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March 27, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dilan Thampapillai, Senior Lecturer, ANU College of Law, Australian National University The coronavirus and its attendant emergency measures are set to deliver a profound shock to the residential tenancy market. How it will work out is anybody’s guess, but it is looking like a crisis. Banks and ... <a title="Rushed coronavirus tenancy laws raise as many questions as they answer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/27/rushed-coronavirus-tenancy-laws-raise-as-many-questions-as-they-answer-134781/" aria-label="Read more about Rushed coronavirus tenancy laws raise as many questions as they answer">Read more</a>
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March 27, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katherine Gibney, NHMRC early career fellow, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity In three short months, more than half a million cases of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, have been reported worldwide. The US now has the highest number of COVID-19 cases worldwide and Italy has ... <a title="Supplies needed for coronavirus healthcare workers: 89 million masks, 30 million gowns, 2.9 million litres of hand sanitiser. A month." class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/27/supplies-needed-for-coronavirus-healthcare-workers-89-million-masks-30-million-gowns-2-9-million-litres-of-hand-sanitiser-a-month-134786/" aria-label="Read more about Supplies needed for coronavirus healthcare workers: 89 million masks, 30 million gowns, 2.9 million litres of hand sanitiser. A month.">Read more</a>
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March 27, 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 Public health strategy Henry Cooke (Stuff): New model shows coronavirus could kill 80,000 Kiwis without lockdown Kate Newton (RNZ): Modelling shows NZ’s lockdown could buy time for a vaccine Rachel Sadler (Newshub): Research shows ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – March 27 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/27/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-march-27-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – March 27 2020">Read more</a>
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March 27, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Terry Goldsworthy, Associate Professor in Criminology, Bond University As coronavirus continues to affect all aspects of life, law enforcement agencies are playing a more pivotal role in enforcing new health and social regulations while ensuring society continues to function in a civil manner. So why is law ... <a title="Explainer: why police will be crucial players in the battle against coronavirus" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/27/explainer-why-police-will-be-crucial-players-in-the-battle-against-coronavirus-134392/" aria-label="Read more about Explainer: why police will be crucial players in the battle against coronavirus">Read more</a>
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March 27, 2020
Analysis by Keith Rankin Australian cases have been on an exponent growth path since late February, with no remission yet in sight. The good news is that infection rates remain well below western European levels. The bad news is that death rates – hitherto very low – are accelerating. Indeed Victoria, running with a similar ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid-19 Virus: Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the World" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/27/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid-19-virus-australia-canada-new-zealand-the-world/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid-19 Virus: Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the World">Read more</a>
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March 27, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Patrick Fair, Adjunct Professor, School of Information Technology, Deakin University Borders, beaches, pubs and churches are closed, large events are cancelled, and travellers are subject to 14 days’ isolation – all at significant cost to taxpayers and the economy. But could telecommunications technology offer a more targeted ... <a title="Privacy vs pandemic: government tracking of mobile phones could be a potent weapon against COVID-19" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/27/privacy-vs-pandemic-government-tracking-of-mobile-phones-could-be-a-potent-weapon-against-covid-19-134895/" aria-label="Read more about Privacy vs pandemic: government tracking of mobile phones could be a potent weapon against COVID-19">Read more</a>
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March 27, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tauel Harper, Lecturer, Media and Communication, UWA, University of Western Australia Tonight, for the first time in its 12-year history, my weekly boardgame group will meet online, instead of our regular weekly in-person sessions. Tomorrow night, a planned dinner with friends has been downgraded to sharing wine ... <a title="Say what? How to improve virtual catch-ups, book groups and wine nights" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/27/say-what-how-to-improve-virtual-catch-ups-book-groups-and-wine-nights-134655/" aria-label="Read more about Say what? How to improve virtual catch-ups, book groups and wine nights">Read more</a>
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March 27, 2020
Keith Rankin on Malthusian checks The 2020 Coronavirus Pandemic has all the visible hallmarks of a Malthusian pestilence, a necessary positive check visited upon an over‑abundant humanity. Indeed, that is a likely future interpretation of this event. It’s an important perspective which should be treated with both understanding and caution. I heard two academic examples ... <a title="Keith Rankin Essay: Coronavirus – a Malthusian Event?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/27/keith-rankin-essay-coronavirus-a-malthusian-event/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Essay: Coronavirus – a Malthusian Event?">Read more</a>
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March 27, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David King, Senior Lecturer, The University of Queensland New cases of the coronavirus are reported every day, and as yet there’s no vaccine. So what treatments are available if you’re one of the unlucky ones who gets infected? If your symptoms are mild, you should treat them ... <a title="How can I treat myself if I’ve got – or think I’ve got – coronavirus?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/27/how-can-i-treat-myself-if-ive-got-or-think-ive-got-coronavirus-134654/" aria-label="Read more about How can I treat myself if I’ve got – or think I’ve got – coronavirus?">Read more</a>
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March 27, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ayesha Tulloch, DECRA Research Fellow, University of Sydney As Australians try to maintain social engagement during self-isolation, citizen science offers a unique opportunity. Defined as “public participation and collaboration in scientific research”, citizen science allows everyday people to use technology to unite towards a common goal – ... <a title="Citizen science: how you can contribute to coronavirus research without leaving the house" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/27/citizen-science-how-you-can-contribute-to-coronavirus-research-without-leaving-the-house-134238/" aria-label="Read more about Citizen science: how you can contribute to coronavirus research without leaving the house">Read more</a>
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March 27, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Bret Hart, Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor Curtin Medical School Public Health Physician, Curtin University You might have heard about contact tracing which, when combined with social distancing, has proven a powerful asset in controlling the spread of COVID-19. In short, it means assigning a “contact tracer” ... <a title="Explainer: what is contact tracing and how does it help limit the coronavirus spread?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/27/explainer-what-is-contact-tracing-and-how-does-it-help-limit-the-coronavirus-spread-134228/" aria-label="Read more about Explainer: what is contact tracing and how does it help limit the coronavirus spread?">Read more</a>
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March 27, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jodie L. Rummer, Associate Professor & Principal Research Fellow, James Cook University The Great Barrier Reef is suffering its third mass bleaching event in five years. It follows the record-breaking mass bleaching event in 2016 that killed a third of Great Barrier Reef corals, immediately followed by ... <a title="I studied what happens to reef fish after coral bleaching. What I saw still makes me nauseous" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/27/i-studied-what-happens-to-reef-fish-after-coral-bleaching-what-i-saw-still-makes-me-nauseous-134247/" aria-label="Read more about I studied what happens to reef fish after coral bleaching. What I saw still makes me nauseous">Read more</a>
