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By Len Cook – The ‘Three Strikes’ law exists because a majority of Members of Parliament want it, although there is no evidence which exists to justify or shape it. This is not an unusual situation, and there are many examples of legislation being weakly...
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When: Tuesday 7 August at 5pm Where: Lecture Theatre B10 General Library (Building 109), University of Auckland 5 Princes Street Over the last decade a key aspect of public policy reform, particularly in health and education, has been in not only providing...
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By Susan St John – Susan St John says the Government’s Tax Working Group will not find real answers for the housing market, and a new kind of tax on our net housing equity is needed. To say that New Zealand has been in the grips of an extraordinary...
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By Thomas Basbøll, Rachel Cayley and Oliver March – *Reprinted with permission from the LSE Impact Blog. The act of writing and how it contributes to and shapes the practice of communicating research is a rich topic for consideration for scholars at every stage...
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Professor Julia Lane, NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service The advent of big data means that the time has come for change in the way in which we collect and use official statistics. However, that change needs to be effected in a thoughtful and careful way so...
