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July 31, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Anthony Albanese has a blunt message for critics who are accusing Labor of attacking government measures but then voting for them. They should “examine the world as it is rather than as they would like it to be,” he says. ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Anthony Albanese on Labor’s hard times" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/31/politics-with-michelle-grattan-anthony-albanese-on-labors-hard-times-121184/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Anthony Albanese on Labor’s hard times">Read more</a>
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July 30, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Charles Livingstone, Associate Professor, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University Regulatory failure has been a hot topic in Australia recently. Royal commissions into the financial and aged care sectors have revealed major regulatory failures. The harm done by these oversights has been significant. Regulation ... <a title="The Crown allegations show the repeated failures of our gambling regulators" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/30/the-crown-allegations-show-the-repeated-failures-of-our-gambling-regulators-121173/" aria-label="Read more about The Crown allegations show the repeated failures of our gambling regulators">Read more</a>
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July 30, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jen Webb, Director of the Centre for Creative and Cultural Research, University of Canberra Too Much Lip joins the other prizewinning volumes in Melissa Lucashenko’s trophy cabinet. Her first-ever novel, Steam Pigs (1997), was shortlisted for or won several major prizes, and in the past two decades ... <a title="With wit and tenderness, Miles Franklin winner Melissa Lucashenko writes back to the ‘whiteman’s world’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/30/with-wit-and-tenderness-miles-franklin-winner-melissa-lucashenko-writes-back-to-the-whitemans-world-121176/" aria-label="Read more about With wit and tenderness, Miles Franklin winner Melissa Lucashenko writes back to the ‘whiteman’s world’">Read more</a>
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July 30, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Charles Livingstone, Associate Professor, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University Regulatory failure has been a hot topic in Australia recently. Royal commissions into the financial and aged care sectors have revealed major regulatory failures. The harm done by these oversights has been significant. Regulation ... <a title="The Crown allegations show the failure of our gambling regulators. Serious reform requires real oversight" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/30/the-crown-allegations-show-the-failure-of-our-gambling-regulators-serious-reform-requires-real-oversight-121173/" aria-label="Read more about The Crown allegations show the failure of our gambling regulators. Serious reform requires real oversight">Read more</a>
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July 30, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Wood AO, Adjunct Professor in Biotechnology, Monash University Meatless burger maker Beyond Meat has just reported quarterly earnings of US$67.3 million – much better than market expectations of US$52.7 million. It is now forecasting sales of US$240 million for the 2019 year, nearly three times that ... <a title="Beyond meat? The market for meat substitutes is way overdone" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/30/beyond-meat-the-market-for-meat-substitutes-is-way-overdone-120579/" aria-label="Read more about Beyond meat? The market for meat substitutes is way overdone">Read more</a>
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July 30, 2019
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards The extraordinary Māori land protest at Ihumātao in Auckland is symbolic of our time. It is unlikely to have occurred, say, five years ago. It perfectly reflects heightened concerns and increased radicalism over racism, economic inequality, and the history of colonialism in New Zealand. This meant that when the police ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Ihumātao reflects the Zeitgeist of 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/30/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-ihumatao-reflects-the-zeitgeist-of-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Ihumātao reflects the Zeitgeist of 2019">Read more</a>
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July 30, 2019
Interest rates, though headline‑rousing when it comes to mortgages, are an arcane and deeply mysterious component of economic life. The received wisdom is that they represent the ‘time‑value of money’, and therefore should always be positive. Low interest rates are supposed to indicate a high willingness to postpone consumer pleasures. Interest income is also understood ... <a title="Keith Rankin’s Chart Analysis: G7 Rates of Interest, Inflation and Unemployment" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/30/keith-rankins-chart-analysis-g7-rates-of-interest-inflation-and-unemployment/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin’s Chart Analysis: G7 Rates of Interest, Inflation and Unemployment">Read more</a>
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July 30, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Wood AO, Adjunct Professor in Biotechnology, Monash University Meatless burger maker Beyond Meat has just reported quarterly earnings of US$67.3 million – much better than market expectations of US$52.7 million. It is now forecasting sales of US$240 million for the 2019 year, nearly three times that ... <a title="The market for meat substitutes is way overdone" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/30/the-market-for-meat-substitutes-is-way-overdone-120579/" aria-label="Read more about The market for meat substitutes is way overdone">Read more</a>
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July 30, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Margaret Simons, Associate professor, Journalism, Monash University Once upon a time, step onto a train and you could be pretty sure that most of the passengers would have their noses buried in newspapers. These days, commuters look at their phones. It’s a powerful example of how much ... <a title="Consumer watchdog: journalism is in crisis and only more public funding can help" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/30/consumer-watchdog-journalism-is-in-crisis-and-only-more-public-funding-can-help-121133/" aria-label="Read more about Consumer watchdog: journalism is in crisis and only more public funding can help">Read more</a>
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July 30, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Glass, Professor of Pharmacology, University of Otago Cannabis-based products will be allowed to bypass usual processes required for medicines in New Zealand and go directly onto the market without any proof of safety or effectiveness. This unprecedented proposal is contained in the government’s consultation document on ... <a title="Potential cost to patient safety as NZ debates access to medicinal cannabis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/30/potential-cost-to-patient-safety-as-nz-debates-access-to-medicinal-cannabis-120750/" aria-label="Read more about Potential cost to patient safety as NZ debates access to medicinal cannabis">Read more</a>
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July 30, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University During the election campaign then-opposition leader Bill Shorten repeatedly claimed that everything was going up. “Childcare is up 28%, out of pockets to see the doctor up 20%, specialists … up nearly 40%,” he said. ... <a title="There’s a reason you’re feeling no better off than 10 years ago. Here’s what HILDA says about well-being" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/30/theres-a-reason-youre-feeling-no-better-off-than-10-years-ago-heres-what-hilda-says-about-well-being-121098/" aria-label="Read more about There’s a reason you’re feeling no better off than 10 years ago. Here’s what HILDA says about well-being">Read more</a>
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July 30, 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 by Dr Bryce Edwards. Ihumātao John McCaffery (Herald): Finding a solution to the tragedy of Ihumātao (paywalled) RNZ: The Detail: Ihumātao explained Anna Bracewell-Worrall and Tova O’Brien (Newshub): Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern tried to prevent ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – July 30 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/30/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-july-30-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – July 30 2019">Read more</a>
