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June 3, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marina Yue Zhang, Associate Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Swinburne University of Technology Trade conflict between the US and China has accelerated towards the brink of trade war. A recent Trump executive order preventing US companies from working with “adversaries” (China fits this description) was hammered home ... <a title="Blocking Huawei’s 5G could isolate Australia from future economic opportunities" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/03/blocking-huaweis-5g-could-isolate-australia-from-future-economic-opportunities-117968/" aria-label="Read more about Blocking Huawei’s 5G could isolate Australia from future economic opportunities">Read more</a>
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May 31, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate C. Prickett, Director of the Roy McKenzie Centre for the Study of Families and Children, Victoria University of Wellington New Zealand’s budget 2019 promised to usher in a new era of policy addressing well-being. It was meant to go beyond the status quo of measuring how ... <a title="Children had no say in New Zealand’s well-being budget, and that matters" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/31/children-had-no-say-in-new-zealands-well-being-budget-and-that-matters-118113/" aria-label="Read more about Children had no say in New Zealand’s well-being budget, and that matters">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>
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May 31, 2019
By RNZ Pacific The well-being of Pacific people in New Zealand has been recognised in this year’s Budget with increases in funding for the community in education, languages, health and business. The government said the initiatives announced in the Budget would provide Pacific peoples with more scope to lift their own well-being. It also said ... <a title="NZ Budget gives boost for Pacific education, languages and health" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/31/nz-budget-gives-boost-for-pacific-education-languages-and-health/" aria-label="Read more about NZ Budget gives boost for Pacific education, languages and health">Read more</a>
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May 30, 2019
Budget 2019 Commentary & reaction Corin Dann (RNZ): Some meat in Wellbeing Budget 2019 but will it satisfy? Bryce Edwards (RNZ): A status quo Budget when transformation was promised Matthew Hooton (Herald): This Government’s Wellbeing measures are total BS (paywalled) Audrey Young (Herald): Wellbeing Budget is different, but it isn’t radical (paywalled) Bernard Hickey (Newsroom): What the Wellbeing Budget should have been ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Government Budget Special Round-up – May 30 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/30/newsletter-new-zealand-government-budget-special-round-up-may-30-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Government Budget Special Round-up – May 30 2019">Read more</a>
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May 30, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christoph Schumacher, Professor of Innovation and Economics, Massey University New Zealand’s first “well-being budget” has landed, prioritising well-being over economic growth. So how is it different to any budgets that we have seen in the past? The government has moved away from GDP as a sole indicator ... <a title="New Zealand’s ‘well-being budget’: how it hopes to improve people’s lives" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/30/new-zealands-well-being-budget-how-it-hopes-to-improve-peoples-lives-118052/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand’s ‘well-being budget’: how it hopes to improve people’s lives">Read more</a>
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May 30, 2019
New Zealand Government’s Budget 2019 has been titled the Wellbeing Budget by the Government. It assesses at its core the wellbeing of New Zealanders across the generations and does not rely just on Gross Domestic Product (GDP) outcomes but considers the wellbeing of its citizens. The Live TV Debate includes speakers including the Finance Minister ... <a title="New Zealand Parliament TV Live – Budget 2019 Debate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/30/new-zealand-parliament-tv-live-budget-2019-debate/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand Parliament TV Live – Budget 2019 Debate">Read more</a>
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May 29, 2019
The problem with scandals involving so much mystery is they naturally lead to plenty of speculation, some of which might be useful and some which might be completely wrong, or even highly-damaging. And while we are still in the midst of it all, it’s extremely difficult to sort out the useful from the damaging. For ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Intense speculation on Budget leaking and hacking" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/29/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-intense-speculation-on-budget-leaking-and-hacking/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Intense speculation on Budget leaking and hacking">Read more</a>
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May 28, 2019
In many other parts of the world, the close relationship between our Prime Minister and a leading business lobbyist would be considered corrupt, but in New Zealand it’s seen as “business as usual”. Does that make it right? Is it in the public interest to have the politicians and lobbyists in each other’s pockets? The ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Should we worry about lobbyists’ influence on the Government?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/28/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-should-we-worry-about-lobbyists-influence-on-the-government/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Should we worry about lobbyists’ influence on the Government?">Read more</a>
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May 28, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marion Maddox, Professor, Department of Modern History, Politics and International Relations, Macquarie University Four years before his 2019 election miracle, Scott Morrison explained divine intervention to Annabel Crabb and viewers of her Kitchen Cabinet program over his famous “ScoMosas”. After 14 years of failed IVF, he and ... <a title="After his ‘miracle’ election, will Scott Morrison feel pressure from Christian leaders on religious freedom?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/28/after-his-miracle-election-will-scott-morrison-feel-pressure-from-christian-leaders-on-religious-freedom-117798/" aria-label="Read more about After his ‘miracle’ election, will Scott Morrison feel pressure from Christian leaders on religious freedom?">Read more</a>
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May 26, 2019
By RNZ Pacific Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister Peter O’Neill has announced that is resigning, citing a need for change, after weeks of unrest in the government. O’Neill held a press conference today in Port Moresby, announcing he would stand down “in the coming days” After almost eight years in the position, he said he ... <a title="PNG’s O’Neill announces he is stepping down as PM" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/26/pngs-oneill-announces-he-is-stepping-down-as-pm/" aria-label="Read more about PNG’s O’Neill announces he is stepping down as PM">Read more</a>
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May 24, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ben Wellings, Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations, Monash University Like Avengers: Endgame we all knew it was coming but weren’t quite sure exactly how it would play out. Theresa May, the Remainer who promised to deliver Brexit, has finally relinquished her impossible job. Many in ... <a title="Why Boris Johnson would be a mistake to succeed Theresa May" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/24/why-boris-johnson-would-be-a-mistake-to-succeed-theresa-may-117671/" aria-label="Read more about Why Boris Johnson would be a mistake to succeed Theresa May">Read more</a>
