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March 10, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicky Wright, Research Fellow, Australian National University Weather-wise, 2019 was a crazy way to end a decade. Fires spread through much of southeast Australia, fuelled by dry vegetation from the ongoing drought and fanned by hot, windy fire weather. On the other side of the Indian Ocean, ... <a title="A rare natural phenomenon brings severe drought to Australia. Climate change is making it more common" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/10/a-rare-natural-phenomenon-brings-severe-drought-to-australia-climate-change-is-making-it-more-common-133058/" aria-label="Read more about A rare natural phenomenon brings severe drought to Australia. Climate change is making it more common">Read more</a>
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March 10, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Munro, Professor, Faculty of Education and Arts, Australian Catholic University One of the most influential phenomena in education over the last two decades has been that of the “growth mindset”. This refers to the beliefs a student has about various capacities such as their intelligence, their ... <a title="You can do it! A ‘growth mindset’ helps us learn" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/10/you-can-do-it-a-growth-mindset-helps-us-learn-127710/" aria-label="Read more about You can do it! A ‘growth mindset’ helps us learn">Read more</a>
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March 10, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Maund, Research Affiliate, School of Architecture and Built Environment, University of Newcastle With more than 3,500 homes destroyed by disastrous bushfires, the willingness of government and community to work together to find ways to house people has been heartwarming. Australians showed great concern for people who ... <a title="We’re innovative when housing bushfire victims. Why not all the homeless?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/10/were-innovative-when-housing-bushfire-victims-why-not-all-the-homeless-132268/" aria-label="Read more about We’re innovative when housing bushfire victims. Why not all the homeless?">Read more</a>
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March 10, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Raja Junankar, Honorary Professor, Industrial Relations Research Centre, UNSW The world economy is teetering on a knife edge: the Chinese and Indian economies were slowing even before the COVID-19 Coronavirus, and as Australia was recovering from one of its worst bushfires. Share markets around the world collapsed ... <a title="This is more than a health crisis: here’s a 10-point plan for avoiding recession" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/10/this-is-more-than-a-health-crisis-heres-a-10-point-plan-for-avoiding-recession-133073/" aria-label="Read more about This is more than a health crisis: here’s a 10-point plan for avoiding recession">Read more</a>
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March 10, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicole Lee, Professor at the National Drug Research Institute (Melbourne), Curtin University Who deserves our compassion and medical care? Does a person who has used drugs deserve a liver transplant … and then a second? What if she’s 24 years old and a mother of small children? ... <a title="Wild Butterfly film review: Claire Murray’s story gives a human face to trauma, drug use and blame culture" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/10/wild-butterfly-film-review-claire-murrays-story-gives-a-human-face-to-trauma-drug-use-and-blame-culture-132596/" aria-label="Read more about Wild Butterfly film review: Claire Murray’s story gives a human face to trauma, drug use and blame culture">Read more</a>
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March 10, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Scott Morrison will urge big businesses to display “patriotism” as Australia grapples with the coronavirus crisis, which he warns could hit the economy harder than the global financial crisis. Addressing a business audience in the run up to this week’s ... <a title="Morrison tells big business to show ‘patriotism’ as COVID-19 threatens to hit harder than GFC" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/10/morrison-tells-big-business-to-show-patriotism-as-covid-19-threatens-to-hit-harder-than-gfc-133255/" aria-label="Read more about Morrison tells big business to show ‘patriotism’ as COVID-19 threatens to hit harder than GFC">Read more</a>
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March 9, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sunanda Creagh, Head of Digital Storytelling Are we alone in the Universe? The expert opinion on that, it turns out, is surprisingly consistent. “Is there other life in the Universe? I would say: probably,” Daniel Zucker, Associate Professor of astronomy at Macquarie University, tells astrophysics student and ... <a title="We asked astronomers: are we alone in the Universe? The answer was surprisingly consistent" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/09/we-asked-astronomers-are-we-alone-in-the-universe-the-answer-was-surprisingly-consistent-132088/" aria-label="Read more about We asked astronomers: are we alone in the Universe? The answer was surprisingly consistent">Read more</a>
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March 9, 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 Shane Jones John Armstrong (1News): True measure of NZ First’s plight glaringly obvious in Shane Jones’ racist spiel Bryce Edwards (Herald): Political Roundup: Shane Jones’ Trumpian play for popularity (paywalled) Newstalk ZB: Jason Walls: What ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – March 09 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/09/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-march-09-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – March 09 2020">Read more</a>
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March 9, 2020
By Alfredo R. Paloyo of University of Wollongong Panic buying knows no borders. Shoppers in Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Hong Kong and the United States have caught toilet paper fever on the back of the Covid-19 coronavirus. Shop shelves are being emptied as quickly as they can be stocked. This panic buying is the result ... <a title="A toilet paper run is like a bank run – economic fixes similar" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/09/a-toilet-paper-run-is-like-a-bank-run-economic-fixes-similar/" aria-label="Read more about A toilet paper run is like a bank run – economic fixes similar">Read more</a>
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March 9, 2020
Pacific Media Watch Violence against women is at epidemic proportions in the Asia Pacific. The region’s governments, if they are to find ways of preventing domestic violence and support its victims, need reliable data, but getting the numbers is a difficult undertaking. Public health researchers Dr Henriette Jensen and Dr Kristin Diemer join The Jakarta ... <a title="The push to end violence against women in Asia-Pacific" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/09/the-push-to-end-violence-against-women-in-asia-pacific/" aria-label="Read more about The push to end violence against women in Asia-Pacific">Read more</a>
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March 9, 2020
Chart analysis by Keith Rankin EDITOR’S NOTE: Click here for an updated chart and analysis dated March 11, 2020 – This chart update shows different measures of the problem than did my chart posted three days ago. Here we see the total number of recorded cases of Covid-19, per million of the worst affected countries’ ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid-19 Virus: the Reality a week into March 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/09/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid-19-virus-the-reality-a-week-into-march-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid-19 Virus: the Reality a week into March 2020">Read more</a>
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March 9, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lisa Harvey-Smith, Professor and Australian Government’s Women in STEM Ambassador, UNSW Science, technology, engineering and mathematics, collectively known as STEM, are vitally important for keeping Australia competitive in a technology-driven world. But despite STEM’s importance, we are not training enough people with skills in vital areas such ... <a title="Australia has hundreds of programs to get women into science, but are they working? Time to find out" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/09/australia-has-hundreds-of-programs-to-get-women-into-science-but-are-they-working-time-to-find-out-133061/" aria-label="Read more about Australia has hundreds of programs to get women into science, but are they working? Time to find out">Read more</a>
