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April 10, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Sanderson, Professor and Inaugural Judith Neilson Chair in Architecture, UNSW The head of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has warned coronavirus poses “an existential threat to our continent”. Evidence from past crises shows not everyone is affected equally; the most vulnerable ... <a title="Coronavirus an ‘existential threat’ to Africa and her crowded slums" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/10/coronavirus-an-existential-threat-to-africa-and-her-crowded-slums-135829/" aria-label="Read more about Coronavirus an ‘existential threat’ to Africa and her crowded slums">Read more</a>
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April 10, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gillian Triggs, Emeritus Professor, University of Melbourne Grandmothers as social activists? What a radical idea … but one that is increasingly true of today’s generation of grandmothers. Witness the determination and courage of Karen Nettleton in pulling out all the stops to persuade the Australian government to ... <a title="Friday essay: today’s grandmothers grew up protesting. Now they have nothing to lose" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/10/friday-essay-todays-grandmothers-grew-up-protesting-now-they-have-nothing-to-lose-132670/" aria-label="Read more about Friday essay: today’s grandmothers grew up protesting. Now they have nothing to lose">Read more</a>
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April 10, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle O’Shea, Senior Lecturer Sport Management, Western Sydney University Against a global backdrop of cancelled sports leagues, and as part of their season opening, National Rugby League (NRL) fans recently packed the stands of Townsville’s new Queensland Country Bank Stadium. Fortunately, professional sporting bodies have now realised ... <a title="With everyone stuck indoors, esports is poised for its time in the sun" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/10/with-everyone-stuck-indoors-esports-is-poised-for-its-time-in-the-sun-135559/" aria-label="Read more about With everyone stuck indoors, esports is poised for its time in the sun">Read more</a>
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April 10, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dianne McGrath, Environmental Engineering PhD candidate; sustainability and food waste expertise, RMIT University As a food waste researcher, I’m interested in how humans prepare food, eat and manage leftovers. This interest is not just confined to Earth – it extends to other planets. I recently spent two ... <a title="What a simulated Mars mission taught me about food waste" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/10/what-a-simulated-mars-mission-taught-me-about-food-waste-132010/" aria-label="Read more about What a simulated Mars mission taught me about food waste">Read more</a>
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April 10, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Education Minister Dan Tehan has warned non-government schools that if they fail to open for the next term they will face losing funding. He said on Thursday that “as part of the funding requirement” a school would have to provide ... <a title="Open or else face funding cut – Minister Tehan’s edict to independent schools" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/10/open-or-else-face-funding-cut-minister-tehans-edict-to-independent-schools-136071/" aria-label="Read more about Open or else face funding cut – Minister Tehan’s edict to independent schools">Read more</a>
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April 9, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Remember how last year’s Easter felt bizarre because the country was in election-mode? How normal that seems, now everything is surreal, with the nation “holidaying” in this peculiar, unpleasant limbo. As we contemplate the grimness we should also remember it ... <a title="Australia’s coronavirus debate turns to the way out" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/09/australias-coronavirus-debate-turns-to-the-way-out-136058/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s coronavirus debate turns to the way out">Read more</a>
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April 9, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Michelle Grattan talks with MPs Tim Watts (Gellibrand, Victoria), Fiona Martin (Reid, NSW), Clare O’Neil (Hotham, Victoria) and Helen Haines (Indi, Victoria) about how they do their job during the pandemic. They discuss the operation of their electorate offices in ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: MPs Tim Watts, Fiona Martin, Clare O’Neil and Helen Haines talk about serving their electorates during the coronavirus crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/09/politics-with-michelle-grattan-mps-tim-watts-fiona-martin-clare-oneil-and-helen-haines-talk-about-serving-their-electorates-during-the-coronavirus-crisis-136060/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: MPs Tim Watts, Fiona Martin, Clare O’Neil and Helen Haines talk about serving their electorates during the coronavirus crisis">Read more</a>
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April 9, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nic Geard, Senior Lecturer, School of Computing and Information Systems, University of Melbourne; Senior Research Fellow, Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, University of Melbourne Following the emergence and rapid spread of COVID-19, several countries have succeeded in bringing local outbreaks under control. The most dramatic of ... <a title="Coronavirus: what causes a ‘second wave’ of disease outbreak, and could we see this in Australia?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/09/coronavirus-what-causes-a-second-wave-of-disease-outbreak-and-could-we-see-this-in-australia-134125/" aria-label="Read more about Coronavirus: what causes a ‘second wave’ of disease outbreak, and could we see this in Australia?">Read more</a>
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April 9, 2020
Analysis by Keith Rankin Today’s chart shows the per capita level of testing performed in a number of countries. While the highest testing rate shown is Norway, we should note that Iceland has tested over eight percent of its population; too high to show on this chart. A high level of testing minimises a country’s ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Testing for Covid19" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/09/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-testing-for-covid19/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Testing for Covid19">Read more</a>
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April 9, 2020
By RNZ News New Zealand has recorded just 29 new cases of Covid-19 in the past 24 hours, but the prime minister says a decision on changing the alert level will only be made two days before the lockdown ends. It is the fourth day in a row there has been a day-on-day drop. Director-General ... <a title="NZ lockdown – day 15: Number of new coronavirus cases plummets to 29" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/09/nz-lockdown-day-15-number-of-new-coronavirus-cases-plummets-to-29/" aria-label="Read more about NZ lockdown – day 15: Number of new coronavirus cases plummets to 29">Read more</a>
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April 9, 2020
The Guardian’s Pacific Project disaster video. By the Pacific Project Tropical Cyclone Harold lashed the South Pacific island of Vanuatu, ripping off roofs and downing telecommunications, before moving towards Fiji and Tonga. The powerful cyclone made landfall on Monday in Sana province, an island north of Vanuatu’s capital Port Vila, with winds as high as ... <a title="Tropical Cyclone Harold: Aerial footage shows Vanuatu destruction" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/09/tropical-cyclone-harold-aerial-footage-shows-vanuatu-destruction/" aria-label="Read more about Tropical Cyclone Harold: Aerial footage shows Vanuatu destruction">Read more</a>
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April 9, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Elyse Methven, Lecturer in Law, University of Technology Sydney The message to everyone during the coronavirus pandemic is to stay at home and only leave if you really need to for, say, food, health care or exercise. Police now have powers to issue on-the-spot fines to people ... <a title="What to do if you’ve been fined for breaching coronavirus restrictions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/09/what-to-do-if-youve-been-fined-for-breaching-coronavirus-restrictions-135701/" aria-label="Read more about What to do if you’ve been fined for breaching coronavirus restrictions">Read more</a>
