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May 13, 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 Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): A budget with Labour’s future on the line Jenée Tibshraeny (Interest): Thursday’s Budget to be huge, but not revolutionary Terry Baucher (Spinoff): Can we expect any radical tax proposals? ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – May 13 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/13/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-may-13-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – May 13 2020">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2020
Op-Ed by Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana – United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of ESCAP. Memories of idyllic beaches and sonorous waves may seem far away while we remain at home. Yet, we need not look far to appreciate the enduring history of the ocean in Asia and the Pacific. For generations, the region has thrived ... <a title="UN Op-Ed – Healthy oceans: keeping Asia and the Pacific afloat" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/13/un-op-ed-healthy-oceans-keeping-asia-and-the-pacific-afloat/" aria-label="Read more about UN Op-Ed – Healthy oceans: keeping Asia and the Pacific afloat">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2020
COMMENT: By Sri Krishnamurthi, contributing editor of Pacific Media Watch Was New Zealand media giants NZME trying to pull a “fast one” when the company sought urgent approval to help to buy out rival media company Stuff for $1. The New Zealand Herald owners filed an urgent Commerce Commission application at on Monday for the ... <a title="Media monopoly: Was NZME trying to pull a ‘fast one’ over Stuff?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/13/media-monopoly-was-nzme-trying-to-pull-a-fast-one-over-stuff/" aria-label="Read more about Media monopoly: Was NZME trying to pull a ‘fast one’ over Stuff?">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By C Raina MacIntyre, Professor of Global Biosecurity, NHMRC Principal Research Fellow, Head, Biosecurity Program, Kirby Institute, UNSW As Australia’s coronavirus restrictions are gradually lifted, we may well see an upswing in cases of COVID-19. The World Health Organisation has warned of the need for “extreme vigilance” in ... <a title="As restrictions ease, here are 5 crucial ways for Australia to stay safely on top of COVID-19" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/13/as-restrictions-ease-here-are-5-crucial-ways-for-australia-to-stay-safely-on-top-of-covid-19-138000/" aria-label="Read more about As restrictions ease, here are 5 crucial ways for Australia to stay safely on top of COVID-19">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Elek Pafka, Lecturer in Urban Planning and Urban Design, University of Melbourne The coronavirus pandemic has left many people questioning the relationship between urban density and healthy cities. After all, physical distancing has been the most common measure to contain the spread of the virus. But this ... <a title="As coronavirus forces us to keep our distance, city density matters less than internal density" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/13/as-coronavirus-forces-us-to-keep-our-distance-city-density-matters-less-than-internal-density-137790/" aria-label="Read more about As coronavirus forces us to keep our distance, city density matters less than internal density">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robert Slonim, Professor of Economics, University of Sydney It’s 18 days since the government launched its digital contact-tracing app COVIDSafe. The latest figure we have for downloads is 5.4 million, on May 8, about 29% of smartphone users aged 14 and over. My own mini-survey suggests that ... <a title="In some places 40% of us may have downloaded COVIDSafe. Here’s why the government should share what it knows" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/13/in-some-places-40-of-us-may-have-downloaded-covidsafe-heres-why-the-government-should-share-what-it-knows-138323/" aria-label="Read more about In some places 40% of us may have downloaded COVIDSafe. Here’s why the government should share what it knows">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Baerbel Koribalski, Senior research scientist, CSIRO A team of US and South African researchers has published highly detailed images of the largest X-shaped “radio galaxy” ever discovered – PKS 2014-55. Notably, they’ve helped resolve ongoing confusion about the galaxy’s unusual shape. The MeerKAT image of the giant ... <a title="Experts solve the mystery of a giant X-shaped galaxy, with a monster black hole as its engine" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/13/experts-solve-the-mystery-of-a-giant-x-shaped-galaxy-with-a-monster-black-hole-as-its-engine-138205/" aria-label="Read more about Experts solve the mystery of a giant X-shaped galaxy, with a monster black hole as its engine">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Renwick, Professor, Physical Geography (climate science), Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Climate Explained is a collaboration between The Conversation, Stuff and the New Zealand Science Media Centre to answer your questions about climate change. If you have a question you’d like an expert ... <a title="Climate explained: what caused major climate change in the past?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/13/climate-explained-what-caused-major-climate-change-in-the-past-137874/" aria-label="Read more about Climate explained: what caused major climate change in the past?">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Grace Russell, PhD Candidate, Southern Cross University We set off from Fremantle Harbour at 6 am – a ridiculous hour university students aren’t usually accustomed to – and sailed to Perth Canyon, 120 kilometres away. A fellow volunteer and I were constantly on watch, too nervous and ... <a title="I measure whales with drones to find out if they’re fat enough to breed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/13/i-measure-whales-with-drones-to-find-out-if-theyre-fat-enough-to-breed-135684/" aria-label="Read more about I measure whales with drones to find out if they’re fat enough to breed">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Denis Muller, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism, University of Melbourne Time has finally caught up with Alan Jones. Time as measured in years, but not time as measured by social and attitudinal change. It is remarkable that his recipe of nostalgia, bullying and reactionary politics, ... <a title="The times suited him, then passed him by: the Alan Jones radio era comes to an end" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/13/the-times-suited-him-then-passed-him-by-the-alan-jones-radio-era-comes-to-an-end-138420/" aria-label="Read more about The times suited him, then passed him by: the Alan Jones radio era comes to an end">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2020
Pacific Media Watch The regent of Mimika in Papua has urged President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo to temporarily close a mine in the regency owned by gold and copper miner PT Freeport Indonesia as the number of covid-19 coronavirus cases in the area continues to rise. “Human lives are at stake here, so we hope the ... <a title="‘Shut Freeport mine’ plea by Mimika regent after workers test positive" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/12/shut-freeport-mine-plea-by-mimika-regent-after-workers-test-positive/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Shut Freeport mine’ plea by Mimika regent after workers test positive">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Speaking as an expert in epidemiology, Deputy Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly is candid about the prospects of a second-wave of coronavirus in a society that hasn’t developed herd immunity. “There is a very large risk of a second wave. ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Paul Kelly on the risk of a COVID-19 second-wave" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/12/politics-with-michelle-grattan-paul-kelly-on-the-risk-of-a-covid-19-second-wave-138432/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Paul Kelly on the risk of a COVID-19 second-wave">Read more</a>
