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September 11, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ben Phillips, Associate Professor, Centre for Social Research and Methods, Director, Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), Australian National University Australian National University calculations suggest JobKeeper and the boosted JobSeeker payment have saved about 2.2 million people from poverty. It’s a remarkable outcome without precedent in Australia. ... <a title="Winding back JobKeeper and JobSeeker will push 740,000 Australians into poverty" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/11/winding-back-jobkeeper-and-jobseeker-will-push-740-000-australians-into-poverty-145308/" aria-label="Read more about Winding back JobKeeper and JobSeeker will push 740,000 Australians into poverty">Read more</a>
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September 11, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW Back in March and April I (and many other economists) argued for lockdowns to get COVID-19 infections under control and to give health systems time to put in place testing and tracing regimes to contain the virus in the longer term. ... <a title="Vital Signs: batch testing and contact tracing are the two keys to stop the lockdown yo-yo" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/11/vital-signs-batch-testing-and-contact-tracing-are-the-two-keys-to-stop-the-lockdown-yo-yo-145843/" aria-label="Read more about Vital Signs: batch testing and contact tracing are the two keys to stop the lockdown yo-yo">Read more</a>
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September 11, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chari Larsson, Lecturer of art history, Griffith University Our memories are malleable, they change over time. Memories can, however, crystallise through repetition. One of the most interesting things about memory is it is distinctly visual. With time, dramatic events reduce to a series of still images, which ... <a title="Friday essay: COVID in ten photos" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/11/friday-essay-covid-in-ten-photos-145318/" aria-label="Read more about Friday essay: COVID in ten photos">Read more</a>
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September 11, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra It’s been welcome to see governments taking expert health advice during the pandemic. But on the issue of ultimate responsibility, situations can become tricky, as Annastacia Palaszczuk and Daniel Andrews found this week. When an agitated Palaszczuk said on Thursday ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: When grief meets politics, it is sad and ugly" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/11/grattan-on-friday-when-grief-meets-politics-it-is-sad-and-ugly-145954/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: When grief meets politics, it is sad and ugly">Read more</a>
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September 10, 2020
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards. Will the rich get richer under Labour’s latest tax policy? Based on the analysis in reaction to yesterday’s announcement, the answer would seem to be yes. The consensus from commentators is that inequality and severe economic problems will remain unchanged or even be made worse by Labour’s new policy. Although ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Labour gives up on tax transformation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/10/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-labour-gives-up-on-tax-transformation/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Labour gives up on tax transformation">Read more</a>
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September 10, 2020
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Before the 1950s My MA thesis was about labour supply in New Zealand and Australia during the 1920s and 1930s, with particular reference to the 1930s’ ‘Great Depression’. The central finding related to the workings of whanau as an economic unit, and how the loss of income to the ‘family breadwinner’ – ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – The Added-Worker Effect, in Economic Hard Times" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/10/keith-rankin-analysis-the-added-worker-effect-in-economic-hard-times/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – The Added-Worker Effect, in Economic Hard Times">Read more</a>
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September 10, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Peter Westcott, Post-doc research fellow, Murdoch University In the midst of all the stories about China’s oppression in Hong Kong and Xinjiang and its expulsion of foreign journalists, a recent clash on its border with India may pose the greater threat to Asian security. For the ... <a title="Shots fired in the Himalayas: a dangerous development in the China-India border standoff" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/10/shots-fired-in-the-himalayas-a-dangerous-development-in-the-china-india-border-standoff-145856/" aria-label="Read more about Shots fired in the Himalayas: a dangerous development in the China-India border standoff">Read more</a>
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September 10, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Karin Verspoor, Professor, School of Computing and Information Systems, University of Melbourne Victoria’s health authorities are now looking overseas for a reprieve following the federal government’s criticism of the state’s coronavirus response. The state government has enlisted US cloud-based software company Salesforce to administer a data management ... <a title="Victoria’s coronavirus contact tracing is about to get faster. Let’s make it the first step in a larger digital boost" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/10/victorias-coronavirus-contact-tracing-is-about-to-get-faster-lets-make-it-the-first-step-in-a-larger-digital-boost-145759/" aria-label="Read more about Victoria’s coronavirus contact tracing is about to get faster. Let’s make it the first step in a larger digital boost">Read more</a>
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September 10, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Karin Verspoor, Professor, School of Computing and Information Systems, University of Melbourne Victoria’s health authorities are now looking overseas for a reprieve following the federal government’s criticism of the state’s coronavirus response. The state government has enlisted US cloud-based software company Salesforce to administer a data management ... <a title="Victoria’s coronavirus contract tracing is about to get faster. Let’s make it the first step in a larger digital boost" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/10/victorias-coronavirus-contract-tracing-is-about-to-get-faster-lets-make-it-the-first-step-in-a-larger-digital-boost-145759/" aria-label="Read more about Victoria’s coronavirus contract tracing is about to get faster. Let’s make it the first step in a larger digital boost">Read more</a>
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September 10, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Kenny, Professor, Australian Studies Institute, Australian National University News that US President Donald Trump was fully seized of the deadly potential of the novel coronavirus, despite his sustained public dismissals, has provoked anger and surprise. Audio recordings from interviews granted to veteran reporter Bob Woodward expose ... <a title="Trump reportedly played down the risk of COVID-19 to avoid ‘panic’. How much should leaders say, and when?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/10/trump-reportedly-played-down-the-risk-of-covid-19-to-avoid-panic-how-much-should-leaders-say-and-when-145919/" aria-label="Read more about Trump reportedly played down the risk of COVID-19 to avoid ‘panic’. How much should leaders say, and when?">Read more</a>
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September 10, 2020
By Rebecca Kuku in Port Moresby Flaws in Papua New Guinea’s public health system and the medicine supply chain are because of poor management in the Health Department, with some officers “living extravagant lifestyles far beyond their salary”, according to a new report. Public Accounts Committee chairman Sir John Pundari yesterday tabled in Parliament the ... <a title="Audit report slams ‘flawed’ PNG health management, ‘extravagant lifestyles’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/10/audit-report-slams-flawed-png-health-management-extravagant-lifestyles/" aria-label="Read more about Audit report slams ‘flawed’ PNG health management, ‘extravagant lifestyles’">Read more</a>
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September 10, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Meese, Research fellow, RMIT University Google and Facebook have launched a nationwide public relations campaign in response to the Australian Consumer and Competition Commission’s draft news media bargaining code. Rather than agree to negotiate with media companies to pay for using news content, Google has launched ... <a title="Platform regulation in Australia is just the start. Facebook and Google are fighting a global battle" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/10/platform-regulation-in-australia-is-just-the-start-facebook-and-google-are-fighting-a-global-battle-145748/" aria-label="Read more about Platform regulation in Australia is just the start. Facebook and Google are fighting a global battle">Read more</a>
