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January 31, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Claire Hooker, Senior Lecturer and Coordinator, Health and Medical Humanities, University of Sydney Every disease outbreak brings an accompanying outbreak of fear. Already we’re seeing coverage on the spread of coronavirus fear which leads to misinformation, an effect on the economy and, perhaps the most alarming, xenophobia ... <a title="Coronavirus fears can trigger anti-Chinese prejudice. Here’s how schools can help" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/31/coronavirus-fears-can-trigger-anti-chinese-prejudice-heres-how-schools-can-help-130945/" aria-label="Read more about Coronavirus fears can trigger anti-Chinese prejudice. Here’s how schools can help">Read more</a>
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January 31, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By C Raina MacIntyre, Professor of Global Biosecurity, NHMRC Principal Research Fellow, Head, Biosecurity Program, Kirby Institute, UNSW The World Health Organisation (WHO) has just declared the coronavirus outbreak a public health emergency of international concern. There have been nearly 10,000 cases of the so-called 2019-nCoV in China, ... <a title="Coronavirus: how worried should I be about the shortage of face masks? Or can I just use a scarf?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/31/coronavirus-how-worried-should-i-be-about-the-shortage-of-face-masks-or-can-i-just-use-a-scarf-130873/" aria-label="Read more about Coronavirus: how worried should I be about the shortage of face masks? Or can I just use a scarf?">Read more</a>
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January 31, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Beverley Paterson, Epidemiologist, Conjoint Senior Lecturer, University of Newcastle The World Health Organisation (WHO) overnight declared the coronavirus (2019-nCoV) a public health emergency of international concern, reinforcing the need for countries around the world to act decisively in the face of this epidemic. The Australian government is ... <a title="Yes, there’s merit in quarantining people on Christmas Island to prevent the spread of coronavirus" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/31/yes-theres-merit-in-quarantining-people-on-christmas-island-to-prevent-the-spread-of-coronavirus-130879/" aria-label="Read more about Yes, there’s merit in quarantining people on Christmas Island to prevent the spread of coronavirus">Read more</a>
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January 31, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Samantha Sharpe, Research Director, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney When the central business district of Lismore was flooded in 2017, every small business owner in the northern New South Wales town had a decision to make. Should they rebuild their businesses, or take whatever ... <a title="Disaster hits small business in many ways. We need a national strategy to help them adapt" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/31/disaster-hits-small-business-in-many-ways-we-need-a-national-strategy-to-help-them-adapt-130871/" aria-label="Read more about Disaster hits small business in many ways. We need a national strategy to help them adapt">Read more</a>
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January 31, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Zena Cumpston, Research Fellow, University of Melbourne In the wake of devastating bushfires across the country, and with the prospect of losing a billion animals and some entire species, transformational change is required in the way we interact with this land. Australia’s First Peoples have honed and ... <a title="To address the ecological crisis, Aboriginal peoples must be restored as custodians of Country" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/31/to-address-the-ecological-crisis-aboriginal-peoples-must-be-restored-as-custodians-of-country-108594/" aria-label="Read more about To address the ecological crisis, Aboriginal peoples must be restored as custodians of Country">Read more</a>
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January 31, 2020
Pacific Media Watch Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has called on Philippine parliamentarians to resist President Rodrigo Duterte’s threats and ensure the survival of ABS-CBN, the country’s leading TV and radio network, by renewing its franchise. If its 25-year franchise is not renewed, as Parliament last did on 30 March 1995, all of ABS-CBN’s radio and ... <a title="RSF calls on Philippines Congress to renew ABS-CBN network’s franchise" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/31/rsf-calls-on-philippines-congress-to-renew-abs-cbn-networks-franchise/" aria-label="Read more about RSF calls on Philippines Congress to renew ABS-CBN network’s franchise">Read more</a>
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January 31, 2020
Headline: Iran as a strategic actor. – 36th Parallel Assessments Director Paul G. Buchanan has written a two part series on Iran as a strategic actor for the Australian Institute of International Affairs. The analysis is designed to offer an alternative interpretation to views prevalent in the West that see Iran as a rogue and ... <a title="Iran as a strategic actor." class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/31/iran-as-a-strategic-actor/" aria-label="Read more about Iran as a strategic actor.">Read more</a>
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January 31, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tim Garoni, Associate Professor, School of Mathematics, Monash University Rubik’s Cube has been one of the world’s favourite puzzles for 40 years. Several different methods have been devised for solving it, as explained in countless books. Expert “speedcubers” can solve it in a matter of seconds. In ... <a title="How hard is it to scramble Rubik’s Cube?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/31/how-hard-is-it-to-scramble-rubiks-cube-129916/" aria-label="Read more about How hard is it to scramble Rubik’s Cube?">Read more</a>
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January 31, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne Four days before the US Iowa Democratic caucuses next Tuesday AEDT, the RealClearPolitics poll average has Bernie Sanders narrowly leading with 23.8%, followed by Joe Biden on 20.2%, Pete Buttigieg 15.8%, Elizabeth Warren 14.6% and ... <a title="With four days remaining, Sanders leads narrowly in Iowa, but Biden leads nationally" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/31/with-four-days-remaining-sanders-leads-narrowly-in-iowa-but-biden-leads-nationally-130593/" aria-label="Read more about With four days remaining, Sanders leads narrowly in Iowa, but Biden leads nationally">Read more</a>
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January 31, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anne Twomey, Professor of Constitutional Law, University of Sydney The Queensland government’s proposed electoral laws risk being struck down by the High Court if they remain in their current form. This is because they hamper the ability of charities to advocate for their causes and limit the ... <a title="Proposed Queensland laws silencing charities risk breaching the Constitution" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/31/proposed-queensland-laws-silencing-charities-risk-breaching-the-constitution-130528/" aria-label="Read more about Proposed Queensland laws silencing charities risk breaching the Constitution">Read more</a>
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January 31, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Clare M. Cooper, Design Lecturer, University of Sydney Editor’s note: Today, on Trust Me, I’m An Expert, we hear from Clare Cooper, design lecturer at the University of Sydney, on how futuring techniques can help us think collectively about life under a drastically hotter climate. Her accompanying ... <a title="‘Futuring’ can help us survive the climate crisis. And guess what? You’re a futurist too" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/31/futuring-can-help-us-survive-the-climate-crisis-and-guess-what-youre-a-futurist-too-130538/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Futuring’ can help us survive the climate crisis. And guess what? You’re a futurist too">Read more</a>
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January 31, 2020
By RNZ News Some Chinese students are being rejected by their homestays in New Zealand over fears about the deadly coronavirus. Infections from the novel coronavirus has spread to more than 8100 people globally and has claimed more than 170 lives. New Zealand’s Ministry of Education advised schools on Monday to ask any students coming ... <a title="Coronavirus: NZ homestays reject Chinese students over virus fears" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/31/coronavirus-nz-homestays-reject-chinese-students-over-virus-fears/" aria-label="Read more about Coronavirus: NZ homestays reject Chinese students over virus fears">Read more</a>
