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November 17, 2020
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. Today’s content Housing Liam Dann (Herald): House price surge just getting started – Westpac Susan Edmunds (Stuff): Social pressure from renters may force Govt to implement wealth tax: Westpac Michael Cullen (Stuff): Time for a monetary policy rethink Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): Reserve ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – November 17 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/17/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-november-17-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – November 17 2020">Read more</a>
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November 17, 2020
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Prime Minister James Marape says his executive is still in control for the next three weeks for doing state business, passing the budget and to serve the people of Papua New Guinea. In spite of the defection by rebel members of his majority last Friday and a vote to suspend Parliament ... <a title="Marape confident he is control in PNG and will not bow to ‘greedy few’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/17/marape-confident-he-is-control-in-png-and-will-not-bow-to-greedy-few/" aria-label="Read more about Marape confident he is control in PNG and will not bow to ‘greedy few’">Read more</a>
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November 16, 2020
By Keith Jackson in Noosa Papua New Guinea’s prime minister James Marape has arisen with fire in his belly today. A short time ago he issued a short and pugnacious Facebook message to members of Parliament who are plotting to overthrow his government. The plotters are reportedly led by former prime minister Peter O’Neill and ... <a title="PM Marape brands plotter as ‘political scumbag’ in PNG upheaval" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/16/pm-marape-brands-plotter-as-political-scumbag-in-png-upheaval/" aria-label="Read more about PM Marape brands plotter as ‘political scumbag’ in PNG upheaval">Read more</a>
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November 16, 2020
Papua New Guinea’s opposition – bolstered by its government defectors – moved its camp to West Sepik provincial capital Vanimo at the weekened to consolidate its numbers in a move to oust Prime Minister James Marape next month, reports the PNG Post-Courier. The 13 ministers who defected to the opposition will be decommissioned this week, ... <a title="Scott Waide: Our country, Papua New Guinea, is being taken away from us" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/16/scott-waide-our-country-papua-new-guinea-is-being-taken-away-from-us/" aria-label="Read more about Scott Waide: Our country, Papua New Guinea, is being taken away from us">Read more</a>
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November 16, 2020
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. Today’s content Housing Henry Cooke (Stuff): If it wants to fix housing, Labour needs to get out of its defensive crouch Bernard Hickey (Stuff): Millennials suffer as old generals fight the previous war Tracy Watkins (Stuff): What happens when the only way ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – November 16 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/16/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-november-16-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – November 16 2020">Read more</a>
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November 14, 2020
Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage Leaders from the progressive world highlight that “organized peoples make revolutions.” By Alina Duarte From La Paz and Washington DC Although the extreme right and their paramilitary groups sought to prevent it by any means necessary, Luis Arce Catacora won the presidency of Bolivia, and Evo Morales returned ... <a title="Bolivia and Necessary Self-Critique: “It is not enough to have the government, we have to have people’s power.” " class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/14/bolivia-and-necessary-self-critique-it-is-not-enough-to-have-the-government-we-have-to-have-peoples-power/" aria-label="Read more about Bolivia and Necessary Self-Critique: “It is not enough to have the government, we have to have people’s power.” ">Read more</a>
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November 14, 2020
By Rachel Wong in Hong Kong Hong Kong’s government-funded broadcaster, Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK), is under fire again. Last week, police arrested freelance TV producer Bao Choy Yuk-ling under allegations that she made a false statement to obtain information on car owners, claiming that she had violated the Hong Kong’s Road Traffic Ordinance. Choy ... <a title="How Hong Kong authorities are gradually taking over public broadcaster RTHK" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/14/how-hong-kong-authorities-are-gradually-taking-over-public-broadcaster-rthk/" aria-label="Read more about How Hong Kong authorities are gradually taking over public broadcaster RTHK">Read more</a>
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November 13, 2020
ANALYSIS: By Bryce Edwards How determined are Labour to take the necessary steps to fix inequality and poverty? Will electoral calculations triumph over their principles and stated ambitions? These are some of the questions being asked on the political left, as Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s government looks determined to stand by while social problems continue ... <a title="Bryce Edwards: Ardern’s Labour government stands by as NZ social problems worsen" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/13/bryce-edwards-arderns-labour-government-stands-by-as-nz-social-problems-worsen/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards: Ardern’s Labour government stands by as NZ social problems worsen">Read more</a>
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November 13, 2020
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards. How determined are Labour to take the necessary steps to fix inequality and poverty? Will electoral calculations triumph over their principles and stated ambitions? These are some of the questions being asked on the political left, as the Government looks determined to stand by while social problems continue to get ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The Left’s challenge to Labour’s inaction on poverty and inequality" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/13/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-the-lefts-challenge-to-labours-inaction-on-poverty-and-inequality/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The Left’s challenge to Labour’s inaction on poverty and inequality">Read more</a>
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November 13, 2020
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. Today’s content Housing and Reserve Bank Craig McCulloch (RNZ): Greens co-leader James Shaw lashes out at Labour over rising house prices Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): James Shaw says it’s time to tax capital gains and wealth to take heat of ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – November 13 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/13/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-november-13-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – November 13 2020">Read more</a>
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November 12, 2020
Analysis by Keith Rankin. The Linear Political Spectrum In both New Zealand and United States, we have just seen the political success of the one-dimensional political centre; perhaps a nudge to the left of centre. By one-dimensional (or ‘linear’), we mean the traditional left-right political spectrum, whereby the ‘right’ means private capitalism aligned with institutional ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – The New ‘Centre-Left’ Establishment" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/12/keith-rankin-analysis-the-new-centre-left-establishment/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – The New ‘Centre-Left’ Establishment">Read more</a>
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November 12, 2020
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. Today’s content National Party Luke Malpass (Stuff): Judith Collins’ first shadow cabinet raises more questions than answers Richard Harman: National abandons tax cuts Henry Cooke (Stuff): Who is up and who is down in the latest National Party reshuffle Justin Giovannetti ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – November 12 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/12/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-november-12-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – November 12 2020">Read more</a>
