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May 17, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne This week’s Newspoll, conducted May 13-16 from a sample of 1,506, gave Labor a 51-49 lead, unchanged from the last Newspoll published three weeks ago. Primary votes were 41% Coalition (steady), 36% Labor (down ... <a title="Little change in post-budget Newspoll; Liberals win Tasmanian majority" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/17/little-change-in-post-budget-newspoll-liberals-win-tasmanian-majority-160618/" aria-label="Read more about Little change in post-budget Newspoll; Liberals win Tasmanian majority">Read more</a>
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May 17, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Patricia A. O’Brien, Visiting Fellow, School of History, Australian National University, and Adjunct Professor, Asian Studies Program, Georgetown University The fragility of democracy in Samoa has been on full display in the past month. On April 9, voters used the national election to deliver a powerful rebuke ... <a title="Despite a veneer of democracy, Samoa is sliding into autocracy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/17/despite-a-veneer-of-democracy-samoa-is-sliding-into-autocracy-160701/" aria-label="Read more about Despite a veneer of democracy, Samoa is sliding into autocracy">Read more</a>
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May 17, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Isaac Gross, Lecturer in Economics, Monash University On budget night federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg announced Australia is getting its own “patent box”. What is a patent box? Despite its odd name, it is a relatively straightforward concept. It means lowering the tax rate on all income derived ... <a title="The Treasurer says his ‘patent box’ will boost innovation. The evidence says it won’t" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/17/the-treasurer-says-his-patent-box-will-boost-innovation-the-evidence-says-it-wont-160861/" aria-label="Read more about The Treasurer says his ‘patent box’ will boost innovation. The evidence says it won’t">Read more</a>
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May 17, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kevin Burns, Professor, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Social colonies are nothing new in the animal kingdom. We know bees, ants and termites live in large colonies, divide labour and co-operate to take care of offspring produced by a single queen. This behaviour, known ... <a title="Social plants: in the wild, staghorn ferns grow in colonies to improve water storage for all members" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/17/social-plants-in-the-wild-staghorn-ferns-grow-in-colonies-to-improve-water-storage-for-all-members-156377/" aria-label="Read more about Social plants: in the wild, staghorn ferns grow in colonies to improve water storage for all members">Read more</a>
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May 17, 2021
Analysis by Bryce Edwards. This week’s Budget is a chance for the Labour Government to take the crisis of poverty and inequality seriously. They can do this by delivering something serious or even transformational for those suffering at the bottom of the heap in New Zealand. In particular, a big increase in core benefit rates ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Will the Government take the poverty crisis seriously?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/17/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-will-the-government-take-the-poverty-crisis-seriously/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Will the Government take the poverty crisis seriously?">Read more</a>
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May 17, 2021
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk About 4000 protesters took part in demonstrations across New Zealand at the weekend calling on the government to take action over the Israel-Palestine conflict, and close the Israeli embassy. The rallies marked what Palestinians call Nakba Day, or “Catastrophe” – recalling the loss of their homeland in 1948, when Israel was ... <a title="Palestinians in NZ stage rallies protesting against Israeli ‘brutality’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/17/palestinians-in-nz-stage-rallies-protesting-against-israeli-brutality/" aria-label="Read more about Palestinians in NZ stage rallies protesting against Israeli ‘brutality’">Read more</a>
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May 17, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Human rights lawyer and Papua advocate Veronica Koman has formally reported the arrest of West Papua National Committee (KNPB) spokesperson Victor Yeimo to the United Nations Human Rights Commission. The report was made by the UK based human rights organisation TAPOL with Koman as Yeimo’s lawyer. “An urgent call in the ... <a title="Arrest of Papuan activist Victor Yeimo reported to UN rights commission" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/17/arrest-of-papuan-activist-victor-yeimo-reported-to-un-rights-commission/" aria-label="Read more about Arrest of Papuan activist Victor Yeimo reported to UN rights commission">Read more</a>
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May 17, 2021
Always happiest with a pencil in his hand, Malcolm Evans has been a professional cartoonist since the 60s and is one of the best in New Zealand. Approaching that milestone himself now, he tells everyone he’s twenty eight and often behaves like someone half that age. His cartoons are featured in The Daily Blog, Asia ... <a title="Israel-Palestine conflict: ‘I can’t breathe’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/17/israel-palestine-conflict-i-cant-breathe/" aria-label="Read more about Israel-Palestine conflict: ‘I can’t breathe’">Read more</a>
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May 17, 2021
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. Click here to subscribe to Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup and New Zealand Politics Daily. Today’s content Newshub poll Tova O’Brien (Newshub): Judith Collins’ allegations of Māori separatism not working for National in Newshub-Reid Research Poll Tova O’Brien (Newshub): Newshub-Reid ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – May 17 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/17/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-may-17-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – May 17 2021">Read more</a>
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May 17, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Haskell-Dowland, Associate Dean (Computing and Security), Edith Cowan University Apple recently launched the latest version of its operating system, iOS 14.5, which features the much-anticipated app tracking transparency function, bolstering the tech giant’s privacy credentials. But iOS 14.5 also introduced support for the new Apple AirTag, ... <a title="Remember, Apple AirTags and ‘Find My’ app only work because of a vast, largely covert tracking network" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/17/remember-apple-airtags-and-find-my-app-only-work-because-of-a-vast-largely-covert-tracking-network-160781/" aria-label="Read more about Remember, Apple AirTags and ‘Find My’ app only work because of a vast, largely covert tracking network">Read more</a>
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May 17, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tony Walker, Vice-chancellor’s fellow, La Trobe University What’s next in the latest Middle East convulsion? Will a ceasefire between the Hamas militant group in Gaza and Israel be brokered by Arab mediators in coordination with western powers, or will the situation continue to deteriorate? Are we witnessing ... <a title="Many questions, few answers, as conflict deepens between Israelis and Palestinians" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/17/many-questions-few-answers-as-conflict-deepens-between-israelis-and-palestinians-160921/" aria-label="Read more about Many questions, few answers, as conflict deepens between Israelis and Palestinians">Read more</a>
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May 17, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tim Soutphommasane, Professor of Practice (Sociology and Political Theory) Director, Culture Strategy, University of Sydney National capability — and you might also say, national character — can be revealed in a crisis. So, what has COVID-19 taught us about Australia? It has taught us, amid many examples ... <a title="Australia risks becoming a hermit nation. Here’s a five-step road-map to reopen our borders safely" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/17/australia-risks-becoming-a-hermit-nation-heres-a-five-step-road-map-to-reopen-our-borders-safely-160865/" aria-label="Read more about Australia risks becoming a hermit nation. Here’s a five-step road-map to reopen our borders safely">Read more</a>
