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May 26, 2020
COMMENT: By Sue Bradford for Pundit and RNZ News In the age of covid-19 we are Jacinda’s team of five million, except for some. There has rarely been a more blatant case of discrimination against beneficiaries than Grant Robertson’s announcement yesterday that people who have lost their jobs because of the coronavirus will receive weekly payments ... <a title="Sue Bradford: Labour betrays its traditions – and most vulnerable – with two-tier welfare payments" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/26/sue-bradford-labour-betrays-its-traditions-and-most-vulnerable-with-two-tier-welfare-payments/" aria-label="Read more about Sue Bradford: Labour betrays its traditions – and most vulnerable – with two-tier welfare payments">Read more</a>
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May 26, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Krystian Seibert, Industry Fellow, Centre for Social Impact, Swinburne University of Technology Comedian Celeste Barber’s whopping $51 million bushfire fundraiser showed us just how generous people can be in times of trouble. But the need to seek the NSW Supreme Court’s advice about how to spend the ... <a title="Celeste Barber’s story shows us the power of celebrity fundraising … and the importance of reading the fine print" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/26/celeste-barbers-story-shows-us-the-power-of-celebrity-fundraising-and-the-importance-of-reading-the-fine-print-139379/" aria-label="Read more about Celeste Barber’s story shows us the power of celebrity fundraising … and the importance of reading the fine print">Read more</a>
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May 26, 2020
Analysis by Keith Rankin. From an interview with Geoff Bertram, on The Panel, RNZ 22 May 2020 Wallace Chapman: “Are we setting up our future generations, our future children, to be born into a life of national debt?” [He mentions the on-line Fabian Society discussion, held on 23 May, and introduces Geoff Bertram.] Wallace Chapman: ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – Government and Money during a Major Economic Downturn" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/26/keith-rankin-analysis-government-and-money-during-a-major-economic-downturn/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – Government and Money during a Major Economic Downturn">Read more</a>
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May 26, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tim Adair, Principal Research Fellow, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne People living in socially disadvantaged areas and outside major cities are much more likely to die prematurely, our new research shows. The study, published in the journal Australian Population Studies, reveals this ... <a title="The poorest Australians are twice as likely to die before age 75 as the richest, and the gap is widening" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/26/the-poorest-australians-are-twice-as-likely-to-die-before-age-75-as-the-richest-and-the-gap-is-widening-139201/" aria-label="Read more about The poorest Australians are twice as likely to die before age 75 as the richest, and the gap is widening">Read more</a>
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May 26, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrei Alexander Lux, Lecturer in Leadership and Organisational Behaviour, Edith Cowan University The qualities that have made Jacinda Ardern New Zealand’s most popular prime minister in a century were on display this week as she took an earthquake in her stride during a live television interview. “We’re ... <a title="Open, honest and effective: what makes Jacinda Ardern an authentic leader" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/26/open-honest-and-effective-what-makes-jacinda-ardern-an-authentic-leader-132513/" aria-label="Read more about Open, honest and effective: what makes Jacinda Ardern an authentic leader">Read more</a>
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May 26, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Guy Morrow, Lecturer in Arts & Cultural Management, University of Melbourne This week, Australia’s finance minister Mathias Cormann told ABC radio he didn’t “accept [the] proposition” workers in the arts and entertainment industry were missing out on wage subsidies through the government’s Jobkeeper program. If they’re not ... <a title="The government says artists should be able to access JobKeeper payments. It’s not that simple" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/26/the-government-says-artists-should-be-able-to-access-jobkeeper-payments-its-not-that-simple-138530/" aria-label="Read more about The government says artists should be able to access JobKeeper payments. It’s not that simple">Read more</a>
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May 26, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Eryn Newman, Lecturer, Australian National University As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the world, politicians, medical experts and epidemiologists have taught us about flattening curves, contact tracing, R0 and growth factors. At the same time, we are facing an “infodemic” – an overload of information, in which ... <a title="Seeing is believing: how media mythbusting can actually make false beliefs stronger" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/26/seeing-is-believing-how-media-mythbusting-can-actually-make-false-beliefs-stronger-138515/" aria-label="Read more about Seeing is believing: how media mythbusting can actually make false beliefs stronger">Read more</a>
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May 26, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Keating, Visiting Fellow, College of Business & Economics, Australian National University In the early 1970s, when rising inflation and unemployment tore through the economy, someone coined the aphorism “one man’s wage increase is another man’s job” (unfortunately, most of the talk was about men in those ... <a title="Why the coronavirus shouldn’t stand in the way of the next wage increase" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/26/why-the-coronavirus-shouldnt-stand-in-the-way-of-the-next-wage-increase-139277/" aria-label="Read more about Why the coronavirus shouldn’t stand in the way of the next wage increase">Read more</a>
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May 26, 2020
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. Today’s content Redundancy scheme Susan Edmunds (Stuff): Opinion: Unemployment payment scheme shows Govt knows benefits insufficient Rachel Sadler (Newshu): Auckland Action Against Poverty says Government’s Income Relief Payments create ‘two tiers of unemployed’ people Marc ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – May 26 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/26/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-may-26-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – May 26 2020">Read more</a>
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May 26, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dominic O’Sullivan, Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences, Auckland University of Technology, and Associate Professor of Political Science, Charles Sturt University It looked just like any posed political picture. The politician, in this case the National Party’s newly elected leader, Todd Muller, standing by a ... <a title="Why Trump’s Make America Great Again hat makes a dangerous souvenir for foreign politicians" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/26/why-trumps-make-america-great-again-hat-makes-a-dangerous-souvenir-for-foreign-politicians-139296/" aria-label="Read more about Why Trump’s Make America Great Again hat makes a dangerous souvenir for foreign politicians">Read more</a>
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May 26, 2020
Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage By Roger D. Harris Corte Madera, California As Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza spoke to COHA Friday night, five Iranian oil tankers headed to Venezuela in defiance of Washington. Within hours the first tanker arrived through the Caribbean where an armada of US warships were deployed. The Venezuelan ... <a title="“We are on the right side of history”: COHA Exclusive Interview with Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/26/we-are-on-the-right-side-of-history-coha-exclusive-interview-with-venezuelan-foreign-minister-jorge-arreaza/" aria-label="Read more about “We are on the right side of history”: COHA Exclusive Interview with Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza">Read more</a>
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May 26, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bruce Wolpe, Non-resident Senior Fellow, United States Study Centre, University of Sydney At age 77, in his twilight years, the third time was the charm for Joe Biden. He prevailed over a field of 24 Democrats from across the political spectrum and has emerged as his party’s ... <a title="Third time’s the charm for Joe Biden: now he has an election to win and a country to save" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/26/third-times-the-charm-for-joe-biden-now-he-has-an-election-to-win-and-a-country-to-save-138616/" aria-label="Read more about Third time’s the charm for Joe Biden: now he has an election to win and a country to save">Read more</a>
