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May 25, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Greg Moran, Senior Associate, Grattan Institute Bullet trains are back on the political agenda. As the major parties look for ways to stimulate the economy after the COVID-19 crisis, Labor is again spruiking its vision of linking Melbourne, Sydney, Canberra and Brisbane with high-speed trains similar to ... <a title="High-speed rail on Australia’s east coast would increase emissions for up to 36 years" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/25/high-speed-rail-on-australias-east-coast-would-increase-emissions-for-up-to-36-years-138655/" aria-label="Read more about High-speed rail on Australia’s east coast would increase emissions for up to 36 years">Read more</a>
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May 25, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Karen Hands, Lecturer – Creative Industries, University of the Sunshine Coast The arts and culture sector has had its share of trouncing in recent years: funding dropped 4.9% in the decade 2007-2008 to 2017-2018, promised arts policy was short-lived, or not realised at all, then the erasure ... <a title="The problem with arts funding in Australia goes right back to its inception" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/25/the-problem-with-arts-funding-in-australia-goes-right-back-to-its-inception-138834/" aria-label="Read more about The problem with arts funding in Australia goes right back to its inception">Read more</a>
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May 25, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tony Matthews, Senior Lecturer in Urban and Environmental Planning, Griffith University Is it time to re-imagine our fundamental relationship with cities? People bring cities to life. They interact, work, socialise and travel. Without this, cities are just collections of buildings and infrastructure. This relationship is now on ... <a title="Coronavirus has changed our sense of place, so together we must re-imagine our cities" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/25/coronavirus-has-changed-our-sense-of-place-so-together-we-must-re-imagine-our-cities-137789/" aria-label="Read more about Coronavirus has changed our sense of place, so together we must re-imagine our cities">Read more</a>
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May 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Campaigning in Eden-Monaro with just-selected Liberal candidate Fiona Kotvojs, Scott Morrison on Sunday turned folksy to present the upside of the $60 billion JobKeeper forecasting snafu. “If you’re building a house and the contractor comes to you and says it’s ... <a title="View from The Hill: JobKeeper $60 billion snafu like your house builder revising quote: Morrison" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/24/view-from-the-hill-jobkeeper-60-billion-snafu-like-your-house-builder-revising-quote-morrison-139282/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: JobKeeper $60 billion snafu like your house builder revising quote: Morrison">Read more</a>
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May 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tony Walker, Adjunct Professor, School of Communications, La Trobe University In September 2005, before an audience of some of the most powerful business figures in the United States, then US Deputy Secretary of State Robert Zoellick unveiled his “responsible stakeholder” formula for China’s global engagement. China is ... <a title="Beware the ‘cauldron of paranoia’ as China and the US slide towards a new kind of cold war" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/24/beware-the-cauldron-of-paranoia-as-china-and-the-us-slide-towards-a-new-kind-of-cold-war-139023/" aria-label="Read more about Beware the ‘cauldron of paranoia’ as China and the US slide towards a new kind of cold war">Read more</a>
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May 24, 2020
Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage COHA urges Washington to allow safe passage of the Iranian fuel tankers. Any action to impede their arrival at Venezuelan ports would be illegal, counter-productive, and could ignite an international conflict with unforeseeable consequences. It is time for the US to end the use of economic sanctions and ... <a title="Tehran-Caracas Cooperation Defends Venezuelans against Illegal US Sanctions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/24/tehran-caracas-cooperation-defends-venezuelans-against-illegal-us-sanctions/" aria-label="Read more about Tehran-Caracas Cooperation Defends Venezuelans against Illegal US Sanctions">Read more</a>
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May 22, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The federal treasury has revised down by a massive $60 billion the estimated cost of the JobKeeper wage subsidy program, from an original $130 billion to $70 billion. Treasury revealed its huge recalculation in a joint statement with the Australian ... <a title="Treasury revises JobKeeper’s cost down by massive $60 billion, sparking calls to widen eligibility" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/22/treasury-revises-jobkeepers-cost-down-by-massive-60-billion-sparking-calls-to-widen-eligibility-139231/" aria-label="Read more about Treasury revises JobKeeper’s cost down by massive $60 billion, sparking calls to widen eligibility">Read more</a>
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May 22, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bill Corcoran, Lecturer & Research Fellow, Monash Photonic Communications Lab & InPAC, Monash University Our internet connections have never been more important to us, nor have they been under such strain. As the COVID-19 pandemic has made remote working, remote socialisation, and online entertainment the norm, we ... <a title="Internet traffic is growing 25% each year. We created a fingernail-sized chip that can help the NBN keep up" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/22/internet-traffic-is-growing-25-each-year-we-created-a-fingernail-sized-chip-that-can-help-the-nbn-keep-up-138620/" aria-label="Read more about Internet traffic is growing 25% each year. We created a fingernail-sized chip that can help the NBN keep up">Read more</a>
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May 22, 2020
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Covid19 case incidence is a reflection of both the actual infection rate, and the extent to which infections have been reported. Thus, countries like Sweden and Brazil with low testing rates have actual infection rates substantially higher than reported. Qatar is so high in part because, like Iceland, testing rates have ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19: Cumulative Cases and Deaths" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/22/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid19-cumulative-cases-and-deaths/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19: Cumulative Cases and Deaths">Read more</a>
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May 22, 2020
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. Today’s content National Party leadership vote Tim Watkin (Pundit): Pharaoh Bridges Swamped By Pestilence And Poor Polls Richard Harman (Politik): D-day for Bridges Matthew Hooton (Herald): National’s only leadership choice is Muller (paywalled) Luke Malpass (Stuff): It’s a ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – May 22 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/22/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-may-22-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – May 22 2020">Read more</a>
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May 22, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anthony Zwi, Professor of Global Health and Development, UNSW This week the World Health Assembly, the governing structure of the World Health Organization, endorsed a resolution that comprehensively addressed the global COVID-19 response. Buried almost at the end, in the penultimate clause of the seven-page document, was ... <a title="The WHO’s coronavirus inquiry will be more diplomatic than decisive. But Australia should step up in the meantime" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/22/the-whos-coronavirus-inquiry-will-be-more-diplomatic-than-decisive-but-australia-should-step-up-in-the-meantime-139030/" aria-label="Read more about The WHO’s coronavirus inquiry will be more diplomatic than decisive. But Australia should step up in the meantime">Read more</a>
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May 22, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jason Pallant, Lecturer of Marketing, Swinburne University of Technology Wesfarmers’ decision to close or rebrand up to 167 of its 284 Target and Target Country stores should not come as too much of a surprise. The once popular store has been ailing for years, outmanoeuvred by its ... <a title="Don’t blame COVID-19: Target’s decline is part of a deeper trend" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/22/dont-blame-covid-19-targets-decline-is-part-of-a-deeper-trend-139205/" aria-label="Read more about Don’t blame COVID-19: Target’s decline is part of a deeper trend">Read more</a>
