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October 18, 2020
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards. Political commentators and journalists are searching around for the right term to describe Saturday’s election result. “Seismic” or “tectonic” might be the winner – the shift really was of that magnitude. Labour increased their vote from 37% to 49%, which is likely to rise closer to 50% after special votes ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Labour’s tectonic election result" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/18/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-labours-tectonic-election-result/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Labour’s tectonic election result">Read more</a>
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October 18, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Shaw, Professor of Politics, Massey University The pre-election polls suggested it might happen. But the fact that Labour and Jacinda Ardern have provisionally won an outright majority and the mandate to govern New Zealand alone is more than an electoral landslide — it is a tectonic ... <a title="Jacinda Ardern and Labour returned in a landslide — 5 experts on a historic New Zealand election" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/18/jacinda-ardern-and-labour-returned-in-a-landslide-5-experts-on-a-historic-new-zealand-election-148245/" aria-label="Read more about Jacinda Ardern and Labour returned in a landslide — 5 experts on a historic New Zealand election">Read more</a>
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October 16, 2020
Analysis by Keith Rankin. I recently encountered the concept “pay it forward”, with reference to a debt. While it was in a personal context that I came across this concept, on reflection I am wondering why – as a follower of news media – I have never heard the concept in any current affairs discussion. ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – Public Debt: Pay it Back or Pay it Forward?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/16/keith-rankin-analysis-public-debt-pay-it-back-or-pay-it-forward/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – Public Debt: Pay it Back or Pay it Forward?">Read more</a>
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October 15, 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: How the ‘probabilities’ of Presidential incumbent Donald Trump being re-elected, look increasingly unlikely. It’s still possible, but more improbable. If Democrat candidate Joe Biden wins the presidency, what would this mean ... <a title="LIVE: Paul Buchanan + Selwyn Manning Discuss – What would a Biden Administration Foreign Policy Look Like" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/15/live-paul-buchanan-selwyn-manning-discuss-what-would-a-biden-administration-foreign-policy-look-like/" aria-label="Read more about LIVE: Paul Buchanan + Selwyn Manning Discuss – What would a Biden Administration Foreign Policy Look Like">Read more</a>
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October 15, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Clune, Honorary Associate, Government and International Relations, University of Sydney New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian has become ensnared this week in the sensational ICAC hearings into alleged corruption by former MP Daryl Maguire — and suddenly finds her future very much in doubt. In today’s ... <a title="A long history of political corruption in NSW — and the downfall of MPs, ministers and premiers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/15/a-long-history-of-political-corruption-in-nsw-and-the-downfall-of-mps-ministers-and-premiers-147994/" aria-label="Read more about A long history of political corruption in NSW — and the downfall of MPs, ministers and premiers">Read more</a>
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October 15, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Suze Wilson, Senior Lecturer, Executive Development, Massey University Women leading both of New Zealand’s largest political parties is something to celebrate. Watching Jacinda Ardern and Judith Collins go head to head in three televised or online pre-election debates should surely dispel any doubt about whether women are ... <a title="NZ election 2020: why gender stereotypes still affect perceptions of Jacinda Ardern and Judith Collins as leaders" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/15/nz-election-2020-why-gender-stereotypes-still-affect-perceptions-of-jacinda-ardern-and-judith-collins-as-leaders-147837/" aria-label="Read more about NZ election 2020: why gender stereotypes still affect perceptions of Jacinda Ardern and Judith Collins as leaders">Read more</a>
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October 14, 2020
Analysis by Keith Rankin. This 21st century epoch is coming to be one of ‘existential crises’, meaning that various large-scale dangers are increasingly coming to be seen to threaten ‘our’ existence, where ‘our’ most commonly relates to people, but may also relate to multicellular life on Earth. An existential catastrophe might fall short of human ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – Existential Concerns" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/14/keith-rankin-analysis-existential-concerns/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – Existential Concerns">Read more</a>
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October 14, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dianne Gleeson, Professor, Science, University of Canberra There has been much attention on how the Morrison government’s university funding reforms will increase the cost of humanities degrees. But another devastating change has passed almost unnoticed: a 29% cut to funding to environmental studies courses. This is one ... <a title="Australia – ‘Devastating’: The Morrison government cuts uni funding for environment courses by almost 30%" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/14/devastating-the-morrison-government-cuts-uni-funding-for-environment-courses-by-almost-30-147852/" aria-label="Read more about Australia – ‘Devastating’: The Morrison government cuts uni funding for environment courses by almost 30%">Read more</a>
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October 12, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lewis Mitchell, Senior Lecturer in Applied Mathematics, University of Adelaide Social media algorithms, artificial intelligence, and our own genetics are among the factors influencing us beyond our awareness. This raises an ancient question: do we have control over our own lives? This article is part of The ... <a title="Do social media algorithms erode our ability to make decisions freely? The jury is out" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/12/do-social-media-algorithms-erode-our-ability-to-make-decisions-freely-the-jury-is-out-140729/" aria-label="Read more about Do social media algorithms erode our ability to make decisions freely? The jury is out">Read more</a>
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October 8, 2020
Analysis by Keith Rankin. This week the World Health Organisation (WHO) suggested that ten percent of the world’s population may have been infected with Covid19. While my estimates fall well short of this number for the world as a whole, they certainly show many countries with higher infection rates to date than ten percent. The ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis: Covid-19 Case Estimates" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/08/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid-19-case-estimates/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis: Covid-19 Case Estimates">Read more</a>
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October 8, 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: How United States polls indicate it’s increasingly less-probable for Donald Trump to be re-elected. But, what are the immediate dangers facing the US in this pre-vote period? Right now, it appears, ... <a title="LIVE: A View from Afar – With Paul Buchanan + Selwyn Manning – Four Weeks to the US Elections: Is its National Security in Danger?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/08/live-a-view-from-afar-with-paul-buchanan-selwyn-manning-four-weeks-to-the-us-elections-is-its-national-security-in-danger/" aria-label="Read more about LIVE: A View from Afar – With Paul Buchanan + Selwyn Manning – Four Weeks to the US Elections: Is its National Security in Danger?">Read more</a>
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October 7, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne With four weeks left until the November 3 election, the FiveThirtyEight aggregate of US national polls gives Joe Biden a 9.0% lead over Donald Trump (51.4% to 42.4%). Biden’s lead has increased 1.4% since an ... <a title="Biden increases lead after debate and Trump’s coronavirus; Labor gains Queensland lead" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/07/biden-increases-lead-after-debate-and-trumps-coronavirus-labor-gains-queensland-lead-147457/" aria-label="Read more about Biden increases lead after debate and Trump’s coronavirus; Labor gains Queensland lead">Read more</a>
