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May 15, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne Mick Tsikas/AAP A federal Newspoll, conducted May 11-13 from a sample of 1,516, is the first poll taken since the May 9 budget. It gave Labor a ... <a title="Albanese’s ratings improve in a post-budget Newspoll; left to control NSW upper house" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/15/albaneses-ratings-improve-in-a-post-budget-newspoll-left-to-control-nsw-upper-house-205186/" aria-label="Read more about Albanese’s ratings improve in a post-budget Newspoll; left to control NSW upper house">Read more</a>
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May 11, 2023
Political scientist Paul G. Buchanan and journalist/analyst Selwyn Manning deliver their latest podcast A View from Afar. This episode: AUKUS, should New Zealand and other Asia Pacific nations join this security pact? And if not, why not?
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May 10, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Justin Bergman, Senior Deputy Politics + Society Editor AAP/The Conversation, CC BY-ND. Treasurer Jim Chalmers has delivered his second budget with a heavy focus on cost-of-living relief for Australians who are struggling due to persistently high inflation and rising interest rates. While Chalmers says the economy should ... <a title="Australia’s Budget 2023 at a glance: major measures, cuts and spends" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/10/budget-2023-at-a-glance-major-measures-cuts-and-spends-205211/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s Budget 2023 at a glance: major measures, cuts and spends">Read more</a>
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May 10, 2023
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards. The Green Party should be very high in the opinion polls right now. Historically, when Labour is low in the polls the Greens tend to be the recipients of progressive voters looking for an alternative. A huge proportion of the 50 per cent vote Labour got in 2020 are ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The Civil war in the Greens" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/10/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-the-civil-war-in-the-greens/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The Civil war in the Greens">Read more</a>
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May 8, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra original A $14.6 billion four-year cost-of-living package will be the centrepiece of Labor’s second budget, which seeks to balance spending restraint with its election commitment to not leave people behind. The latter days of preparing the budget – which was ... <a title="View from The Hill: Budget ‘centrepiece’ will be $14.6 billion cost-of-living package" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/08/view-from-the-hill-budget-centrepiece-will-be-14-6-billion-cost-of-living-package-205192/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Budget ‘centrepiece’ will be $14.6 billion cost-of-living package">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2023
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards. The defection of Labour Minister Meka Whaitiri has been heralded by some as a stunning coup for Te Pāti Māori and a “courageous” step by the rebel MP. But is it really? The whole episode can also be viewed as rather farcical and shabby, reflecting very poorly on the integrity ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: No one’s mana is enhanced by the Meka Whaitiri defection " class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/05/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-no-ones-mana-is-enhanced-by-the-meka-whaitiri-defection/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: No one’s mana is enhanced by the Meka Whaitiri defection ">Read more</a>
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May 3, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Timothy Gordon Walmsley, Senior Lecturer in Process and Energy Engineering, University of Waikato Getty Images New Zealand burns the equivalent of 108 litres of petrol every second in coal and natural gas to generate heat for industrial processes. This burning of fossil fuels for industrial heat generates ... <a title="NZ industry burns the equivalent of 108 litres of petrol every second – that has to reduce to meet our carbon targets" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/03/nz-industry-burns-the-equivalent-of-108-litres-of-petrol-every-second-that-has-to-reduce-to-meet-our-carbon-targets-204525/" aria-label="Read more about NZ industry burns the equivalent of 108 litres of petrol every second – that has to reduce to meet our carbon targets">Read more</a>
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May 2, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Gillespie, Professor of Law, University of Waikato Getty Images As the recent report of the Independent Police Conduct Authority made clear, the 2022 occupation of parliament grounds was very different from earlier protests in New Zealand. That doesn’t mean something similar can’t happen again. Given ... <a title="Parliament protest report shows NZ police have come a long way since 1981 – but practice and law must still improve" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/02/parliament-protest-report-shows-nz-police-have-come-a-long-way-since-1981-but-practice-and-law-must-still-improve-204674/" aria-label="Read more about Parliament protest report shows NZ police have come a long way since 1981 – but practice and law must still improve">Read more</a>
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April 28, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Taisia Huckle, Associate Professor in alcohol policy, Massey University Getty Images More than one in ten children who are maltreated suffer because of the second-hand effects of alcohol, according to our recently published research. This is the first national cohort study in Aotearoa New Zealand focused ... <a title="Study reveals at least 11% of child maltreatment in NZ could be due to heavy drinking by caregivers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/28/study-reveals-at-least-11-of-child-maltreatment-in-nz-could-be-due-to-heavy-drinking-by-caregivers-204113/" aria-label="Read more about Study reveals at least 11% of child maltreatment in NZ could be due to heavy drinking by caregivers">Read more</a>
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April 27, 2023
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards. Yesterday the IRD released its landmark report on the ultra-rich in New Zealand and the tax they pay. It starkly illustrates the extent to which the wealth of the ultra-rich has skyrocketed in recent years. The richest 311 families have a combined wealth of $85 billion, and own a quarter ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Why NZ’s regressive tax system is unlikely to change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/27/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-why-nzs-regressive-tax-system-is-unlikely-to-change/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Why NZ’s regressive tax system is unlikely to change">Read more</a>
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April 27, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Craig Elliffe, Professor of Law, University of Auckland Getty Images If nothing else, the just released Inland Revenue study of the tax rates paid by the wealthiest New Zealanders should put to rest the notion we have a progressive tax system. We don’t. A progressive system ... <a title="Proving the wealthiest New Zealanders pay low tax rates is a good start – now comes the hard part" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/27/proving-the-wealthiest-new-zealanders-pay-low-tax-rates-is-a-good-start-now-comes-the-hard-part-204532/" aria-label="Read more about Proving the wealthiest New Zealanders pay low tax rates is a good start – now comes the hard part">Read more</a>
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April 27, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Timothy Bennett, PhD Student, School of Computing, Australian National University Michael Timothy Bennett/Generated using Midjourney, Author provided To build a machine, one must know what its parts are and how they fit together. To understand the machine, one needs to know what each part does ... <a title="Can machines be self-aware? New research explains how this could happen" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/27/can-machines-be-self-aware-new-research-explains-how-this-could-happen-204371/" aria-label="Read more about Can machines be self-aware? New research explains how this could happen">Read more</a>
