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April 29, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sophie Lewis, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Social Research in Health, UNSW Many Australians, especially those experiencing financial hardship due to COVID-19, are asking whether they can afford to keep their private health insurance. Others don’t know if they should drop or downgrade their cover, especially if ... <a title="Should I drop my private health insurance during the pandemic?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/29/should-i-drop-my-private-health-insurance-during-the-pandemic-137156/" aria-label="Read more about Should I drop my private health insurance during the pandemic?">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Roger Wilkins, Professorial Fellow and Deputy Director (Research), HILDA Survey, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, University of Melbourne JobKeeper is by “no means perfect”. Treasury Secretary Stephen Kennedy used those exact words when he appeared before a Senate committee on COVID-19 on Tuesday, going ... <a title="That estimate of 6.6 million Australians on JobKeeper, it tells us how it can be improved" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/29/that-estimate-of-6-6-million-australians-on-jobkeeper-it-tells-us-how-it-can-be-improved-137237/" aria-label="Read more about That estimate of 6.6 million Australians on JobKeeper, it tells us how it can be improved">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2020
Analysis by Keith Rankin. At the end of last month I published a chart showing the main features of Covid19 deaths in the United States. Today I publish an update, which has most of the same American places. At the end of last month, New Orleans (125 deaths per million people) had the worst outbreak, ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19: United States’ Update" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/29/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid19-united-states-update/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19: United States’ Update">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Labor’s Katy Gallagher is chair of the Senate committee that will assess the government’s handling of the coronavirus crisis, both its economic and health challenges. It is set for the deep dive, having a final reporting date of mid-2022. With ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Katy Gallagher on the Senate’s coronavirus watchdog" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/29/politics-with-michelle-grattan-katy-gallagher-on-the-senates-coronavirus-watchdog-137484/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Katy Gallagher on the Senate’s coronavirus watchdog">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cris Brack, Associate Professor, Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University Are you feeling anxious or irritated during the coronavirus lockdown? Do you constantly want to get up and move? Maybe you need a moment to engage with nature. Getting into the great outdoors is ... <a title="Can’t go outside? Even seeing nature on a screen can improve your mood" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/29/cant-go-outside-even-seeing-nature-on-a-screen-can-improve-your-mood-135320/" aria-label="Read more about Can’t go outside? Even seeing nature on a screen can improve your mood">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gorica Micic, Postdoctoral research fellow, Flinders University I am wondering why people can’t hear when they are asleep? – Joanna This is a fantastic question, Joanna! During sleep, our body can decide to ignore sounds, movements and smells happening around us which might otherwise wake us. This ... <a title="Curious Kids: why can’t people hear in their sleep?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/29/curious-kids-why-cant-people-hear-in-their-sleep-132441/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: why can’t people hear in their sleep?">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jen Jackson, Education Policy Lead, Mitchell Institute, Victoria University Several Australian universities (Australian National University, Swinburne and the University of Western Australia) have announced they will accept students based on their year 11 results. The rationale is that the disrupted 2020 year will affect year 12 results. ... <a title="How will the class of COVID-19 get into university? Using year 11 results is only part of the answer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/29/how-will-the-class-of-covid-19-get-into-university-using-year-11-results-is-only-part-of-the-answer-137158/" aria-label="Read more about How will the class of COVID-19 get into university? Using year 11 results is only part of the answer">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lotti Tajouri, Associate Professor, Biomedical Sciences, Bond University There are billions of mobile phones in use around the globe. They are present on every single continent, in every single country and in every single city. We reviewed the research on how mobile phones carry infectious pathogens such ... <a title="Mobile phones are covered in germs. Disinfecting them daily could help stop diseases spreading" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/29/mobile-phones-are-covered-in-germs-disinfecting-them-daily-could-help-stop-diseases-spreading-135318/" aria-label="Read more about Mobile phones are covered in germs. Disinfecting them daily could help stop diseases spreading">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2020
By Chris Tyler of UCL and Peter Gluckman of Koi Tū Most people think or at least hope their government is doing a good job in the face of covid-19, according to the polls. But there can be no doubt that governments around the world were ill-prepared for this pandemic. Country after country has been ... <a title="Governments knew a pandemic was a threat – why were they unprepared?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/29/governments-knew-a-pandemic-was-a-threat-why-were-they-unprepared/" aria-label="Read more about Governments knew a pandemic was a threat – why were they unprepared?">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sebastian Leuzinger, Professor, Auckland University of Technology Climate Explained is a collaboration between The Conversation, Stuff and the New Zealand Science Media Centre to answer your questions about climate change. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, please send it to climate.change@stuff.co.nz If ... <a title="Climate explained: why higher carbon dioxide levels aren’t good news, even if some plants grow faster" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/29/climate-explained-why-higher-carbon-dioxide-levels-arent-good-news-even-if-some-plants-grow-faster-137235/" aria-label="Read more about Climate explained: why higher carbon dioxide levels aren’t good news, even if some plants grow faster">Read more</a>
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April 29, 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 Pandemic preparedness, “eliminating” Covid-19, contact tracing Marc Daalder (Newsroom): Long read: NZ wasn’t ready for a pandemic Gordon Campbell: On living at Level Three with residual anxiety Emma Russell (Herald): New Zealand ‘currently eliminated’ ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – April 29 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/29/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-april-29-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – April 29 2020">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Maria Nugent, Co-Director, Australian Centre for Indigenous History, Australian National University Captain James Cook arrived in the Pacific 250 years ago, triggering British colonisation of the region. We’re asking researchers to reflect on what happened and how it shapes us today. You can see other stories in ... <a title="A failure to say hello: how Captain Cook blundered his first impression with Indigenous people" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/29/a-failure-to-say-hello-how-captain-cook-blundered-his-first-impression-with-indigenous-people-126673/" aria-label="Read more about A failure to say hello: how Captain Cook blundered his first impression with Indigenous people">Read more</a>
