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February 27, 2024
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards – Democracy Project (https://democracyproject.nz) Elections in the United States are dominated by big money. But what isn’t commonly understood is that most of it is raised and spent, not by the political parties and candidates for office, but by special interest groups who run their own election campaigns to ... <a title="Bryce Edwards Analysis – NZ elections are being Americanised with “dark money” flowing into campaign groups" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/27/bryce-edwards-analysis-nz-elections-are-being-americanised-with-dark-money-flowing-into-campaign-groups/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards Analysis – NZ elections are being Americanised with “dark money” flowing into campaign groups">Read more</a>
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July 20, 2023
In this episode political scientist Dr Paul Buchanan and Selwyn Manning examine the strengths and weaknesses of democracy around the world. In particular Paul and Selwyn consider how and why democracy in many countries around the world is on the slide.
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April 1, 2019
Former Papua New Guinea prime minister Sir Mekere Morauta has strongly criticised “foreign governments and organisations”, singling out Australia, for their assessments of the 2017 PNG national election. Sir Mekere accused them of “whitewashing the rigging and corruption associated with it”. by the Australian National University and Transparency International. Image: Screenshot/PMC “The ANU report and ... <a title="Former PM Morauta accuses Australia of ‘whitewashing’ PNG poll rigging" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/01/former-pm-morauta-accuses-australia-of-whitewashing-png-poll-rigging/" aria-label="Read more about Former PM Morauta accuses Australia of ‘whitewashing’ PNG poll rigging">Read more</a>
