Independent Analysis and Reportage
A View from Afar: In this week’s podcast Selwyn Manning and Paul Buchanan discuss: The latest information on the Israel/Palestine conflict and consider; is the ceasefire likely to hold? What are the underlying causes of the most recent hostilities?
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anastasiya Byesyedina, PhD Candidate in the Department of Government and International Relations, Sessional Teacher and Student Writing Fellow, University of Sydney Belarus’ authoritarian leader, Alexander Lukashenko, has gone to extraordinary measures to cling to power in the face of the stiffest opposition to his rule in 26 ... <a title="With brazen dissident arrest, Belarus finds itself more isolated than ever" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/25/with-brazen-dissident-arrest-belarus-finds-itself-more-isolated-than-ever-161498/" aria-label="Read more about With brazen dissident arrest, Belarus finds itself more isolated than ever">Read more</a>
Analysis by Keith Rankin. When policymakers try to fix things, they often mess up because of the way the problem is formulated and the ways that subsequent policies are targeted. A classic example was the Closing the Gaps initiative in the early 2000s. The problem – albeit simplified – is that some people are ‘advantaged’ ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – The Seventy-Thirty Problem, and the Māori Health Authority" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/21/keith-rankin-analysis-the-seventy-thirty-problem-and-the-maori-health-authority/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – The Seventy-Thirty Problem, and the Māori Health Authority">Read more</a>
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jennifer Curtin, Professor of Politics and Policy, University of Auckland New Zealand has now had three “Wellbeing Budgets”: the prototype in 2019, the COVID-19 “Rebuilding Together” version in 2020, and today Finance Minister Grant Robertson announced the Labour government is “Securing our Recovery”. With Labour governing with ... <a title="NZ Budget 2021: billions more for benefits, but one eye on the bottom line" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/20/nz-budget-2021-billions-more-for-benefits-but-one-eye-on-the-bottom-line-161083/" aria-label="Read more about NZ Budget 2021: billions more for benefits, but one eye on the bottom line">Read more</a>
Live Postponed – New Time-Date To Be Announced A View from Afar: In this week’s podcast Selwyn Manning and Paul Buchanan discuss: The latest information on the Israel/Palestine conflict. Also, they will discuss the underlying causes of hostilities: What caused the most recent hostilities to flare? Is Israel guilty of an indiscriminate and disproportionate military operations ... <a title="Live Postponed – New Time-Date To Be Announced – Buchanan and Manning on the Israel-Palestine Conflict" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/19/scheduled-live-buchanan-and-manning-on-the-israel-palestine-conflict/" aria-label="Read more about Live Postponed – New Time-Date To Be Announced – Buchanan and Manning on the Israel-Palestine Conflict">Read more</a>
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jane Kelsey, Professor of Law, University of Auckland With more countries considering joining the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), New Zealand urgently needs a real public debate on the future of such trade and investment agreements. In February this year the UK formally applied ... <a title="New Zealand is overdue for an open and honest debate about 21st-century trade relations" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/18/new-zealand-is-overdue-for-an-open-and-honest-debate-about-21st-century-trade-relations-160922/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand is overdue for an open and honest debate about 21st-century trade relations">Read more</a>
Evening Report. The MIL Network’s podcast A View from Afar was Nominated as a Top Defence Security Podcast by Threat.Technology – a London-based cyber security news publication. Threat.Technology placed A View from Afar at 9th in its 20 Best Defence Security Podcasts of 2021 category. Janes’ The World of Intelligence was placed in the top ... <a title="A View from Afar podcast Nominated as a Top Defence Security Podcast by Threat.Technology" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/17/a-view-from-afar-podcast-nominated-as-a-top-defence-security-podcast-by-threat-technology/" aria-label="Read more about A View from Afar podcast Nominated as a Top Defence Security Podcast by Threat.Technology">Read more</a>
Analysis by Bryce Edwards. This week’s Budget is a chance for the Labour Government to take the crisis of poverty and inequality seriously. They can do this by delivering something serious or even transformational for those suffering at the bottom of the heap in New Zealand. In particular, a big increase in core benefit rates ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Will the Government take the poverty crisis seriously?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/17/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-will-the-government-take-the-poverty-crisis-seriously/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Will the Government take the poverty crisis seriously?">Read more</a>
Analysis by Keith Rankin. It’s been a big month, so far, for the Maldive Islands. Further, some of New Zealand’s leading cricketers (including captain Kane Williamson) are manuhiri in the Maldives. Indian Ocean neighbour – the Seychelles – has even more reported new cases per capita than the Maldives. I guess that neither country did ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid-19: Covid19 League Charts for the 2nd Week of May" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/14/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid-19-covid19-league-charts-for-the-2nd-week-of-may/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid-19: Covid19 League Charts for the 2nd Week of May">Read more</a>
Analysis by Simon Angelo (WealthMorning.com) Our business is finding profitable and innovative businesses to invest in. We’ve had a stellar recovery run since Covid. If there’s one thing that separates these companies out from the rest, it is this: They have found a profitable niche and own that part of the market. They are not ... <a title="Analysis – The Singapore Conundrum: Why Emulating Its Success Could be a Mistake" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/14/analysis-the-singapore-conundrum-why-emulating-its-success-could-be-a-mistake/" aria-label="Read more about Analysis – The Singapore Conundrum: Why Emulating Its Success Could be a Mistake">Read more</a>
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Last week, out of left field, the government placed a three-year embargo on normal public sector wage bargaining, essentially a salary freeze. While there has been a certain amount of backtracking since, it is clear that the government has been very committed to ‘fiscal consolidation’ (aka ‘austerity’). What were they thinking? ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – The New Zealand Government’s ‘Public Finance Rabbithole’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/12/keith-rankin-analysis-the-new-zealand-governments-public-finance-rabbithole/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – The New Zealand Government’s ‘Public Finance Rabbithole’">Read more</a>
Analysis by Bryce Edwards. The Government’s wage subsidy scheme may have incorrectly paid out billions of dollars to ineligible businesses, and this is not being audited. That’s the conclusion to be taken from the Auditor General’s report, released yesterday. It is highly critical about the lack of checks and balances on a scheme that has ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Have billions been incorrectly paid out in the wage subsidy scheme?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/12/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-have-billions-been-incorrectly-paid-out-in-the-wage-subsidy-scheme/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Have billions been incorrectly paid out in the wage subsidy scheme?">Read more</a>