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April 15, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rebecca Ananian-Welsh, Senior Lecturer, TC Beirne School of Law, The University of Queensland The Australian Federal Police (AFP) attracted global criticism for executing a raid on the Canberra home of journalist Annika Smethurst on June 4 2019. The raid was prompted by an April 2018 report on ... <a title="Explainer: what did the High Court find in the Annika Smethurst v AFP case?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/15/explainer-what-did-the-high-court-find-in-the-annika-smethurst-v-afp-case-136176/" aria-label="Read more about Explainer: what did the High Court find in the Annika Smethurst v AFP case?">Read more</a>
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April 15, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Greste, Professor of Journalism and Communications, The University of Queensland It is easy to assume Australia has a free press. Our squawky newspapers are filled with stories about the failings of government, acid-tongued columnists routinely lash our politicians, and until May last year the police hardly ... <a title="The High Court rules in favour of News Corp, but against press freedom" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/15/the-high-court-rules-in-favour-of-news-corp-but-against-press-freedom-136177/" aria-label="Read more about The High Court rules in favour of News Corp, but against press freedom">Read more</a>
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April 15, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The government has announced relief measures, including a $50 million program for regional journalism, to help media hit by the fallout from COVID-19 crisis. Commercial television and radio broadcasters will be given a year’s waiver of spectrum tax, at a ... <a title="Media receives some government relief after coronavirus hit" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/15/media-receives-some-government-relief-after-coronavirus-hit-136401/" aria-label="Read more about Media receives some government relief after coronavirus hit">Read more</a>
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April 15, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jonathan Karnon, Professor of Health Economics, Flinders University We’re all in this pandemic together. But we’re currently leaving it to a small proportion of the community to shoulder most of the economic pain. It’s an approach that’s compounding social and intergenerational inequity. To date the Australian government ... <a title="A temporary income tax hike is the bitter but equitable pill Australia should swallow" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/15/a-temporary-income-tax-hike-is-the-bitter-but-equitable-pill-australia-should-swallow-135037/" aria-label="Read more about A temporary income tax hike is the bitter but equitable pill Australia should swallow">Read more</a>
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April 15, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Grant Duncan, Associate Professor for the School of People, Environment and Planning, Massey University During a national emergency we discover how well, or poorly, a country is governed. But New Zealand’s success so far in working towards eliminating COVID-19 isn’t due just to leadership from the top. ... <a title="New Zealand’s coronavirus elimination strategy has united a nation. Can that unity outlast lockdown?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/15/new-zealands-coronavirus-elimination-strategy-has-united-a-nation-can-that-unity-outlast-lockdown-135040/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand’s coronavirus elimination strategy has united a nation. Can that unity outlast lockdown?">Read more</a>
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April 15, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emmanuel Stamatakis, Professor of Physical Activity, Lifestyle, and Population Health, University of Sydney We’re told to keep a minimum of 1.5 metres apart from others to avoid the spread of COVID-19 via contact with virus-contaminated droplets. So when news emerged last week of a study showing the ... <a title="How to keep a coronavirus-safe distance when you’re jogging or cycling" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/15/how-to-keep-a-coronavirus-safe-distance-when-youre-jogging-or-cycling-136235/" aria-label="Read more about How to keep a coronavirus-safe distance when you’re jogging or cycling">Read more</a>
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April 15, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ari Chand, Lecturer in Visual Communication Design and Creative Industries, University of Newcastle Being in isolation might be a great time to try something new. In this series, we get the basics on hobbies and activities to start while you’re spending more time at home. What can ... <a title="Great time to try: learning to draw" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/15/great-time-to-try-learning-to-draw-135298/" aria-label="Read more about Great time to try: learning to draw">Read more</a>
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April 15, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alison Rahn, Senior Research Officer, School of Social Sciences & Translational Health Research Institute (THRI), Western Sydney University Physically, older people are among those most vulnerable to the coronavirus. For those isolated in residential aged care or in the community, they’re also arguably the most vulnerable socially. ... <a title="Banning visitors to aged care during coronavirus raises several ethical questions – with no simple answers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/15/banning-visitors-to-aged-care-during-coronavirus-raises-several-ethical-questions-with-no-simple-answers-134663/" aria-label="Read more about Banning visitors to aged care during coronavirus raises several ethical questions – with no simple answers">Read more</a>
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April 15, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jeff Borland, Professor of Economics, University of Melbourne Even before COVID-19, young Australians were doing it hard in the labour market. Slower economic growth and the increasing employment of older Australians since the global financial crisis had been crowding them out. In recent research Michael Coelli and ... <a title="The next employment challenge from coronavirus: how to help the young" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/15/the-next-employment-challenge-from-coronavirus-how-to-help-the-young-135676/" aria-label="Read more about The next employment challenge from coronavirus: how to help the young">Read more</a>
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April 15, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nina Lansbury Hall, Senior Lecturer, School of Public Health, The University of Queensland Remote Indigenous communities have taken swift and effective action to quarantine residents against the risks of COVID-19. Under a plan developed by the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Advisory Group, entry to communities is ... <a title="Fix housing and you’ll reduce risks of coronavirus and other disease in remote Indigenous communities" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/15/fix-housing-and-youll-reduce-risks-of-coronavirus-and-other-disease-in-remote-indigenous-communities-136049/" aria-label="Read more about Fix housing and you’ll reduce risks of coronavirus and other disease in remote Indigenous communities">Read more</a>
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April 15, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joanne Dickson, Associate Professor of Psychology, Edith Cowan University Amid the global spread of COVID-19 we are witnessing an increased focus on gathering food and supplies. We’ve seen images of supermarket shelves emptied of basics such as toilet paper, pasta, and tinned foods. Messages to reassure people ... <a title="The psychology of comfort food – why we look to carbs for solace" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/15/the-psychology-of-comfort-food-why-we-look-to-carbs-for-solace-135432/" aria-label="Read more about The psychology of comfort food – why we look to carbs for solace">Read more</a>
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April 15, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Norton, Professor in the Practice of Higher Education Policy, Australian National University COVID-19 has hit the higher education sector hard – with an up to A$4.6 billion estimated loss of revenue from international students. The government will not compensate universities for international student losses. But on ... <a title="For most universities, there’s little point to the government’s COVID-19 assistance package" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/15/for-most-universities-theres-little-point-to-the-governments-covid-19-assistance-package-136244/" aria-label="Read more about For most universities, there’s little point to the government’s COVID-19 assistance package">Read more</a>
