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June 28, 2019
Yesterday the Prime Minister sent a clear message to voters: the Government has not given up on fixing the housing crisis. It was communicated via the sacking of the Housing Minister, and a serious re-organisation of the housing portfolio so that a team of five ministers now share responsibility for fixing what is becoming an ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The Government suggests it hasn’t given up on the housing crisis (yet)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/28/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-the-government-suggests-it-hasnt-given-up-on-the-housing-crisis-yet/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The Government suggests it hasn’t given up on the housing crisis (yet)">Read more</a>
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June 27, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tony Walker, Adjunct Professor, School of Communications, La Trobe University The word “consequential” is a popular fallback for commentators seeking to invest a particular event with the significance it might warrant. On occasions, the word is misused to inflate a moment that does not rise to the ... <a title="Trade war tensions sky high as Trump and Xi prepare to meet at the G20" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/27/trade-war-tensions-sky-high-as-trump-and-xi-prepare-to-meet-at-the-g20-119460/" aria-label="Read more about Trade war tensions sky high as Trump and Xi prepare to meet at the G20">Read more</a>
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June 26, 2019
Will KiwiBuild minister Phil Twyford lose his portfolio in tomorrow’s Cabinet reshuffle? That’s the big question, given that the Government’s flagship housing programme has been so heavily discredited, and the accompanying debate about Twyford’s role in the debacle and whether he’s to blame. It seems unlikely that Twyford will get the sack. Although Prime Minister ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Who’s accountable for the KiwiBuild debacle?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/26/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-whos-accountable-for-the-kiwibuild-debacle/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Who’s accountable for the KiwiBuild debacle?">Read more</a>
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June 26, 2019
I was in Ontario for a week in May. The premier of Ontario is Doug Ford, leader of the ‘Progressive Conservative’ party; brother of the late (and somewhat notorious) Mayor of Toronto, Rob Ford. Ford is indeed the leading right wing personality in Canadian politics. The chart shows what we in New Zealand would call the ... <a title="Keith Rankin’s Chart of the Month – First-Past-the-Post in Action: Ontario 2018" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/26/keith-rankins-chart-of-the-month-first-past-the-post-in-action-ontario-2018/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin’s Chart of the Month – First-Past-the-Post in Action: Ontario 2018">Read more</a>
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June 26, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Scott Morrison will warn of the danger of any further escalation in US-China tensions and declare Australia won’t let its relations with China be dominated by inevitable differences, in a major speech ahead of this week’s G20 meeting. Walking a ... <a title="Australia’s PM Morrison warns of widespread pain if US-China trade tensions are not contained" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/26/morrison-warns-of-widespread-pain-if-us-china-trade-tensions-are-not-contained-119424/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s PM Morrison warns of widespread pain if US-China trade tensions are not contained">Read more</a>
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June 25, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Donell Holloway, Senior research fellow, Edith Cowan University I recently purchased a bedroom bundle (mattress, bed base, pillows and sheets) from a well known Australian startup for my son, who has flown the nest. Now I’m swamped with Google and Facebook ads for beds and bedding. The ... <a title="Explainer: what is surveillance capitalism and how does it shape our economy?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/25/explainer-what-is-surveillance-capitalism-and-how-does-it-shape-our-economy-119158/" aria-label="Read more about Explainer: what is surveillance capitalism and how does it shape our economy?">Read more</a>
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June 24, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rob Manwaring, Senior Lecturer, Politics and Public Policy, Flinders University The ALP’s defeat at the 2019 federal election was a surprise. Shorten’s Labor fell short, against both wider commentariat predictions and unrepresentative polls. Yet, if we take a step back, the result is less surprising if we ... <a title="Australian Centre-left politics: dead, in crisis, or in transition?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/24/centre-left-politics-dead-in-crisis-or-in-transition-119159/" aria-label="Read more about Australian Centre-left politics: dead, in crisis, or in transition?">Read more</a>
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June 21, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kris Gledhill, Professor of Law, Auckland University of Technology The man accused of the Christchurch mosque attacks appeared in court last week. Through his lawyer, he pleaded not guilty to 92 charges of murder, attempted murder and terrorism. The court appearance was a “callover” procedural hearing as ... <a title="What the not guilty pleas mean for the trial of alleged Christchurch mosque gunman" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/21/what-the-not-guilty-pleas-mean-for-the-trial-of-alleged-christchurch-mosque-gunman-118917/" aria-label="Read more about What the not guilty pleas mean for the trial of alleged Christchurch mosque gunman">Read more</a>
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June 21, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Eileen Baldry, Professor of Criminology, UNSW Reports this week of an Indigenous boy with a disability held naked for days in a Brisbane police cell have once again raised the issue of how best to treat our most vulnerable young offenders, and the impact of their incarceration. ... <a title="Locking up kids damages their mental health and sets them up for more disadvantage. Is this what we want?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/21/locking-up-kids-damages-their-mental-health-and-sets-them-up-for-more-disadvantage-is-this-what-we-want-117674/" aria-label="Read more about Locking up kids damages their mental health and sets them up for more disadvantage. Is this what we want?">Read more</a>
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June 19, 2019
The sudden departure of ANZ CEO David Hisco this week has been sold as the bank having high standards of accountability. The intention is obviously to reassure the public, customers, shareholders, regulators and the politicians that all is well, and the local board of ANZ has everything under control. But not everyone’s convinced. And there ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Dodgy banks under scrutiny" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/19/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-dodgy-banks-under-scrutiny/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Dodgy banks under scrutiny">Read more</a>
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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 18, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Kirchner, Program Director, Trade and Investment, United States Studies Centre, University of Sydney With its official cash rate now expected to fall below 1% to a new extraordinarily low close to zero, all sorts of people are saying that the Reserve Bank is in danger of ... <a title="Below zero is “reverse”. How the Reserve Bank of Australia would make quantitative easing work" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/18/below-zero-is-reverse-how-the-reserve-bank-would-make-quantitative-easing-work-118843/" aria-label="Read more about Below zero is “reverse”. How the Reserve Bank of Australia would make quantitative easing work">Read more</a>
