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May 2, 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 TAX, ECONOMY, COST OF LIVING, MONEY Chris Trotter (Interest): Tension within the Labour Party over dismantling the neoliberal status quo Pattrick Smellie (BusinessDesk): Guesswork and slogans: the wealth ... <a title="Newsletter: May 2 2023 – Items of interest and importance today" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/02/newsletter-may-2-2023-items-of-interest-and-importance-today/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: May 2 2023 – Items of interest and importance today">Read more</a>
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May 2, 2023
ANALYSIS: By Michael Belgrave, Massey University Australian Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price’s recent claim that New Zealand’s Waitangi Tribunal has veto powers over Parliament was met with surprise in New Zealand, especially by the members of the tribunal itself. That’s because it is just plain wrong. As the debate around the Voice to Parliament ramps up, ... <a title="Australians should be wary of scare stories about New Zealand’s Waitangi Tribunal" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/02/australians-should-be-wary-of-scare-stories-about-new-zealands-waitangi-tribunal/" aria-label="Read more about Australians should be wary of scare stories about New Zealand’s Waitangi Tribunal">Read more</a>
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May 2, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christina Maher, Computational Neuroscientist and Biomedical Engineer, University of Sydney Shutterstock The technology to decode our thoughts is drawing ever closer. Neuroscientists at the University of Texas have for the first time decoded data from non-invasive brain scans and used them to reconstruct language and meaning from ... <a title="How close are we to reading minds? A new study decodes language and meaning from brain scans" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/02/how-close-are-we-to-reading-minds-a-new-study-decodes-language-and-meaning-from-brain-scans-204691/" aria-label="Read more about How close are we to reading minds? A new study decodes language and meaning from brain scans">Read more</a>
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May 2, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Denis Muller, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism, The University of Melbourne Lukas Coch/AAP For much of the past two decades, polarisation and hyper-partisanship have weakened Western democracies, most notably in the United States and Britain. Australia has not escaped, although the consequences here have been ... <a title="Journalists reporting on the Voice to Parliament do voters a disservice with ‘he said, she said’ approach" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/02/journalists-reporting-on-the-voice-to-parliament-do-voters-a-disservice-with-he-said-she-said-approach-204361/" aria-label="Read more about Journalists reporting on the Voice to Parliament do voters a disservice with ‘he said, she said’ approach">Read more</a>
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May 2, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Henry Cutler, Professor and Director, Macquarie University Centre for the Health Economy, Macquarie University Shutterstock Australians will soon be able to fill two months’ supply of medicines at their community pharmacy, rather than one, for 325 common medicines. This change is expected to halve the cost of ... <a title="Here’s why pharmacists are angry at script changes – and why the government is making them anyway" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/02/heres-why-pharmacists-are-angry-at-script-changes-and-why-the-government-is-making-them-anyway-204028/" aria-label="Read more about Here’s why pharmacists are angry at script changes – and why the government is making them anyway">Read more</a>
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May 2, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Benjamin Thompson, Lecturer in Human Geography, Monash University Shutterstock The wild-caught fish you buy was landed far away from cameras or scrutiny. So how do you know it really is what the label says? How do you know it was caught in a sustainable fishery? Even in ... <a title="Wild-caught seafood is often untraceable – and some industry players don’t want that to change. Here’s why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/02/wild-caught-seafood-is-often-untraceable-and-some-industry-players-dont-want-that-to-change-heres-why-204195/" aria-label="Read more about Wild-caught seafood is often untraceable – and some industry players don’t want that to change. Here’s why">Read more</a>
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May 2, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David John Eldridge, Professor of Dryland Ecology, UNSW Sydney Dylan Shaw/Unsplash Mosses are some of the oldest land plants. They are found all over the world, from lush tropical rainforests to the driest deserts, and even the wind-swept hills of Antarctica. They are everywhere; growing in cracks ... <a title="An epic global study of moss reveals it is far more vital to Earth’s ecosystems than we knew" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/02/an-epic-global-study-of-moss-reveals-it-is-far-more-vital-to-earths-ecosystems-than-we-knew-203141/" aria-label="Read more about An epic global study of moss reveals it is far more vital to Earth’s ecosystems than we knew">Read more</a>
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May 2, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Bendall, Research Fellow, Gender and Women’s History Research Centre, Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences, Australian Catholic University Dutch delftware with a double portrait of William III and Mary II, ca. 1690. The Metropolitan Museum of Art Mugs and plates celebrating the coronations, marriages and deaths ... <a title="Picking up a King Charles III coronation commemorative plate? You’re buying into a centuries-old tradition" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/02/picking-up-a-king-charles-iii-coronation-commemorative-plate-youre-buying-into-a-centuries-old-tradition-200646/" aria-label="Read more about Picking up a King Charles III coronation commemorative plate? You’re buying into a centuries-old tradition">Read more</a>
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May 2, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra A government change requiring superannuation to be paid on payday could mean a young employee will be several thousand dollars better off by retirement. The reform – which will not come in until July 1 2026 – will benefit the ... <a title="Government will require bosses to pay workers their super on payday" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/02/government-will-require-bosses-to-pay-workers-their-super-on-payday-204759/" aria-label="Read more about Government will require bosses to pay workers their super on payday">Read more</a>
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May 2, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra original The federal government is declaring war on vaping, announcing measures to stamp out its recreational use – especially among the young – including by stronger legislation and enforcement action. In a tough message to be delivered on Tuesday, Health ... <a title="Albanese government launches war on vaping, declaring it the ‘number-one behavioural issue in high schools’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/02/albanese-government-launches-war-on-vaping-declaring-it-the-number-one-behavioural-issue-in-high-schools-204760/" aria-label="Read more about Albanese government launches war on vaping, declaring it the ‘number-one behavioural issue in high schools’">Read more</a>
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May 1, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Rolph, Professor of Law, University of Sydney Former Liberal Party staffer Bruce Lehrmann has been given the all-clear to continue with defamation proceedings against several media outlets and journalists regarding reporting about Brittany Higgins’ rape allegations. Lehrmann has always maintained his innocence, and no finding has ... <a title="Why was Bruce Lehrmann given the all-clear to sue media for defamation? A media law expert explains" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/01/why-was-bruce-lehrmann-given-the-all-clear-to-sue-media-for-defamation-a-media-law-expert-explains-204683/" aria-label="Read more about Why was Bruce Lehrmann given the all-clear to sue media for defamation? A media law expert explains">Read more</a>
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May 1, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicola Willand, Senior Lecturer, School of Property, Construction and Project Management, RMIT University Shutterstock One in four Australian households are finding it hard to pay their gas and electricity bills. As winter looms, energy price rises will make it even harder. Cold homes and disconnections resulting from ... <a title="1 in 4 households struggle to pay power bills. Here are 5 ways to tackle hidden energy poverty" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/01/1-in-4-households-struggle-to-pay-power-bills-here-are-5-ways-to-tackle-hidden-energy-poverty-204672/" aria-label="Read more about 1 in 4 households struggle to pay power bills. Here are 5 ways to tackle hidden energy poverty">Read more</a>
