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March 6, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Martin Freney, Lecturer in Industrial and Sustainable Design, University of South Australia Recent disastrous bushfires have rebooted debate about how to (re)build in the Australian bush. Questions are being asked about building standards, whether a fire-proof home is possible, the value of fire bunkers when it’s too ... <a title="How ‘Earthships’ could make rebuilding safer in bushfire zones" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/06/how-earthships-could-make-rebuilding-safer-in-bushfire-zones-131291/" aria-label="Read more about How ‘Earthships’ could make rebuilding safer in bushfire zones">Read more</a>
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March 6, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW This week the Reserve Bank of Australia did something everyone expected and the US Federal Reserve did something almost nobody expected. Both are revealing. At its monthly meeting Australia’s central bank cut official interest rates by 25 basis points to a ... <a title="Vital Signs: Australian and US rate cuts underline seriousness of the coronavirus crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/06/vital-signs-australian-and-us-rate-cuts-underline-seriousness-of-the-coronavirus-crisis-132970/" aria-label="Read more about Vital Signs: Australian and US rate cuts underline seriousness of the coronavirus crisis">Read more</a>
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March 6, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cassandra Pybus, Adjunct Professor in History, University of Tasmania Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article contains images and names of deceased people. In 1839, George Augustus Robinson arrived in Melbourne as Chief Protector of Aborigines for the Port Phillip District, bringing with him ... <a title="Friday essay: Truganini and the bloody backstory to Victoria’s first public execution" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/06/friday-essay-truganini-and-the-bloody-backstory-to-victorias-first-public-execution-129548/" aria-label="Read more about Friday essay: Truganini and the bloody backstory to Victoria’s first public execution">Read more</a>
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March 6, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra It’s the ultimate bubble news perhaps, but this week the Department of Parliamentary Services put out a circular saying work was underway to ensure Parliament House “is prepared to manage any potential issues relating to coronavirus”. Most immediately, hand sanitisers ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Can Scott Morrison match Kevin Rudd in keeping Australia out of recession in a global crisis?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/06/grattan-on-friday-can-scott-morrison-match-kevin-rudd-in-keeping-australia-out-of-recession-in-a-global-crisis-133084/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Can Scott Morrison match Kevin Rudd in keeping Australia out of recession in a global crisis?">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2020
Chart analysis by Keith Rankin – The 2020 news cycle has become completely dominated by (probably unintentional, but certainly careless) fearmongering about ‘corona‑virus’. What is the reality in early March? The chart looks at new cases in the 10 countries with the most cases, plus United Kingdom and Australia. We see that the outbreak is essentially ... <a title="Keith Rankin’s Chart Analysis – Covid-19 Virus: the Reality in early March 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/05/keith-rankins-chart-analysis-covid-19-virus-the-reality-in-early-march-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin’s Chart Analysis – Covid-19 Virus: the Reality in early March 2020">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2020
New Zealand has a problem with money in politics. National and NZ First have been the subject of Serious Fraud Office investigations. And now that Labour mayors Phil Goff and Lianne Dalziel have been added to the list of fraud investigations, this should cement in the fact that we have a problem across the political ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Fixing the problem of money in politics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/05/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-fixing-the-problem-of-money-in-politics/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Fixing the problem of money in politics">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2020
By Ardilla Syakriah, Rizki Fachriansyah and Muh. Ibnu Aqil in Jakarta Indonesia’s first two confirmed Covid-19 coronavirus patients claim that media coverage and discussion on social media have taken a greater toll on them than the disease itself, saying that numerous breaches of privacy and the resulting stigma have left them “mentally drained”. Some people ... <a title="Indonesian coronavirus patients hit by lack of privacy legal safeguards" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/05/indonesian-coronavirus-patients-hit-by-lack-of-privacy-legal-safeguards/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesian coronavirus patients hit by lack of privacy legal safeguards">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Appointed minister for resources, water, and northern Australia in the Nationals reshuffle, Keith Pitt was handed a diverse portfolio with some highly contested issues. As water minister, he’ll soon have a report from Mick Keelty on the Murray-Darling Basin, which ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Keith Pitt on the Murray-Darling Basin, the Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility, and Nuclear Power" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/05/politics-with-michelle-grattan-keith-pitt-on-the-murray-darling-basin-the-northern-australia-infrastructure-facility-and-nuclear-power-133067/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Keith Pitt on the Murray-Darling Basin, the Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility, and Nuclear Power">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2020
Pacific Media Watch New Zealand is providing NZ$1 million to the World Health Organisation (WHO) in Suva, Fiji, to support its Pacific Action Plan for Covid-19 coronavirus preparedness and response. Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters has announced that New Zealand is partnering with countries in the Pacific to ensure they are prepared for, and able ... <a title="NZ pledges $1m for WHO in coronavirus support to Pacific" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/05/nz-pledges-1m-for-who-in-coronavirus-support-to-pacific/" aria-label="Read more about NZ pledges $1m for WHO in coronavirus support to Pacific">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sahani Hendawitharana, PhD Scholar, Queensland University of Technology Recent bushfires mercilessly destroyed almost one-third of Kangaroo Island, razing many homes to the ground. Seeing this destruction on a recent visit to Kangaroo Island made us rethink how we could improve people’s safety. We spoke to people affected ... <a title="When there’s nowhere to escape, a bushfire-safe room could be your last resort" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/05/when-theres-nowhere-to-escape-a-bushfire-safe-room-could-be-your-last-resort-132191/" aria-label="Read more about When there’s nowhere to escape, a bushfire-safe room could be your last resort">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anna Potter, Associate Professor and Deputy Head of School (Research) School of Creative Industries, University of the Sunshine Coast Last week, free-to-air broadcaster Seven, embracing the spirit of a petulant teen, stomped its foot and announced it would no longer follow the rules regarding its Australian children’s ... <a title="Save our screens: 3 things government must do now to keep Australian content alive" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/05/save-our-screens-3-things-government-must-do-now-to-keep-australian-content-alive-132758/" aria-label="Read more about Save our screens: 3 things government must do now to keep Australian content alive">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Australia’s three-decade run of near continuous economic growth is set to end, with treasury warning of a hit to growth of “at least” 0.5% in the first quarter of this year, potentially followed by a ... <a title="Economic growth near an end as Treasury talks of prolonged coronavirus downturn" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/05/economic-growth-near-an-end-as-treasury-talks-of-prolonged-coronavirus-downturn-133053/" aria-label="Read more about Economic growth near an end as Treasury talks of prolonged coronavirus downturn">Read more</a>
