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July 17, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Duckett, Director, Health Program, Grattan Institute Just weeks after allowing public hospitals to restart elective surgeries, the Victorian government has ordered Melbourne hospitals to defer category 3 procedures again. Category 3 procedures include hip and knee replacements and cataract procedures. Category 3 patients are the easiest ... <a title="Victoria’s latest elective surgery slowdown is painful but necessary" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/17/victorias-latest-elective-surgery-slowdown-is-painful-but-necessary-142896/" aria-label="Read more about Victoria’s latest elective surgery slowdown is painful but necessary">Read more</a>
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July 17, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Erin Smith, Associate Professor in Disaster and Emergency Response, School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University Led by physicians, scientists and epidemiologists, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is one of the most reliable sources of knowledge during disease outbreaks. But now, ... <a title="US coronavirus data will now go straight to the White House. Here’s what this means for the world" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/17/us-coronavirus-data-will-now-go-straight-to-the-white-house-heres-what-this-means-for-the-world-142814/" aria-label="Read more about US coronavirus data will now go straight to the White House. Here’s what this means for the world">Read more</a>
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July 17, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Abby Wild, Research fellow, BehaviourWorks Australia, Monash Sustainable Development Institute, Monash University As COVID-19 cases began spreading across many multicultural communities in Melbourne last last month, Victoria’s chief health officer said it was essential for the government to properly engage with linguistically diverse communities. From a behavioural ... <a title="We asked multicultural communities how best to communicate COVID-19 advice. Here’s what they told us" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/17/we-asked-multicultural-communities-how-best-to-communicate-covid-19-advice-heres-what-they-told-us-142719/" aria-label="Read more about We asked multicultural communities how best to communicate COVID-19 advice. Here’s what they told us">Read more</a>
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July 17, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra University of Canberra Vice-Chancellor and President Professor Paddy Nixon is joined by Professorial Fellow Michelle Grattan discuss the week in politics including community transmission in Victoria and New South Wales, the prime minister’s suppression tactic to fight the virus, the ... <a title="VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the palace letters, community transmission, and the JobTrainer program" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/17/video-michelle-grattan-on-the-palace-letters-community-transmission-and-the-jobtrainer-program-142905/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the palace letters, community transmission, and the JobTrainer program">Read more</a>
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July 17, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Shaun Brooks, University Associate, University of Tasmania Australia wants to build a 2.7-kilometre concrete runway in Antarctica, the world’s biggest natural reserve. The plan, if approved, would have the largest footprint of any project in the continent’s history. The runway is part of an aerodrome to be ... <a title="Australia wants to build a huge concrete runway in Antarctica. Here’s why that’s a bad idea" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/17/australia-wants-to-build-a-huge-concrete-runway-in-antarctica-heres-why-thats-a-bad-idea-139596/" aria-label="Read more about Australia wants to build a huge concrete runway in Antarctica. Here’s why that’s a bad idea">Read more</a>
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July 17, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Meghan S. Miller, Associate Professor; Program Director AuScope Earth Imaging, Australian National University Our responses to the COVID-19 pandemic have dramatically changed human activity all over the world. People are working from home, schools are closed in many places, travel is restricted, and in some cases only ... <a title="Australian cities are quiet during lockdown. Earthquake scientists are making the most of it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/17/australian-cities-are-quiet-during-lockdown-earthquake-scientists-are-making-the-most-of-it-142717/" aria-label="Read more about Australian cities are quiet during lockdown. Earthquake scientists are making the most of it">Read more</a>
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July 17, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christa Lam-Cassettari, Research Fellow, MARCS Institute BabyLab, Western Sydney University COVID-19 has seen a huge increase in video calling as we try to socially distance but still stay in touch. This is particularly the case for grandparents and their grandchildren, who have either chosen to stay away, ... <a title="Grandparent-grandchildren video calls are vital during COVID-19. Here are simple ways to improve them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/17/grandparent-grandchildren-video-calls-are-vital-during-covid-19-here-are-simple-ways-to-improve-them-141534/" aria-label="Read more about Grandparent-grandchildren video calls are vital during COVID-19. Here are simple ways to improve them">Read more</a>
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July 17, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kevin Davis, Professor of Finance, University of Melbourne The exclusion of temporary visa workers from reimbursement under Australia’s Fair Entitlements Guarantee (FEG) scheme for lost wages and entitlements (annual leave etc) owed to them when their employer collapses is not just unfair. It is inconsistent with other ... <a title="When companies go bust, temporary visa holders miss out and that’s wrong" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/17/when-companies-go-bust-temporary-visa-holders-miss-out-and-thats-wrong-142281/" aria-label="Read more about When companies go bust, temporary visa holders miss out and that’s wrong">Read more</a>
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July 17, 2020
By Thierry Lepani in Port Moresby Papua New Guinea’s Deputy Controller of the Pandemic Act, Dr Paison Dakulala, has announced four new covid-19 cases in Port Moresby, taking the country’s confirmed cases to 15. Dr Dakulala initially announced two positive cases and then about a couple of hours added another two. All four cases are ... <a title="PNG confirms 4 new covid cases – breach in testing lab" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/17/png-confirms-4-new-covid-cases-breach-in-testing-lab/" aria-label="Read more about PNG confirms 4 new covid cases – breach in testing lab">Read more</a>
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July 17, 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 National Party Henry Cooke (Stuff): Judith Collins looks to stabilise chaotic party in first reshuffle Richard Harman (Politik): Collins browns National Audrey Young (Herald): Impressive reshuffle by new National leader Judith Collins (paywalled) Luke Malpass ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – July 17 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/17/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-july-17-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – July 17 2020">Read more</a>
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July 17, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tracy Clelland, Lecturer in Health Education, University of Canterbury The hugely successful “Keep It Real Online” video aimed at getting parents to talk to their children about pornography has gone viral and been praised around the world. But my 16-year-old son asked an interesting question when he ... <a title="The ‘Keep It Real Online’ campaign wants parents to talk to kids about porn — but where to start?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/17/the-keep-it-real-online-campaign-wants-parents-to-talk-to-kids-about-porn-but-where-to-start-142469/" aria-label="Read more about The ‘Keep It Real Online’ campaign wants parents to talk to kids about porn — but where to start?">Read more</a>
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July 17, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Blair Williams, Associate Lecturer, School of Political Science and International Relations, Australian National University Why are there so few women at the top levels of politics? This question is at the centre of the new book, Women and Leadership, co-authored by Australia’s first woman prime minister, Julia ... <a title="‘Expect sexism’: a gender politics expert reads Julia Gillard’s Women and Leadership" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/17/expect-sexism-a-gender-politics-expert-reads-julia-gillards-women-and-leadership-142725/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Expect sexism’: a gender politics expert reads Julia Gillard’s Women and Leadership">Read more</a>
