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May 19, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Podger, Honorary Professor of Public Policy, Australian National University Shutterstock The PwC scandal reveals appalling behaviour by an individual consultant and his company that provided consulting services to the federal government. PwC reportedly used its insider knowledge to advise multinational firms on how to continue to ... <a title="Consultants like PwC are loyal to profit, not the public. Governments should cut back on using them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/19/consultants-like-pwc-are-loyal-to-profit-not-the-public-governments-should-cut-back-on-using-them-205920/" aria-label="Read more about Consultants like PwC are loyal to profit, not the public. Governments should cut back on using them">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Melissa Conley Tyler, Honorary Fellow, Asia Institute, The University of Melbourne Antonio Dasiparu/AAP Sunday May 21 is election day in Timor-Leste, when voters decide on 65 members of parliament to represent them. Each election is a reminder of the successful regional and international cooperation that led to ... <a title="As Timor-Leste heads to the polls, here’s how Australia can support its democracy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/19/as-timor-leste-heads-to-the-polls-heres-how-australia-can-support-its-democracy-205676/" aria-label="Read more about As Timor-Leste heads to the polls, here’s how Australia can support its democracy">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Charles Livingstone, Associate Professor, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University Turn on the TV and you’re four times more likely to see a gambling ad during a sports broadcast than during other programming. The number of gambling ads on TV has grown from 374 ... <a title="Sport is being used to normalise gambling. We should treat the problem just like smoking" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/19/sport-is-being-used-to-normalise-gambling-we-should-treat-the-problem-just-like-smoking-205843/" aria-label="Read more about Sport is being used to normalise gambling. We should treat the problem just like smoking">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Charles Livingstone, Associate Professor, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University Turn on the TV and you’re four times more likely to see a gambling ad during a sports broadcast than during other programming. The number of gambling ads on TV has grown from 374 ... <a title="Sport is being used normalise gambling. We should treat the problem just like smoking" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/19/sport-is-being-used-normalise-gambling-we-should-treat-the-problem-just-like-smoking-205843/" aria-label="Read more about Sport is being used normalise gambling. We should treat the problem just like smoking">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2023
New Zealand Politics Daily is a collation of the most prominent issues being discussed in New Zealand. It is edited by Dr Bryce Edwards of The Democracy Project. Today’s content BUDGET ANALYSIS Danyl Mclauchlan (Spinoff): A kludgeocratic budget for the ages Toby Manhire (Spinoff): Bread and Breader: Watching the budget debate Spinoff: Budget 2023: The great Spinoff hot-take roundtable ... <a title="Newsletter: May 19 2023 – Items of interest and importance today" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/19/newsletter-may-19-2023-items-of-interest-and-importance-today/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: May 19 2023 – Items of interest and importance today">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Caitlyn Forster, Associate Lecturer, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney Kirill Demchenko/Shutterstock Bees are among the most important insects on Earth – vital pollinators of our crops and significant contributors to human societies for thousands of years. While visiting various plants, bees need to ... <a title="Bees can do so much more than you think – from dancing to being little art critics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/19/bees-can-do-so-much-more-than-you-think-from-dancing-to-being-little-art-critics-204039/" aria-label="Read more about Bees can do so much more than you think – from dancing to being little art critics">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jennifer Curtin, Professor of Politics and Policy, University of Auckland Senior cabinet minister Megan Woods, Minister of Finance Grant Robertson and Prime Minister Chris Hipkins prepare to deliver the May 18 budget. Getty Images All the pre-budget talk of “bread and butter”, “no frills”, targeting and reprioritisation ... <a title="NZ’s budget used a ‘gender lens’ for the first time – the result was a win for women" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/19/nzs-budget-used-a-gender-lens-for-the-first-time-the-result-was-a-win-for-women-205116/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s budget used a ‘gender lens’ for the first time – the result was a win for women">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Eddie Wayuone Wadrawane, Associate Lecturer, Université de Nouvelle Calédonie The Customary Senate, Nouméa, New Caledonia. Eddie Wadrawane, Author provided As Australia prepares to vote in a referendum on an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice to parliament later this year, what can we learn from similar models ... <a title="New Caledonia has had an indigenous body advise government since 1999. What can Australia learn?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/19/new-caledonia-has-had-an-indigenous-body-advise-government-since-1999-what-can-australia-learn-204906/" aria-label="Read more about New Caledonia has had an indigenous body advise government since 1999. What can Australia learn?">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2023
By Giff Johnson, Editor, Marshall Islands Journal and RNZ Pacific correspondent Two Pacific nations considered by Washington as crucial in its competition with China for influence in the region have agreed to 20-year extensions of funding arrangements as part of security and defence treaties. The Federated States of Micronesia signed off on a nearly-final Compact ... <a title="US envoy gets two of three north Pacific nations to sign defence deals" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/19/us-envoy-gets-two-of-three-north-pacific-nations-to-sign-defence-deals/" aria-label="Read more about US envoy gets two of three north Pacific nations to sign defence deals">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2023
RNZ News Prominent environmental groups in Aotearoa New Zealand are less than impressed with what they describe as underwhelming budget investments in climate, but an expert says the government has taken a multifaceted approach. Among the announcements yesterday was $402.6 million to expand the duration and scope of the Warmer Kiwi Homes programme, $120 million ... <a title="Budget 2023: NZ’s climate and science sectors react to wins and losses" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/19/budget-2023-nzs-climate-and-science-sectors-react-to-wins-and-losses/" aria-label="Read more about Budget 2023: NZ’s climate and science sectors react to wins and losses">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2023
By Craig McCulloch, RNZ’s deputy political editor Young families are the clear target of Labour’s election-year Budget, but its flagship promise – cheaper childcare – will not kick in until next year. The 2023 Budget — billed as a “no frills” affair — is set against a volatile economic backdrop with the government now forecast ... <a title="NZ’s ‘no frills’ cost-of-living Budget centres on cheaper childcare" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/19/nzs-no-frills-cost-of-living-budget-centres-on-cheaper-childcare/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s ‘no frills’ cost-of-living Budget centres on cheaper childcare">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2023
RNZ News A man has been arrested and charged in relation to the fatal fire at Loafers Lodge in the capital Wellington’s Newtown suburb on Monday night when at least six people died. Authorities say it may be days before a final death toll is known. Two bodies were recovered from the scene today. In ... <a title="Loafers Lodge fire: Man arrested and charged with arson" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/19/loafers-lodge-fire-man-arrested-and-charged-with-arson/" aria-label="Read more about Loafers Lodge fire: Man arrested and charged with arson">Read more</a>
