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March 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Gillespie, Professor of Law, University of Waikato From midnight on Wednesday, New Zealand will go into lockdown for four weeks, with only essential services like supermarkets and pharmacies remaining open. Police and medical officials already have legal powers under existing laws to fine people who flout ... <a title="As NZ goes into lockdown, authorities have new powers to make sure people obey the rules" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/24/as-nz-goes-into-lockdown-authorities-have-new-powers-to-make-sure-people-obey-the-rules-134377/" aria-label="Read more about As NZ goes into lockdown, authorities have new powers to make sure people obey the rules">Read more</a>
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March 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Komesaroff, Professor of Medicine, Monash University Last week American biotech company Moderna commenced the first clinical trial of a vaccine for COVID-19. Similar studies are reportedly being planned in the US, China, Israel, Australia and elsewhere, with at least 20 potential vaccines under development. The usual ... <a title="The US is fast-tracking a coronavirus vaccine, but bypassing safety standards may not be worth the cost" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/24/the-us-is-fast-tracking-a-coronavirus-vaccine-but-bypassing-safety-standards-may-not-be-worth-the-cost-134041/" aria-label="Read more about The US is fast-tracking a coronavirus vaccine, but bypassing safety standards may not be worth the cost">Read more</a>
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March 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Quiggin, Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland Within the space of weeks, Australia has been transformed into a command economy. Businesses are being told whether they can or cannot open and how they must operate, consumers are subject to formal and informal rationing, workers ... <a title="To get out of this well we are going to have to think like central planners" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/24/to-get-out-of-this-well-we-are-going-to-have-to-think-like-central-planners-134356/" aria-label="Read more about To get out of this well we are going to have to think like central planners">Read more</a>
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March 24, 2020
By RNZ News Four new cases of community transmission have been reported in New Zealand today, as the Health Ministry revealed 40 new cases of Covid-19 in this country, taking the total to 155 infected people. They include four cases of community transmission – three in Auckland, one in Wairarapa. Two of the four were ... <a title="Four new cases of community transmission of Covid-19 in NZ" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/24/four-new-cases-of-community-transmission-of-covid-19-in-nz/" aria-label="Read more about Four new cases of community transmission of Covid-19 in NZ">Read more</a>
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March 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Baker, Professor of Public Health, University of Otago Overjoyed. That’s not a word epidemiologists normally use, but that’s how I felt after hearing Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s announcement about New Zealand’s COVID-19 shutdown of everything except essential services for at least four weeks from midnight on ... <a title="‘Overjoyed’: a leading health expert on New Zealand’s coronavirus shutdown, and the challenging weeks ahead" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/24/overjoyed-a-leading-health-expert-on-new-zealands-coronavirus-shutdown-and-the-challenging-weeks-ahead-134395/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Overjoyed’: a leading health expert on New Zealand’s coronavirus shutdown, and the challenging weeks ahead">Read more</a>
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March 24, 2020
OPINION: By Scott Waide in Lae So it’s a global pandemic with 16,000+ dead already, more than 375,000 infected and nearly 102,000 recovered. It was a national health worry. But within days, it became a national emergency. The Prime Minister James Marape taking advice from the National Security Council, a state of emergency declared and ... <a title="What are the lessons with Covid-19? Seeing the ironies through a PNG lens" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/24/what-are-the-lessons-with-covid-19-seeing-the-ironies-through-a-png-lens/" aria-label="Read more about What are the lessons with Covid-19? Seeing the ironies through a PNG lens">Read more</a>
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March 24, 2020
ANALYSIS: By Hugh Breakey of Griffith University As Australia and New Zealand move into lockdown mode in response to the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic, we are increasingly faced with serious ethical questions about what ordinary people should be obliged to do for others. These challenges can perhaps best be seen in the outrage as people flocked ... <a title="Acting selfishly has consequences – ethical decisions amid virus crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/24/acting-selfishly-has-consequences-ethical-decisions-amid-virus-crisis/" aria-label="Read more about Acting selfishly has consequences – ethical decisions amid virus crisis">Read more</a>
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March 24, 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 Government, Parliament Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): NZ politics enters a brave new world Henry Cooke (Stuff): Jacinda Ardern just made the most consequential decision of her career, putting NZ on house arrest Claire Trevett ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – March 24 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/24/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-march-24-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – March 24 2020">Read more</a>
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March 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hugh Breakey, President, Australian Association for Professional & Applied Ethics. Senior Research Fellow, Moral philosophy, Institute for Ethics, Governance & Law, Law Futures Centre., Griffith University As the country moves into lockdown mode in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, we are increasingly faced with serious ethical questions ... <a title="Acting selfishly has consequences right now – why ethical decision making is imperative in the coronavirus crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/24/acting-selfishly-has-consequences-right-now-why-ethical-decision-making-is-imperative-in-the-coronavirus-crisis-134350/" aria-label="Read more about Acting selfishly has consequences right now – why ethical decision making is imperative in the coronavirus crisis">Read more</a>
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March 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dan Parker, PhD Candidate, University of Melbourne Native to southeastern Australia, the powerful owl (Ninox strenua) is threatened and facing the prospect of homelessness. These birds don’t make nests – they use large hollows in old, tall trees. But humans have been removing such trees in the ... <a title="Urban owls are losing their homes. So we’re 3D printing them new ones" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/24/urban-owls-are-losing-their-homes-so-were-3d-printing-them-new-ones-133626/" aria-label="Read more about Urban owls are losing their homes. So we’re 3D printing them new ones">Read more</a>
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March 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bruce Mountain, Director, Victoria Energy Policy Centre, Victoria University The massive Snowy 2.0 pumped hydro project is soon expected to be granted environmental approval. I and others have criticised the project on several grounds, including its questionable financial viability and overstated benefits to the electricity system. But ... <a title="Snowy 2.0 is a wolf in sheep’s clothing – it will push carbon emissions up, not down" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/24/snowy-2-0-is-a-wolf-in-sheeps-clothing-it-will-push-carbon-emissions-up-not-down-133006/" aria-label="Read more about Snowy 2.0 is a wolf in sheep’s clothing – it will push carbon emissions up, not down">Read more</a>
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March 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul J. Maginn, Associate Professor of Urban/Regional Planning, University of Western Australia Mention the phrase “sex tourism” in conversation and most people will cringe in disgust. Why? People often picture old Western men visiting Asia for easy cheap sex with young boys and girls. Stereotypes of sex ... <a title="What happens in Vegas … why consent matters in ‘Sin City’ and other sex tourism cities" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/24/what-happens-in-vegas-why-consent-matters-in-sin-city-and-other-sex-tourism-cities-133080/" aria-label="Read more about What happens in Vegas … why consent matters in ‘Sin City’ and other sex tourism cities">Read more</a>
