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May 12, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Treasurer Josh Frydenberg is being tested for COVID-19 and staying in isolation after having a major coughing fit in the House of Representatives while delivering his statement on the impact of the coronavirus on the economy. Frydenberg gulped water from ... <a title="Treasurer Josh Frydenberg tested for COVID-19" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/12/treasurer-josh-frydenberg-tested-for-covid-19-138437/" aria-label="Read more about Treasurer Josh Frydenberg tested for COVID-19">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Susan Carson, Senior Lecturer, Creative Industries Faculty, QUT, Queensland University of Technology Ah, Hydra! This is an island possessed of “wild and naked perfection”, wrote American author Henry Miller after sailing into Hydra on the eve of the second world war. Bloomsbury With a population of around ... <a title="Book review: Theatre for Dreamers by Polly Samson mixes real stories with romance" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/12/book-review-theatre-for-dreamers-by-polly-samson-mixes-real-stories-with-romance-136714/" aria-label="Read more about Book review: Theatre for Dreamers by Polly Samson mixes real stories with romance">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Maximilian de Courten, Professor in Global Public Health, Victoria University Many people in the community are wearing face masks and gloves in an attempt to protect themselves against the coronavirus. They might put on these items to go to the shops, or perhaps when taking a walk ... <a title="Are you wearing gloves or a mask to the shops? You might be doing it wrong" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/12/are-you-wearing-gloves-or-a-mask-to-the-shops-you-might-be-doing-it-wrong-137393/" aria-label="Read more about Are you wearing gloves or a mask to the shops? You might be doing it wrong">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jamie Pittock, Professor, Fenner School of Environment & Society, Australian National University A major independent review has confirmed freshwater flows are vital to maintaining the health of the Murray River’s lower lakes, striking a blow to demands by New South Wales that seawater flow in. The review, ... <a title="It’s official: expert review rejects NSW plan to let seawater flow into the Murray River" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/12/its-official-expert-review-rejects-nsw-plan-to-let-seawater-flow-into-the-murray-river-138291/" aria-label="Read more about It’s official: expert review rejects NSW plan to let seawater flow into the Murray River">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Sanderson, Professor and Inaugural Judith Neilson Chair in Architecture, UNSW Many commentators have speculated on how the coronavirus pandemic will alter cities and the ways they are planned and used. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has tweeted: “There is a density level in NYC that is ... <a title="So coronavirus will change cities – will that include slums?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/12/so-coronavirus-will-change-cities-will-that-include-slums-137072/" aria-label="Read more about So coronavirus will change cities – will that include slums?">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Seth Lazar, Professor, Australian National University Last week the head of Australia’s Digital Transformation Agency, Randall Brugeaud, told a Senate committee hearing an updated version of Australia’s COVIDSafe contact-tracing app would soon be released. That’s because the current version doesn’t work properly on Apple phones, which restrict ... <a title="Contact tracing apps are vital tools in the fight against coronavirus. But who decides how they work?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/12/contact-tracing-apps-are-vital-tools-in-the-fight-against-coronavirus-but-who-decides-how-they-work-138206/" aria-label="Read more about Contact tracing apps are vital tools in the fight against coronavirus. But who decides how they work?">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Norman Gemmell, Chair in Public Finance, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington May 14’s budget will surely be remembered as the “pandemic budget”. It might seem like the worst possible timing – economic uncertainty rages, Treasury has had to abandon its usual economic “forecasts”, and ... <a title="The pandemic budget: moving New Zealand from critical care to long-term recovery" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/12/the-pandemic-budget-moving-new-zealand-from-critical-care-to-long-term-recovery-138294/" aria-label="Read more about The pandemic budget: moving New Zealand from critical care to long-term recovery">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Podger, Honorary Professor of Public Policy, Australian National University The past few months have shown us the importance of public servants making public statements as well as limits involved with this. The limits have been most clearly demonstrated by Victoria’s deputy chief health officer, Annaliese van ... <a title="The balancing act: how much free speech should our public servants have?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/12/the-balancing-act-how-much-free-speech-should-our-public-servants-have-138118/" aria-label="Read more about The balancing act: how much free speech should our public servants have?">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Frank Larkins, Professor Emeritus and Former Deputy Vice Chancellor, University of Melbourne Australia’s researchers have answered the call to help with urgent pandemic clinical trials and other research needs, placing other work on hold. Experts across a broad range of disciplines are crucial to our health, mental ... <a title="More than 10,000 job losses, billions in lost revenue: coronavirus will hit Australia’s research capacity harder than the GFC" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/12/more-than-10-000-job-losses-billions-in-lost-revenue-coronavirus-will-hit-australias-research-capacity-harder-than-the-gfc-138210/" aria-label="Read more about More than 10,000 job losses, billions in lost revenue: coronavirus will hit Australia’s research capacity harder than the GFC">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Erica Millar, Lecturer, La Trobe University The COVID-19 crisis has starkly revealed the patchy and precarious provision of abortion in Australia, deepening existing inequalities in access. What was already an expensive procedure may be even less attainable for many women facing financial strain during the pandemic. Meanwhile, ... <a title="Getting an abortion just got harder, thanks to the coronavirus. Here’s what we can do better" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/12/getting-an-abortion-just-got-harder-thanks-to-the-coronavirus-heres-what-we-can-do-better-138110/" aria-label="Read more about Getting an abortion just got harder, thanks to the coronavirus. Here’s what we can do better">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2020
ANALYSIS: By Vissia Ita Yulianto of Universitas Gadjah Mada and Jian-bang Deng of Tamkang University Before the covid-19 pandemic started in late 2019, the free movement of billions of people – including tourists, business people, digital nomads, refugees and students – across nations was a common part of life. In 2018, the number of international ... <a title="Could covid-19 spell the end of world mobility as we know it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/12/could-covid-19-spell-the-end-of-world-mobility-as-we-know-it/" aria-label="Read more about Could covid-19 spell the end of world mobility as we know it?">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2020
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Income in an Economy The chart above shows how income is distributed in an economy. It shows three major sectors: Government, Business and Households. Households are the principal sector; governments and businesses serve households, and are accountable to households. The chart is a pie chart, representing the economic pie. (For now, ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – National Income: the Pie Chart" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/12/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-national-income-the-pie-chart/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – National Income: the Pie Chart">Read more</a>
