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March 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Albert Van Dijk, Professor, Water and Landscape Dynamics, Fenner School of Environment & Society, Australian National University 2019 was the year Australians confronted the fact that a healthy environment is more than just a pretty waterfall in a national park; a nice extra we can do without. ... <a title="A major scorecard gives the health of Australia’s environment less than 1 out of 10" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/30/a-major-scorecard-gives-the-health-of-australias-environment-less-than-1-out-of-10-133444/" aria-label="Read more about A major scorecard gives the health of Australia’s environment less than 1 out of 10">Read more</a>
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March 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yale Z Wong, Research Associate, Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies, University of Sydney ZMinimising health risks has rightly been the focus of discussion during the coronavirus outbreak. This includes efforts to protect both frontline public transport employees and the travelling public. But we should also be ... <a title="For public transport to keep running, operators must find ways to outlast coronavirus" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/30/for-public-transport-to-keep-running-operators-must-find-ways-to-outlast-coronavirus-134224/" aria-label="Read more about For public transport to keep running, operators must find ways to outlast coronavirus">Read more</a>
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March 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tyler Riordan, PhD Candidate, The University of Queensland Along with home delivery of groceries, pharmaceuticals and alcohol, demand for food delivery is booming. Services such as Uber Eats and Deliveroo have become essential to cafes and restaurants that can now only sell takeaway food. It is good ... <a title="Delivery workers are now essential. They deserve the rights of other employees" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/30/delivery-workers-are-now-essential-they-deserve-the-rights-of-other-employees-134406/" aria-label="Read more about Delivery workers are now essential. They deserve the rights of other employees">Read more</a>
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March 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nishanathe Dahanayake, PhD Candidate, Ethics/Philosophy, University of New England The coronavirus pandemic is challenging our health, work, family, food and fun. It’s also disturbing our peace of mind and forcing us to question our own existence. We are each asking our own existential questions: Why is this ... <a title="Thinking like a Buddhist about coronavirus can calm the mind and help us focus" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/30/thinking-like-a-buddhist-about-coronavirus-can-calm-the-mind-and-help-us-focus-134651/" aria-label="Read more about Thinking like a Buddhist about coronavirus can calm the mind and help us focus">Read more</a>
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March 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra No more than two people are to gather together in public spaces, and playgrounds will be closed in the latest restrictions in the coronavirus crisis. Meanwhile the government will now scrutinise all foreign investment proposals as well as impose longer ... <a title="Public gatherings restricted to two people and all foreign investment proposals scrutinised, in new coronavirus measures" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/30/public-gatherings-restricted-to-two-people-and-all-foreign-investment-proposals-scrutinised-in-new-coronavirus-measures-135000/" aria-label="Read more about Public gatherings restricted to two people and all foreign investment proposals scrutinised, in new coronavirus measures">Read more</a>
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March 29, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Linda Botterill, Professor in Australian Politics, University of Canberra The novel coronavirus sees Australia facing major unprecedented health and economic crises. The key to preventing a downward spiral of the economy is to avoid a collapse in incomes of newly laid-off workers who won’t be able to ... <a title="Give people and businesses money now they can pay back later (if and when they can)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/29/give-people-and-businesses-money-now-they-can-pay-back-later-if-and-when-they-can-134998/" aria-label="Read more about Give people and businesses money now they can pay back later (if and when they can)">Read more</a>
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March 29, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The federal government says there are signs the coronavirus curve may be flattening in Australia. Scott Morrison told a Sunday news conference the rate of increase in cases had fallen to about 13-15% a day over the last few days, ... <a title="Government says Australia’s coronavirus curve may be flattening" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/29/government-says-australias-coronavirus-curve-may-be-flattening-134997/" aria-label="Read more about Government says Australia’s coronavirus curve may be flattening">Read more</a>
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March 29, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Scott Morrison will unvieil on Sunday a $1.1 billion set of measures to make Medicare telehealth services generally available during the coronavirus pandemic and to support mental health, domestic violence and community services. The “Medicare support at home” initiative will ... <a title="All Australians will be able to access telehealth under new $1.1 billion coronavirus program" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/29/all-australians-will-be-able-to-access-telehealth-under-new-1-1-billion-coronavirus-program-134987/" aria-label="Read more about All Australians will be able to access telehealth under new $1.1 billion coronavirus program">Read more</a>
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March 27, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra All Australians arriving from overseas will be quarantined in hotels or other facilities under strict supervision for a fortnight, under the latest crackdown in the battle against the coronavirus. Announcing the measure after Friday’s meeting of the national cabinet of ... <a title="Hotel quarantine for returning Aussies and “hibernation” assistance for businesses" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/27/hotel-quarantine-for-returning-aussies-and-hibernation-assistance-for-businesses-134922/" aria-label="Read more about Hotel quarantine for returning Aussies and “hibernation” assistance for businesses">Read more</a>
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March 27, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jon MacKay, Lecturer, Business Analytics, University of Auckland New Zealand and much of the world is now under an unprecedented lockdown. Public health experts say this is the best way to suppress the spread of the virus. But how long will such a lockdown be socially sustainable? ... <a title="Tracking your location and targeted texts: how sharing your data could help in New Zealand’s level 4 lockdown" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/27/tracking-your-location-and-targeted-texts-how-sharing-your-data-could-help-in-new-zealands-level-4-lockdown-134894/" aria-label="Read more about Tracking your location and targeted texts: how sharing your data could help in New Zealand’s level 4 lockdown">Read more</a>
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March 27, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Allen Cheng, Professor in Infectious Diseases Epidemiology, Monash University According to Google Trends, the top globally trending topic this week is “orthohantavirus”, as spurious sites claim it’s the next pandemic on the horizon. Take it from me: it’s not. This baseless claim circulating online underscores the need ... <a title="What is orthohantavirus? The virus many are Googling (but you really don’t need to worry about)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/27/what-is-orthohantavirus-the-virus-many-are-googling-but-you-really-dont-need-to-worry-about-134901/" aria-label="Read more about What is orthohantavirus? The virus many are Googling (but you really don’t need to worry about)">Read more</a>
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March 27, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Erica Mealy, Lecturer in Computer Science, University of the Sunshine Coast These past few weeks have shown the brittleness of Australia’s online systems. It’s not surprising the federal government’s traditionally slow-moving IT systems are buckling under the pressure. On Sunday, the federal government announced it would double ... <a title="MyGov’s ill-timed meltdown could have been avoided with ‘elastic computing’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/27/mygovs-ill-timed-meltdown-could-have-been-avoided-with-elastic-computing-134665/" aria-label="Read more about MyGov’s ill-timed meltdown could have been avoided with ‘elastic computing’">Read more</a>
