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* Recorded with the University of Auckland Public Policy Institute, 11 October 2018 Since 2016, my most common academic presentation to interdisciplinary scientist/researcher audiences is a variant of the question, ‘why don’t policymakers listen to your evidence?’ I...
0505,1212,18181818 | Policy Commons Blog
By Jess Berentson-Shaw – With the return of our evidence-driven Associate Minister for Transport Julie Anne Genter to Wellington it is timely to explore why transport is an area in which the evidence is so routinely ignored, even though implementation of what we...
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By DAVID LEPOFSKY Adjunct Professor of Law, University of Toronto Visiting Professor of Legal Ethics and Public Interest Advocacy, Osgoode Hall Law School Canadian experience with accessibility legislation – what has Ontario done right or wrong on accessibility?...
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By Justin Alsleben – Many people who are terminally ill, or otherwise suffer from serious and irremediable medical conditions, face prolonged and acute suffering at the end of their lives. These medical patients may experience a deteriorated quality of life...
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By Susan St John – ‘Let’s not mindlessly raise the age, argues Susan St John, but try to solve actual problems ordinary people face’ Recently a prominent New Zealand weekly magazine ran the story “Fresh moves to raise the age of super to 67”. Yet the...
0505,1111,18181818 | Events
DAVID LEPOFSKY **You can now access the recording of this talk** When: Monday 12 November, 11am Where: Pat Hanan Room (2017-501) University of Auckland 18 Symonds Street Adjunct Professor of Law, University of Toronto Visiting Professor of Legal Ethics and...
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By Esme Hall – In this blog post I draw on insights from scholarship on political participation and analysis of the New Zealand Election Study from 2008 to 2017 to suggest ways of increasing youth engagement in the policy process. At every election there is a...
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By Dr Tim Fadgen – As local and regional conflicts persist around the globe, and as environmental disasters become more frequent and increasingly severe, refugees are on the move. Concurrently, many nations and states around the world have signalled that people...
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By Mike O’Brien – In this, the 80th anniversary of the passage of the Social Security Act 1938, the annual Child Poverty Action Group summit in Wellington was a very good opportunity to review directions and future possibilities. Bringing together the wide...
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Everybody knows that the dice are loaded Everybody rolls with their fingers crossed Everybody knows the war is over Everybody knows the good guys lost Everybody knows the fight was fixed The poor stay poor, the rich get rich That’s how it goes, everybody knows...
