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Month: March 2020

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Review: 150 Psalms is a monumental choral event

March 13, 2020

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Melanie Walters, PhD candidate in music, University of Adelaide Review: 150 Psalms, The Tallis Scholars, Netherlands Chamber Choir, The Song Company, The Norwegian Soloists’ Choir for the Adelaide Festival One of the great aspects of international arts festivals is the opportunity to experience large-scale artistic projects that ... <a title="Review: 150 Psalms is a monumental choral event" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/13/review-150-psalms-is-a-monumental-choral-event-133349/" aria-label="Read more about Review: 150 Psalms is a monumental choral event">Read more</a>

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Stadiums are emptying out globally. So why have Australian sports been so slow to act?

March 13, 2020

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle O’Shea, Senior Lecturer Sport Management, Western Sydney University Packed stadiums are the bread and butter of sports. Crowds create stadium atmosphere and generate revenue. For a global industry built on live entertainment and big crowds, the continued spread of COVID-19 could be disastrous for international sports ... <a title="Stadiums are emptying out globally. So why have Australian sports been so slow to act?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/13/stadiums-are-emptying-out-globally-so-why-have-australian-sports-been-so-slow-to-act-133354/" aria-label="Read more about Stadiums are emptying out globally. So why have Australian sports been so slow to act?">Read more</a>

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Coronavirus is stressful. Here are some ways to cope with the anxiety

March 13, 2020

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Louise Stone, General practitioner; Clinical Associate Professor, ANU Medical School, Australian National University One of our patients was recently talking about her anxiety around the coronavirus epidemic. This woman’s stress was understandable. She had survived a serious infection with swine flu, but only with a prolonged stay ... <a title="Coronavirus is stressful. Here are some ways to cope with the anxiety" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/13/coronavirus-is-stressful-here-are-some-ways-to-cope-with-the-anxiety-133146/" aria-label="Read more about Coronavirus is stressful. Here are some ways to cope with the anxiety">Read more</a>

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Friday essay: projecting light onto a dark history – how mid-century cinema resurrected Port Arthur’s convict past

March 13, 2020

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Findlay, Sessional Lecturer in History, University of Sydney Tourism was an early money-spinner in Tasmania, with Port Arthur featuring on travel circuits by the late 1800s. In the years following the penal station’s closure in 1877, an influx of local and interstate tourists encouraged guides (including ... <a title="Friday essay: projecting light onto a dark history – how mid-century cinema resurrected Port Arthur’s convict past" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/13/friday-essay-projecting-light-onto-a-dark-history-how-mid-century-cinema-resurrected-port-arthurs-convict-past-127623/" aria-label="Read more about Friday essay: projecting light onto a dark history – how mid-century cinema resurrected Port Arthur’s convict past">Read more</a>

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For decades, scientists puzzled over the plastic ‘missing’ from our oceans – but now it’s been found

March 13, 2020

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Britta Denise Hardesty, Principal Research Scientist, Oceans and Atmosphere Flagship, CSIRO You’ve probably heard that our oceans have become a plastic soup. But in fact, of all the plastic that enters Earth’s oceans each year, just 1% has been observed floating on the surface. So where is ... <a title="For decades, scientists puzzled over the plastic ‘missing’ from our oceans – but now it’s been found" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/13/for-decades-scientists-puzzled-over-the-plastic-missing-from-our-oceans-but-now-its-been-found-133434/" aria-label="Read more about For decades, scientists puzzled over the plastic ‘missing’ from our oceans – but now it’s been found">Read more</a>

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The many faces of social housing – home to 1 in 10 Australians

March 13, 2020

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emma Baker, Professor of Housing Research, School of Architecture and Built Environment, University of Adelaide Social housing is part of the lives of a surprising number of Australians. On any one night in Australia, just over 4% of households rent social housing. Yet it has housed many ... <a title="The many faces of social housing – home to 1 in 10 Australians" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/13/the-many-faces-of-social-housing-home-to-1-in-10-australians-133436/" aria-label="Read more about The many faces of social housing – home to 1 in 10 Australians">Read more</a>

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Morrison’s coronavirus package is a good start, but he’ll probably have to spend more

March 12, 2020

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University What makes the prime minister confident most households will spend A$750 delivered in cash, when they mostly wouldn’t spend the A$1,080 delivered in the form of bonus tax refunds after last year’s budget? Experience. Here’s ... <a title="Morrison’s coronavirus package is a good start, but he’ll probably have to spend more" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/12/morrisons-coronavirus-package-is-a-good-start-but-hell-probably-have-to-spend-more-133511/" aria-label="Read more about Morrison’s coronavirus package is a good start, but he’ll probably have to spend more">Read more</a>

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Grattan on Friday: Will many people be too worried to spend the cash splashed their way?

March 12, 2020

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Let’s hope it won’t come to this, but handling the coronavirus might eventually make dealing with the global financial crisis look rather a doddle. The GFC was devastating – for businesses, individuals and many economies. But it was a financial ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Will many people be too worried to spend the cash splashed their way?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/12/grattan-on-friday-will-many-people-be-too-worried-to-spend-the-cash-splashed-their-way-133544/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Will many people be too worried to spend the cash splashed their way?">Read more</a>

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Duterte cabinet members in self-quarantine amid coronavirus fears

March 12, 2020

By Sofia Tomacruz in Manila Several cabinet members of the Duterte government are placing themselves under quarantine in an effort to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus Covid-19, while serving as the country’s top officials closest to President Rodrigo Duterte. Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III last night became the first cabinet official to announce ... <a title="Duterte cabinet members in self-quarantine amid coronavirus fears" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/12/duterte-cabinet-members-in-self-quarantine-amid-coronavirus-fears/" aria-label="Read more about Duterte cabinet members in self-quarantine amid coronavirus fears">Read more</a>

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Three PNG children die among 11 killed in Porgera massacre

March 12, 2020

By Ale Asa in Porgera Eleven people – including three children – have been massacred when a fight between two warring tribes from Tari spilled into the Porgera Valley in the Papua New Guinea Highlands. Three women and five men from Enga were also killed when the O Kiru and Miape tribes resumed fighting, this ... <a title="Three PNG children die among 11 killed in Porgera massacre" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/12/three-png-children-die-among-11-killed-in-porgera-massacre/" aria-label="Read more about Three PNG children die among 11 killed in Porgera massacre">Read more</a>

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Keith Rankin Analysis – Economic Emergency 2020

March 12, 2020

Analysis by Keith Rankin Will there be a resumption of normality? For a few weeks now, awareness has been growing that the global economic consequences of the Covid19 epidemic (that WHO today notes has “characteristics of a pandemic”) may be greater than the medical consequences, even if the European death rates fail to level‑off, even if ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – Economic Emergency 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/12/keith-rankin-analysis-economic-emergency-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – Economic Emergency 2020">Read more</a>

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Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – March 12 2020

March 12, 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 Coronavirus Kate MacNamara (Stuff): The Government’s business continuity plan should include the wage cost of self-isolation Shamubeel Eaqub (RNZ): Don’t panic – a recession may not be what you think Press Editorial: Who pays ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – March 12 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/12/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-march-12-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – March 12 2020">Read more</a>