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July 23, 2020
Analysis by Keith Rankin. This week’s first chart shows the huge European wave of Covid-19 in March. At its exponential peak, the chart shows world Covid19 weekly deaths increasing by 260 percent in the second week of March, compared to March’s first week. This European wave contrasts sharply with the last week of February, when ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Global Covid19: European Wave and Rising Tail" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/23/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-global-covid19-european-wave-and-rising-tail/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Global Covid19: European Wave and Rising Tail">Read more</a>
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July 23, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Danielle Wood, Chief executive officer, Grattan Institute Australia is living through the biggest economic and social disruption since the second world war. Today’s budget update provides a stark reminder of just how big the economic and budgetary fallout really is. If you don’t have the appetite to ... <a title="Five things you need to know about today’s economic statement" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/23/five-things-you-need-to-know-about-todays-economic-statement-143088/" aria-label="Read more about Five things you need to know about today’s economic statement">Read more</a>
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July 23, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Keane, Professor of Chinese Digital Media and Culture, Curtin University TikTok, the made-in-China, video-sharing platform beloved by youth and influencers alike, is suddenly everywhere in our new world of COVID-19 lockdowns and social distancing. The platform’s growth has been tremendous, but this has come at a ... <a title="TikTok tries to distance itself from Beijing, but will it be enough to avoid the global blacklist?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/23/tiktok-tries-to-distance-itself-from-beijing-but-will-it-be-enough-to-avoid-the-global-blacklist-143247/" aria-label="Read more about TikTok tries to distance itself from Beijing, but will it be enough to avoid the global blacklist?">Read more</a>
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July 23, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kylie Gwynne, Senior Lecturer, Health Leadership, Macquarie University Aboriginal children in rural Australia have up to three times the rate of tooth decay compared to other Australian children. Tooth decay can affect a person’s overall health and nutrition because it can affect how they chew and swallow. ... <a title="Collaborating with communities delivers better oral health for Indigenous kids in rural Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/23/collaborating-with-communities-delivers-better-oral-health-for-indigenous-kids-in-rural-australia-141038/" aria-label="Read more about Collaborating with communities delivers better oral health for Indigenous kids in rural Australia">Read more</a>
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July 23, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Even if the government hadn’t spent A$5.9 billion on JobKeeper and other emergency measures last financial year and wasn’t planning to spend a further $12.2 billion this financial year, its budget position would have collapsed. ... <a title="These budget numbers are shocking, and there are worse ones in store" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/23/these-budget-numbers-are-shocking-and-there-are-worse-ones-in-store-143250/" aria-label="Read more about These budget numbers are shocking, and there are worse ones in store">Read more</a>
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July 23, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lesley Russell, Adjunct Associate Professor, Menzies Centre for Health Policy, University of Sydney This week revealed cases of coronavirus infection in a Victorian prison guard and a prisoner in quarantine on remand. Now six Victorian prisons are in lockdown. This is not the first time there has ... <a title="Why prisons in Victoria are locked up and locked down" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/23/why-prisons-in-victoria-are-locked-up-and-locked-down-143178/" aria-label="Read more about Why prisons in Victoria are locked up and locked down">Read more</a>
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July 23, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has announced massive budget deficits of $85.8 billion for the just-finished 2019-2020 financial year and $184.5 billion projected for 2020-2021. Growth is set to be negative for last financial year and the current one. The government’s economic ... <a title="Budget deficit to hit $184.5B this financial year, unemployment to peak at 9.25% in December: economic statement" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/23/budget-deficit-to-hit-184-5b-this-financial-year-unemployment-to-peak-at-9-25-in-december-economic-statement-143253/" aria-label="Read more about Budget deficit to hit $184.5B this financial year, unemployment to peak at 9.25% in December: economic statement">Read more</a>
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July 23, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has announced massive budget deficits of $85.5 billion for the just-finished 2019-2020 financial year with $184.5 billion projected for 2020-2021. Growth is set to be negative for last financial year and the current one. The government’s economic ... <a title="Budget deficit to hit $184.5 this financial year, unemployment to peak at 9.25% in December: economic statement" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/23/budget-deficit-to-hit-184-5-this-financial-year-unemployment-to-peak-at-9-25-in-december-economic-statement-143253/" aria-label="Read more about Budget deficit to hit $184.5 this financial year, unemployment to peak at 9.25% in December: economic statement">Read more</a>
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July 23, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jake Whitehead, Advance Queensland Industry Research Fellow & Tritum E-Mobility Fellow, The University of Queensland Limiting global warming to well below 2℃ this century requires carbon emissions to reach net zero by around 2050. Australian households have done much to support the transition via rooftop solar investments. ... <a title="In a world first, Australian university builds own solar farm to offset 100% of its electricity use" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/23/in-a-world-first-australian-university-builds-own-solar-farm-to-offset-100-of-its-electricity-use-142972/" aria-label="Read more about In a world first, Australian university builds own solar farm to offset 100% of its electricity use">Read more</a>
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July 23, 2020
EveningReport LIVE: Evening Report has launched a new programme called A View from Afar with political scientist and security intelligence expert, Paul G. Buchanan. The programme is a joint effort between EveningReport’s parent company Multimedia Investments Ltd and Paul Buchanan’s 36th-Parallel Assessments business. The programme, A View from Afar, will launch today, at 8pm US ... <a title="EveningReport.nz Launches LIVE Programme – A View from Afar" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/23/eveningreport-nz-launches-live-programme-a-view-from-afar/" aria-label="Read more about EveningReport.nz Launches LIVE Programme – A View from Afar">Read more</a>
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July 23, 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 Iain Lees-Galloway sacking Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): Firing someone for having an affair is pretty low Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): Tit for tat – nasty election campaign looms RNZ: Checkpoint: Deceit, integrity problem ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – July 23 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/23/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-july-23-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – July 23 2020">Read more</a>
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July 23, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julie Ratcliffe, Professor of Health Economics and Mathew Flinders Fellow, Caring Futures Institute, Flinders University It’s often said the true measure of any society is how well it treats its most vulnerable members. By this measure, Australia is falling woefully short. The Royal Commission into Aged Care ... <a title="Australians want more funding for higher-quality aged care — and most are willing to pay extra tax to achieve it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/23/australians-want-more-funding-for-higher-quality-aged-care-and-most-are-willing-to-pay-extra-tax-to-achieve-it-143174/" aria-label="Read more about Australians want more funding for higher-quality aged care — and most are willing to pay extra tax to achieve it">Read more</a>
