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Delight, relief and caution: five experts on New Zealand’s move to ease its coronavirus lockdown

April 20, 2020

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dougal Sutherland, Clinical Psychologist, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington New Zealand will begin easing its national lockdown from next Tuesday, but only after a five-day extension of some of the world’s strictest COVID-19 restrictions. New Zealand will then remain at alert level 3 for ... <a title="Delight, relief and caution: five experts on New Zealand’s move to ease its coronavirus lockdown" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/20/delight-relief-and-caution-five-experts-on-new-zealands-move-to-ease-its-coronavirus-lockdown-136715/" aria-label="Read more about Delight, relief and caution: five experts on New Zealand’s move to ease its coronavirus lockdown">Read more</a>

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No more negotiating: new rules could finally force Google and Facebook to pay for news

April 20, 2020

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katharine Kemp, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, UNSW, and Academic Lead, UNSW Grand Challenge on Trust, UNSW Digital platforms such as Google and Facebook will be forced to compensate news media companies for using their content, under a new mandatory code to be drawn up by Australia’s ... <a title="No more negotiating: new rules could finally force Google and Facebook to pay for news" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/20/no-more-negotiating-new-rules-could-finally-force-google-and-facebook-to-pay-for-news-136718/" aria-label="Read more about No more negotiating: new rules could finally force Google and Facebook to pay for news">Read more</a>

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Can I visit my loved one in hospital even if they don’t have coronavirus?

April 20, 2020

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Maximilian de Courten, Professor in Global Public Health, Victoria University The number of people with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 who need to go to hospital is increasing. So family members and friends will be asking whether they can visit their loved ones. People will also want to ... <a title="Can I visit my loved one in hospital even if they don’t have coronavirus?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/20/can-i-visit-my-loved-one-in-hospital-even-if-they-dont-have-coronavirus-135565/" aria-label="Read more about Can I visit my loved one in hospital even if they don’t have coronavirus?">Read more</a>

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Giant leap for corporations? The Trump administration wants to mine resources in space, but is it legal?

April 20, 2020

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Steven Freeland, Professor of International Law, Western Sydney University As the world tries to cope with the challenges of 2020, discussions around the use of mined resources from outer space continue to ratchet up. On April 6, the US White House released an executive order that Americans ... <a title="Giant leap for corporations? The Trump administration wants to mine resources in space, but is it legal?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/20/giant-leap-for-corporations-the-trump-administration-wants-to-mine-resources-in-space-but-is-it-legal-136395/" aria-label="Read more about Giant leap for corporations? The Trump administration wants to mine resources in space, but is it legal?">Read more</a>

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Are you worried someone you care about is thinking of suicide? Here’s how you can support them from afar

April 20, 2020

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Milena Heinsch, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Brain and Mental Health, University of Newcastle We’ve now been social distancing for several weeks. While these measures have allowed us to slow the spread of COVID-19, they’ve also upended our day-to-day lives. If you’ve found yourself experiencing feelings of ... <a title="Are you worried someone you care about is thinking of suicide? Here’s how you can support them from afar" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/20/are-you-worried-someone-you-care-about-is-thinking-of-suicide-heres-how-you-can-support-them-from-afar-135940/" aria-label="Read more about Are you worried someone you care about is thinking of suicide? Here’s how you can support them from afar">Read more</a>

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Don’t worry, your child’s early learning doesn’t stop just because they’re not in childcare

April 20, 2020

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jeanne Marie Iorio, Senior Lecturer, Early Childhood Education, University of Melbourne At childcare and preschool, children experience belonging to a community and engage actively with their learning. They also collaborate in groups, which helps them learn how to negotiate, listen and engage together. Learning in this sense ... <a title="Don’t worry, your child’s early learning doesn’t stop just because they’re not in childcare" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/20/dont-worry-your-childs-early-learning-doesnt-stop-just-because-theyre-not-in-childcare-134668/" aria-label="Read more about Don’t worry, your child’s early learning doesn’t stop just because they’re not in childcare">Read more</a>

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Why do more men die from coronavirus than women?

