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By MIL OSI - ForeignAffairs.co.nz / June 13, 2019 / AM-NC, Analysis, Analysis Assessment, Analysis-Reportage, Bryce Edwards, Critical Politics, CTF, DJF, Editor's Picks, English, Evening Report, KB, Media, MIL OSI, MIL Syndication, New Zealand, News Media, NZ Politics, Open Source Intel, Pacific Region, Political Integrity, Political Polls, Political Stability, Political Transition, Politics, Reportage / Comments Off on MIL-Evening Report: Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Who does the public trust in 2019?
How much trust do you have in politics and public institutions? It’s one of the most important political questions of our time. All over the world there has been a decline in trust, which is leading to a sea change in our politics – from Trump and Brexit through to the emergence of radical progressive […]
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By MIL OSI - ForeignAffairs.co.nz / June 12, 2019 / Air Force, AM-NC, Analysis, Analysis Assessment, Analysis-Reportage, Army, Bryce Edwards, Critical Politics, CTF, Defence, Defense, DJF, Editor's Picks, English, Evening Report, KB, Lead, Media, Media Intelligence, MIL OSI, MIL Syndication, Military, Military policy, Multilateralism, Navy, New Zealand, New Zealand Defence Force, News Media, NZ Politics, NZDF, Open Source Intel, Pacific Region, Politics, Reportage / Comments Off on MIL-Evening Report: Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The camouflaged military spend-up
Imagine if the Government had announced the $20b new spend on the military on Budget Day. Or if yesterday’s announcement had occurred before the declaration that New Zealand was pulling its troops out of Iraq. It would have been much less palatable to supporters, some of whom are already questioning the priorities of this Labour-led […]
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By MIL OSI - ForeignAffairs.co.nz / June 11, 2019 / AM-NC, Analysis, Analysis Assessment, Analysis-Reportage, Bryce Edwards, Budget, Critical Politics, CTF, DJF, economic sabotage, Editor's Picks, English, Evening Report, KB, law, Lead, Leadership, Media, Media Intelligence, MIL OSI, MIL Syndication, New Zealand, New Zealand Economy, News Media, NZ Politics, Open Source Intel, Pacific Region, Political freedom, Political Integrity, Political Polls, Political Stability, Political Transition, Politics, Reportage, Treasury / Comments Off on MIL-Evening Report: Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The Budget hack “cockup or conspiracy” debate continues
Political commentators are divided over whether the Government’s terrible handling of the so-called “Budget hack” is a “cockup” or a “conspiracy”. It’s still not clear which, and nor is it clear who is responsible. But there is growing agreement that the Government’s handling of the issue was in error, as it was a bizarre mistake […]
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By MIL OSI - ForeignAffairs.co.nz / June 10, 2019 / AM-NC, Analysis, Analysis Assessment, Analysis-Reportage, Bryce Edwards, Critical Politics, CTF, DJF, Editor's Picks, English, Evening Report, Jacinda Ardern, KB, Lead, Leadership, Media, Media Intelligence, MIL OSI, MIL Syndication, New Zealand, News Media, NZ Politics, Open Source Intel, Pacific Region, Political Polls, Political Transition, Politics, Polls, Reportage, Simon Bridges / Comments Off on MIL-Evening Report: Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Epic New Zealand political opinion poll mystery
Two opinion polls have come out at once saying dramatically different things about the current fortunes of New Zealand’s political parties. One poll, promoted by Newshub as “epic”, puts Labour 13-points ahead of National. The other poll from 1News showed a shock reversal of party fortunes, with Labour now 2-points behind. And once you add […]
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By MIL OSI - ForeignAffairs.co.nz / June 6, 2019 / AM-NC, Analysis, Analysis Assessment, Analysis-Reportage, Bryce Edwards, Critical Politics, CTF, DJF, economic sabotage, Economy, Editor's Picks, English, Evening Report, KB, Lead, Leadership, Media, Media Intelligence, MIL OSI, MIL Syndication, New Zealand, News Media, NZ Politics, Open Source Intel, Pacific Region, Political freedom, Political Integrity, Political Stability, Politics, Public Policy, Public service, Reportage / Comments Off on MIL-Evening Report: Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Who cares about the “Budget hack”?
