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July 31, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jonathan Barrett, Lecturer, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington The world’s wealthiest people will transfer US$15.4 trillion in assets to their heirs in the next decade, according to a recent report. Published by specialist data analysts Wealth-X, the report focused on the richest 0.1% (those ... <a title="Forget a capital gains tax – what New Zealand needs is a tax on inherited wealth" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/31/forget-a-capital-gains-tax-what-new-zealand-needs-is-a-tax-on-inherited-wealth-143604/" aria-label="Read more about Forget a capital gains tax – what New Zealand needs is a tax on inherited wealth">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Harry Scheule, Professor, Finance, UTS Business School, University of Technology Sydney In an apparent about face, the NSW government has halved land tax for developers of build-to-rent housing. It came weeks after the the Treasurer Dominic Perrottet launched a report that called for a greater reliance on ... <a title="Why NSW is skewing its tax system toward build-to-rent apartments and away from mum and pop landlords" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/31/why-nsw-is-skewing-its-tax-system-toward-build-to-rent-apartments-and-away-from-mum-and-pop-landlords-143594/" aria-label="Read more about Why NSW is skewing its tax system toward build-to-rent apartments and away from mum and pop landlords">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW As Victoria struggles to get its hotel-quarantine-debacle-driven COVID-19 outbreak under control, there has been renewed focus on the plight of those in aged-care facilities. The facts are these. Between March 26 and July 5, Victoria recorded 20 deaths. None of those ... <a title="Vital Signs: the COVID-19 crisis in aged care shows elimination is the only effective strategy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/31/vital-signs-the-covid-19-crisis-in-aged-care-shows-elimination-is-the-only-effective-strategy-143621/" aria-label="Read more about Vital Signs: the COVID-19 crisis in aged care shows elimination is the only effective strategy">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Normann Witzleb, Associate Professor in Law, Monash University A big year for privacy just got bigger. On July 16, Europe’s top court ruled on the legality of two mechanisms for cross-border transfers of personal data. The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) struck down the ... <a title="Data privacy: stricter European rules will have repercussions in Australia as global divisions grow" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/31/data-privacy-stricter-european-rules-will-have-repercussions-in-australia-as-global-divisions-grow-142980/" aria-label="Read more about Data privacy: stricter European rules will have repercussions in Australia as global divisions grow">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2020
Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage By Tamanisha J. JohnFrom Miami, Florida Guyana is facing political turmoil given that the March 2020 elections have yet to be recognized by the incumbent APNU + AFC alliance coalition government. As of July 28th 2020, the APNU + AFC alliance coalition government claims that their electoral loss ... <a title="Guyana: Sovereignty Imperiled by Disputed Election " class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/31/guyana-sovereignty-imperiled-by-disputed-election/" aria-label="Read more about Guyana: Sovereignty Imperiled by Disputed Election ">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Scott Morrison says of the war against COVID-19: “On some days the virus wins. On other days we beat it”. This week, the virus was counting its victories most days. In these bleak times, it’s well to remind ourselves that ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Australia holds its breath as Victoria struggles with the virus" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/31/grattan-on-friday-australia-holds-its-breath-as-victoria-struggles-with-the-virus-143693/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Australia holds its breath as Victoria struggles with the virus">Read more</a>
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July 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Francis Markham, Research Fellow, College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University The Morrison government has finally unveiled the long-awaited new National Agreement on Closing the Gap. After more than two years of consultation, and a year of negotiations, Prime Minister Scott Morrison was full of ... <a title="We have 16 new Closing the Gap targets. Will governments now do what’s needed to meet them?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/30/we-have-16-new-closing-the-gap-targets-will-governments-now-do-whats-needed-to-meet-them-143179/" aria-label="Read more about We have 16 new Closing the Gap targets. Will governments now do what’s needed to meet them?">Read more</a>
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July 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Those in aged care have been some of the hardest hit by the coronavirus second wave in Victoria. Even before the crisis, there were calls for reform of the sector, which is currently being examined by a royal commission. Issues ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Patricia Sparrow on the need for aged care reform" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/30/politics-with-michelle-grattan-patricia-sparrow-on-the-need-for-aged-care-reform-143694/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Patricia Sparrow on the need for aged care reform">Read more</a>
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July 30, 2020
By Matthew Scott The day began with a video, showing a disparate collection of arresting images – the drowned Greenpeace photographer Fernando Pereira, camera in hand and a huge smile on his face. Mugshots of two captured French DGSE secret agents – a fake honeymooning pair jailed for manslaughter, but later spirited off to Hao ... <a title="French nuclear tests: ‘I bury people nearly every day, what was our sin?’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/30/french-nuclear-tests-i-bury-people-nearly-every-day-what-was-our-sin/" aria-label="Read more about French nuclear tests: ‘I bury people nearly every day, what was our sin?’">Read more</a>
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July 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Janet Stephenson, Associate Professor and Director, Centre for Sustainability, University of Otago A proposed multibillion-dollar project to build a pumped hydro storage plant could make New Zealand’s electricity grid 100% renewable, but expensive new infrastructure may not be the best way to achieve this. New Zealand’s electricity ... <a title="New Zealand wants to build a 100% renewable electricity grid, but massive infrastructure is not the best option" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/30/new-zealand-wants-to-build-a-100-renewable-electricity-grid-but-massive-infrastructure-is-not-the-best-option-143592/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand wants to build a 100% renewable electricity grid, but massive infrastructure is not the best option">Read more</a>
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July 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Angela Pattison, Research scientist at Plant Breeding Institute, University of Sydney, University of Sydney Most countries have a staple food: native, fast-growing and easy-to-store plants high in carbohydrates. In Africa, it’s sorghum. In Asia, rice. In the Americas, corn and potato. Around the Mediterranean Sea, the Middle ... <a title="America has corn and Asia has rice. It’s time Australia had a native staple food" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/30/america-has-corn-and-asia-has-rice-its-time-australia-had-a-native-staple-food-108983/" aria-label="Read more about America has corn and Asia has rice. It’s time Australia had a native staple food">Read more</a>
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July 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emma Maguire, Lecturer in English and Creative Writing, James Cook University Review: Kokomo, published by Hachette You know, Kokomo’s not even a real place … Well, it is, but it’s an industrial city in Indiana, it’s a long way from the tropical paradise they’d have you believe. ... <a title="Kokomo by Victoria Hannan, a millennial fiction that spans generations" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/30/kokomo-by-victoria-hannan-a-millennial-fiction-that-spans-generations-142043/" aria-label="Read more about Kokomo by Victoria Hannan, a millennial fiction that spans generations">Read more</a>
