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June 8, 2023
New Zealand Politics Daily is a collation of the most prominent issues being discussed in New Zealand. It is edited by Dr Bryce Edwards of The Democracy Project. Today’s content MICHAEL WOOD AIRPORT SHARES CONFLICT OF INTEREST Peter Dunne: Taint of incompetent ministers dragging Hipkins down Herald Editorial: Suspended Transport Minister Michael Wood’s egregious error of judgment (paywalled) Barry ... <a title="Newsletter: June 08 2023 – Items of interest and importance today" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/08/newsletter-june-08-2023-items-of-interest-and-importance-today/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: June 08 2023 – Items of interest and importance today">Read more</a>
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June 8, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Mulgan, Emeritus Professor, Australian National University Shutterstock Labor had pledged to wind back the use of the big four consulting firms by the public service well before the scandal engulfing PricewaterhouseCoopers over the sharing of confidential government information. The policy it took to the May 2022 ... <a title="Blacklisting PwC won’t stop outsourcing: here are 3 reasons it has become embedded in the Australian public service" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/08/blacklisting-pwc-wont-stop-outsourcing-here-are-3-reasons-it-has-become-embedded-in-the-australian-public-service-206772/" aria-label="Read more about Blacklisting PwC won’t stop outsourcing: here are 3 reasons it has become embedded in the Australian public service">Read more</a>
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June 8, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vincent Ho, Associate Professor and clinical academic gastroenterologist, Western Sydney University Pope Francis has had an operation this week to remove a hernia, which his surgeon said had been causing him increasingly frequent pain. This planned surgery was to remove a type of hernia caused by scarring ... <a title="Pope Francis is recovering from hernia surgery. But what exactly is a hernia?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/08/pope-francis-is-recovering-from-hernia-surgery-but-what-exactly-is-a-hernia-207294/" aria-label="Read more about Pope Francis is recovering from hernia surgery. But what exactly is a hernia?">Read more</a>
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June 8, 2023
Political scientist, and former Pentagon analyst, Dr Paul Buchanan, and Selwyn Manning analyse the question: What does the Geopolitical balancing that is taking place in the West and South-West Pacific mean for the region and the globe?
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June 8, 2023
RNZ Pacific French Polynesia’s new President Moetai Brotherson is in Paris for wide-ranging talks with the French government and the organisers of the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics. His visit involves meetings with a range of ministers and officials to continue cooperation arrangements initiated by his predecessor. “I’m not here to come begging,” Brotherson said, adding ... <a title="‘I’m not begging’, Tahiti’s Brotherson tells France in prep for independence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/08/im-not-begging-tahitis-brotherson-tells-france-in-prep-for-independence/" aria-label="Read more about ‘I’m not begging’, Tahiti’s Brotherson tells France in prep for independence">Read more</a>
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June 8, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emmanuel Kuntsche, Director of the Centre for Alcohol Policy Research, La Trobe University Shutterstock From August 2023, Australian beer, wine, spirits and pre-mixed drinks have to warn of the harms of drinking alcohol while pregnant. But they don’t have to mention the other harms of alcohol for ... <a title="Australia should follow Ireland’s lead and add stronger health warning labels to alcohol" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/08/australia-should-follow-irelands-lead-and-add-stronger-health-warning-labels-to-alcohol-206985/" aria-label="Read more about Australia should follow Ireland’s lead and add stronger health warning labels to alcohol">Read more</a>
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June 8, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rebecca J McLeod, Senior Research Fellow in Marine Ecology, University of Otago Rebecca McLeod, CC BY-ND Cyclone Gabrielle has highlighted forestry slash as a problematic aspect of relying on plantation forests to draw down carbon dioxide (CO₂) from the atmosphere. While we no doubt must prioritise reducing ... <a title="Blue carbon: could a solution to the climate challenge be buried in the depths of fiords?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/08/blue-carbon-could-a-solution-to-the-climate-challenge-be-buried-in-the-depths-of-fiords-205639/" aria-label="Read more about Blue carbon: could a solution to the climate challenge be buried in the depths of fiords?">Read more</a>
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June 8, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tim Harcourt, Industry Professor and Chief Economist, University of Technology Sydney Some say we should keep sport out of politics. But that seems to be almost impossible in the case of Tasmania. The announcement that Tasmania will get its own AFL team has become the centrepiece of ... <a title="How the Tasmanian AFL team turned into a political football" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/08/how-the-tasmanian-afl-team-turned-into-a-political-football-205846/" aria-label="Read more about How the Tasmanian AFL team turned into a political football">Read more</a>
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June 8, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Burnett, Honorary Associate Professor, ANU College of Law, Australian National University Victoria recently announced an end to native forest logging in December 2023, six years earlier than previously announced. Western Australia is ending it from January 2024. The Greens and independent federal MPs are now calling ... <a title="Has time been called on the native forest logging deals of the 1990s? Here’s what the Albanese government can do" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/08/has-time-been-called-on-the-native-forest-logging-deals-of-the-1990s-heres-what-the-albanese-government-can-do-206860/" aria-label="Read more about Has time been called on the native forest logging deals of the 1990s? Here’s what the Albanese government can do">Read more</a>
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June 8, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adam Dodd, Tutor, School of Communication and the Arts, The University of Queensland Shutterstock Claims the US government has secretly retrieved crashed alien spacecraft and their non-human occupants are hardly new. They are firmly entrenched in post-war American UFO lore and conspiracy theory, inspiring the most famous ... <a title="Alien spacecraft allegations suggest the Pentagon has approved conspiracy theories – about itself" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/08/alien-spacecraft-allegations-suggest-the-pentagon-has-approved-conspiracy-theories-about-itself-207205/" aria-label="Read more about Alien spacecraft allegations suggest the Pentagon has approved conspiracy theories – about itself">Read more</a>
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June 8, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Artificial intelligence is a challenging policy area that’s moving towards the centre stage of public and government attention. Some experts emphasise the immense potential of AI, while others are deeply troubled about the ramifications the technology may have on humans. ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Industry minister Ed Husic on the artificial intelligence revolution" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/08/politics-with-michelle-grattan-industry-minister-ed-husic-on-the-artificial-intelligence-revolution-207224/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Industry minister Ed Husic on the artificial intelligence revolution">Read more</a>
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June 8, 2023
INTERACTIVE WEBCAST: Join the LIVE recording of Paul G. Buchanan and Selwyn Manning’s podcast A View from Afar shortly after midday today Thursday (New Zealand time) and Wednesday 8pm (US EDT). Today, In this episode of A View from Afar political scientist, and former Pentagon analyst, Dr Paul Buchanan, and Selwyn Manning will analyse the ... <a title="LIVE @ Midday: Geopolitical balancing in the South-West Pacific and Does this mean Conflict is inevitable?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/08/live-midday-geopolitical-balancing-in-the-south-west-pacific-and-does-this-mean-conflict-is-inevitable/" aria-label="Read more about LIVE @ Midday: Geopolitical balancing in the South-West Pacific and Does this mean Conflict is inevitable?">Read more</a>
