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August 6, 2020
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Money as an Unfortunate Metaphor for Cost Especially but not only in election years, when any new policy is proposed by a major party, a ubiquitous refrain follows: “what will it cost?”; “where will the money come from?”. The context is that cost is the spending of ‘coin’. Indeed I once ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – Counting the Cost of Government Action and Inaction" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/06/keith-rankin-analysis-counting-the-cost-of-government-action-and-inaction/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – Counting the Cost of Government Action and Inaction">Read more</a>
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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 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 16, 2020
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Representative Democracy On 26 June, I attended a zoom webinar called ‘Modern politics – 20thC to MMP’, run by Auckland Libraries and Ancestry.com. The speakers were politics’ academics Grant Duncan and Toby Boraman, from Massey University. Duncan is a well-known political scientist, and Boraman is a specialist in Labour History. (An ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – Universal Basic Income: Left, Right, and Centre" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/16/keith-rankin-analysis-universal-basic-income-left-right-and-centre/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – Universal Basic Income: Left, Right, and Centre">Read more</a>
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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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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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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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June 25, 2020
Editorial by Selwyn Manning. With the New Zealand General Election campaign looming, parties in the Labour-led coalition government are openly parading their differences (rather than common-ground) before the voting public. It’s a situation that can be interpreted as being typical of MMP politics. But it also causes voters to rethink its record-level support for its ... <a title="Election Campaign Looms: Is It Time For Labour To Abandon NZF?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/25/election-campaign-looms-is-it-time-for-labour-to-abandon-new-zealand-first/" aria-label="Read more about Election Campaign Looms: Is It Time For Labour To Abandon NZF?">Read more</a>
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June 22, 2020
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards Could the quarantine and testing botch-ups have an impact on the election? The Government might have been hoping that the scandal was a one-week wonder, but the stories of quarantine and testing fiascos keep coming and will be felt strongly by the public. Many voters will now have much less ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Fallout from the Covid border blunder" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/22/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-fallout-from-the-covid-border-blunder/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Fallout from the Covid border blunder">Read more</a>
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June 18, 2020
Editorial by Selwyn Manning. It all boils down to this: The timeline of latest revelations suggests National Party MPs placed their want to GET their opponents – the Ardern Government – ahead of concerns that Covid-19 was potentially un-contained and again infecting New Zealanders. Is this a step too far for the Todd Muller-led party? ... <a title="Editorial: Snakes and Mirrors – National Sat On Covid-19 Infection Information For Hours Before Dropping Political Bombshell In Parliament" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/18/editorial-snakes-and-mirrors-national-sat-on-covid-19-infection-information-for-hours-before-dropping-political-bombshell-in-parliament/" aria-label="Read more about Editorial: Snakes and Mirrors – National Sat On Covid-19 Infection Information For Hours Before Dropping Political Bombshell In Parliament">Read more</a>
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June 4, 2020
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards. Does National have any chance of winning the election in September? It’s looking very unlikely, especially after National’s change of leadership hasn’t exactly produced Mullermania in the first two weeks. Quite the opposite, in fact, as I summarised in Tuesday’s Political Roundup column: Todd Muller’s torrid start as National leader. Even ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Why there’s still hope for National at the election" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/04/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-why-theres-still-hope-for-national-at-the-election/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Why there’s still hope for National at the election">Read more</a>
