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April 1, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ryan Ko, Chair Professor and Director of Cyber Security, The University of Queensland Recently Facebook, Reddit, Google, LinkedIn, Microsoft, Twitter and YouTube committed to removing coronavirus-related misinformation from their platforms. COVID-19 is being described as the first major pandemic of the social media age. In troubling times, ... <a title="Meet ‘Sara’, ‘Sharon’ and ‘Mel’: why people spreading coronavirus anxiety on Twitter might actually be bots" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/01/meet-sara-sharon-and-mel-why-people-spreading-coronavirus-anxiety-on-twitter-might-actually-be-bots-134802/" aria-label="Read more about Meet ‘Sara’, ‘Sharon’ and ‘Mel’: why people spreading coronavirus anxiety on Twitter might actually be bots">Read more</a>
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April 1, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Martina Doblin, Senior Research Fellow, Plant Functional Biology & Climate Change, University of Technology Sydney As the climate warms, the land we use for growing energy-intensive crops such as wheat and corn is becoming less productive. We need to find ways to feed the earth’s growing population ... <a title="More protein and good for the planet: 9 reasons we should be eating microalgae" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/01/more-protein-and-good-for-the-planet-9-reasons-we-should-be-eating-microalgae-124591/" aria-label="Read more about More protein and good for the planet: 9 reasons we should be eating microalgae">Read more</a>
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April 1, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robert Breunig, Professor of Economics and Director, Tax and Transfer Policy Institute, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University How would you feel if you were having a Zoom meeting with your accountant and they asked “how would you like to save more than $5,000 in ... <a title="The government opens a coronavirus super loophole: it’s legal to put your money in, take it out, and save on tax" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/01/the-government-opens-a-coronavirus-super-loophole-its-legal-to-put-your-money-in-take-it-out-and-save-on-tax-135306/" aria-label="Read more about The government opens a coronavirus super loophole: it’s legal to put your money in, take it out, and save on tax">Read more</a>
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April 1, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By C Raina MacIntyre, Professor of Global Biosecurity, NHMRC Principal Research Fellow, Head, Biosecurity Program, Kirby Institute, UNSW Editor’s note: this is an edited version of a paper written in late March to outline the rationale for a short, sharp lockdown. The full version is below. The COVID-19 ... <a title="Regaining control: the case for a short, sharp lockdown (rather than the slow trickle we’ve had so far)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/01/regaining-control-the-case-for-a-short-sharp-lockdown-rather-than-the-slow-trickle-weve-had-so-far-135203/" aria-label="Read more about Regaining control: the case for a short, sharp lockdown (rather than the slow trickle we’ve had so far)">Read more</a>
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April 1, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephanie Collins, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Australian Catholic University To the young and healthy, our new “social distancing” rules may look unnecessarily draconian. If you’re in a demographic that’s low risk for coronavirus, it may be difficult to see the benefit of taking personal responsibility for social ... <a title="Are you complicit in deaths if you don’t stay home? How to do good during the virus lockdown" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/01/are-you-complicit-in-deaths-if-you-dont-stay-home-how-to-do-good-during-the-virus-lockdown-134147/" aria-label="Read more about Are you complicit in deaths if you don’t stay home? How to do good during the virus lockdown">Read more</a>
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April 1, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dr Mette Hotker, Lecturer in Social Planning, RMIT University Most Australians know you never end up winning on the pokies. What Australians might not know is that the odds of winning a case against a poker-machine proposal in their local neighbourhood are very poor too. My recent ... <a title="Most community bids to block pokies fail – the law is stacked against them too" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/01/most-community-bids-to-block-pokies-fail-the-law-is-stacked-against-them-too-132876/" aria-label="Read more about Most community bids to block pokies fail – the law is stacked against them too">Read more</a>
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April 1, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Craig Jeffrey, Director and CEO of the Australia India Institute; Professor of Development Geography, University of Melbourne Last week, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a 21-day lockdown for India’s 1.3 billion people. With just four hours’ notice, the government instructed everyone to remain in their homes, banned ... <a title="‘How will we eat’? India’s coronavirus lockdown threatens millions with severe hardship" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/01/how-will-we-eat-indias-coronavirus-lockdown-threatens-millions-with-severe-hardship-135193/" aria-label="Read more about ‘How will we eat’? India’s coronavirus lockdown threatens millions with severe hardship">Read more</a>
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April 1, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew Kearnes, Professor, Environment & Society, School of Humanities and Languages, UNSW Public health messages about COVID-19 have been inconsistent and changed rapidly. Many have called for a unified source of expertise to guide responses to the crisis. However, with the federal, state and local governments, as ... <a title="We should listen to coronavirus experts, but local wisdom counts too" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/01/we-should-listen-to-coronavirus-experts-but-local-wisdom-counts-too-134034/" aria-label="Read more about We should listen to coronavirus experts, but local wisdom counts too">Read more</a>
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April 1, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amanda Gearing, Journalist, author, broadcaster, Queensland University of Technology I’m trying to work out what to do before I end up in a body bag but that seems unavoidable right now. This was one of the first replies this month to my research questionnaire on domestic violence. ... <a title="Coronavirus and ‘domestic terrorism’: how to stop family violence under lockdown" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/01/coronavirus-and-domestic-terrorism-how-to-stop-family-violence-under-lockdown-135056/" aria-label="Read more about Coronavirus and ‘domestic terrorism’: how to stop family violence under lockdown">Read more</a>
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April 1, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marissa Parrott, Reproductive Biologist, Wildlife Conservation & Science, Zoos Victoria, and Honorary Research Associate, BioSciences, University of Melbourne Tree kangaroos are so unusual that when Europeans first encountered them in Australia in 1872, they were sceptical. Who would believe a kangaroo could climb a tree? But the ... <a title="Meet Chimbu, the blue-eyed, bear-eared tree kangaroo. Your cuppa can help save his species" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/01/meet-chimbu-the-blue-eyed-bear-eared-tree-kangaroo-your-cuppa-can-help-save-his-species-135033/" aria-label="Read more about Meet Chimbu, the blue-eyed, bear-eared tree kangaroo. Your cuppa can help save his species">Read more</a>
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April 1, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Luke Zaphir, Researcher for the University of Queensland Critical Thinking Project, The University of Queensland With the COVID-19 pandemic causing a great deal of anxiety, we might come to think people are irrational, selfish or downright crazy. We see people showing up to public venues en masse ... <a title="How not to fall for coronavirus BS: avoid the 7 deadly sins of thought" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/01/how-not-to-fall-for-coronavirus-bs-avoid-the-7-deadly-sins-of-thought-133069/" aria-label="Read more about How not to fall for coronavirus BS: avoid the 7 deadly sins of thought">Read more</a>
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April 1, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Warwick Smith, Research economist, University of Melbourne Understandably, given we are in a crisis, the government has baulked at including superannuation contributions in the A$140 billion worth of $1,500 per fortnight wage top-ups it will be directing to six million Australians. As the JobKeeper fact sheet puts ... <a title="The coronavirus response calls into question the future of super" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/01/the-coronavirus-response-calls-into-question-the-future-of-super-133906/" aria-label="Read more about The coronavirus response calls into question the future of super">Read more</a>
