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August 6, 2020
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards Can we postpone this year’s election? Quite frankly, the political parties don’t seem ready for it, and aren’t about to offer voters the necessary policy choices for the unprecedented times we’re in. We’ve ended up with a campaign focused on scandal, personality and leadership, with a policy void that’s worse ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Where is the contest of ideas in the election campaign?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/06/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-where-is-the-contest-of-ideas-in-the-election-campaign/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Where is the contest of ideas in the election campaign?">Read more</a>
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August 6, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Liam Smith, Director, BehaviourWorks, Monash Sustainable Development Institute, Monash University With new rules restricting Victorians’ activities and movements to try and stem the second wave of coronavirus cases comes the question of whether people will actually stick to them. There are at least two ways to answer ... <a title="Can Victorians stick to the stage 4 rules? Our perception of what others are doing might be the key" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/06/can-victorians-stick-to-the-stage-4-rules-our-perception-of-what-others-are-doing-might-be-the-key-143252/" aria-label="Read more about Can Victorians stick to the stage 4 rules? Our perception of what others are doing might be the key">Read more</a>
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August 5, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Benjamin Reilly, Professor, University of Western Australia In international affairs, words are bullets, according to an old diplomatic saying. If so, Australia in recent years has begun firing new ammunition. In his address to the Aspen Security Forum today, Prime Minister Scott Morrison stressed the importance of ... <a title="Why is ‘values’ the new buzzword in Australian foreign policy? (Hint: it has something to do with China)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/05/why-is-values-the-new-buzzword-in-australian-foreign-policy-hint-it-has-something-to-do-with-china-143839/" aria-label="Read more about Why is ‘values’ the new buzzword in Australian foreign policy? (Hint: it has something to do with China)">Read more</a>
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August 5, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Smith, Senior Lecturer in American Politics and Foreign Policy, US Studies Centre, University of Sydney Americans were alarmed last week when their president suggested on Twitter that the November 3 presidential election should be delayed because mail-in ballots would be fraudulent. The president has no authority ... <a title="Trump can’t delay the election, but he can try to delegitimise it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/05/trump-cant-delay-the-election-but-he-can-try-to-delegitimise-it-143747/" aria-label="Read more about Trump can’t delay the election, but he can try to delegitimise it">Read more</a>
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August 4, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jeremy Moses, Senior Lecturer in International Relations, University of Canterbury Perhaps predictably, last week’s announcement that Behrouz Boochani had been granted refugee status in New Zealand quickly became election campaign fodder. Both National Party leader Judith Collins and NZ First leader Winston Peters alluded to Boochani being ... <a title="Claims that Behrouz Boochani jumped the queue are a reminder of the dangers of anti-refugee politics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/04/claims-that-behrouz-boochani-jumped-the-queue-are-a-reminder-of-the-dangers-of-anti-refugee-politics-143743/" aria-label="Read more about Claims that Behrouz Boochani jumped the queue are a reminder of the dangers of anti-refugee politics">Read more</a>
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August 3, 2020
Nicky Hager welcomes the Op Burnham Inquiry report, the most serious findings against the NZSAS and NZDF in their history – This report was first published on TheDailyBlog.co.nz Ref. Report-of-the-Government-Inquiry-into-Operation-Burnham-print-version (Sir Terence Arnold KNZM QC, Chair, Sir Geoffrey Palmer KCMG AC QC PC, Member, July 31,2020 [pdf]); + Inquiry-into-events-in-Afghanistan (Inspector General of Intelligence and Security, ... <a title="Nicky Hager – I welcome the Operation Burnham Inquiry report" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/03/nicky-hager-i-welcome-the-operation-burnham-inquiry-report/" aria-label="Read more about Nicky Hager – I welcome the Operation Burnham Inquiry report">Read more</a>
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August 3, 2020
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards Can we trust New Zealand’s military? There must now be serious doubt, given the landmark report released on Friday concluding the investigation into allegations made in the book Hit and Run by Nicky Hager and Jon Stephenson about a 2010 SAS killing raid in Afghanistan. The most recent Colmar Brunton ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The Burnham report shows why we can’t trust NZ’s military" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/03/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-the-burnham-report-shows-why-we-cant-trust-nzs-military/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The Burnham report shows why we can’t trust NZ’s military">Read more</a>
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August 1, 2020
OPINION – by Matt Robson, former Alliance Minister and Deputy Leader of Alliance and Progressive Parties 01 AUGUST 2020 – Labour, as a party founded on the interests of all who labour for their living, should rule out before the election coalescing with New Zealand First (NZF). National has done that, for its own narrow interests, as NZF ... <a title="OPINION – Hon Matt Robson – Labour should have the courage of National and rule out NZ First" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/01/opinion-hon-matt-robson-labour-should-have-the-courage-of-national-and-rule-out-nz-first/" aria-label="Read more about OPINION – Hon Matt Robson – Labour should have the courage of National and rule out NZ First">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2020
Analysis by Keith Rankin. This week’s first chart shows the incidence of new Covid19 cases in countries with more than 7,500,000 people. (Hong Kong is the smallest country to feature.) It shows that, while very serious, the Australian outbreak is far from unique. The outbreak in Israel, for example, is much worse. Generally, countries with ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19: Latest Incidences for Large Countries" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/31/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid19-latest-incidences-for-large-countries/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19: Latest Incidences for Large Countries">Read more</a>
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July 30, 2020
EveningReport LIVE: In this week’s A View from Afar programme with political scientist and security intelligence expert, Paul G. Buchanan, we examine what’s going on in the latest rise in tensions between China and the USA. The Economist headlined this week’s antics as the US-China Cold War. Can nations like Australia and New Zealand escape ... <a title="VIDEO: Evening Report – Tensions Rise Between China and USA, IS This Cold War 2.0?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/30/coming-up-on-evening-report-tensions-rise-between-china-and-usa-is-this-cold-war-2-0/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: Evening Report – Tensions Rise Between China and USA, IS This Cold War 2.0?">Read more</a>
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July 30, 2020
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Rob Muldoon was a pugnacious and abrasive prime minister of New Zealand who was treated unkindly by commentators – and even historians – in the aftermath of his period in office (1975 to 1984). Hopefully, future historians will treat him in a much more objective way. It is important to note ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – Rob Muldoon and Judith Collins" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/30/keith-rankin-analysis-rob-muldoon-and-judith-collins/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – Rob Muldoon and Judith Collins">Read more</a>
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July 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julian Teicher, Professor of Human Resources and Employment and Deputy Dean (Research), School of Business and Law, CQUniversity Australia There is nothing new about people turning up to work when they’re sick. During the 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic, many Melburnians had no option but to carry on ... <a title="‘Far too many’ Victorians are going to work while sick. Far too many have no choice" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/30/far-too-many-victorians-are-going-to-work-while-sick-far-too-many-have-no-choice-143600/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Far too many’ Victorians are going to work while sick. Far too many have no choice">Read more</a>
