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May 7, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ari Larissa Heinrich, Professor of Chinese Literature and Media, Australian National University Spitting. Name-calling. Physical assaults. The outbreak of COVID-19 has coincided with a dramatic escalation in racially motivated incidents towards people of Asian descent around the world. US President Donald Trump has fuelled these attacks with ... <a title="Before coronavirus, China was falsely blamed for spreading smallpox. Racism played a role then, too" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/07/before-coronavirus-china-was-falsely-blamed-for-spreading-smallpox-racism-played-a-role-then-too-137884/" aria-label="Read more about Before coronavirus, China was falsely blamed for spreading smallpox. Racism played a role then, too">Read more</a>
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May 7, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Danny Kingsley, Visiting Fellow, Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science, Australian National University As the world scrambles to understand COVID-19, multiple studies seem to offer a cure or new risk factor for the disease, only to be disproven a short time later. One sensational ... <a title="Researchers use ‘pre-prints’ to share coronavirus results quickly. But that can backfire" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/07/researchers-use-pre-prints-to-share-coronavirus-results-quickly-but-that-can-backfire-137501/" aria-label="Read more about Researchers use ‘pre-prints’ to share coronavirus results quickly. But that can backfire">Read more</a>
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May 7, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Caroline Wake, Senior Lecturer in Theatre and Performance, UNSW This week news broke that Carriageworks – Australia’s largest contemporary multi-arts centre – had gone into voluntary administration. It’s sad but not surprising, as the organisation was struggling even in regular trading conditions. COVID-19 is not so much ... <a title="Carriageworks was in trouble before coronavirus – but this crisis could be an opportunity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/07/carriageworks-was-in-trouble-before-coronavirus-but-this-crisis-could-be-an-opportunity-137888/" aria-label="Read more about Carriageworks was in trouble before coronavirus – but this crisis could be an opportunity">Read more</a>
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May 7, 2020
ANALYSIS: By Ian Lowe of Griffith University Documentary maker Michael Moore’s latest offering, Planet of the Humans, rightly argues that infinite growth on a finite planet is “suicide”. But the film’s bogus claims threaten to overshadow that message. Planet of the Humans is directed and narrated by longtime Moore collaborator Jeff Gibbs. It makes particularly ... <a title="Moore’s environmental documentary storm – the truth behind the claims" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/07/moores-environmental-documentary-storm-the-truth-behind-the-claims/" aria-label="Read more about Moore’s environmental documentary storm – the truth behind the claims">Read more</a>
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May 7, 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 Government, lockdown legality Branko Marcetic (Democracy Project): The prime minister should listen to her own mantra: “Be kind” RNZ: Was Covid-19 lockdown legal? Professor Claudia Geiringer explains Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): Legal challenge over coronavirus ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – May 07 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/07/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-may-07-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – May 07 2020">Read more</a>
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May 7, 2020
Pacific Media Watch Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has urged the Philippine authorities to appoint a special independent team to investigate yesterday’s “shocking murder” of an investigative radio journalist with a reputation for covering corruption. He was gunned down by two men on a motorcycle in Dumaguete City, the capital of the central province of Negros ... <a title="Popular Philippines radio show host ‘Rex Cornello’ shot dead in ambush" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/07/popular-philippines-radio-show-host-rex-cornello-shot-dead-in-ambush/" aria-label="Read more about Popular Philippines radio show host ‘Rex Cornello’ shot dead in ambush">Read more</a>
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May 7, 2020
Pacific Media Centre Offences perpetrated by members of Papua New Guinea’s disciplinary forces have become prevalent in the country during the coronavirus pandemic, says National Court judge Justice Panuel Mogish. Justice Mogish, while sentencing PNG Defence Force soldier Nelson Pap at the Bomana National Court yesterday for causing grievous bodily harm to a woman under ... <a title="PNG judge condemns ‘brutality’ of rogue acts by disciplinary forces" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/07/png-judge-condemns-brutality-of-rogue-acts-by-disciplinary-forces/" aria-label="Read more about PNG judge condemns ‘brutality’ of rogue acts by disciplinary forces">Read more</a>
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May 7, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Heide Lukosch, Associate Professor, University of Canterbury Most of us don’t take games too seriously. They are a way to unwind, or these days to maybe escape from the world of COVID-19 for a little while. But games are also simulations in which real people play, make ... <a title="Online plagues, protein folding and spotting fake news: what games can teach us during the coronavirus pandemic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/07/online-plagues-protein-folding-and-spotting-fake-news-what-games-can-teach-us-during-the-coronavirus-pandemic-137490/" aria-label="Read more about Online plagues, protein folding and spotting fake news: what games can teach us during the coronavirus pandemic">Read more</a>
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May 7, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marie Segrave, Associate Professor, Criminology, Monash University As Australia starts to emerge from its coronavirus lockdown, authorities are on high alert for any fresh breakouts of the disease. One of the risks we need to keep an eye on is hard to see: the tens of thousands ... <a title="The coronavirus risk Australia is not talking about: testing our unlawful migrant workers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/07/the-coronavirus-risk-australia-is-not-talking-about-testing-our-unlawful-migrant-workers-137268/" aria-label="Read more about The coronavirus risk Australia is not talking about: testing our unlawful migrant workers">Read more</a>
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May 7, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Vagg, Conjoint Clinical Associate Professor, Deakin University School of Medicine and Specialist Pain Medicine Physician, Deakin University Around 1.6 million Australians aged 45 or over have been living with persistent pain, according to newly released data from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. The figures, ... <a title="1 in 5 Aussies over 45 live with chronic pain, but there are ways to ease the suffering" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/07/1-in-5-aussies-over-45-live-with-chronic-pain-but-there-are-ways-to-ease-the-suffering-137891/" aria-label="Read more about 1 in 5 Aussies over 45 live with chronic pain, but there are ways to ease the suffering">Read more</a>
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May 7, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Lowe, Emeritus Professor, School of Science, Griffith University Documentary maker Michael Moore’s latest offering, Planet of the Humans, rightly argues that infinite growth on a finite planet is “suicide”. But the film’s bogus claims threaten to overshadow that message. Planet of the Humans is directed and ... <a title="3 times Michael Moore’s film Planet of the Humans gets the facts wrong (and 3 times it gets them right)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/07/3-times-michael-moores-film-planet-of-the-humans-gets-the-facts-wrong-and-3-times-it-gets-them-right-137890/" aria-label="Read more about 3 times Michael Moore’s film Planet of the Humans gets the facts wrong (and 3 times it gets them right)">Read more</a>
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May 7, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Silvia Tavares, Lecturer and Researcher, Urban Design and Town Planning, University of the Sunshine Coast The long-term impacts of coronavirus on our cities are difficult to predict, but one thing is certain: cities won’t die. Diseases have been hugely influential in shaping our cities, history shows. Cities ... <a title="Cities will endure, but urban design must adapt to coronavirus risks and fears" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/07/cities-will-endure-but-urban-design-must-adapt-to-coronavirus-risks-and-fears-135949/" aria-label="Read more about Cities will endure, but urban design must adapt to coronavirus risks and fears">Read more</a>
