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October 29, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Gillespie, Professor of Law, University of Waikato The presidency of Donald Trump has been challenging for New Zealand’s foreign policy. Our commitment to multilateral solutions to global problems has run into a new isolationism in the United States. Infamously, Trump quit both the World Health Organisation ... <a title="A Biden presidency might be better for NZ, but the big foreign policy challenges won’t disappear with Trump" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/29/a-biden-presidency-might-be-better-for-nz-but-the-big-foreign-policy-challenges-wont-disappear-with-trump-148622/" aria-label="Read more about A Biden presidency might be better for NZ, but the big foreign policy challenges won’t disappear with Trump">Read more</a>
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October 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rebecca Colvin, Lecturer, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University We will remember 2020 as a year of crisis. COVID-19 hit Australia just as we were beginning to make sense of the horror bushfires and smoke of last summer, a sinister illustration of global warming’s threats. ... <a title="New polling shows 79% of Aussies care about climate change. So why doesn’t the government listen?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/28/new-polling-shows-79-of-aussies-care-about-climate-change-so-why-doesnt-the-government-listen-148726/" aria-label="Read more about New polling shows 79% of Aussies care about climate change. So why doesn’t the government listen?">Read more</a>
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October 27, 2020
Hello I’m Selwyn Manning and you are watching Tech Now. Tonight, we are joined by technology commentator Sarah Putt to discuss some of the week’s big tech issues, including: A new Telecommunications Commissioner started in June. And the commissioner has a big focus on telco consumer rights. We’ll talk to Sarah to see what this ... <a title="Evening Report LIVE: Tech Now with Sarah Putt and Selwyn Manning – Consumer Rights + Google in DoJ’s Sights + iPhone12" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/27/evening-report-live-tech-now-with-sarah-putt-and-selwyn-manning-consumer-rights-google-in-dojs-sights-iphone12/" aria-label="Read more about Evening Report LIVE: Tech Now with Sarah Putt and Selwyn Manning – Consumer Rights + Google in DoJ’s Sights + iPhone12">Read more</a>
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October 26, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hassan Vally, Associate Professor, La Trobe University Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews today announced the most significant easing of Melbourne’s coronavirus restrictions since the state went into “stage 3” lockdown on July 9. From 11.59pm on Tuesday night, retail, restaurants, cafes and bars will finally be able to ... <a title="Today marks the official end of the second wave in Victoria, as old freedoms return" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/26/today-marks-the-official-end-of-the-second-wave-in-victoria-as-old-freedoms-return-148626/" aria-label="Read more about Today marks the official end of the second wave in Victoria, as old freedoms return">Read more</a>
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October 23, 2020
By Selwyn Manning – Editor, EveningReport.nz The Green Party has settled on its negotiation team, agreeing to who will represent the party’s members when considering the shape and outcome of talks with the incoming Labour-led Government. The negotiating team has a similar make up to the group that considered the merits of negotiations with Labour ... <a title="Election 2020: Green Party Negotiation Team Sets Its Terms of Reference" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/23/election-202o-green-party-negotiation-team-sets-its-terms-of-reference/" aria-label="Read more about Election 2020: Green Party Negotiation Team Sets Its Terms of Reference">Read more</a>
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October 23, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Suze Wilson, Senior Lecturer, Executive Development, Massey University The recent reelection of the Jacinda Ardern-led Labour government in New Zealand offers leaders elsewhere a potent lesson about how best to respond to COVID-19. Saving lives is, not surprisingly, a real vote-winner. Ardern’s Oct. 17 victory was a ... <a title="The reward for good pandemic leadership: Lessons from Jacinda Ardern’s New Zealand reelection" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/23/the-reward-for-good-pandemic-leadership-lessons-from-jacinda-arderns-new-zealand-reelection-148515/" aria-label="Read more about The reward for good pandemic leadership: Lessons from Jacinda Ardern’s New Zealand reelection">Read more</a>
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October 22, 2020
Welcome to Evening Report’s A View from Afar As always, we are joined by political scientist Paul Buchanan and this week we will discuss: In these weeks leading up to the United States elections… there have been a number of countries around the world that have seen voters swing away from economically liberal right parties ... <a title="VIDEO: New Zealand and Bolivia Elections – A View from Afar – With Paul Buchanan + Selwyn Manning" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/22/live-a-view-from-afar-with-paul-buchanan-selwyn-manning-new-zealand-and-bolivia-elections-do-they-indicate-a-change-in-global-mood/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: New Zealand and Bolivia Elections – A View from Afar – With Paul Buchanan + Selwyn Manning">Read more</a>
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October 22, 2020
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards. The National Party’s defeat has been so comprehensive that few in the party seem optimistic they will recover anytime soon. Falling from 47% in 2017 to just 27% (which might drop as low as 25% once special votes are counted), is one of the most severe collapses in New Zealand’s ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: National’s catastrophic collapse and fraught rebuild" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/22/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-nationals-catastrophic-collapse-and-fraught-rebuild/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: National’s catastrophic collapse and fraught rebuild">Read more</a>
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October 22, 2020
Analysis by Keith Rankin. This week’s first chart shows the average numbers of votes cast – on and before election day – in New Zealand’s different regions. In principle, all electorates have the same population, with electorate boundaries drawn with reference to population quotas based on census returns. However, each electorate may be up to ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Election Day Demographics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/22/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-election-day-demographics/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Election Day Demographics">Read more</a>
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October 21, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Steven Rowley, Professor; School of Economics, Finance and Property, and Director, Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute, Curtin Research Centre, Curtin University In response to the COVID-19 recession, federal, state and territory governments quickly provided support to the housing industry for two reasons. First, to safeguard jobs ... <a title="Australia: Why more housing stimulus will be needed to sustain recovery" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/21/why-more-housing-stimulus-will-be-needed-to-sustain-recovery-148003/" aria-label="Read more about Australia: Why more housing stimulus will be needed to sustain recovery">Read more</a>
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October 20, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hui Feng, ARC Future Fellow and Senior Research Fellow, Griffith University Few would have thought a US-China relationship marked by relative stability for half a century would be upended in just four years. But US President Donald Trump’s privileged tour of the Forbidden City in November 2017 ... <a title="Trump took a sledgehammer to US-China relations. This won’t be an easy fix, even if Biden wins" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/20/trump-took-a-sledgehammer-to-us-china-relations-this-wont-be-an-easy-fix-even-if-biden-wins-147098/" aria-label="Read more about Trump took a sledgehammer to US-China relations. This won’t be an easy fix, even if Biden wins">Read more</a>
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October 18, 2020
Analysis by Selwyn Manning. There’s a mood circulating among some circles that it would end badly for the Green Party in 2023 should it negotiate a part within a now-powerful Labour-led government. The argument goes; that should the Greens negotiate roles within the new Government, that their voice and policies would be watered down, rendered ... <a title="Selwyn Manning Analysis – Of Negotiations, Opportunities and an Obligation to Voters to Govern" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/18/selwyn-manning-analysis-of-negotiations-opportunities-and-an-obligation-to-voters-to-govern/" aria-label="Read more about Selwyn Manning Analysis – Of Negotiations, Opportunities and an Obligation to Voters to Govern">Read more</a>
