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April 8, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris Martin, Senior Research Fellow, City Futures Research Centre, UNSW The National Cabinet announced a moratorium on evictions just over a week ago in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. As government ministers and commentators have tried to make clear, it’s intended only to stop evictions – not ... <a title="Rents can and should be reduced or suspended for the coronavirus pandemic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/08/rents-can-and-should-be-reduced-or-suspended-for-the-coronavirus-pandemic-135929/" aria-label="Read more about Rents can and should be reduced or suspended for the coronavirus pandemic">Read more</a>
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April 8, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Geetanjali Saluja, Lecturer, University of Technology Sydney Governments everywhere face the challenge of getting people to stay home so they can limit the spread of coronavirus. In order to make their messages more effective, governments must ensure these appeals resonate with the cultural values of their audience. ... <a title="We’re not all in this together. Messages about social distancing need the right cultural fit" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/08/were-not-all-in-this-together-messages-about-social-distancing-need-the-right-cultural-fit-135427/" aria-label="Read more about We’re not all in this together. Messages about social distancing need the right cultural fit">Read more</a>
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April 8, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tony Blakely, Professor of Epidemiology, University of Melbourne Australia is on track to flatten the curve of coronavirus cases, which will allow our health system to cope with increasing demand for intensive care unit (ICU) beds, recently released modelling confirms. The modelling, produced by the Doherty Institute, ... <a title="Yes, we’re flattening the coronavirus curve but modelling needs to inform how we start easing restrictions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/08/yes-were-flattening-the-coronavirus-curve-but-modelling-needs-to-inform-how-we-start-easing-restrictions-135832/" aria-label="Read more about Yes, we’re flattening the coronavirus curve but modelling needs to inform how we start easing restrictions">Read more</a>
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April 8, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Meredith Rossner, Professor of Criminology, Australian National University In the past, the courts were ideal breeding grounds for spreading disease. In what became known as the “Black Assize”, a deadly fever that swept through prisons and courts in England in 1586, 11 of 12 jurors in one ... <a title="Courts are moving to video during coronavirus, but research shows it’s hard to get a fair trial remotely" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/08/courts-are-moving-to-video-during-coronavirus-but-research-shows-its-hard-to-get-a-fair-trial-remotely-134386/" aria-label="Read more about Courts are moving to video during coronavirus, but research shows it’s hard to get a fair trial remotely">Read more</a>
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April 8, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Trauer, Senior Research Fellow, Monash University Australia is effectively in lockdown. Public gatherings of more than two people are banned and people are only permitted to leave home for a limited set of reasons. The recent tough measures appear to be having some effect and the ... <a title="Now we’re in lockdown, how can we get out? 4 scenarios to prevent a second wave" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/08/now-were-in-lockdown-how-can-we-get-out-4-scenarios-to-prevent-a-second-wave-135246/" aria-label="Read more about Now we’re in lockdown, how can we get out? 4 scenarios to prevent a second wave">Read more</a>
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April 8, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Meead Saberi, Senior lecturer, UNSW Traffic jams may have disappeared from our roads as people stay home during the COVID-19 pandemic, but we can be confident they will be back. Scientists have studied traffic and congestion for decades. We know a lot about how traffic jams form, ... <a title="Traffic jams are contagious. Understanding how they spread can help make them less common" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/08/traffic-jams-are-contagious-understanding-how-they-spread-can-help-make-them-less-common-135551/" aria-label="Read more about Traffic jams are contagious. Understanding how they spread can help make them less common">Read more</a>
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April 8, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tim Lindsey, Malcolm Smith Professor of Asian Law and Director of the Centre for Indonesian Law, Islam and Society, University of Melbourne Almost no one thinks Indonesia is handling the COVID-19 pandemic well. Until early March, the government claimed it had no cases of infection, something the ... <a title="Indonesia was in denial over coronavirus. Now it may be facing a looming disaster" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/08/indonesia-was-in-denial-over-coronavirus-now-it-may-be-facing-a-looming-disaster-135436/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesia was in denial over coronavirus. Now it may be facing a looming disaster">Read more</a>
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April 8, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rod Lamberts, Deputy Director, Australian National Centre for Public Awareness of Science, Australian National University Good news: COVID-19 is not the only thing going on right now! Bad news: while we’ve all been deep in the corona-hole, the climate crisis has been ticking along in the background, ... <a title="5 big environment stories you probably missed while you’ve been watching coronavirus" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/08/5-big-environment-stories-you-probably-missed-while-youve-been-watching-coronavirus-135364/" aria-label="Read more about 5 big environment stories you probably missed while you’ve been watching coronavirus">Read more</a>
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April 8, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Martin Loosemore, Professor of Construction Management, University of Technology Sydney Local governments are not eligible for the JobKeeper Payment, while major industries like construction are. Although the JobKeeper scheme has been broadly welcomed, it is a mystery to business why Australia’s 537 local councils, which provide vital ... <a title="Lack of help for local councils in coronavirus package undercuts industry support" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/08/lack-of-help-for-local-councils-in-coronavirus-package-undercuts-industry-support-135700/" aria-label="Read more about Lack of help for local councils in coronavirus package undercuts industry support">Read more</a>
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April 8, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julian Waters-Lynch, Lecturer Entrepreneurship and Innovation, RMIT University If you’re working from home for the first time, you might be asking yourself why you didn’t get to do this years ago. The benefits of remote work have been discussed for nearly half a century. Many thinkers predicted ... <a title="50 years of bold predictions about remote work: it isn’t all about technology" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/08/50-years-of-bold-predictions-about-remote-work-it-isnt-all-about-technology-135034/" aria-label="Read more about 50 years of bold predictions about remote work: it isn’t all about technology">Read more</a>
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April 8, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Roslyn Petelin, Course coordinator, The University of Queensland When a literary luminary such as Thomas Kenneally declares so early in 2020 that he is certain a “more original” novel “will not be published this year”, the reviewer faces a challenge. The book in question is The Dictionary ... <a title="Book review: The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/08/book-review-the-dictionary-of-lost-words-by-pip-williams-132503/" aria-label="Read more about Book review: The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams">Read more</a>
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April 7, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Scott Morrison has made clear his view that any attempt to eliminate COVID-19 entirely in Australia would carry too high an economic cost, while Chief Medical Officer Brendan Murphy says such an aim would require “very aggressive” long-term border control. ... <a title="Scott Morrison indicates ‘eliminating’ COVID-19 would come at too high a cost" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/07/scott-morrison-indicates-eliminating-covid-19-would-come-at-too-high-a-cost-135857/" aria-label="Read more about Scott Morrison indicates ‘eliminating’ COVID-19 would come at too high a cost">Read more</a>
