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April 16, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kurt Iveson, Associate Professor of Urban Geography and Research Lead, Sydney Policy Lab, University of Sydney Authorities have imposed significant restrictions on the size, purpose and location of gatherings in public space to slow the transmission of COVID-19. The massive impacts of these escalating restrictions over the ... <a title="We don’t know what we’ve got till it’s gone – we must reclaim public space lost to the coronavirus crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/16/we-dont-know-what-weve-got-till-its-gone-we-must-reclaim-public-space-lost-to-the-coronavirus-crisis-135817/" aria-label="Read more about We don’t know what we’ve got till it’s gone – we must reclaim public space lost to the coronavirus crisis">Read more</a>
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April 16, 2020
By Sri Krishnamurthi, contributing editor of Pacific Media Watch The thin veneer of a seemingly robust New Zealand media was ripped off like a plaster on a scab in front of Parliament’s Epidemic Response Committee today exposing its frailties. The heads of all New Zealand’s media companies appeared via Zoom and all spoke of the ... <a title="NZ media chiefs warn desperate times ahead faced with advertising nadir" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/16/nz-media-chiefs-warn-desperate-times-ahead-faced-with-advertising-nadir/" aria-label="Read more about NZ media chiefs warn desperate times ahead faced with advertising nadir">Read more</a>
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April 15, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexandra Wake, Program Manager, Journalism, RMIT University After weeks of devastating reports of local newspaper closures and regional broadcast stations turning off local news services, media supporters and observers were united in joy as the Australian government announced a coronavirus relief package for local journalism. The four-part ... <a title="Regional media get COVID lifeline but ABC, SBS remain in peril" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/15/regional-media-get-covid-lifeline-but-abc-sbs-remain-in-peril-136394/" aria-label="Read more about Regional media get COVID lifeline but ABC, SBS remain in peril">Read more</a>
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April 15, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adam Kamradt-Scott, Associate professor, University of Sydney US President Donald Trump has announced the US is cutting its funding to the World Health Organisation (WHO) – a decision that will have major implications for the global health response to the coronavirus pandemic. The US contributes more than ... <a title="Explainer: what Donald Trump’s funding cuts to WHO mean for the world" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/15/explainer-what-donald-trumps-funding-cuts-to-who-mean-for-the-world-136384/" aria-label="Read more about Explainer: what Donald Trump’s funding cuts to WHO mean for the world">Read more</a>
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April 15, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicole Lee, Professor at the National Drug Research Institute (Melbourne), Curtin University People who use illicit drugs, whether they are dependent or use them occasionally, are potentially at increased risk of harm during the coronavirus pandemic. The coronavirus is too new to know the exact interaction with ... <a title="Drug use may increase the risk of coronavirus. Here’s how to reduce the harms" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/15/drug-use-may-increase-the-risk-of-coronavirus-heres-how-to-reduce-the-harms-135556/" aria-label="Read more about Drug use may increase the risk of coronavirus. Here’s how to reduce the harms">Read more</a>
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April 15, 2020
Analysis by Keith Rankin Today’s first chart looks at three Nordic countries: Iceland, Norway and Sweden. These give us a basis for analysis of underreporting of Covid19, in the main due to limited testing. Yesterday, Norway was shown as a high incidence ‘recovering country’, even though it was less recovering than South Korea. Iceland, however, ... <a title="Keith Rankin’s Chart Analysis – Covid19: Nordic Comparisons" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/15/keith-rankins-chart-analysis-covid19-nordic-comparisons/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin’s Chart Analysis – Covid19: Nordic Comparisons">Read more</a>
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April 15, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Hawkins, Assistant Professor, School of Politics, Economics and Society, University of Canberra In a normal year we would be weeks away from the May budget and the official forecasts for the financial year ahead. This year there will be no official forecasts until October 6, the ... <a title="How will the coronavirus recession compare with the worst in Australia’s history?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/15/how-will-the-coronavirus-recession-compare-with-the-worst-in-australias-history-136379/" aria-label="Read more about How will the coronavirus recession compare with the worst in Australia’s history?">Read more</a>
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April 15, 2020
By RNZ News New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, government ministers and public service chief executives will take a 20 percent pay cut for the next six months. She said it acknowledged New Zealanders who were on wage subsidies, taking pay cuts, or losing their jobs due to the Covid-19 coronavirus. “We feel acutely the ... <a title="NZ lockdown – day 21: 20% pay cut for PM, ministers and civil service bosses" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/15/nz-lockdown-day-21-20-pay-cut-for-pm-ministers-and-civil-service-bosses/" aria-label="Read more about NZ lockdown – day 21: 20% pay cut for PM, ministers and civil service bosses">Read more</a>
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April 15, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rebecca Ananian-Welsh, Senior Lecturer, TC Beirne School of Law, The University of Queensland The Australian Federal Police (AFP) attracted global criticism for executing a raid on the Canberra home of journalist Annika Smethurst on June 4 2019. The raid was prompted by an April 2018 report on ... <a title="Explainer: what did the High Court find in the Annika Smethurst v AFP case?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/15/explainer-what-did-the-high-court-find-in-the-annika-smethurst-v-afp-case-136176/" aria-label="Read more about Explainer: what did the High Court find in the Annika Smethurst v AFP case?">Read more</a>
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April 15, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Greste, Professor of Journalism and Communications, The University of Queensland It is easy to assume Australia has a free press. Our squawky newspapers are filled with stories about the failings of government, acid-tongued columnists routinely lash our politicians, and until May last year the police hardly ... <a title="The High Court rules in favour of News Corp, but against press freedom" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/15/the-high-court-rules-in-favour-of-news-corp-but-against-press-freedom-136177/" aria-label="Read more about The High Court rules in favour of News Corp, but against press freedom">Read more</a>
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April 15, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The government has announced relief measures, including a $50 million program for regional journalism, to help media hit by the fallout from COVID-19 crisis. Commercial television and radio broadcasters will be given a year’s waiver of spectrum tax, at a ... <a title="Media receives some government relief after coronavirus hit" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/15/media-receives-some-government-relief-after-coronavirus-hit-136401/" aria-label="Read more about Media receives some government relief after coronavirus hit">Read more</a>
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April 15, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jonathan Karnon, Professor of Health Economics, Flinders University We’re all in this pandemic together. But we’re currently leaving it to a small proportion of the community to shoulder most of the economic pain. It’s an approach that’s compounding social and intergenerational inequity. To date the Australian government ... <a title="A temporary income tax hike is the bitter but equitable pill Australia should swallow" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/15/a-temporary-income-tax-hike-is-the-bitter-but-equitable-pill-australia-should-swallow-135037/" aria-label="Read more about A temporary income tax hike is the bitter but equitable pill Australia should swallow">Read more</a>
