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April 27, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lyndal Collins, Research dietitian, Department of Gastroenterology, Monash University In the midst of this global pandemic, a sourdough revolution has been born. More time at home combined with supermarket shortages of essentials, has fostered the creativity of a whole new generation of home bakers. If your Instagram ... <a title="Great time to try: baking sourdough bread" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/27/great-time-to-try-baking-sourdough-bread-136493/" aria-label="Read more about Great time to try: baking sourdough bread">Read more</a>
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April 26, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Chief Medical Officer Brendan Murphy has predicted a more than 50% take up of the new “COVIDSafe” app, as the government mobilises a broad range of health professionals to convince people to download the tracing device. The app, launched by ... <a title="Chief Medical Officer Brendan Murphy predicts more than 50% take-up of COVID tracing app" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/26/chief-medical-officer-brendan-murphy-predicts-more-than-50-take-up-of-covid-tracing-app-137238/" aria-label="Read more about Chief Medical Officer Brendan Murphy predicts more than 50% take-up of COVID tracing app">Read more</a>
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April 26, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Asha Bowen, Head, Skin Health, Telethon Kids Institute In mid March, cases of COVID-19 – the disease caused by SARS-CoV-2 – dramatically increased in Australia and the government responded with an effective public health strategy. People who could, shifted to working from home, social distancing measures were ... <a title="5 reasons it’s safe for kids to go back to school" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/26/5-reasons-its-safe-for-kids-to-go-back-to-school-137064/" aria-label="Read more about 5 reasons it’s safe for kids to go back to school">Read more</a>
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April 25, 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. We will be publishing more stories ... <a title="Tall ship tales: oral accounts illuminate past encounters and objects, but we need to get our story straight" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/25/tall-ship-tales-oral-accounts-illuminate-past-encounters-and-objects-but-we-need-to-get-our-story-straight-129978/" aria-label="Read more about Tall ship tales: oral accounts illuminate past encounters and objects, but we need to get our story straight">Read more</a>
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April 25, 2020
Report by Dr David Robie – Café Pacific. – Reporters Without Borders has just published its annual World Press Freedom Index ranking countries over censorship. Video: Hannah Cleaver/DW PACIFIC PANDEMIC DIARY: By David Robie Against a backdrop of many governments using tough controls under cover of fighting the covid-19 coronavirus pandemic to strengthen “creeping authoritarianism”, ... <a title="Tough coronavirus controls threaten Pacific, global media freedom" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/25/tough-coronavirus-controls-threaten-pacific-global-media-freedom/" aria-label="Read more about Tough coronavirus controls threaten Pacific, global media freedom">Read more</a>
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April 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Warren Staples, Senior Lecturer in Management, RMIT University Ever since Australia’s two airline policy of regulated competition was abandoned in 1990 ushering in an era of deregulation, Australian governments have prioritised airline competition over stability and reliability of services. Just how much airlines were operating on a ... <a title="Virgin Australia was never going to last" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/24/virgin-australia-was-never-going-to-last-136847/" aria-label="Read more about Virgin Australia was never going to last">Read more</a>
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April 24, 2020
Analysis by Bryce Edwards The line between “political point-scoring” and “speaking truth to power” can be a fine one. No one likes to see people opportunistically using a time of great tragedy and danger for their own political advantage. That doesn’t mean we should become intolerant to questions about the actions of those in power, ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The Challenge of speaking “truth to power” in a time of crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/24/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-the-challenge-of-speaking-truth-to-power-in-a-time-of-crisis/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The Challenge of speaking “truth to power” in a time of crisis">Read more</a>
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April 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Haskell-Dowland, Associate Dean (Computing and Security), Edith Cowan University The Australian National University (ANU) is facing a backlash from students over the proposed use of a digital platform to invigilate exams remotely. The university recently announced plans to use the Proctorio platform to ensure the legitimacy ... <a title="ANU will invigilate exams using remote software, and many students are unhappy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/24/anu-will-invigilate-exams-using-remote-software-and-many-students-are-unhappy-137067/" aria-label="Read more about ANU will invigilate exams using remote software, and many students are unhappy">Read more</a>
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April 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Susan Collings, Research Fellow, University of Sydney The coronavirus pandemic is keeping us at home due to widespread unemployment, school closures and social distancing. This has already led to concerns about an upsurge in domestic and family violence. But women with a disability, particularly those with an ... <a title="Mums with an intellectual disability already risk family violence and losing their kids. Coronavirus could make things worse" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/24/mums-with-an-intellectual-disability-already-risk-family-violence-and-losing-their-kids-coronavirus-could-make-things-worse-131468/" aria-label="Read more about Mums with an intellectual disability already risk family violence and losing their kids. Coronavirus could make things worse">Read more</a>
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April 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Haskell-Dowland, Associate Dean (Computing and Security), Edith Cowan University The Australian National University (ANU) is facing a backlash from students over the proposed use of a digital platform to invigilate exams remotely. The university recently announced plans to use the Proctorio platform to ensure the legitimacy ... <a title="ANU will invigilate students’ exams using remote software, and many students are unhappy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/24/anu-will-invigilate-students-exams-using-remote-software-and-many-students-are-unhappy-137067/" aria-label="Read more about ANU will invigilate students’ exams using remote software, and many students are unhappy">Read more</a>
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April 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Fiona Stanley, Perinatal and pediatric epidemiologist; distinguished professorial fellow, Telethon Kids Institute There seems to be a myth in Australia that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people mostly live in remote communities. But the vast majority (79%) live in urban areas. The federal government has rightly decided ... <a title="Urban Aboriginal people face unique challenges in the fight against coronavirus" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/24/urban-aboriginal-people-face-unique-challenges-in-the-fight-against-coronavirus-136050/" aria-label="Read more about Urban Aboriginal people face unique challenges in the fight against coronavirus">Read more</a>
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April 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Michelle Grattan talks with Assistant Professor Caroline Fisher (remotely) about the week in politics, including how China and the World Health Organization will come out of the coronavirus crisis, the success of the Australian government’s economic packages so far, and ... <a title="VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the government’s contact tracing app, the World Health Organization and ‘the road back’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/24/video-michelle-grattan-on-the-governments-contact-tracing-app-the-world-health-organization-and-the-road-back-137161/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the government’s contact tracing app, the World Health Organization and ‘the road back’">Read more</a>
