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April 8, 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 Public health strategy, exiting lockdown Thomas Manch (Stuff): A path out of lockdown is being charted, but experts say New Zealand is not ready Nick Wison, Ayesha Verrall, Len Cook, Alistair Gray, ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – April 08 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/08/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-april-08-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – April 08 2020">Read more</a>
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April 8, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Meead Saberi, Senior lecturer, UNSW Traffic jams may have disappeared from our roads as people stay home during the COVID-19 pandemic, but we can be confident they will be back. Scientists have studied traffic and congestion for decades. We know a lot about how traffic jams form, ... <a title="Traffic jams are contagious. Understanding how they spread can help make them less common" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/08/traffic-jams-are-contagious-understanding-how-they-spread-can-help-make-them-less-common-135551/" aria-label="Read more about Traffic jams are contagious. Understanding how they spread can help make them less common">Read more</a>
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April 8, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tim Lindsey, Malcolm Smith Professor of Asian Law and Director of the Centre for Indonesian Law, Islam and Society, University of Melbourne Almost no one thinks Indonesia is handling the COVID-19 pandemic well. Until early March, the government claimed it had no cases of infection, something the ... <a title="Indonesia was in denial over coronavirus. Now it may be facing a looming disaster" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/08/indonesia-was-in-denial-over-coronavirus-now-it-may-be-facing-a-looming-disaster-135436/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesia was in denial over coronavirus. Now it may be facing a looming disaster">Read more</a>
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April 8, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rod Lamberts, Deputy Director, Australian National Centre for Public Awareness of Science, Australian National University Good news: COVID-19 is not the only thing going on right now! Bad news: while we’ve all been deep in the corona-hole, the climate crisis has been ticking along in the background, ... <a title="5 big environment stories you probably missed while you’ve been watching coronavirus" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/08/5-big-environment-stories-you-probably-missed-while-youve-been-watching-coronavirus-135364/" aria-label="Read more about 5 big environment stories you probably missed while you’ve been watching coronavirus">Read more</a>
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April 8, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Martin Loosemore, Professor of Construction Management, University of Technology Sydney Local governments are not eligible for the JobKeeper Payment, while major industries like construction are. Although the JobKeeper scheme has been broadly welcomed, it is a mystery to business why Australia’s 537 local councils, which provide vital ... <a title="Lack of help for local councils in coronavirus package undercuts industry support" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/08/lack-of-help-for-local-councils-in-coronavirus-package-undercuts-industry-support-135700/" aria-label="Read more about Lack of help for local councils in coronavirus package undercuts industry support">Read more</a>
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April 8, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julian Waters-Lynch, Lecturer Entrepreneurship and Innovation, RMIT University If you’re working from home for the first time, you might be asking yourself why you didn’t get to do this years ago. The benefits of remote work have been discussed for nearly half a century. Many thinkers predicted ... <a title="50 years of bold predictions about remote work: it isn’t all about technology" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/08/50-years-of-bold-predictions-about-remote-work-it-isnt-all-about-technology-135034/" aria-label="Read more about 50 years of bold predictions about remote work: it isn’t all about technology">Read more</a>
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April 8, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Roslyn Petelin, Course coordinator, The University of Queensland When a literary luminary such as Thomas Kenneally declares so early in 2020 that he is certain a “more original” novel “will not be published this year”, the reviewer faces a challenge. The book in question is The Dictionary ... <a title="Book review: The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/08/book-review-the-dictionary-of-lost-words-by-pip-williams-132503/" aria-label="Read more about Book review: The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams">Read more</a>
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April 8, 2020
Op-Ed by Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana The unprecedented public health emergency triggered by the COVID -19 pandemic and its multi-faceted impact on people’s lives around the world is taking a heavy toll on Asia and the Pacific. Countries in our region are striving to mitigate the massive socioeconomic impact of the pandemic, which is also expected ... <a title="OP-ED: Asia-Pacific response to COVID-19 and climate emergency must build a resilient and sustainable future" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/08/op-ed-asia-pacific-response-to-covid-19-and-climate-emergency-must-build-a-resilient-and-sustainable-future/" aria-label="Read more about OP-ED: Asia-Pacific response to COVID-19 and climate emergency must build a resilient and sustainable future">Read more</a>
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April 7, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Scott Morrison has made clear his view that any attempt to eliminate COVID-19 entirely in Australia would carry too high an economic cost, while Chief Medical Officer Brendan Murphy says such an aim would require “very aggressive” long-term border control. ... <a title="Scott Morrison indicates ‘eliminating’ COVID-19 would come at too high a cost" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/07/scott-morrison-indicates-eliminating-covid-19-would-come-at-too-high-a-cost-135857/" aria-label="Read more about Scott Morrison indicates ‘eliminating’ COVID-19 would come at too high a cost">Read more</a>
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April 7, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stanley Shanapinda, Research Fellow, La Trobe University A conspiracy theory claiming 5G can spread the coronavirus is making the rounds on social media. The myth supposedly gained traction when a Belgian doctor linked the “dangers” of 5G technology to the virus during an interview in January. Closer ... <a title="No, 5G radiation doesn’t cause or spread the coronavirus. Saying it does is destructive" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/07/no-5g-radiation-doesnt-cause-or-spread-the-coronavirus-saying-it-does-is-destructive-135695/" aria-label="Read more about No, 5G radiation doesn’t cause or spread the coronavirus. Saying it does is destructive">Read more</a>
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April 7, 2020
Analysis by Keith Rankin. New Zealand now has sufficient case data to get a sense of its regional distribution of Covid19. Surprisingly, Auckland is not dominant, unlike the main business cities in other countries such as London, New York, Milan and Sydney. Certainly, internationally, Covid19 is very much a city disease. The New Zealand regional ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19: New Zealand Cases" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/07/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid19-new-zealand-cases/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19: New Zealand Cases">Read more</a>
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April 7, 2020
Analysis by Bryce Edwards. Is David Clark the best possible Minister of Health to be leading New Zealand through the Coronavirus crisis? Confidence in Clark has plummeted with today’s revelation that the Health minister made another recreational trip during the lockdown that appears to breach the Government’s own rules. The Prime Minister has decided not ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Can David Clark really continue as Minister of Health?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/07/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-can-david-clark-really-continue-as-minister-of-health/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Can David Clark really continue as Minister of Health?">Read more</a>
