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April 13, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Moran, Professor of Development Effectiveness, The University of Queensland Less than four kilometres from Australia’s northernmost islands in the Torres Strait lies the South Fly District of Papua New Guinea. If you’ve ever heard anything about this borderland region – wedged between Australia, Indonesia and the ... <a title="Destitution on Australia’s hardening border with PNG – and the need for a better aid strategy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/13/destitution-on-australias-hardening-border-with-png-and-the-need-for-a-better-aid-strategy-135038/" aria-label="Read more about Destitution on Australia’s hardening border with PNG – and the need for a better aid strategy">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amelia Cornish, PhD student, University of Sydney A recent survey of more than 1,500 Australians found 95% were concerned about the welfare of farm animals and 91% wanted to see some reform to animal welfare regulations. But this concern doesn’t always mean consumers will make the right ... <a title="Animal welfare: our good intentions usually fall short. Here are 4 ways to shop responsibly" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/13/animal-welfare-our-good-intentions-usually-fall-short-here-are-4-ways-to-shop-responsibly-122536/" aria-label="Read more about Animal welfare: our good intentions usually fall short. Here are 4 ways to shop responsibly">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Liam Davies, PhD Candidate, Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University The COVID-19 pandemic is likened to a “war on two fronts” by senior government figures, including Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Treasurer Josh Frydenberg. On one front is the pandemic, which threatens to put unprecedented strain on ... <a title="Australia had rent control in wartime. War on coronavirus demands the same response" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/13/australia-had-rent-control-in-wartime-war-on-coronavirus-demands-the-same-response-135694/" aria-label="Read more about Australia had rent control in wartime. War on coronavirus demands the same response">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emil Temnyalov, Senior Lecturer, Economics, University of Technology Sydney COVID-19’s impact on the Australian labour market has been dramatic and multifaceted. Some sectors of the economy have been almost completely shut down by government order. The demand in many industries has collapsed, while a few others have ... <a title="What should we do with 1 billion hours of time? Australia’s COVID-19 opportunity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/13/what-should-we-do-with-1-billion-hours-of-time-australias-covid-19-opportunity-135677/" aria-label="Read more about What should we do with 1 billion hours of time? Australia’s COVID-19 opportunity">Read more</a>
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April 11, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hassan Vally, Associate Professor, La Trobe University You might have seen headlines in the last day or so suggesting Australia is on the “cusp” of defeating the coronavirus pandemic. I’m here to say: make sure you read beyond the headlines. The reality (as acknowledged by many of ... <a title="Headlines promise Australia’s on the ‘cusp’ of defeating coronavirus. We’re not and it’s too soon to relax restrictions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/11/headlines-promise-australias-on-the-cusp-of-defeating-coronavirus-were-not-and-its-too-soon-to-relax-restrictions-136143/" aria-label="Read more about Headlines promise Australia’s on the ‘cusp’ of defeating coronavirus. We’re not and it’s too soon to relax restrictions">Read more</a>
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April 10, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joanne Orlando, Researcher: Children and Technology, Western Sydney University COVID-19 has left parents grappling with the challenges of online learning, entertainment and work. It’s natural the amount of time children spend using screens will now increase. But that’s OK. Screen time recommendations we’ve enforced for so long ... <a title="Forget old screen ‘time’ rules during coronavirus. Here’s what you should focus on instead" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/10/forget-old-screen-time-rules-during-coronavirus-heres-what-you-should-focus-on-instead-135053/" aria-label="Read more about Forget old screen ‘time’ rules during coronavirus. Here’s what you should focus on instead">Read more</a>
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April 10, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Sanderson, Professor and Inaugural Judith Neilson Chair in Architecture, UNSW The head of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has warned coronavirus poses “an existential threat to our continent”. Evidence from past crises shows not everyone is affected equally; the most vulnerable ... <a title="Coronavirus an ‘existential threat’ to Africa and her crowded slums" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/10/coronavirus-an-existential-threat-to-africa-and-her-crowded-slums-135829/" aria-label="Read more about Coronavirus an ‘existential threat’ to Africa and her crowded slums">Read more</a>
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April 10, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gillian Triggs, Emeritus Professor, University of Melbourne Grandmothers as social activists? What a radical idea … but one that is increasingly true of today’s generation of grandmothers. Witness the determination and courage of Karen Nettleton in pulling out all the stops to persuade the Australian government to ... <a title="Friday essay: today’s grandmothers grew up protesting. Now they have nothing to lose" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/10/friday-essay-todays-grandmothers-grew-up-protesting-now-they-have-nothing-to-lose-132670/" aria-label="Read more about Friday essay: today’s grandmothers grew up protesting. Now they have nothing to lose">Read more</a>
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April 10, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle O’Shea, Senior Lecturer Sport Management, Western Sydney University Against a global backdrop of cancelled sports leagues, and as part of their season opening, National Rugby League (NRL) fans recently packed the stands of Townsville’s new Queensland Country Bank Stadium. Fortunately, professional sporting bodies have now realised ... <a title="With everyone stuck indoors, esports is poised for its time in the sun" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/10/with-everyone-stuck-indoors-esports-is-poised-for-its-time-in-the-sun-135559/" aria-label="Read more about With everyone stuck indoors, esports is poised for its time in the sun">Read more</a>
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April 10, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dianne McGrath, Environmental Engineering PhD candidate; sustainability and food waste expertise, RMIT University As a food waste researcher, I’m interested in how humans prepare food, eat and manage leftovers. This interest is not just confined to Earth – it extends to other planets. I recently spent two ... <a title="What a simulated Mars mission taught me about food waste" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/10/what-a-simulated-mars-mission-taught-me-about-food-waste-132010/" aria-label="Read more about What a simulated Mars mission taught me about food waste">Read more</a>
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April 10, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Education Minister Dan Tehan has warned non-government schools that if they fail to open for the next term they will face losing funding. He said on Thursday that “as part of the funding requirement” a school would have to provide ... <a title="Open or else face funding cut – Minister Tehan’s edict to independent schools" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/10/open-or-else-face-funding-cut-minister-tehans-edict-to-independent-schools-136071/" aria-label="Read more about Open or else face funding cut – Minister Tehan’s edict to independent schools">Read more</a>
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April 9, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Remember how last year’s Easter felt bizarre because the country was in election-mode? How normal that seems, now everything is surreal, with the nation “holidaying” in this peculiar, unpleasant limbo. As we contemplate the grimness we should also remember it ... <a title="Australia’s coronavirus debate turns to the way out" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/09/australias-coronavirus-debate-turns-to-the-way-out-136058/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s coronavirus debate turns to the way out">Read more</a>
