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April 20, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Steven Hamilton, Visiting Fellow, Tax and Transfer Policy Institute, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University In recent weeks a growing chorus of Australian commentators has called for social distancing measures to be eased or radically curtailed. Some have claimed the lives saved by the lockdowns ... <a title="Open letter from 118 Australian economists: don’t sacrifice health for ‘the economy’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/20/open-letter-from-118-australian-economists-dont-sacrifice-health-for-the-economy-136686/" aria-label="Read more about Open letter from 118 Australian economists: don’t sacrifice health for ‘the economy’">Read more</a>
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April 20, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lindsay Kelley, Lecturer, Art & Design, UNSW The plan was to land in Sydney from an overseas trip on a Friday morning and immediately bake Anzac biscuits to bring along to the Country Women’s Association Tea Room at the Royal Easter Show on Saturday. Then everything changed, ... <a title="Anzac biscuits, battles and a great Australian isolation bake-off" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/20/anzac-biscuits-battles-and-a-great-australian-isolation-bake-off-135948/" aria-label="Read more about Anzac biscuits, battles and a great Australian isolation bake-off">Read more</a>
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April 20, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The government has told the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission to develop a mandatory code of conduct to address bargaining power imbalances between media companies and digital platforms such as Facebook and Google – and the question of payment for ... <a title="Government orders mandatory code of conduct for Google, Facebook" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/20/government-orders-mandatory-code-of-conduct-for-google-facebook-136694/" aria-label="Read more about Government orders mandatory code of conduct for Google, Facebook">Read more</a>
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April 20, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra With nice irony, Malcolm Turnbull’s publisher was in a stoush at the weekend with Scott Morrison’s office over its leaking of the former prime minister’s autobiography, A Bigger Picture. Hardie Grant Books revealed a Morrison staffer had distributed the Turnbull ... <a title="View from The Hill: Malcolm Turnbull gives his very on-the-record account of Scott Morrison" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/20/view-from-the-hill-malcolm-turnbull-gives-his-very-on-the-record-account-of-scott-morrison-136693/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Malcolm Turnbull gives his very on-the-record account of Scott Morrison">Read more</a>
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April 20, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Michelle Grattan talks with Assistant Professor Caroline Fisher (remotely) about the week in politics, including Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s strong stance on the issue of schools, the government’s rejection of a course of elimination, and the prospects of community support ... <a title="VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on Australia’s ‘new normal’, education, and coronavirus elimination" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/20/video-michelle-grattan-on-australias-new-normal-education-and-coronavirus-elimination-136698/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on Australia’s ‘new normal’, education, and coronavirus elimination">Read more</a>
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April 19, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brendan Coates, Program Director, Household Finances, Grattan Institute We knew it would be bad. But we’d hoped it wouldn’t be quite this bad. Over the past few weeks, we at Grattan Institute have been working on ways to estimate the impact of the COVID-19 shutdown on jobs ... <a title="The charts that show coronavirus pushing up to a quarter of the workforce out of work" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/19/the-charts-that-show-coronavirus-pushing-up-to-a-quarter-of-the-workforce-out-of-work-136603/" aria-label="Read more about The charts that show coronavirus pushing up to a quarter of the workforce out of work">Read more</a>
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April 19, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alison Willis, Lecturer and Researcher, School of Education, University of the Sunshine Coast As children learn from home, parents are effectively running two schedules – work and school. Some children may not be able to get through all the work their school assigns in the time they ... <a title="Students won’t get through all school content while learning at home: here are 3 things to prioritise" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/19/students-wont-get-through-all-school-content-while-learning-at-home-here-are-3-things-to-prioritise-134539/" aria-label="Read more about Students won’t get through all school content while learning at home: here are 3 things to prioritise">Read more</a>
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April 18, 2020
Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage Support this progressive voice and be a part of it. Donate to COHA today. Click here By John Perry From Masaya, Nicaragua The right-wing opposition in Nicaragua, having failed in their attempted coup in 2018, still looks at any potential crisis as a new opportunity to attack the ... <a title="Nicaraguan Right-wing Opposition Misrepresents Government Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/18/nicaraguan-right-wing-opposition-misrepresents-government-response-to-the-covid-19-pandemic/" aria-label="Read more about Nicaraguan Right-wing Opposition Misrepresents Government Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic">Read more</a>
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April 18, 2020
Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage By Marcia Cury Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s statements are at first shocking, leaving one wondering what he really means. But they are not surprising in the context of the paranoid rhetoric that has always characterized his administration. Since the start of the Coronavirus pandemic that is ravaging the ... <a title="Bolsonaro, COVID-19, and the Crisis of Brazilian Democracy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/18/bolsonaro-covid-19-and-the-crisis-of-brazilian-democracy/" aria-label="Read more about Bolsonaro, COVID-19, and the Crisis of Brazilian Democracy">Read more</a>
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April 17, 2020
Analysis by Keith Rankin Today’s first chart looks at death rates for six major countries. We see that Spain has overtaken Italy, and that France and United Kingdom are likely to catch up with these in a week. We also note that United Kingdom death rates, as reported have been understated; these are basically hospital ... <a title="Keith Rankin’s Chart Analysis – Covid19: Weekly Summary Charts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/17/keith-rankins-chart-analysis-covid19-weekly-summary-charts/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin’s Chart Analysis – Covid19: Weekly Summary Charts">Read more</a>
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April 17, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Martin Berka, Professor of Macroeconomics, Head of School of Economics and Finance, Massey University New Zealand has the most stringent COVID-19 policy restrictions in the world, matched only by Israel and India, according to Oxford University’s coronavirus government response tracker. The current level 4 restrictions have brought ... <a title="Protecting lives and livelihoods: the data on why New Zealand should relax its coronavirus lockdown from Thursday" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/17/protecting-lives-and-livelihoods-the-data-on-why-new-zealand-should-relax-its-coronavirus-lockdown-from-thursday-136242/" aria-label="Read more about Protecting lives and livelihoods: the data on why New Zealand should relax its coronavirus lockdown from Thursday">Read more</a>
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April 17, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Claire Brown, National Director, AVID Australia, Victoria University Effective learning is a two-way process between the teacher and students, meaning both need to engage. If a student simply sits and listens to new information without engaging or applying it, it’s called passive learning. Active learning is where ... <a title="So you’re going to school online – here are 6 ways to make the most of it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/17/so-youre-going-to-school-online-here-are-6-ways-to-make-the-most-of-it-135215/" aria-label="Read more about So you’re going to school online – here are 6 ways to make the most of it">Read more</a>
