the siege”, “Gaza is not for sale”, “So, when will the Palestinians get to decide their own future” and crosses over ... <a title="Indonesian protesters slam Prabowo over ‘peacekeeping’ troops for Gaza" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/15/indonesian-protesters-slam-prabowo-over-peacekeeping-troops-for-gaza/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesian protesters slam Prabowo over ‘peacekeeping’ troops for Gaza">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2026
COMMENTARY: By Stuart Rees The violence surrounding protests against the visit of Israel’s president was not an accident of crowd control. It reflects a deeper political failure – where authority suppresses dissent rather than confronting uncomfortable truths about Gaza, protest rights and democratic responsibility. In official explanations of violence outside Sydney Town Hall on Monday ... <a title="Stuart Rees: Cowardice over Gaza dressed up as authority on Sydney’s streets" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/13/stuart-rees-cowardice-over-gaza-dressed-up-as-authority-on-sydneys-streets/" aria-label="Read more about Stuart Rees: Cowardice over Gaza dressed up as authority on Sydney’s streets">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julian Koplin, Lecturer in Bioethics, Monash University & Honorary fellow, Melbourne Law School, Monash University Jorge Salvador/Unsplash It rarely takes long before new media technologies are turned to the task of creating pornography. This was true of the printing press, photography, and the earliest days of the ... <a title="Non-consensual AI porn doesn’t violate privacy – but it’s still wrong" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/13/non-consensual-ai-porn-doesnt-violate-privacy-but-its-still-wrong-275095/" aria-label="Read more about Non-consensual AI porn doesn’t violate privacy – but it’s still wrong">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jenny Graves, Distinguished Professor of Genetics and Vice Chancellor’s Fellow, La Trobe University Nathan Devery / Getty Images Men tend to lose the Y chromosome from their cells as they age. But because the Y bears few genes other than for male determination, it was thought this ... <a title="Men lose their Y chromosome as they age. Scientists thought it didn’t matter – but now we’re learning more" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/13/men-lose-their-y-chromosome-as-they-age-scientists-thought-it-didnt-matter-but-now-were-learning-more-275823/" aria-label="Read more about Men lose their Y chromosome as they age. Scientists thought it didn’t matter – but now we’re learning more">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra After she was trounced in Friday’s Liberal ballot, Sussan Ley addressed the media with a speech that was gracious in defeat, but came with an announcement new Liberal leader Angus Taylor would not have wanted. Ley’s decision to quit parliament ... <a title="View from The Hill: Sussan Ley leaves Angus Taylor his first hurdle, and it’s a high one" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/13/view-from-the-hill-sussan-ley-leaves-angus-taylor-his-first-hurdle-and-its-a-high-one-275912/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Sussan Ley leaves Angus Taylor his first hurdle, and it’s a high one">Read more</a>
