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Election 2020 – Josh Van Veen: Don’t give me culture: The appeal of Judith Collins

July 15, 2020

Analysis by Josh Van Veen – The Democracy Project.   When Parliament sits next Tuesday, the Prime Minister will finally meet her match. Judith Collins and Jacinda Ardern are opposites in just about every respect. Yet they have the same basic appeal. Ardern and Collins are as much cultural icons as they are political leaders. ... <a title="Election 2020 – Josh Van Veen: Don’t give me culture: The appeal of Judith Collins" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/15/election-20202-josh-van-veen-dont-give-me-culture-the-appeal-of-judith-collins/" aria-label="Read more about Election 2020 – Josh Van Veen: Don’t give me culture: The appeal of Judith Collins">Read more</a>

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Election 2020 – National Party Leader Todd Muller Resigns – Statement

July 14, 2020

Source: Statement by Todd Muller – New Zealand National Party I have taken time over the weekend to reflect on my experience over the last several weeks as Leader of the Opposition. It has become clear to me that I am not the best person to be Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the New ... <a title="Election 2020 – National Party Leader Todd Muller Resigns – Statement" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/14/election-2020-national-party-leader-todd-muller-resigns-statement/" aria-label="Read more about Election 2020 – National Party Leader Todd Muller Resigns – Statement">Read more</a>

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Australia – How misinformation about 5G is spreading within our government institutions – and who’s responsible

July 13, 2020

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Jensen, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Governance and Policy Analysis, University of Canberra “Fake news” is not just a problem of misleading or false claims on fringe websites, it is increasingly filtering into the mainstream and has the potential to be deeply destructive. My recent analysis ... <a title="Australia – How misinformation about 5G is spreading within our government institutions – and who’s responsible" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/13/how-misinformation-about-5g-is-spreading-within-our-government-institutions-and-whos-responsible-139304/" aria-label="Read more about Australia – How misinformation about 5G is spreading within our government institutions – and who’s responsible">Read more</a>

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UPDATED: Leadership, Vision, and Combating a Machiavellian Culture – Is Todd Muller National’s Solution?

July 9, 2020

Editorial by Selwyn Manning. New National Party leader Todd Muller has presented his party’s vision for New Zealand as it grapples with the economic cost of the Covid-19 pandemic. But Muller’s vision was unsurprisingly National while surprisingly short on economic detail. And, after a week where sordid privacy breaches plagued the party – leaving Muller ... <a title="UPDATED: Leadership, Vision, and Combating a Machiavellian Culture – Is Todd Muller National’s Solution?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/09/leadership-vision-and-combating-a-machiavellian-culture-is-todd-muller-nationals-solution/" aria-label="Read more about UPDATED: Leadership, Vision, and Combating a Machiavellian Culture – Is Todd Muller National’s Solution?">Read more</a>

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The National Party COVID-19 leak shows why the law must change to protect New Zealand citizens

July 8, 2020

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Gillespie, Professor of Law, University of Waikato The leak of the confidential personal information of COVID-19 patients by Clutha-Southland MP Hamish Walker and influential party figure Michelle Boag has been highly embarrassing for the National Party. In less than 24 hours their attack strategy has detonated ... <a title="The National Party COVID-19 leak shows why the law must change to protect New Zealand citizens" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/08/the-national-party-covid-19-leak-shows-why-the-law-must-change-to-protect-new-zealand-citizens-142250/" aria-label="Read more about The National Party COVID-19 leak shows why the law must change to protect New Zealand citizens">Read more</a>

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Huawei’s window of opportunity closes: how geopolitics triumphed over technology

July 8, 2020

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Simon Lacey, Senior Lecturer in International Trade, University of Adelaide When the United Kingdom completed its telecom supply chain review last year it gave a green light to Huawei by concluding that nationality-based bans did nothing to improve network security and could actually harm it by weakening ... <a title="Huawei’s window of opportunity closes: how geopolitics triumphed over technology" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/08/huaweis-window-of-opportunity-closes-how-geopolitics-triumphed-over-technology-142158/" aria-label="Read more about Huawei’s window of opportunity closes: how geopolitics triumphed over technology">Read more</a>

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Keith Rankin Analysis – Duty of Care and Economic Citizenship

July 7, 2020

Analysis by Keith Rankin, 6 July 2020 Three Citizenships The concept of ‘citizenship’ has both general and specific meanings. The most specific and familiar I call passport citizenship. A passport citizen of a country is a person holding a passport for that country, or with unambiguous entitlement to hold such a passport. More than anything a ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – Duty of Care and Economic Citizenship" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/07/keith-rankin-analysis-duty-of-care-and-economic-citizenship/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – Duty of Care and Economic Citizenship">Read more</a>

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Six-week lockdown for Melbourne as record 191 new cases in latest tally

July 7, 2020

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Victorian government will lock down all metropolitan Melbourne for six weeks from Wednesday night, as a new wave of the coronavirus takes hold in the city. The lockdown will also cover the Mitchell Shire, north of Melbourne, which includes ... <a title="Six-week lockdown for Melbourne as record 191 new cases in latest tally" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/07/six-week-lockdown-for-melbourne-as-record-191-new-cases-in-latest-tally-142171/" aria-label="Read more about Six-week lockdown for Melbourne as record 191 new cases in latest tally">Read more</a>

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Victoria is undeniably in a second wave of COVID-19. It’s time to plan for another statewide lockdown

July 6, 2020

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Esterman, Professor of Biostatistics, University of South Australia Victoria recorded its largest daily increase of 127 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, 16 more than the previous peak of 111 cases on March 28. As I recently wrote, there’s no formal definition of what constitutes a second ... <a title="Victoria is undeniably in a second wave of COVID-19. It’s time to plan for another statewide lockdown" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/06/victoria-is-undeniably-in-a-second-wave-of-covid-19-its-time-to-plan-for-another-statewide-lockdown-142047/" aria-label="Read more about Victoria is undeniably in a second wave of COVID-19. It’s time to plan for another statewide lockdown">Read more</a>

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Criminal charges possible if leak source identified in NZ covid privacy breach

July 4, 2020

By Jane Patterson, political editor of RNZ News The State Services Minister says the government will do everything it can to track down who is responsible for a massive privacy breach relating to New Zealand’s active covid cases, and is not ruling out pursuing criminal charges. An investigation has been ordered into the breach, with ... <a title="Criminal charges possible if leak source identified in NZ covid privacy breach" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/04/criminal-charges-possible-if-leak-source-identified-in-nz-covid-privacy-breach/" aria-label="Read more about Criminal charges possible if leak source identified in NZ covid privacy breach">Read more</a>

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Keith Rankin Analysis – Green Party Tax-Benefit Policy is not Helpful

July 2, 2020

Analysis by Keith Rankin, 2 July 2020 Socialism versus Progressive Capitalism I was disappointed that the Green Party continues to reject a distributive Universal Basic Income (UBI) in favour of a redistributive and polarising Guaranteed Minimum Income (GMI) model. GMI is the antithesis of UBI. The essence of UBI, through flattening income tax, is the creation ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – Green Party Tax-Benefit Policy is not Helpful" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/02/keith-rankin-analysis-green-party-tax-benefit-policy-is-not-helpful/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – Green Party Tax-Benefit Policy is not Helpful">Read more</a>

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Victoria is on the precipice of an uncontrolled coronavirus outbreak. Will the new measures work?

July 2, 2020

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Esterman, Professor of Biostatistics, University of South Australia I recently wrote about Victoria’s surge in COVID-19 cases. On that day, Victoria recorded 11 new infections, after a few days of new cases in the high teens and low twenties. I wondered then whether the situation could ... <a title="Victoria is on the precipice of an uncontrolled coronavirus outbreak. Will the new measures work?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/02/victoria-is-on-the-precipice-of-an-uncontrolled-coronavirus-outbreak-will-the-new-measures-work-141706/" aria-label="Read more about Victoria is on the precipice of an uncontrolled coronavirus outbreak. Will the new measures work?">Read more</a>