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September 11, 2019
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards – The integrity of Jacinda Ardern and the Labour Party is currently under question, following revelations about how allegations of sexual assault in Labour have been handled by the party. Party president, Nigel Haworth, has now resigned over the matter, but this is unlikely to resolve unanswered questions. Critics allege ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Jacinda Ardern’s #MeTooLabour problem" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/11/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-jacinda-arderns-metoolabour-problem/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Jacinda Ardern’s #MeTooLabour problem">Read more</a>
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September 9, 2019
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards – What sort of topsy-turvy political world have we arrived at? This week, the Government continued to defend its fiscally conservative approach, in direct opposition to economists who suggest more spending is warranted. Even Treasury, the Reserve Bank, the private sector, and National appear to be open to much greater ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Shouldn’t the Government be spending more?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/09/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-shouldnt-the-government-be-spending-more/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Shouldn’t the Government be spending more?">Read more</a>
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September 5, 2019
The Government has been widely panned over its major announcement yesterday on housing. There are a few positive takes on the “reset”, but generally it has been viewed as an embarrassing backdown at best, or at worst a sell-out of those needing the housing crisis addressed. One political journalist has even branded yesterday’s announcement as ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Labour’s KiwiBuild reset disaster" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/05/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-labours-kiwibuild-reset-disaster/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Labour’s KiwiBuild reset disaster">Read more</a>
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September 2, 2019
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards – The Prime Minister currently gets paid $460K – about nine times the average wage. Other politicians receive less, but still magnitudes more than the average working citizen. So, are politicians paid too much, or do we need high pay to attract quality representation? The debate about politician pay has ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Lifting the MP pay freeze – how much are politicians worth?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/02/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-lifting-the-mp-pay-freeze-how-much-are-politicians-worth/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Lifting the MP pay freeze – how much are politicians worth?">Read more</a>
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August 29, 2019
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards – “Democracy dies in darkness.” That’s the motto of the Washington Post, and it refers to the role the news media plays in ensuring democratic political systems work. It’s also an idea that’s been spoken about a lot in the last couple of weeks as debate heats up about the ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Democracy declines in media darkness" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/29/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-democracy-declines-in-media-darkness/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Democracy declines in media darkness">Read more</a>
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August 28, 2019
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards – It’s the prerogative of Cabinet ministers and politicians to be friends with wealthy individuals, and then to accept their generous donations of money, travel, and accommodation. But those relationships and gifts do come at a cost. There’s no such thing as a free lunch, as politicians of the political ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The costs of politicians being friends with generous foreigners" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/28/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-the-costs-of-politicians-being-friends-with-generous-foreigners/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The costs of politicians being friends with generous foreigners">Read more</a>
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August 23, 2019
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards – Is Simon Bridges really trying to channel Donald Trump? Or is he taking his cue from Scott Morrison? Or is he looking to emulate Boris Johnson? Whatever the inspiration, there’s been a clear change in the National Party leaders’ political positioning and tactics in recent months that suggests he’s ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Simon Bridges and National go populist" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/23/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-simon-bridges-and-national-go-populist/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Simon Bridges and National go populist">Read more</a>
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August 23, 2019
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards – The nature of New Zealand general election campaigns could be significantly changed with the proposed establishment of an “umpire” to adjudicate over political party manifesto policies. A suggestion has been put forward by the Government for the establishment of a parliamentary watchdog to make rulings on the economics of ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Playing politics with proposals for an election policy watchdog" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/23/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-playing-politics-with-proposals-for-an-election-policy-watchdog/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Playing politics with proposals for an election policy watchdog">Read more</a>
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August 21, 2019
Could the most interesting aspect of the current local government elections turn out to be generational change? At the moment, there is a surge of media and activist focus on younger candidates standing for office. It suddenly seems to be “cool” again to want to be a local body politician. Some are calling the apparent ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Is a local government “youthquake” happening?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/21/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-is-a-local-government-youthquake-happening/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Is a local government “youthquake” happening?">Read more</a>
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August 19, 2019
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards – The election race is on. The nominations process for local government positions has now closed, and the political campaign is officially underway. But does the public care? Will many of us even vote for any of the various mayoral or council candidates? Going on recent experience, we shouldn’t expect ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Will more than a third vote in the local government elections?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/19/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-will-more-than-a-third-vote-in-the-local-government-elections/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Will more than a third vote in the local government elections?">Read more</a>
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August 15, 2019
Is it “Trumpian” to dispute the veracity of the botched census statistics? That’s the question currently dominating the political debate following the release of the official report into how the 2018 government census operation went so badly. Leader of the Opposition, Simon Bridges has slammed the handling of the census operation by Statistics New Zealand ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Toxic clash over census stats" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/15/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-toxic-clash-over-census-stats/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Toxic clash over census stats">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2019
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards – This week the Minister of Justice, Andrew Little, declared that stripping all prisoners of their right to vote had occurred as part of a “fascist” political climate during the last National-led Government. Speaking on the AM Show about whether prisoners should be allowed to vote, Little explained that the ... <a title="Bryce Edwards Political Roundup: Will the Government reverse the “fascist” ban on prisoner voting?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/14/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-will-the-government-reverse-the-fascist-ban-on-prisoner-voting/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards Political Roundup: Will the Government reverse the “fascist” ban on prisoner voting?">Read more</a>
