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May 12, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Susan Carson, Senior Lecturer, Creative Industries Faculty, QUT, Queensland University of Technology Ah, Hydra! This is an island possessed of “wild and naked perfection”, wrote American author Henry Miller after sailing into Hydra on the eve of the second world war. Bloomsbury With a population of around ... <a title="Book review: Theatre for Dreamers by Polly Samson mixes real stories with romance" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/12/book-review-theatre-for-dreamers-by-polly-samson-mixes-real-stories-with-romance-136714/" aria-label="Read more about Book review: Theatre for Dreamers by Polly Samson mixes real stories with romance">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Maximilian de Courten, Professor in Global Public Health, Victoria University Many people in the community are wearing face masks and gloves in an attempt to protect themselves against the coronavirus. They might put on these items to go to the shops, or perhaps when taking a walk ... <a title="Are you wearing gloves or a mask to the shops? You might be doing it wrong" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/12/are-you-wearing-gloves-or-a-mask-to-the-shops-you-might-be-doing-it-wrong-137393/" aria-label="Read more about Are you wearing gloves or a mask to the shops? You might be doing it wrong">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jamie Pittock, Professor, Fenner School of Environment & Society, Australian National University A major independent review has confirmed freshwater flows are vital to maintaining the health of the Murray River’s lower lakes, striking a blow to demands by New South Wales that seawater flow in. The review, ... <a title="It’s official: expert review rejects NSW plan to let seawater flow into the Murray River" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/12/its-official-expert-review-rejects-nsw-plan-to-let-seawater-flow-into-the-murray-river-138291/" aria-label="Read more about It’s official: expert review rejects NSW plan to let seawater flow into the Murray River">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Sanderson, Professor and Inaugural Judith Neilson Chair in Architecture, UNSW Many commentators have speculated on how the coronavirus pandemic will alter cities and the ways they are planned and used. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has tweeted: “There is a density level in NYC that is ... <a title="So coronavirus will change cities – will that include slums?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/12/so-coronavirus-will-change-cities-will-that-include-slums-137072/" aria-label="Read more about So coronavirus will change cities – will that include slums?">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Seth Lazar, Professor, Australian National University Last week the head of Australia’s Digital Transformation Agency, Randall Brugeaud, told a Senate committee hearing an updated version of Australia’s COVIDSafe contact-tracing app would soon be released. That’s because the current version doesn’t work properly on Apple phones, which restrict ... <a title="Contact tracing apps are vital tools in the fight against coronavirus. But who decides how they work?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/12/contact-tracing-apps-are-vital-tools-in-the-fight-against-coronavirus-but-who-decides-how-they-work-138206/" aria-label="Read more about Contact tracing apps are vital tools in the fight against coronavirus. But who decides how they work?">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Norman Gemmell, Chair in Public Finance, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington May 14’s budget will surely be remembered as the “pandemic budget”. It might seem like the worst possible timing – economic uncertainty rages, Treasury has had to abandon its usual economic “forecasts”, and ... <a title="The pandemic budget: moving New Zealand from critical care to long-term recovery" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/12/the-pandemic-budget-moving-new-zealand-from-critical-care-to-long-term-recovery-138294/" aria-label="Read more about The pandemic budget: moving New Zealand from critical care to long-term recovery">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Podger, Honorary Professor of Public Policy, Australian National University The past few months have shown us the importance of public servants making public statements as well as limits involved with this. The limits have been most clearly demonstrated by Victoria’s deputy chief health officer, Annaliese van ... <a title="The balancing act: how much free speech should our public servants have?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/12/the-balancing-act-how-much-free-speech-should-our-public-servants-have-138118/" aria-label="Read more about The balancing act: how much free speech should our public servants have?">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Frank Larkins, Professor Emeritus and Former Deputy Vice Chancellor, University of Melbourne Australia’s researchers have answered the call to help with urgent pandemic clinical trials and other research needs, placing other work on hold. Experts across a broad range of disciplines are crucial to our health, mental ... <a title="More than 10,000 job losses, billions in lost revenue: coronavirus will hit Australia’s research capacity harder than the GFC" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/12/more-than-10-000-job-losses-billions-in-lost-revenue-coronavirus-will-hit-australias-research-capacity-harder-than-the-gfc-138210/" aria-label="Read more about More than 10,000 job losses, billions in lost revenue: coronavirus will hit Australia’s research capacity harder than the GFC">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Erica Millar, Lecturer, La Trobe University The COVID-19 crisis has starkly revealed the patchy and precarious provision of abortion in Australia, deepening existing inequalities in access. What was already an expensive procedure may be even less attainable for many women facing financial strain during the pandemic. Meanwhile, ... <a title="Getting an abortion just got harder, thanks to the coronavirus. Here’s what we can do better" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/12/getting-an-abortion-just-got-harder-thanks-to-the-coronavirus-heres-what-we-can-do-better-138110/" aria-label="Read more about Getting an abortion just got harder, thanks to the coronavirus. Here’s what we can do better">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Judith Godden, Honorary Associate, Department of History, University of Sydney Florence Nightingale’s birth on May 12, 1820, is commemorated as International Nurses Day, honouring her founding role in modern nursing. Today would be her 200th birthday, so expect to hear even more about her. Yet mention her ... <a title="Which Florence Nightingale will we remember today? The ‘Lady with the Lamp’ or the influential writer and activist?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/12/which-florence-nightingale-will-we-remember-today-the-lady-with-the-lamp-or-the-influential-writer-and-activist-136497/" aria-label="Read more about Which Florence Nightingale will we remember today? The ‘Lady with the Lamp’ or the influential writer and activist?">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew Currell, Associate Professor in Environmental Engineering, School of Engineering, RMIT University Australia’s relative success in stopping the spread of COVID-19 is largely due governments taking expert advice on a complex problem. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said of decisions on projects that threaten the environment – ... <a title="Australia listened to the science on coronavirus. Imagine if we did the same for coal mining" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/12/australia-listened-to-the-science-on-coronavirus-imagine-if-we-did-the-same-for-coal-mining-138212/" aria-label="Read more about Australia listened to the science on coronavirus. Imagine if we did the same for coal mining">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hal Pawson, Professor of Housing Research and Policy, and Associate Director, City Futures Research Centre, UNSW Australians had become used to walking past rough sleepers. Policymakers too, seemed unmoved by the people huddled in doorways or sheltering in parks under plastic sheets. That’s until the COVID-19 pandemic ... <a title="Coronavirus lays bare 5 big housing system flaws to be fixed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/12/coronavirus-lays-bare-5-big-housing-system-flaws-to-be-fixed-137162/" aria-label="Read more about Coronavirus lays bare 5 big housing system flaws to be fixed">Read more</a>
