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June 18, 2019
Shock, horror! An extremely wealthy CEO has been using chauffeur services, and the bank that he runs has been paying for it. Furthermore, that bank has been paying for the storage of his wine in Australia because they re-located him to New Zealand to be the CEO of their local operations here. For the full ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Banking elites get a taste of the Zeitgeist" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/18/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-banking-elites-get-a-taste-of-the-zeitgeist/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Banking elites get a taste of the Zeitgeist">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2019
In the weekend, Act leader David Seymour relaunched his party in a way that will polarise the electorate, triggering both hate and respect. At the centre of this latest attempt to reinvent the party is a firm concentration on political freedoms and “freedom of speech” – which aligns Seymour’s party with a variant of rightwing ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Seymour’s anti-woke Act Party" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/17/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-seymours-anti-woke-act-party/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Seymour’s anti-woke Act Party">Read more</a>
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June 15, 2019
OPEN LETTER: By Keith Jackson I joined the Australian Journalists Association (now the MEAA – Media Alliance) in, I think, 1971, when I still lived and worked in Papua New Guinea. When I formally retired from paid work a few years back, I was given honorary membership but, to bolster the journalism profession and its ... <a title="Keith Jackson: Act now over grave threat facing Australian press freedom" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/15/keith-jackson-act-now-over-grave-threat-facing-australian-press-freedom/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Jackson: Act now over grave threat facing Australian press freedom">Read more</a>
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June 13, 2019
How much trust do you have in politics and public institutions? It’s one of the most important political questions of our time. All over the world there has been a decline in trust, which is leading to a sea change in our politics – from Trump and Brexit through to the emergence of radical progressive ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Who does the public trust in 2019?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/13/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-who-does-the-public-trust-in-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Who does the public trust in 2019?">Read more</a>
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June 12, 2019
Imagine if the Government had announced the $20b new spend on the military on Budget Day. Or if yesterday’s announcement had occurred before the declaration that New Zealand was pulling its troops out of Iraq. It would have been much less palatable to supporters, some of whom are already questioning the priorities of this Labour-led ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The camouflaged military spend-up" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/12/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-the-camouflaged-military-spend-up/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The camouflaged military spend-up">Read more</a>
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June 11, 2019
Political commentators are divided over whether the Government’s terrible handling of the so-called “Budget hack” is a “cockup” or a “conspiracy”. It’s still not clear which, and nor is it clear who is responsible. But there is growing agreement that the Government’s handling of the issue was in error, as it was a bizarre mistake ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The Budget hack “cockup or conspiracy” debate continues" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/11/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-the-budget-hack-cockup-or-conspiracy-debate-continues/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The Budget hack “cockup or conspiracy” debate continues">Read more</a>
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June 10, 2019
Two opinion polls have come out at once saying dramatically different things about the current fortunes of New Zealand’s political parties. One poll, promoted by Newshub as “epic”, puts Labour 13-points ahead of National. The other poll from 1News showed a shock reversal of party fortunes, with Labour now 2-points behind. And once you add ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Epic New Zealand political opinion poll mystery" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/10/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-epic-new-zealand-political-opinion-poll-mystery/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Epic New Zealand political opinion poll mystery">Read more</a>
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June 7, 2019
By Denis Muller of University of Melbourne In their raids on media organisations, journalists and whistleblowers, the Australian Federal Police have shown themselves to be the tool of a secretive, ruthless and vindictive executive government. Secretive because the extensive web of laws passed under the rubric of national security, on top of the secrecy provisions ... <a title="Media raids raise questions of police power over journalists, whistleblowers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/07/media-raids-raise-questions-of-police-power-over-journalists-whistleblowers/" aria-label="Read more about Media raids raise questions of police power over journalists, whistleblowers">Read more</a>
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June 6, 2019
Should we really care about the “Budget hack” that has been consuming a lot of politicians and political commentators over the last week? Is this really, as John Key used to say about scandals involving his own Government, one of “the things that matter”? I made the case yesterday in my column, The Budget ‘hack’ scandal ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Who cares about the “Budget hack”?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/06/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-who-cares-about-the-budget-hack/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Who cares about the “Budget hack”?">Read more</a>
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June 6, 2019
Can we trust government departments? Can we trust Treasury not to lie to us? What about the Minister of Finance? Have they lied for political advantage? These are some of the questions that naturally come out of last week’s abysmal Government handling of National’s early release of budget details, in which senior officials and politicians ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The Budget “hack” scandal reveals some big accountability problems" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/06/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-the-budget-hack-scandal-reveals-some-big-accountability-problems/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The Budget “hack” scandal reveals some big accountability problems">Read more</a>
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June 1, 2019
COMMENTARY: By Scott Waide in Lae As the new Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea, you have your work cut out for you. You have to try to get a lot of it done within two years before the 2022 elections. That’s a big job. Do what is right by the people. Listen to their ... <a title="Scott Waide: My message to PNG’s Prime Minister James Marape" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/01/scott-waide-my-message-to-pngs-prime-minister-james-marape/" aria-label="Read more about Scott Waide: My message to PNG’s Prime Minister James Marape">Read more</a>
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May 31, 2019
For each Budget, the government of the day spends huge amounts of resources getting its message and branding across about its spending decisions. Careful attempts at framing their Budget are made, and all of this largely gets reported. This year is no different, and so you can read, watch and listen to hundreds of media ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The other side of the Budget story" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/31/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-the-other-side-of-the-budget-story/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The other side of the Budget story">Read more</a>
