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March 5, 2020
Pacific Media Centre Auckland Regional Public Health Service (ARPHS) staff are calling for restraint and calm as a New Zealand family in isolation for Covid-19 coronavirus has been “battered through social media”. ARPHS Director Dr William Rainger said the family had done everything right and had minimised the risk to others. “The woman with the ... <a title="NZ health officials condemn ‘hostile’ social media attacks on virus family" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/05/nz-health-officials-condemn-hostile-social-media-attacks-on-virus-family/" aria-label="Read more about NZ health officials condemn ‘hostile’ social media attacks on virus family">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne Fourteen states held Democratic primaries on Tuesday US time. Joe Biden is likely to win ten of those states, to four wins for Bernie Sanders. Biden crushed Sanders by 47 points in Alabama, 30 points ... <a title="Biden easily wins Super Tuesday after strong comeback in past few days" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/04/biden-easily-wins-super-tuesday-after-strong-comeback-in-past-few-days-132754/" aria-label="Read more about Biden easily wins Super Tuesday after strong comeback in past few days">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University The good news is our economy was performing better than had been thought in the lead-up to the bushfires and coronavirus. Updated figures in Wednesday’s national accounts show the economy grew 0.6% in the three ... <a title="Support package gains shape as GDP turning point swamped" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/04/support-package-gains-shape-as-gdp-turning-point-swamped-132969/" aria-label="Read more about Support package gains shape as GDP turning point swamped">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ayesha Tulloch, DECRA Research Fellow, University of Sydney Identifying the difference between a native burrowing frog and an introduced cane toad is fundamental ecological knowledge. After bushfires ravaged Australia’s animal and plant communities and razed millions of hectares of land, such knowledge has never been more important. ... <a title="Does your child know more about dinosaurs than dugongs? Perhaps they’re reading the wrong books" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/04/does-your-child-know-more-about-dinosaurs-than-dugongs-perhaps-theyre-reading-the-wrong-books-126841/" aria-label="Read more about Does your child know more about dinosaurs than dugongs? Perhaps they’re reading the wrong books">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2020
By Sri Krishnamurthi The shock announcement yesterday that the Australian Associated Press newsagency will cease operations after 85 years is a blow to journalism in Australia and the Pacific. AAP, which is owned by Nine, News Corp Australia, The West Australian and Australian Community Media, provided services to media companies such as newswires, subediting and ... <a title="Loss of Australian Associated Press (AAP) a tragedy for entire Pacific" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/04/loss-of-australian-associated-press-aap-a-tragedy-for-entire-pacific/" aria-label="Read more about Loss of Australian Associated Press (AAP) a tragedy for entire Pacific">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Claire Matthews, Director, Academic Quality, Massey University New Zealand’s announcement of a fossil fuel ban for default KiwiSaver funds from mid-2021 has left many questions unanswered – including whether it is appropriate for governments to make ethical investment choices on behalf of hundreds of thousands of people, ... <a title="NZ’s fossil fuel investment ban for popular KiwiSaver funds is more political than ethical" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/04/nzs-fossil-fuel-investment-ban-for-popular-kiwisaver-funds-is-more-political-than-ethical-132863/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s fossil fuel investment ban for popular KiwiSaver funds is more political than ethical">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joanne Macdonald, Associate Professor, Molecular Engineering, University of the Sunshine Coast The daily number of new coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) cases is now nine times higher outside China than in the country where the disease was first detected. In Australia, reports this week of local transmission of the coronavirus, ... <a title="How do we detect if coronavirus is spreading in the community?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/04/how-do-we-detect-if-coronavirus-is-spreading-in-the-community-132349/" aria-label="Read more about How do we detect if coronavirus is spreading in the community?">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amy Maguire, Associate Professor, University of Newcastle The Australian government has announced its intention to use powers under the Biosecurity Act, if needed, in response to the coronavirus outbreak. Attorney-General Christian Porter has described these powers as “strange and foreign to many Australians”, but potentially necessary in ... <a title="Explainer: what are the Australian government’s powers to quarantine people in a coronavirus outbreak?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/04/explainer-what-are-the-australian-governments-powers-to-quarantine-people-in-a-coronavirus-outbreak-132877/" aria-label="Read more about Explainer: what are the Australian government’s powers to quarantine people in a coronavirus outbreak?">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jake Goldenfein, Lecturer, Swinburne University of Technology Australian police agencies are reportedly using a private, unaccountable facial recognition service that combines machine learning and wide-ranging data-gathering practices to identify members of the public from online photographs. The service, Clearview AI, is like a reverse image search for ... <a title="Australian police are using the Clearview AI facial recognition system with no accountability" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/04/australian-police-are-using-the-clearview-ai-facial-recognition-system-with-no-accountability-132667/" aria-label="Read more about Australian police are using the Clearview AI facial recognition system with no accountability">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tony Walker, Adjunct Professor, School of Communications, La Trobe University Benjamin Netanyahu may well have survived to fight another day as Israel’s prime minister after a third knife-edge election in less than a year. However, it could be days, or even weeks, before a new Israeli government ... <a title="Netanyahu set to survive another knife-edge Israeli election" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/04/netanyahu-set-to-survive-another-knife-edge-israeli-election-132858/" aria-label="Read more about Netanyahu set to survive another knife-edge Israeli election">Read more</a>
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March 4, 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 Michael Baker and Nick Wilson (The Conversation): COVID-19 has now reached New Zealand. How prepared is it to deal with a pandemic? Zane Small (Newshub): Health Minister defends coronavirus response as Opposition ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – March 04 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/04/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-march-04-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – March 04 2020">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2020
By Alexandra Wake of RMIT University Australia’s news landscape, and the ability of citizens to access quality journalism, has been dealt a major blow by the announcement the Australian Associated Press is closing, with the loss of 180 journalism jobs. Although AAP reporters and editors are generally not household names, the wire service has provided ... <a title="Closure of AAP is yet another blow to public interest journalism in Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/04/closure-of-aap-is-yet-another-blow-to-public-interest-journalism-in-australia/" aria-label="Read more about Closure of AAP is yet another blow to public interest journalism in Australia">Read more</a>
