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May 30, 2020
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Sweden has lost 400 of its ten million people to Covid 19 in the week to 28 May. And there is little sign, yet, of a significant slowdown in deaths. Sweden’s weekly death rate has been this high for the last eight weeks; ie since the beginning of April. It would ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19: Deaths and Cases in the last week of May 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/30/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid19-deaths-and-cases-in-the-last-week-of-may-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19: Deaths and Cases in the last week of May 2020">Read more</a>
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May 29, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Scott Morrison has won support for a major restructure of federal-state architecture which scraps the Council of Australian Governments, enshrines the “national cabinet” permanently, and pares down a plethora of ancillary ministerial bodies. The Prime Minister is shaping the ongoing ... <a title="Scott Morrison strengthens his policy power, enshrining national cabinet and giving it “laser-like” focus on jobs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/29/scott-morrison-strengthens-his-policy-power-enshrining-national-cabinet-and-giving-it-laser-like-focus-on-jobs-139678/" aria-label="Read more about Scott Morrison strengthens his policy power, enshrining national cabinet and giving it “laser-like” focus on jobs">Read more</a>
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May 28, 2020
Analysis by Keith Rankin. On Project Syndicate – and in other places in recent months – orthodox US economist Kenneth Rogoff has presented the case for deeply negative interest rates. Another financial sacred cow falls; yes, interest rates can be negative, even substantially negative. It can take a while, though, for shot sacred cows to ... <a title="Keith Rankin on Deeply Negative Interest Rates" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/28/keith-rankin-on-deeply-negative-interest-rates/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin on Deeply Negative Interest Rates">Read more</a>
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May 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jarrod Haar, Professor of Human Resource Management, Auckland University of Technology When New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said recently, “I’ve heard lots of people suggesting we should have a four-day week”, she inevitably ignited debate. Ardern was not, as some critics seemed to assume, just flying ... <a title="A four-day working week could be the shot in the arm post-coronavirus tourism needs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/28/a-four-day-working-week-could-be-the-shot-in-the-arm-post-coronavirus-tourism-needs-139388/" aria-label="Read more about A four-day working week could be the shot in the arm post-coronavirus tourism needs">Read more</a>
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May 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ray Markey, Emeritus Professor, Macquarie University In a bid to repair the economy, Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced an industrial relations overhaul. Business groups and unions will be brought together to try to change a system that Morrison says is “not fit for purpose”. This is ... <a title="Morrison wants unions and business to ‘put down the weapons’ on IR. But real reform will not be easy." class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/28/morrison-wants-unions-and-business-to-put-down-the-weapons-on-ir-but-real-reform-will-not-be-easy-139462/" aria-label="Read more about Morrison wants unions and business to ‘put down the weapons’ on IR. But real reform will not be easy.">Read more</a>
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May 27, 2020
Is Todd Muller the Ned Flanders of the National Party? This is how he’s been characterised by political commentator Gordon Campbell, who suggests the change in leadership is, in Simpsons terms, akin to swapping the scary and cruel Monty Burns for Homer Simpson’s compassionate but conservative neighbour. There’s almost a consensus amongst political commentators that ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Where is Todd Muller taking National?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/27/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-where-is-todd-muller-taking-national/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Where is Todd Muller taking National?">Read more</a>
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May 26, 2020
Analysis by Keith Rankin. From an interview with Geoff Bertram, on The Panel, RNZ 22 May 2020 Wallace Chapman: “Are we setting up our future generations, our future children, to be born into a life of national debt?” [He mentions the on-line Fabian Society discussion, held on 23 May, and introduces Geoff Bertram.] Wallace Chapman: ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – Government and Money during a Major Economic Downturn" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/26/keith-rankin-analysis-government-and-money-during-a-major-economic-downturn/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – Government and Money during a Major Economic Downturn">Read more</a>
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May 26, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrei Alexander Lux, Lecturer in Leadership and Organisational Behaviour, Edith Cowan University The qualities that have made Jacinda Ardern New Zealand’s most popular prime minister in a century were on display this week as she took an earthquake in her stride during a live television interview. “We’re ... <a title="Open, honest and effective: what makes Jacinda Ardern an authentic leader" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/26/open-honest-and-effective-what-makes-jacinda-ardern-an-authentic-leader-132513/" aria-label="Read more about Open, honest and effective: what makes Jacinda Ardern an authentic leader">Read more</a>
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May 26, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dominic O’Sullivan, Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences, Auckland University of Technology, and Associate Professor of Political Science, Charles Sturt University It looked just like any posed political picture. The politician, in this case the National Party’s newly elected leader, Todd Muller, standing by a ... <a title="Why Trump’s Make America Great Again hat makes a dangerous souvenir for foreign politicians" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/26/why-trumps-make-america-great-again-hat-makes-a-dangerous-souvenir-for-foreign-politicians-139296/" aria-label="Read more about Why Trump’s Make America Great Again hat makes a dangerous souvenir for foreign politicians">Read more</a>
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May 25, 2020
By Lokman Tsui in Hongkong This story is an edited version of a post published by the author on Facebook on Friday, May 22, reflecting on the possible consequences of the end of “One Country, two Systems” – a principle written into the Sino-British Joint Declaration in 1984 to safeguard Hong Kong’s political autonomy-following Beijing’s ... <a title="Why Hong Kong isn’t dead yet – ‘It’s not power, it’s political violence’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/25/why-hong-kong-isnt-dead-yet-its-not-power-its-political-violence/" aria-label="Read more about Why Hong Kong isn’t dead yet – ‘It’s not power, it’s political violence’">Read more</a>
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May 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Campaigning in Eden-Monaro with just-selected Liberal candidate Fiona Kotvojs, Scott Morrison on Sunday turned folksy to present the upside of the $60 billion JobKeeper forecasting snafu. “If you’re building a house and the contractor comes to you and says it’s ... <a title="View from The Hill: JobKeeper $60 billion snafu like your house builder revising quote: Morrison" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/24/view-from-the-hill-jobkeeper-60-billion-snafu-like-your-house-builder-revising-quote-morrison-139282/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: JobKeeper $60 billion snafu like your house builder revising quote: Morrison">Read more</a>
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May 23, 2020
Pacific Media Watch Television New Zealand’s journalists have come out on top at the annual Voyager Media Awards last night, scooping a number of awards in key categories, reports TVNZ 1 News. 1 News Pacific correspondent Barbara Dreaver was recognised for both the Best TV/Video News Item and Best Coverage of a Major News Event ... <a title="TVNZ’s Pacific correspondent Barbara Dreaver wins Voyager media awards" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/23/tvnzs-pacific-correspondent-barbara-dreaver-wins-voyager-media-awards/" aria-label="Read more about TVNZ’s Pacific correspondent Barbara Dreaver wins Voyager media awards">Read more</a>
