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April 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gigi Foster, Professor, School of Economics, UNSW Australia has been lucky. We’ve had time to consider our response to COVID-19, based on what was happening in other countries, before it hit us. We implemented restrictions that are likely to have saved many from dying of COVID-19. Fewer ... <a title="COVID lockdowns have human costs as well as benefits. It’s time to consider both" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/30/covid-lockdowns-have-human-costs-as-well-as-benefits-its-time-to-consider-both-137233/" aria-label="Read more about COVID lockdowns have human costs as well as benefits. It’s time to consider both">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jeffrey McGee, Associate Professor, University of Tasmania Earlier this month, US President Donald Trump issued an executive order reaffirming that companies joining US mining activities on the moon would have property rights over lunar resources. The order also made clear the US wasn’t bound by international treaties ... <a title="Australia has long valued an outer space shared by all. Mining profits could change this" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/30/australia-has-long-valued-an-outer-space-shared-by-all-mining-profits-could-change-this-137405/" aria-label="Read more about Australia has long valued an outer space shared by all. Mining profits could change this">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Hawkins, Assistant Professor, School of Politics, Economics and Society, University of Canberra More than 3 million Australians have downloaded the Australian government’s COVIDSafe contact-tracing app in the three days since its release. That’s impressive. But not as impressive as the 2 million downloads in the first ... <a title="Need help selling the COVIDSafe app? Call a behavioural economist" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/30/need-help-selling-the-covidsafe-app-call-a-behavioural-economist-137157/" aria-label="Read more about Need help selling the COVIDSafe app? Call a behavioural economist">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2020
By António Sampaio in Dili Xanana Gusmão, president of the second largest Timorese party, has criticised the decision to extend Timor-Leste’s state of emergency, considering that it is not justified at the present time and can bring increased risks to the economy of families and the country. Thus, and according to a circular to which ... <a title="Xanana Gusmão opposes extending state of emergency in Timor-Leste" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/30/xanana-gusmao-opposes-extending-state-of-emergency-in-timor-leste/" aria-label="Read more about Xanana Gusmão opposes extending state of emergency in Timor-Leste">Read more</a>
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April 30, 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 Winston Peters is back, Ministry of Health proposed complete border shutdown Jane Patterson (RNZ): Winston Peters back on his podium with Covid-19 border closure bombshell Henry Cooke (Stuff): Peters takes on officialdom Barry ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – April 30 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/30/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-april-30-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – April 30 2020">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alistair Evans, Associate Professor, Monash University A species of mammal that lived in what is now Madagascar when dinosaurs roamed the island has finally been described today in Nature. The work is based on a complete skeleton of the animal found more than two decades ago. The ... <a title="Say hello to the ‘crazy beast’ mammal who lived among the dinosaurs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/30/say-hello-to-the-crazy-beast-mammal-who-lived-among-the-dinosaurs-137380/" aria-label="Read more about Say hello to the ‘crazy beast’ mammal who lived among the dinosaurs">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sallie Yea, Lecturer in Interdisciplinary Studies, La Trobe University In recent weeks, Singapore went from global success story in its response to the coronavirus outbreak to having the largest number of cases in Southeast Asia. There are some 15,000 confirmed cases in Singapore as of this week ... <a title="This is why Singapore’s coronavirus cases are growing: a look inside the dismal living conditions of migrant workers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/30/this-is-why-singapores-coronavirus-cases-are-growing-a-look-inside-the-dismal-living-conditions-of-migrant-workers-136959/" aria-label="Read more about This is why Singapore’s coronavirus cases are growing: a look inside the dismal living conditions of migrant workers">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hassan Vally, Associate Professor, La Trobe University To understand the spread of COVID-19, the pandemic is more usefully viewed as a series of distinct local epidemics. The way the virus has spread in different countries, and even in particular states or regions within them, has been quite ... <a title="6 countries, 6 curves: how nations that moved fast against COVID-19 avoided disaster" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/30/6-countries-6-curves-how-nations-that-moved-fast-against-covid-19-avoided-disaster-137333/" aria-label="Read more about 6 countries, 6 curves: how nations that moved fast against COVID-19 avoided disaster">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hugh Forehead, Research Fellow, University of Wollongong Air quality on Australia’s roads matters. On any given day (when we’re not in lockdown) people meet, commute, exercise, shop and walk with children near busy streets. But to date, air quality monitoring at roadsides has been inadequate. I and ... <a title="Air quality near busy Australian roads up to 10 times worse than official figures" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/30/air-quality-near-busy-australian-roads-up-to-10-times-worse-than-official-figures-137227/" aria-label="Read more about Air quality near busy Australian roads up to 10 times worse than official figures">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Scott Beattie, Associate Professor of Law and Criminology, CQUniversity Australia Before we lived with the reality of a global disease outbreak, Pandemic was just the title of a popular series of board games. In the time leading up to the lockdown, game stores noted interest in the ... <a title="Playing Pandemic – the hit board game about the very thing we’re trying to avoid" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/30/playing-pandemic-the-hit-board-game-about-the-very-thing-were-trying-to-avoid-137009/" aria-label="Read more about Playing Pandemic – the hit board game about the very thing we’re trying to avoid">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2020
By Max Towle, Worldwatch reporter of RNZ News The World Health Organisation (WHO) says New Zealand has been world-leading in its response to the covid-19 coronavirus pandemic. But at the same time, a top official for the organisation is warning against complacency. Western Pacific incident manager Abdi Mahamud said the WHO had been particularly impressed ... <a title="NZ’s coronavirus response ‘one of the strongest’, says WHO" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/29/nzs-coronavirus-response-one-of-the-strongest-says-who/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s coronavirus response ‘one of the strongest’, says WHO">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rachel Morrison, Associate Professor, Auckland University of Technology As lockdowns are relaxed around the world and people return to their workplaces, the next challenge will be adapting open office spaces to the new normal of strict personal hygiene and physical distancing. While the merits and disadvantages of ... <a title="Goodbye to the crowded office: how coronavirus will change the way we work together" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/29/goodbye-to-the-crowded-office-how-coronavirus-will-change-the-way-we-work-together-137382/" aria-label="Read more about Goodbye to the crowded office: how coronavirus will change the way we work together">Read more</a>