Should we really care about the “Budget hack” that has been consuming a lot of politicians and political commentators over the last week? Is this really, as John Key used to say about scandals involving his own Government, one of “the things that matter”? I made the case yesterday in my column, The Budget ‘hack’ scandal […]
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By MIL OSI - ForeignAffairs.co.nz / June 6, 2019 / AM-NC, Analysis, Analysis Assessment, Analysis-Reportage, Bryce Edwards, Budget, Classified Documents, Critical Politics, CTF, DJF, economic sabotage, Economy, Editor's Picks, English, Evening Report, governance, Government, KB, MIL OSI, Open Source Intel, Pacific Region, Political Integrity, Political Stability, Political Transition, Politics, public interest, Public service, Reportage / Comments Off on MIL-Evening Report: Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The Budget “hack” scandal reveals some big accountability problems
Can we trust government departments? Can we trust Treasury not to lie to us? What about the Minister of Finance? Have they lied for political advantage? These are some of the questions that naturally come out of last week’s abysmal Government handling of National’s early release of budget details, in which senior officials and politicians […]
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By MIL OSI - ForeignAffairs.co.nz / May 31, 2019 / AM-NC, Analysis, Analysis Assessment, Analysis-Reportage, Bryce Edwards, Budget, Critical Politics, CTF, DJF, Economics, Economy, Editor's Picks, English, Evening Report, Government, KB, Lead, Media, Media Intelligence, MIL OSI, MIL Syndication, New Zealand, News Media, NZ Politics, Open Source Intel, Pacific Region, Political Integrity, Political Transition, Politics, Reportage, Treasury / Comments Off on MIL-Evening Report: Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The other side of the Budget story
For each Budget, the government of the day spends huge amounts of resources getting its message and branding across about its spending decisions. Careful attempts at framing their Budget are made, and all of this largely gets reported. This year is no different, and so you can read, watch and listen to hundreds of media […]
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By MIL OSI - ForeignAffairs.co.nz / May 29, 2019 / AM-NC, Analysis, Analysis Assessment, Analysis-Reportage, Bryce Edwards, Budget, Critical Politics, CTF, Cyber Security, cyber-attacks, Cybersecurity, Digital data, Digital policy, DJF, Editor's Picks, English, Evening Report, Government, Government Spying, KB, law, Law Enforcement, Lead, Leadership, Leaks, Legislation, Media, Media Law, MIL OSI, MIL Syndication, National Party, National Party Leader, New Zealand, New Zealand Government Communications Security Bureau, New Zealand National Party, News Media, NZ Politics, Open Source Intel, Pacific Region, Political freedom, Political Integrity, Politics, Reportage, Security, Security Intelligence, Treasury / Comments Off on MIL-Evening Report: Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Intense speculation on Budget leaking and hacking
The problem with scandals involving so much mystery is they naturally lead to plenty of speculation, some of which might be useful and some which might be completely wrong, or even highly-damaging. And while we are still in the midst of it all, it’s extremely difficult to sort out the useful from the damaging. For […]
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By MIL OSI - ForeignAffairs.co.nz / May 28, 2019 / AM-NC, Analysis, Analysis Assessment, Analysis-Reportage, Bryce Edwards, Critical Politics, CTF, DJF, Editor's Picks, English, Evening Report, Jacinda Ardern, KB, Law Reform, Lead, Leadership, Legal Issues, lobbying, Lobbyists, Media, Media Intelligence, MIL OSI, MIL Syndication, New Zealand, News Media, NZ Politics, Open Source Intel, Pacific Region, Political freedom, Political Integrity, Political rights, Politics, prime ministers, Reportage / Comments Off on MIL-Evening Report: Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Should we worry about lobbyists’ influence on the Government?
In many other parts of the world, the close relationship between our Prime Minister and a leading business lobbyist would be considered corrupt, but in New Zealand it’s seen as “business as usual”. Does that make it right? Is it in the public interest to have the politicians and lobbyists in each other’s pockets? The […]
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By MIL OSI - ForeignAffairs.co.nz / May 22, 2019 / AM-NC, Analysis, Analysis Assessment, Analysis-Reportage, Bryce Edwards, Critical Politics, CTF, DJF, Editor's Picks, English, Evening Report, KB, law, Law and order, Lead, Leadership, Media, MIL OSI, MIL Syndication, New Zealand, News Media, NZ Politics, Open Source Intel, Pacific Region, Parliament, Parliamentary Bullying, Parliamentary Investigation, Parliamentary Services, Political history, Political Integrity, Political rights, Politics, Reportage / Comments Off on MIL-Evening Report: Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Trevor Mallard – the bullying, biased boss of Parliament
Should Trevor Mallard remain as Speaker of Parliament? It’s a legitimate question, given the current accumulation of concerns about his bullying and bias, and the heightened public concern about the health of this important democratic institution. Certainly some of his past conduct and allegations against him make for sobering reading – including physical assault, attempts […]
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