April 20, 2020

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jenny Graves, Distinguished Professor of Genetics, La Trobe University All over the world – in China, Italy, the United States and Australia – many more men than women are dying from COVID-19. Why? Is it genes, hormones, the immune system – or behaviour – that makes men ... <a title="Why do more men die from coronavirus than women?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/20/why-do-more-men-die-from-coronavirus-than-women-136038/" aria-label="Read more about Why do more men die from coronavirus than women?">Read more</a>

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Artists shouldn’t have to endlessly demonstrate their value. Coalition leaders used to know it

April 20, 2020

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julian Meyrick, Professor of Creative Arts, Griffith University For more than 190,000 Australians employed in the cultural sector, the last month brought a quadrella of horror. First, having spent decades promoting flexible labour markets, the federal government is now using those same conditions to exclude thousands of ... <a title="Artists shouldn’t have to endlessly demonstrate their value. Coalition leaders used to know it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/20/artists-shouldnt-have-to-endlessly-demonstrate-their-value-coalition-leaders-used-to-know-it-136608/" aria-label="Read more about Artists shouldn’t have to endlessly demonstrate their value. Coalition leaders used to know it">Read more</a>

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Healing the urban-rural divide: Why a ‘locals-first’ approach doesn’t work in a pandemic

April 20, 2020

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Timothy Baker, Associate Professor and Director, Centre for Rural Emergency Medicine, Deakin University Toilet paper and ventilators may be unlikely bedfellows, but they serve as powerful symbols of the growing tensions between urban and rural regions in Australia and elsewhere amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Last month, the ... <a title="Healing the urban-rural divide: Why a ‘locals-first’ approach doesn’t work in a pandemic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/20/healing-the-urban-rural-divide-why-a-locals-first-approach-doesnt-work-in-a-pandemic-135301/" aria-label="Read more about Healing the urban-rural divide: Why a ‘locals-first’ approach doesn’t work in a pandemic">Read more</a>

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Coronavirus: 3 in 4 Australians employed in the creative and performing arts could lose their jobs

April 20, 2020

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jo Caust, Associate Professor and Principal Fellow (Hon), School of Culture and Communication, University of Melbourne This past week the Australian Bureau of Statistics revealed arts and recreation is the hardest hit of all the sectors most affected by government-imposed shutdowns in Australia. At least 53% of ... <a title="Coronavirus: 3 in 4 Australians employed in the creative and performing arts could lose their jobs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/20/coronavirus-3-in-4-australians-employed-in-the-creative-and-performing-arts-could-lose-their-jobs-136505/" aria-label="Read more about Coronavirus: 3 in 4 Australians employed in the creative and performing arts could lose their jobs">Read more</a>

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Now more than ever, we need quality health reporting in Australia

April 20, 2020

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrea Carson, Associate Professor, Department of Politics, Media and Philosophy, La Trobe University As the number of COVID-19 infections climbs across the globe, so too do stories about journalism job losses, newsroom cutbacks and masthead closures. This raises the question: what does the pandemic-induced economic crisis mean ... <a title="Now more than ever, we need quality health reporting in Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/20/now-more-than-ever-we-need-quality-health-reporting-in-australia-136229/" aria-label="Read more about Now more than ever, we need quality health reporting in Australia">Read more</a>

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How a 150-year-old experiment with a beam of light showed germs exist — and that a face mask can help filter them out

April 20, 2020

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Hesketh, ARC Future Fellow, The University of Queensland Respirators and face masks are staple pieces of personal protective equipment for hospital workers and others in public health, as the COVID-19 pandemic has reminded us. They can protect the wearer, but for diseases like COVID-19 that spread ... <a title="How a 150-year-old experiment with a beam of light showed germs exist — and that a face mask can help filter them out" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/20/how-a-150-year-old-experiment-with-a-beam-of-light-showed-germs-exist-and-that-a-face-mask-can-help-filter-them-out-136391/" aria-label="Read more about How a 150-year-old experiment with a beam of light showed germs exist — and that a face mask can help filter them out">Read more</a>