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May 14, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Susan Carland, Director, Bachelor of Global Studies, Monash University Generally in Australia, we all get along pretty well and feel good about our society. Studies show we have a strong “social cohesion index,” which has remained relatively stable for the past seven years. But we cannot take ... <a title="We know racism and recessions go together. Australia must prepare to stop a racism spike here." class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/14/we-know-racism-and-recessions-go-together-australia-must-prepare-to-stop-a-racism-spike-here-138215/" aria-label="Read more about We know racism and recessions go together. Australia must prepare to stop a racism spike here.">Read more</a>
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May 14, 2020
By EMTV Online The PNG Defence Force has handed over three suspects for the killing of police Senior Inspector Andrew Tovere to the investigating police. Assistant Police Commissioner Anthony Wagambie Jnr was accompanied by three officers to attend a muster parade at Port Moresby’s Murray Barracks yesterday. The attendance was prompted by the invitation of ... <a title="PNG military hand over three suspects in police officer killing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/14/png-military-hand-over-three-suspects-in-police-officer-killing/" aria-label="Read more about PNG military hand over three suspects in police officer killing">Read more</a>
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May 14, 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 Hamish Rutherford (Herald): Prime Minister warns coming months the most challenging in a long time (paywalled) Jane Patterson and Gyles Beckford (RNZ): What to expect from the 2020 Budget Richard Harman (Politik): It’s budget ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – May 14 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/14/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-may-14-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – May 14 2020">Read more</a>
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May 14, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Both China and the United States have suffered reputational damage with the Australian public as a result of their handling of the coronavirus crisis, according to a Lowy COVIDpoll. Most Australians (68%) say they feel “less favourable towards China’s system ... <a title="Pandemic dents Australians’ views of both China and the United States" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/14/pandemic-dents-australians-views-of-both-china-and-the-united-states-138529/" aria-label="Read more about Pandemic dents Australians’ views of both China and the United States">Read more</a>
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May 14, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robert Tait, Senior Research Fellow, National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University In a single year, extra-medical opioid use caused more than 2,200 deaths, 32,000 hospital admissions and resulted in the loss of over 70,000 years of life in Australia. “Extra-medical” opioid use includes both the illegal use ... <a title="2,200 deaths, 32,000 hospital admissions, 15.7 billion dollars: what opioid misuse costs Australia in a year" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/14/2-200-deaths-32-000-hospital-admissions-15-7-billion-dollars-what-opioid-misuse-costs-australia-in-a-year-137712/" aria-label="Read more about 2,200 deaths, 32,000 hospital admissions, 15.7 billion dollars: what opioid misuse costs Australia in a year">Read more</a>
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May 14, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jaana Dielenberg, Science Communication Manager, The University of Queensland We know feral cats are an enormous problem for wildlife – across Australia, feral cats collectively kill more than three billion animals per year. Cats have played a leading role in most of Australia’s 34 mammal extinctions since ... <a title="One cat, one year, 110 native animals: lock up your pet, it’s a killing machine" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/14/one-cat-one-year-110-native-animals-lock-up-your-pet-its-a-killing-machine-138412/" aria-label="Read more about One cat, one year, 110 native animals: lock up your pet, it’s a killing machine">Read more</a>
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May 14, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Quiggin, Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland As an emergency response to the potential mass unemployment created by the sudden lockdown, the Morrison government’s JobKeeper program has been reasonably successful. An estimated 700 000 employers, accounting for 4.7 million workers have signed up. On ... <a title="We need to plan for life after JobKeeper now. We need to make it portable" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/14/we-need-to-plan-for-life-after-jobkeeper-now-we-need-to-make-it-portable-138416/" aria-label="Read more about We need to plan for life after JobKeeper now. We need to make it portable">Read more</a>
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May 14, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Carly Osborn, Visiting Research Fellow, University of Adelaide I am feeling isolated. Is this a state, or an emotion? Rather than getting into the semantics of language, I will ask another question: what does isolation feel like? Isolation feels like being stuck on the couch despite having ... <a title="Is isolation a feeling?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/14/is-isolation-a-feeling-138009/" aria-label="Read more about Is isolation a feeling?">Read more</a>
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May 14, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Luke Smillie, Associate Professor, University of Melbourne Much has been written on the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on negative emotions, such as rising anxiety and the loneliness of self-isolation. But while things may seem all doom and gloom, new data reveals it’s surprisingly rare for a ... <a title="Not all doom and gloom: even in a pandemic, mixed emotions are more common than negative ones" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/14/not-all-doom-and-gloom-even-in-a-pandemic-mixed-emotions-are-more-common-than-negative-ones-138014/" aria-label="Read more about Not all doom and gloom: even in a pandemic, mixed emotions are more common than negative ones">Read more</a>
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May 14, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Lycett, NHMRC Early Career Fellow, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute and Centre for Social and Early Emotional Development, Deakin University As we start to think about rebuilding our lives in the midst of an ongoing pandemic, we need to be clearer than ever about what kind of ... <a title="Young people were already struggling before the pandemic. Here are 7 ways to help them navigate a changed world" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/14/young-people-were-already-struggling-before-the-pandemic-here-are-7-ways-to-help-them-navigate-a-changed-world-138015/" aria-label="Read more about Young people were already struggling before the pandemic. Here are 7 ways to help them navigate a changed world">Read more</a>
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May 14, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Max Holleran, Lecturer in Sociology, University of Melbourne, University of Melbourne Stay-at-home orders have meant many people are happy to live in dispersed suburbs with free-standing, single-family homes. Quarantine feels less daunting with a backyard, plenty of storage space to stockpile supplies, and a big living room ... <a title="Why coronavirus must not stop Australia creating denser cities" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/14/why-coronavirus-must-not-stop-australia-creating-denser-cities-137487/" aria-label="Read more about Why coronavirus must not stop Australia creating denser cities">Read more</a>
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May 14, 2020
COMMENT: Nik Naidu reflects on the 33rd anniversary of the original – first of four – coups in his homeland of Fiji. Today is the 33rd anniversary of that fateful day when Fiji lost its political innocence, when the Fiji military overthrew a democratically elected “People’s government”. Yes, 33 years have passed. That first military ... <a title="Fiji 33 years after the first fateful coup – a failed democracy?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/14/fiji-33-years-after-the-first-fateful-coup-a-failed-democracy/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji 33 years after the first fateful coup – a failed democracy?">Read more</a>
