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July 2, 2019
The public’s trust in the competency and integrity of the public service is an essential element of any democracy. If citizens think that those running government departments are foolish, dishonest, or dodgy, then the whole system can start to fall apart. We see the results of such distrust in plenty of other countries. Here in ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Lack of accountability over Treasury’s bogus hacking claim" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/02/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-lack-of-accountability-over-treasurys-bogus-hacking-claim/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Lack of accountability over Treasury’s bogus hacking claim">Read more</a>
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July 2, 2019
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 Housing Chris Trotter (Interest): Why the government’s housing policies aren’t about to take a sharp left turn Shane Te Pou (Newsroom): How housing could go from clumsy to savvy Southland Times Editorial: For tenants ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – July 02 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/02/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-july-02-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – July 02 2019">Read more</a>
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July 2, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gabriele Gratton, Associate Professor of Economics and Scientia Fellow, UNSW There’s a very good chance that later today the Reserve Bank will cut its cash rate to 1%. Some predict more cuts by the end of the year, perhaps to 0.5%. It’s understandable. Economic growth is under-performing; ... <a title="Rate cuts might hurt, as well as help. What if this man didn’t need to do as much?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/02/rate-cuts-might-hurt-as-well-as-help-what-if-this-man-didnt-need-to-do-as-much-119378/" aria-label="Read more about Rate cuts might hurt, as well as help. What if this man didn’t need to do as much?">Read more</a>
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July 2, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sunanda Creagh, Head of Digital Storytelling On the outskirts of Sydney, in a secret bushland location, lies what’s officially known as the Australian Facility for Taphonomic Experimental Research (AFTER). In books and movies, it’d be called a body farm. Maiken Ueland at the AFTER facility run by ... <a title="‘This is going to affect how we determine time since death’: how studying body donors in the bush is changing forensic science" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/02/this-is-going-to-affect-how-we-determine-time-since-death-how-studying-body-donors-in-the-bush-is-changing-forensic-science-117662/" aria-label="Read more about ‘This is going to affect how we determine time since death’: how studying body donors in the bush is changing forensic science">Read more</a>
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July 2, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emma Kowal, Professor of Anthropology, Deakin University Genetic testing used to be something that happened in a specialist clinic for those few families that had serious inherited conditions, like Huntington’s Disease or rare cancers. Now, new genetic tests called “polygenic risk scores” have increased access to genetic ... <a title="Genetic risk tests are now widely available, but they aren’t always useful – and could even be harmful" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/02/genetic-risk-tests-are-now-widely-available-but-they-arent-always-useful-and-could-even-be-harmful-119231/" aria-label="Read more about Genetic risk tests are now widely available, but they aren’t always useful – and could even be harmful">Read more</a>
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July 2, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Larissa Hjorth, Professor of Mobile Media and Games, RMIT University Over the first weeks of July 2016, a strange phenomenon started to unfold in many parts of the world. A mobile game went viral. Streets in Barcelona, Melbourne, Singapore and New York began to fill with hordes ... <a title="Meet Sofia: a 67-year-old widow who uses Pokémon Go to reconnect with her city" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/02/meet-sofia-a-67-year-old-widow-who-uses-pokemon-go-to-reconnect-with-her-city-119389/" aria-label="Read more about Meet Sofia: a 67-year-old widow who uses Pokémon Go to reconnect with her city">Read more</a>
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July 2, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brendon O’Connor, Associate Professor in American Politics at the United States Studies Centre, University of Sydney An unprecedented 24 Democrats are currently running to be their party’s 2020 presidential nominee. Why are so many well-qualified, ambitious and smart people in the race? The answer is Trump. The ... <a title="Two dozen candidates, one big target: in a crowded Democratic field, who can beat Trump?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/02/two-dozen-candidates-one-big-target-in-a-crowded-democratic-field-who-can-beat-trump-119295/" aria-label="Read more about Two dozen candidates, one big target: in a crowded Democratic field, who can beat Trump?">Read more</a>
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July 2, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Labor has left the way open to wave through the government’s tax package in its entirety by the end of the week, but is continuing to play a game of brinkmanship by strongly attacking the third stage, which does not ... <a title="Morrison ‘very confident’ of winning support for tax passage, as he looks to crossbench" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/02/morrison-very-confident-of-winning-support-for-tax-passage-as-he-looks-to-crossbench-119684/" aria-label="Read more about Morrison ‘very confident’ of winning support for tax passage, as he looks to crossbench">Read more</a>
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July 1, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Danielle Wood, Program Director, Budget Policy and Institutional Reform, Grattan Institute The first item of business when parliament resumes today will be the proposed tax cuts. They are actually three rounds of tax cuts, up to half a decade apart – each very different in its cost, ... <a title="Stages 1 and 2 of the tax cuts should pass. But Stage 3 would return us to the 1950s" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/01/stages-1-and-2-of-the-tax-cuts-should-pass-but-stage-3-would-return-us-to-the-1950s-119637/" aria-label="Read more about Stages 1 and 2 of the tax cuts should pass. But Stage 3 would return us to the 1950s">Read more</a>
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July 1, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The ACTU leadership has pushed controversial construction boss John Setka to quit his union job but its president Michele O’Neil says the final decision on his leadership rests on the union membership. She told The Conversation “members of unions elect ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: ACTU president Michele O’Neil on John Setka and the government’s anti-union legislation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/01/politics-with-michelle-grattan-actu-president-michele-oneil-on-john-setka-and-the-governments-anti-union-legislation-119594/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: ACTU president Michele O’Neil on John Setka and the government’s anti-union legislation">Read more</a>
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July 1, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Denise Varney, Professor of Theatre Studies and co-director of the Australian Centre in the School of Culture and Communication, University of Melbourne Review: Wake in Fright, Malthouse Theatre Australian literary classics are currently enjoying a comeback at our major theatre companies. Over the past three years Cloudstreet, ... <a title="A radical new adaptation eviscerates the dominance of male voices in Wake in Fright" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/01/a-radical-new-adaptation-eviscerates-the-dominance-of-male-voices-in-wake-in-fright-119645/" aria-label="Read more about A radical new adaptation eviscerates the dominance of male voices in Wake in Fright">Read more</a>
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July 1, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Caitlin Byrne, Director, Griffith Asia Institute, Griffith University What a weekend it been: global leadership, diplomacy and theatrics, all at play on the world stage. US President Donald Trump – never one to shy away from the spotlight — has dominated. Significant breakthroughs, including a pause in ... <a title="At the G20, a focus on sideshow diplomacy and photo opps, with limited material gains" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/01/at-the-g20-a-focus-on-sideshow-diplomacy-and-photo-opps-with-limited-material-gains-119461/" aria-label="Read more about At the G20, a focus on sideshow diplomacy and photo opps, with limited material gains">Read more</a>
