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April 6, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne This week’s Newspoll, conducted April 1-3 from a sample of 1,508 people, showed a huge boost in Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s approval rating based on his leadership thus far in the coronavirus crisis. Nearly two-thirds ... <a title="Morrison sees massive ratings surge in Newspoll over coronavirus crisis; Trump also improves" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/06/morrison-sees-massive-ratings-surge-in-newspoll-over-coronavirus-crisis-trump-also-improves-135693/" aria-label="Read more about Morrison sees massive ratings surge in Newspoll over coronavirus crisis; Trump also improves">Read more</a>
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April 6, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Komesaroff, Professor of Medicine, Monash University Although recent encouraging news suggests the rate of new coronavirus cases in Australia is slowing, our medical facilities could still be overwhelmed at some point. One modelling study has suggested that, if public health measures are not observed or do ... <a title="A coronavirus spike may put ICU beds in short supply. But that doesn’t mean the elderly shouldn’t get them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/06/a-coronavirus-spike-may-put-icu-beds-in-short-supply-but-that-doesnt-mean-the-elderly-shouldnt-get-them-134782/" aria-label="Read more about A coronavirus spike may put ICU beds in short supply. But that doesn’t mean the elderly shouldn’t get them">Read more</a>
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April 6, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ilan Noy, Professor and Chair in the Economics of Disasters, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Governments across the world have rolled out extensive financial packages to support individuals, businesses and large corporations affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Equally, central banks have decreased their lending ... <a title="Coronavirus support packages will reshape the future economy, and that presents an opportunity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/06/coronavirus-support-packages-will-reshape-the-future-economy-and-that-presents-an-opportunity-135296/" aria-label="Read more about Coronavirus support packages will reshape the future economy, and that presents an opportunity">Read more</a>
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April 6, 2020
Pacific Media Watch From the second week of lockdown in New Zealand, to Covid-19 in the Pacific and an “authoritarianism creep” by governments in the Asia-Pacific region provided a fast-changing landscape on the Pacific Media Centre’s Southern Cross radio programme on 95bFM today. New Zealand had crossed the 1000-case threshold on Sunday with 89 new ... <a title="Southern Cross covers host of issues in fast-moving Covid-19 time" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/06/southern-cross-covers-host-of-issues-in-fast-moving-covid-19-time/" aria-label="Read more about Southern Cross covers host of issues in fast-moving Covid-19 time">Read more</a>
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April 6, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Steve Wylie, Adjunct Associate Professor, Murdoch University Viruses are little more than parasitic fragments of RNA or DNA. Despite this, they are astonishingly abundant in number and genetic diversity. We don’t know how many virus species there are, but there could be trillions. Past viral epidemics have ... <a title="How do viruses mutate and jump species? And why are ‘spillovers’ becoming more common?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/06/how-do-viruses-mutate-and-jump-species-and-why-are-spillovers-becoming-more-common-134656/" aria-label="Read more about How do viruses mutate and jump species? And why are ‘spillovers’ becoming more common?">Read more</a>
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April 6, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew Sharpe, Associate Professor in Philosophy, Deakin University Some weeks ago, I got an email from a student who had returned to Northern Italy over Christmas to see family. Unable to return to Australia, they were in lockdown. The hospitals were filling up fast, as COVID-19 began ... <a title="Guide to the Classics: Albert Camus’ The Plague" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/06/guide-to-the-classics-albert-camus-the-plague-134244/" aria-label="Read more about Guide to the Classics: Albert Camus’ The Plague">Read more</a>
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April 6, 2020
PACIFIC PANDEMIC DIARY: By Sri Krishnamurthi, self-isolating in Auckland under New Zealand’s Covid-19 lockdown as part of a Pacific Media Watch series. As New Zealand edges toward the third week of lockdown having passed 1000 cases threshold (1039) with 89 new cases, 12 clusters and one death on day 11 the bigger angst during the ... <a title="NZ passes 1000 cases threshold, but Bauer collapse main talking point" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/06/nz-passes-1000-cases-threshold-but-bauer-collapse-main-talking-point/" aria-label="Read more about NZ passes 1000 cases threshold, but Bauer collapse main talking point">Read more</a>
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April 6, 2020
Pacific Media Watch Authorities are cracking down to try and stop the spread of the coronavirus in Fiji, which already has 12 cases, reports TVNZ One News. Police have arrested more than 240 people in the last two days for breaching curfew. “This level of lawlessness is irresponsible, un-Fijian and not just plain stupid,” Fijian ... <a title="‘Stay at home’ – sweeping virus curfew arrests as Fiji braces for TC Harold" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/06/stay-at-home-sweeping-virus-curfew-arrests-as-fiji-braces-for-tc-harold/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Stay at home’ – sweeping virus curfew arrests as Fiji braces for TC Harold">Read more</a>
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April 6, 2020
Analysis by Keith Rankin Looking at known cases of Covid19, as for Friday 3 April, we still see the dominance of the jetsetter enclaves – including the tax shelters of Europe. We also see the Norse ‘viking’ cluster of Norway, Iceland and the Faeroe Islands. And west‑central Europe in general. New Zealand’s incidence, shown for ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19: Known, Serious and Fatal Cases" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/06/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid19-known-serious-and-fatal-cases/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19: Known, Serious and Fatal Cases">Read more</a>
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April 6, 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 Charlie Mitchell (Stuff): How hard, how early? The numbers behind New Zealand’s quick lockdown David Fisher (Herald): Coronavirus data of New Zealand cases missing and inconsistent – scientist says good ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – April 06 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/06/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-april-06-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – April 06 2020">Read more</a>
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April 6, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Suze Wilson, Senior Lecturer, Executive Development, Massey University Imagine, if you can, what it’s like to make decisions on which the lives of tens of thousands of other people depend. If you get things wrong, or delay deciding, they die. Your decisions affect the livelihoods of hundreds ... <a title="Three reasons why Jacinda Ardern’s coronavirus response has been a masterclass in crisis leadership" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/06/three-reasons-why-jacinda-arderns-coronavirus-response-has-been-a-masterclass-in-crisis-leadership-135541/" aria-label="Read more about Three reasons why Jacinda Ardern’s coronavirus response has been a masterclass in crisis leadership">Read more</a>
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April 6, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Hewson, Professor and Chair, Tax and Transfer Policy Institute, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Climate deniers have been hanging out for the United Nations’ next big summit to fail. In a sense, the coronavirus and its induced policy responses have more than satisfied ... <a title="Sorry to disappoint climate deniers, but coronavirus makes the low-carbon transition more urgent" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/06/sorry-to-disappoint-climate-deniers-but-coronavirus-makes-the-low-carbon-transition-more-urgent-135419/" aria-label="Read more about Sorry to disappoint climate deniers, but coronavirus makes the low-carbon transition more urgent">Read more</a>