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May 18, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew Gray, Director, ANU Centre for Social Research and Methods, Australian National University Australia Bureau of Statistics data has confirmed the massive economic hit from the COVID-19 pandemic, with total hours worked across the economy officially falling 9% between early March and early April 2020. Read more: ... <a title="Self-employed Australians’ hours have fallen 32% since coronavirus hit – double the impact on all employees" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/18/self-employed-australians-hours-have-fallen-32-since-coronavirus-hit-double-the-impact-on-all-employees-138718/" aria-label="Read more about Self-employed Australians’ hours have fallen 32% since coronavirus hit – double the impact on all employees">Read more</a>
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May 16, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anthony Jorm, Professor emeritus, University of Melbourne Federal health minister Greg Hunt has unveiled a A$48.1 million COVID-19 mental health plan, featuring A$7.3 million for research and data collection, A$29.5 million for outreach to vulnerable people, and A$11.3 million for communication and other outreach programs. This is ... <a title="The government will spend $48 million to safeguard mental health. Extending JobKeeper would safeguard it even more" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/16/the-government-will-spend-48-million-to-safeguard-mental-health-extending-jobkeeper-would-safeguard-it-even-more-138778/" aria-label="Read more about The government will spend $48 million to safeguard mental health. Extending JobKeeper would safeguard it even more">Read more</a>
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May 16, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Komesaroff, Professor of Medicine, Monash University The US government’s call for an international inquiry into the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic has a clear political motive: to shift the blame for its own failure to respond effectively to the epidemic within its own borders. The finger-pointing ... <a title="Yes, we need a global coronavirus inquiry, but not for petty political point-scoring" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/16/yes-we-need-a-global-coronavirus-inquiry-but-not-for-petty-political-point-scoring-138020/" aria-label="Read more about Yes, we need a global coronavirus inquiry, but not for petty political point-scoring">Read more</a>
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May 16, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW As Australia begins to relax its COVID-19 restrictions there is understandable debate about how quickly that should proceed, and whether lockdowns even made sense in Australia in the first place. The sceptics arguing for more rapid relaxation of containment measures point ... <a title="The costs of the shutdown are overestimated — they’re outweighed by its $1 trillion benefit" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/16/the-costs-of-the-shutdown-are-overestimated-theyre-outweighed-by-its-1-trillion-benefit-138303/" aria-label="Read more about The costs of the shutdown are overestimated — they’re outweighed by its $1 trillion benefit">Read more</a>
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May 15, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kath O’Brien, Lecturer – QUT – Faculty of Health (School Exercise & Nutrition Sciences), Queensland University of Technology Plans to kick-start the sporting season with a return to rugby league games later this month could be stalled by a row over referees. The NRL confirmed this week ... <a title="Two refs are better than one, so why does the NRL want to drop one?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/15/two-refs-are-better-than-one-so-why-does-the-nrl-want-to-drop-one-138722/" aria-label="Read more about Two refs are better than one, so why does the NRL want to drop one?">Read more</a>
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May 15, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jennifer MacLachlan, Epidemiologist, WHO Collaborating Centre for Viral Hepatitis, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity Many jurisdictions around the world are now testing people without symptoms as part of efforts to manage COVID-19. In Victoria, asymptomatic health-care workers have been part of the recent “testing ... <a title="The positives and negatives of mass testing for coronavirus" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/15/the-positives-and-negatives-of-mass-testing-for-coronavirus-137792/" aria-label="Read more about The positives and negatives of mass testing for coronavirus">Read more</a>
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May 15, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Simon J Dennis, Director of Complex Human Data Hub and Professor of Psychology, University of Melbourne In late March, we posed a hypothetical scenario to a sample of Australians, asking if they would download a contact tracing app released by the federal government; 70% responded in favour. ... <a title="70% of people surveyed said they’d download a coronavirus app. Only 44% did. Why the gap?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/15/70-of-people-surveyed-said-theyd-download-a-coronavirus-app-only-44-did-why-the-gap-138427/" aria-label="Read more about 70% of people surveyed said they’d download a coronavirus app. Only 44% did. Why the gap?">Read more</a>
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May 15, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Narelle Yeo, Senior Lecturer in Voice and Stagecraft, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, University of Sydney On March 10 2020, Skagit Valley, Washington – a town with no known cases of COVID-19 – held a choir rehearsal. There was hand sanitiser at the door, no direct contact between ... <a title="A song in your heart shouldn’t lead to an infection in your lungs: reasons to get with online choirs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/15/a-song-in-your-heart-shouldnt-lead-to-an-infection-in-your-lungs-reasons-to-get-with-online-choirs-137705/" aria-label="Read more about A song in your heart shouldn’t lead to an infection in your lungs: reasons to get with online choirs">Read more</a>
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May 15, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Fred Watson, Astronomer-at-Large, Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources, Australian Astronomical Observatory In an international emergency like the present one, you might expect the science of the stars to be the last thing on people’s minds. The problems facing both individuals and governments are infinitely more ... <a title="Technology, international bonds, and inspiration: why astronomy matters in times of crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/15/technology-international-bonds-and-inspiration-why-astronomy-matters-in-times-of-crisis-138421/" aria-label="Read more about Technology, international bonds, and inspiration: why astronomy matters in times of crisis">Read more</a>
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May 15, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Michelle Grattan talks with Assistant Professor Caroline Fisher (remotely) about the week in politics, including the fine line the government is walking between generating economic confidence and the sobering prospect of recession, Thursday’s unemployment figures, and the risk of a ... <a title="VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the climb down the mountain, unemployment and Jobkeeper, as well as Anthony Albanese’s ‘vision statement’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/15/video-michelle-grattan-on-the-climb-down-the-mountain-unemployment-and-jobkeeper-as-well-as-anthony-albaneses-vision-statement-138728/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the climb down the mountain, unemployment and Jobkeeper, as well as Anthony Albanese’s ‘vision statement’">Read more</a>
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May 15, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Michelle Grattan talks with Assistant Professor Caroline Fisher (remotely) about the week in politics, including the fine line the government is walking between generating economic confidence and the sobering prospect of recession, Thursday’s unemployment figures, and the risk of a ... <a title="VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the climb down the mountain, unemployment and Jobkeeper, as well as Anthony Alabanese’s ‘vision statement’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/15/video-michelle-grattan-on-the-climb-down-the-mountain-unemployment-and-jobkeeper-as-well-as-anthony-alabaneses-vision-statement-138728/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the climb down the mountain, unemployment and Jobkeeper, as well as Anthony Alabanese’s ‘vision statement’">Read more</a>
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May 15, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jess Harris, Associate Professor in Education, University of Newcastle The National Tertiary Education Union this week struck an agreement with universities that no ongoing university staff member would be stood down involuntarily without pay. This deal is contingent on staff above a certain pay grade taking a ... <a title="More than 70% of academics at some universities are casuals. They’re losing work and are cut out of JobKeeper" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/15/more-than-70-of-academics-at-some-universities-are-casuals-theyre-losing-work-and-are-cut-out-of-jobkeeper-137778/" aria-label="Read more about More than 70% of academics at some universities are casuals. They’re losing work and are cut out of JobKeeper">Read more</a>
