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May 26, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Eryn Newman, Lecturer, Australian National University As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the world, politicians, medical experts and epidemiologists have taught us about flattening curves, contact tracing, R0 and growth factors. At the same time, we are facing an “infodemic” – an overload of information, in which ... <a title="Seeing is believing: how media mythbusting can actually make false beliefs stronger" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/26/seeing-is-believing-how-media-mythbusting-can-actually-make-false-beliefs-stronger-138515/" aria-label="Read more about Seeing is believing: how media mythbusting can actually make false beliefs stronger">Read more</a>
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May 26, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Keating, Visiting Fellow, College of Business & Economics, Australian National University In the early 1970s, when rising inflation and unemployment tore through the economy, someone coined the aphorism “one man’s wage increase is another man’s job” (unfortunately, most of the talk was about men in those ... <a title="Why the coronavirus shouldn’t stand in the way of the next wage increase" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/26/why-the-coronavirus-shouldnt-stand-in-the-way-of-the-next-wage-increase-139277/" aria-label="Read more about Why the coronavirus shouldn’t stand in the way of the next wage increase">Read more</a>
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May 26, 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 Redundancy scheme Susan Edmunds (Stuff): Opinion: Unemployment payment scheme shows Govt knows benefits insufficient Rachel Sadler (Newshu): Auckland Action Against Poverty says Government’s Income Relief Payments create ‘two tiers of unemployed’ people Marc ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – May 26 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/26/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-may-26-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – May 26 2020">Read more</a>
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May 26, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dominic O’Sullivan, Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences, Auckland University of Technology, and Associate Professor of Political Science, Charles Sturt University It looked just like any posed political picture. The politician, in this case the National Party’s newly elected leader, Todd Muller, standing by a ... <a title="Why Trump’s Make America Great Again hat makes a dangerous souvenir for foreign politicians" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/26/why-trumps-make-america-great-again-hat-makes-a-dangerous-souvenir-for-foreign-politicians-139296/" aria-label="Read more about Why Trump’s Make America Great Again hat makes a dangerous souvenir for foreign politicians">Read more</a>
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May 26, 2020
Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage By Roger D. Harris Corte Madera, California As Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza spoke to COHA Friday night, five Iranian oil tankers headed to Venezuela in defiance of Washington. Within hours the first tanker arrived through the Caribbean where an armada of US warships were deployed. The Venezuelan ... <a title="“We are on the right side of history”: COHA Exclusive Interview with Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/26/we-are-on-the-right-side-of-history-coha-exclusive-interview-with-venezuelan-foreign-minister-jorge-arreaza/" aria-label="Read more about “We are on the right side of history”: COHA Exclusive Interview with Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza">Read more</a>
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May 26, 2020
ANALYSIS: By Ilan Noy of Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Since the Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004, disaster recovery plans are almost always framed with aspirational plans to “build back better”. It’s a fine sentiment – we all want to build better societies and economies. But, as the Cheshire Cat tells Alice ... <a title="Rich and poor don’t recover equally from epidemics – target: rebuild fairly" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/26/rich-and-poor-dont-recover-equally-from-epidemics-target-rebuild-fairly/" aria-label="Read more about Rich and poor don’t recover equally from epidemics – target: rebuild fairly">Read more</a>
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May 26, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bruce Wolpe, Non-resident Senior Fellow, United States Study Centre, University of Sydney At age 77, in his twilight years, the third time was the charm for Joe Biden. He prevailed over a field of 24 Democrats from across the political spectrum and has emerged as his party’s ... <a title="Third time’s the charm for Joe Biden: now he has an election to win and a country to save" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/26/third-times-the-charm-for-joe-biden-now-he-has-an-election-to-win-and-a-country-to-save-138616/" aria-label="Read more about Third time’s the charm for Joe Biden: now he has an election to win and a country to save">Read more</a>
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May 26, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrea Gaynor, Associate Professor of History, University of Western Australia The COVID-19 pandemic produced a run on the things people need to produce their own food at home, including vegetable seedlings, seeds and chooks. This turn to self-provisioning was prompted in part by the high price rises ... <a title="If you took to growing veggies in the coronavirus pandemic, then keep it up when lockdown ends" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/26/if-you-took-to-growing-veggies-in-the-coronavirus-pandemic-then-keep-it-up-when-lockdown-ends-135359/" aria-label="Read more about If you took to growing veggies in the coronavirus pandemic, then keep it up when lockdown ends">Read more</a>
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May 26, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hussein Dia, Professor of Future Urban Mobility, Swinburne University of Technology The coronavirus pandemic has affected our cities in profound ways. People adapted by teleworking, shopping locally and making only necessary trips. One of the many challenges of recovery will be to build on the momentum of ... <a title="Coronavirus recovery: public transport is key to avoid repeating old and unsustainable mistakes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/26/coronavirus-recovery-public-transport-is-key-to-avoid-repeating-old-and-unsustainable-mistakes-138415/" aria-label="Read more about Coronavirus recovery: public transport is key to avoid repeating old and unsustainable mistakes">Read more</a>
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May 26, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Shih-Wen Sue Chen, Senior Lecturer in Writing and Literature, Deakin University With remarkable speed, numerous children’s books have been published in response to the COVID-19 global health crisis, teaching children about coronavirus and encouraging them to protect themselves and others. Children’s literature has a long history of ... <a title="P is for Pandemic: kids’ books about coronavirus" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/26/p-is-for-pandemic-kids-books-about-coronavirus-138299/" aria-label="Read more about P is for Pandemic: kids’ books about coronavirus">Read more</a>
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May 26, 2020
By EMTV News Former Prime Minister Peter O’Neill says the National Executive Council of the then Papua New Guinea government approved the purchase of two heavy duty power generators for PNG Power to solve longstanding blackouts in Lae and Port Moresby. The allegation against him is that due process was not followed to enable PNG ... <a title="Former PM O’Neill blames current government for ‘politicised’ arrest" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/26/former-pm-oneill-blames-current-government-for-politicised-arrest/" aria-label="Read more about Former PM O’Neill blames current government for ‘politicised’ arrest">Read more</a>
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May 26, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Scott Morrison says it is vital to get the Australian economy “out of ICU” and “off the medication” of government support “before it becomes too accustomed to it”. In speech on his government’s plans to reset economic growth over the ... <a title="Australian economy must come ‘out of ICU’: Scott Morrison" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/26/australian-economy-must-come-out-of-icu-scott-morrison-139347/" aria-label="Read more about Australian economy must come ‘out of ICU’: Scott Morrison">Read more</a>
