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Month: May 2020

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View from The Hill: Bill Kelty’s five-point plan for coming out of COVID – if Scott Morrison is looking for ideas

May 18, 2020

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Scott Morrison wants employers and employees to come out of the COVID crisis with a new level of co-operation that delivers for both sides as well as boosting the economy. He’s set to outline his push for a compact with ... <a title="View from The Hill: Bill Kelty’s five-point plan for coming out of COVID – if Scott Morrison is looking for ideas" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/18/view-from-the-hill-bill-keltys-five-point-plan-for-coming-out-of-covid-if-scott-morrison-is-looking-for-ideas-138848/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Bill Kelty’s five-point plan for coming out of COVID – if Scott Morrison is looking for ideas">Read more</a>

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Five holdup bandits killed by PNG police posing as bus passengers

May 18, 2020

By Gynnie Kero in Madang Five men have died in a shootout with Papua New Guinea police near Madang  after they tried to hold up a bus police officers were travelling in on the Lae-Madang highway. Madang commander Acting Superintendent Mazuc Rubiang said police were tipped off about the planned hold-up of the bus, and ... <a title="Five holdup bandits killed by PNG police posing as bus passengers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/18/five-holdup-bandits-killed-by-png-police-posing-as-bus-passengers/" aria-label="Read more about Five holdup bandits killed by PNG police posing as bus passengers">Read more</a>

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Pay cuts to keep jobs: the tertiary education union’s deal with universities explained

May 18, 2020

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ray Markey, Emeritus Professor, Macquarie University The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) last week announced its negotiated draft agreement with universities. The deal aims to save at least 12,000 university jobs at risk due to the COVID-19 pandemic in return for temporary salary reductions of between 5% ... <a title="Pay cuts to keep jobs: the tertiary education union’s deal with universities explained" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/18/pay-cuts-to-keep-jobs-the-tertiary-education-unions-deal-with-universities-explained-138623/" aria-label="Read more about Pay cuts to keep jobs: the tertiary education union’s deal with universities explained">Read more</a>

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False positives, false negatives: it’s hard to say if the COVIDSafe app can overcome its shortcomings

May 18, 2020

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dinesh Kumar, Professor, Electrical and Biomedical Engineering, RMIT University The Australian government’s contact-tracing app, COVIDSafe, has been touted as crucial for restarting the country’s economy and curbing COVID-19’s spread. But until more data are collected, it’s hard to estimate how effective the app will be. Nonetheless, there ... <a title="False positives, false negatives: it’s hard to say if the COVIDSafe app can overcome its shortcomings" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/18/false-positives-false-negatives-its-hard-to-say-if-the-covidsafe-app-can-overcome-its-shortcomings-138129/" aria-label="Read more about False positives, false negatives: it’s hard to say if the COVIDSafe app can overcome its shortcomings">Read more</a>

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Coalition gains Newspoll lead as Labor ahead in Eden-Monaro; Trump’s ratings recover

May 18, 2020

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne The latest Newspoll, conducted May 13-16 from a sample of 1,500, gave the Coalition a 51-49 lead, a one-point gain for the Coalition since the previous Newspoll, three weeks ago. Primary votes were 43% Coalition ... <a title="Coalition gains Newspoll lead as Labor ahead in Eden-Monaro; Trump’s ratings recover" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/18/coalition-gains-newspoll-lead-as-labor-ahead-in-eden-monaro-trumps-ratings-recover-138793/" aria-label="Read more about Coalition gains Newspoll lead as Labor ahead in Eden-Monaro; Trump’s ratings recover">Read more</a>

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How to survive a crisis: what Virgin Australia staff can learn from ex-Ansett workers

May 18, 2020

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Helena Steel, Lecturer HRM, PhD Candidate – Job loss, career adaptability & HRM interventions, Swinburne University of Technology As the COVID-19 economic crisis crimps travel and hurts airlines worldwide, Virgin Australia has been placed under external administrators. The Queensland government has put a $200m bid on it ... <a title="How to survive a crisis: what Virgin Australia staff can learn from ex-Ansett workers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/18/how-to-survive-a-crisis-what-virgin-australia-staff-can-learn-from-ex-ansett-workers-138269/" aria-label="Read more about How to survive a crisis: what Virgin Australia staff can learn from ex-Ansett workers">Read more</a>

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Forget work-life balance – it’s all about integration in the age of COVID-19

May 18, 2020

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Melissa A. Wheeler, Senior lecturer, Swinburne University of Technology It wasn’t the usual end to our staff meeting. This time, the head of our university department wrapped up the video conference by inviting her nine-year-old son to come and say hello to about a hundred colleagues. It ... <a title="Forget work-life balance – it’s all about integration in the age of COVID-19" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/18/forget-work-life-balance-its-all-about-integration-in-the-age-of-covid-19-137386/" aria-label="Read more about Forget work-life balance – it’s all about integration in the age of COVID-19">Read more</a>

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Southern Cross features ‘The Road’ and Papuan repression

May 18, 2020

Pacific Media Watch Pacific Media Watch  contributing editor Sri Krishnamurthi discusses a new book today on West Papua, The Road: Uprising in West Papua, reviewed by Professor David Robie, in his weekly 95bFM segment Southern Cross. The book is authored by Australian investigative journalist John Martinkus who has covered wars and conflicts in Asia and ... <a title="Southern Cross features ‘The Road’ and Papuan repression" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/18/southern-cross-features-the-road-and-papuan-repression/" aria-label="Read more about Southern Cross features ‘The Road’ and Papuan repression">Read more</a>

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International film archives are streaming up a storm during lockdown. Australia’s movie trove isn’t even online

May 18, 2020

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Victoria Duckett, Senior Lecturer in Screen, Deakin University Cineteca Milano is renowned for its silent film holdings. With a collection of more than 35,000 Italian and international films dating back to the 1890s, it was both coincidental and fortuitous that, in December 2019, the archive began digitalisation. ... <a title="International film archives are streaming up a storm during lockdown. Australia’s movie trove isn’t even online" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/18/international-film-archives-are-streaming-up-a-storm-during-lockdown-australias-movie-trove-isnt-even-online-137169/" aria-label="Read more about International film archives are streaming up a storm during lockdown. Australia’s movie trove isn’t even online">Read more</a>

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Humans coexisted with three-tonne marsupials and lizards as long as cars in ancient Australia

May 18, 2020

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Scott Hocknull, Senior Curator of Geosciences, Queensland Museum, and Honorary Research Fellow, University of Melbourne When people first arrived in what is now Queensland, they would have found the land inhabited by massive animals including goannas six metres long and kangaroos twice as tall as a human. ... <a title="Humans coexisted with three-tonne marsupials and lizards as long as cars in ancient Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/18/humans-coexisted-with-three-tonne-marsupials-and-lizards-as-long-as-cars-in-ancient-australia-138534/" aria-label="Read more about Humans coexisted with three-tonne marsupials and lizards as long as cars in ancient Australia">Read more</a>

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Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – May 18 2020

May 18, 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 Budget, economy John Armstrong (1News): Jobs, jobs jobs or spend, spend, spend? Sue Bradford (Stuff): This is not what a post-Covid Budget should look like Bryce Edwards (Democracy Project): Political Roundup: A homecoming or ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – May 18 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/18/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-may-18-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – May 18 2020">Read more</a>

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Trust in quality news outlets strong during coronavirus pandemic

May 18, 2020

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrea Carson, Associate Professor, Department of Politics, Media and Philosophy, La Trobe University The New York Times passed an impressive milestone this week, with more than 6 million paid subscribers globally. Our latest research suggests it’s no coincidence it achieved this feat during the COVID-19 crisis. In ... <a title="Trust in quality news outlets strong during coronavirus pandemic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/18/trust-in-quality-news-outlets-strong-during-coronavirus-pandemic-138410/" aria-label="Read more about Trust in quality news outlets strong during coronavirus pandemic">Read more</a>