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May 8, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Georgia Warren-Myers, Senior Lecturer in Property, University of Melbourne Australia’s competitive volume housing construction sector is busy spruiking various upgrades and packages to sell the appealing notions of lifestyle and luxury on a budget. Along with sparkling stone benchtops and alfresco dining areas, some builders use sustainability ... <a title="Spruiking the stars: some home builders are misleading consumers about energy ratings" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/08/spruiking-the-stars-some-home-builders-are-misleading-consumers-about-energy-ratings-136402/" aria-label="Read more about Spruiking the stars: some home builders are misleading consumers about energy ratings">Read more</a>
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May 8, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ilan Noy, Professor and Chair in the Economics of Disasters, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington With New Zealand’s May 14 budget expected to chart the way out of the economic crisis, Finance Minister Grant Robertson should be looking to the past as well as ... <a title="Past pandemics show how coronavirus budgets can drive faster economic recovery" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/08/past-pandemics-show-how-coronavirus-budgets-can-drive-faster-economic-recovery-137775/" aria-label="Read more about Past pandemics show how coronavirus budgets can drive faster economic recovery">Read more</a>
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May 8, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Neil Bailey, Research Fellow at the Epworth Centre for Innovation in Mental Health, Monash University Will the number of lives saved as a result of the COVID-19 restrictions be outweighed by the deaths from an economic recession? This is a vital question to answer for governments responding ... <a title="The calculus of death shows the COVID lock-down is clearly worth the cost" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/08/the-calculus-of-death-shows-the-covid-lock-down-is-clearly-worth-the-cost-137716/" aria-label="Read more about The calculus of death shows the COVID lock-down is clearly worth the cost">Read more</a>
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May 8, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Simon Weaving, Senior Lecturer, School of Creative Industries, University of Newcastle Movie characters – like Greek heroes – are typically faster, stronger, braver and better looking than those of us in the audience who stare on in admiration. We watch as obstacles are overcome and goals achieved, ... <a title="Friday essay: coughs on film and the fine but deadly art of foreshadowing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/08/friday-essay-coughs-on-film-and-the-fine-but-deadly-art-of-foreshadowing-135697/" aria-label="Read more about Friday essay: coughs on film and the fine but deadly art of foreshadowing">Read more</a>
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May 7, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Coincidentally, as the economy takes some early steps towards reopening, parliament will meet next week for what is being billed as a “normal” sitting – though that’s a relative term these days. The two recent one-day meetings (March 23, April ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: The delicate art of political distancing during the pandemic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/07/grattan-on-friday-the-delicate-art-of-political-distancing-during-the-pandemic-138127/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: The delicate art of political distancing during the pandemic">Read more</a>
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May 7, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Jin Kang, Lecturer, Computig and Security, Edith Cowan University The Australian government’s COVIDSafe app has been up and running for almost a fortnight, with more than five million downloads. Unfortunately, since its release many users – particularly those with iPhones – have been in the dark ... <a title="How safe is COVIDSafe? What you should know about the app’s issues, and Bluetooth-related risks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/07/how-safe-is-covidsafe-what-you-should-know-about-the-apps-issues-and-bluetooth-related-risks-137894/" aria-label="Read more about How safe is COVIDSafe? What you should know about the app’s issues, and Bluetooth-related risks">Read more</a>
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May 7, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Timothy W. Jones, Senior Lecturer in History, La Trobe University Significant sections of the final report of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse were released today. When the report of the world-leading, five-year investigation was presented to the governor-general in December 2017, large ... <a title="How George Pell failed child sex abuse victims: the full findings of the royal commission report" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/07/how-george-pell-failed-child-sex-abuse-victims-the-full-findings-of-the-royal-commission-report-138102/" aria-label="Read more about How George Pell failed child sex abuse victims: the full findings of the royal commission report">Read more</a>
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May 7, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anna Skarbek, CEO at ClimateWorks Australia, Monash University It will be tempting for some to overlook the climate change challenge in the rush to restart the economy after the pandemic. Federal energy minister Angus Taylor has flagged he wants to develop Australia’s gas-fired power to help boost ... <a title="Why it doesn’t make economic sense to ignore climate change in our recovery from the pandemic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/07/why-it-doesnt-make-economic-sense-to-ignore-climate-change-in-our-recovery-from-the-pandemic-137282/" aria-label="Read more about Why it doesn’t make economic sense to ignore climate change in our recovery from the pandemic">Read more</a>
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May 7, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ari Larissa Heinrich, Professor of Chinese Literature and Media, Australian National University Spitting. Name-calling. Physical assaults. The outbreak of COVID-19 has coincided with a dramatic escalation in racially motivated incidents towards people of Asian descent around the world. US President Donald Trump has fuelled these attacks with ... <a title="Before coronavirus, China was falsely blamed for spreading smallpox. Racism played a role then, too" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/07/before-coronavirus-china-was-falsely-blamed-for-spreading-smallpox-racism-played-a-role-then-too-137884/" aria-label="Read more about Before coronavirus, China was falsely blamed for spreading smallpox. Racism played a role then, too">Read more</a>
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May 7, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Danny Kingsley, Visiting Fellow, Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science, Australian National University As the world scrambles to understand COVID-19, multiple studies seem to offer a cure or new risk factor for the disease, only to be disproven a short time later. One sensational ... <a title="Researchers use ‘pre-prints’ to share coronavirus results quickly. But that can backfire" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/07/researchers-use-pre-prints-to-share-coronavirus-results-quickly-but-that-can-backfire-137501/" aria-label="Read more about Researchers use ‘pre-prints’ to share coronavirus results quickly. But that can backfire">Read more</a>
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May 7, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Caroline Wake, Senior Lecturer in Theatre and Performance, UNSW This week news broke that Carriageworks – Australia’s largest contemporary multi-arts centre – had gone into voluntary administration. It’s sad but not surprising, as the organisation was struggling even in regular trading conditions. COVID-19 is not so much ... <a title="Carriageworks was in trouble before coronavirus – but this crisis could be an opportunity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/07/carriageworks-was-in-trouble-before-coronavirus-but-this-crisis-could-be-an-opportunity-137888/" aria-label="Read more about Carriageworks was in trouble before coronavirus – but this crisis could be an opportunity">Read more</a>
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May 7, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Heide Lukosch, Associate Professor, University of Canterbury Most of us don’t take games too seriously. They are a way to unwind, or these days to maybe escape from the world of COVID-19 for a little while. But games are also simulations in which real people play, make ... <a title="Online plagues, protein folding and spotting fake news: what games can teach us during the coronavirus pandemic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/07/online-plagues-protein-folding-and-spotting-fake-news-what-games-can-teach-us-during-the-coronavirus-pandemic-137490/" aria-label="Read more about Online plagues, protein folding and spotting fake news: what games can teach us during the coronavirus pandemic">Read more</a>
