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May 11, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Theresa Dicke, Senior Research Fellow, Australian Catholic University Almost all (97%) school principals in Australia work overtime. More than 70% work more than 56 hours per week during school terms and 25 hours each week of the holidays. The latest yearly report on the well-being of Australian ... <a title="40% of Australian principals are victims of physical violence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/11/40-of-australian-principals-are-victims-of-physical-violence-132002/" aria-label="Read more about 40% of Australian principals are victims of physical violence">Read more</a>
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May 11, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rosemary Jean Kennedy, Adjunct Associate Professor of Architecture and Urban Design, Queensland University of Technology Retirement villages – walled, gated and separate seniors’ enclaves – have had their day. The word “retirement” is redundant and engagement between people of all ages is high. That’s how participants in ... <a title="Retire the retirement village – the wall and what’s behind it is so 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/11/retire-the-retirement-village-the-wall-and-whats-behind-it-is-so-2020-135953/" aria-label="Read more about Retire the retirement village – the wall and what’s behind it is so 2020">Read more</a>
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May 11, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joy Damousi, Director, Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences, Australian Catholic University One of the haunting images of this pandemic will be stationary cruise ships – deadly carriers of COVID-19 – at anchor in harbours and unwanted. Docked in ports and feared. The news of the dramatic ... <a title="Fleas to flu to coronavirus: how ‘death ships’ spread disease through the ages" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/11/fleas-to-flu-to-coronavirus-how-death-ships-spread-disease-through-the-ages-137061/" aria-label="Read more about Fleas to flu to coronavirus: how ‘death ships’ spread disease through the ages">Read more</a>
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May 11, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Lapworth, Lecturer in Cultural Geography, UNSW In March, amateur scientists in Sydney announced they had created a COVID-19 test kit that is simpler, faster, and cheaper than existing tests. While the test has not yet been approved by regulators, if effective it could play a role ... <a title="From coronavirus tests to open-source insulin and beyond, ‘biohackers’ are showing the power of DIY science" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/11/from-coronavirus-tests-to-open-source-insulin-and-beyond-biohackers-are-showing-the-power-of-diy-science-138019/" aria-label="Read more about From coronavirus tests to open-source insulin and beyond, ‘biohackers’ are showing the power of DIY science">Read more</a>
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May 11, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Anthony Albanese says Australia must use the pandemic experience to move to a more resilient society, creating more permanent jobs and revitalising high value manufacturing. In his fifth “vision statement”, delivered against the background of the government foreshadowing an extensive ... <a title="Let’s “SnapBack” to better society with more secure jobs: Anthony Albanese" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/11/lets-snapback-to-better-society-with-more-secure-jobs-anthony-albanese-138265/" aria-label="Read more about Let’s “SnapBack” to better society with more secure jobs: Anthony Albanese">Read more</a>
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May 11, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tony Wood, Program Director, Energy, Grattan Institute Australia has an historic opportunity to build a new, export-focused manufacturing sector based on renewable energy. As a bonus, it could enable a less politically fraught conversation about climate change. Global action on climate change is in Australia’s national interest. ... <a title="Australians want industry, and they’d like it green. Steel is the place to start" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/11/australians-want-industry-and-theyd-like-it-green-steel-is-the-place-to-start-137999/" aria-label="Read more about Australians want industry, and they’d like it green. Steel is the place to start">Read more</a>
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May 11, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tony Blakely, Professor of Epidemiology, University of Melbourne The federal government has laid out a three-step guide for the states and territories for relaxing the physical distancing measures that have served Australia so well. We need to get back to school, work and play. Australia is one ... <a title="The stepped approach out of lockdown is the only way forward, but how much we’ll allow the curve to rise is still an unknown" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/11/the-stepped-approach-out-of-lockdown-is-the-only-way-forward-but-how-much-well-allow-the-curve-to-rise-is-still-an-unknown-138260/" aria-label="Read more about The stepped approach out of lockdown is the only way forward, but how much we’ll allow the curve to rise is still an unknown">Read more</a>
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May 11, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rebecca Sheehan, Lecturer in the Sociology of Gender and Program Director of Gender Studies, Macquarie University Little Richard was washing dishes at a Greyhound bus station in Macon, Georgia when he wrote Tutti Frutti, Good Golly Miss Molly and Long Tall Sally. The singer, who died Saturday ... <a title="A-lop-bam-boom: Little Richard’s saucy style underpins today’s hits" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/11/a-lop-bam-boom-little-richards-saucy-style-underpins-todays-hits-138263/" aria-label="Read more about A-lop-bam-boom: Little Richard’s saucy style underpins today’s hits">Read more</a>
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May 9, 2020
Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage Analysis by Patricio ZamoranoFrom Washington DC New information divulged this week reveals that Juan Guaidó was designated as “commander and chief” of the mercenary operation that completely unraveled on the shores of Venezuela. The 41 page contract that formed the basis of the already known eight page General Services ... <a title="New information: Guaidó was the “commander in chief” of the failed mercenary operation against Venezuela" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/09/new-information-guaido-was-the-commander-in-chief-of-the-failed-mercenary-operation-against-venezuela/" aria-label="Read more about New information: Guaidó was the “commander in chief” of the failed mercenary operation against Venezuela">Read more</a>
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May 9, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University The Reserve Bank’s long-awaited two-year forecasts for jobs, wages and growth are frightening, but I fear they are not frightening enough. The bank looks two years ahead every three months. The last set of forecasts, ... <a title="The Reserve Bank thinks the recovery will look V-shaped. There are reasons to doubt it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/09/the-reserve-bank-thinks-the-recovery-will-look-v-shaped-there-are-reasons-to-doubt-it-138213/" aria-label="Read more about The Reserve Bank thinks the recovery will look V-shaped. There are reasons to doubt it">Read more</a>
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May 8, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Scott Morrison has warned of a potentially rocky road as COVID restrictions are lifted to reopen the economy, saying the process must proceed even in the face of expected fresh outbreaks. “This is a complex and very uncertain environment. But ... <a title="Australia starts to re-open, but the premiers have the whip hand on timing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/08/australia-starts-to-re-open-but-the-premiers-have-the-whip-hand-on-timing-138218/" aria-label="Read more about Australia starts to re-open, but the premiers have the whip hand on timing">Read more</a>
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May 8, 2020
Analysis by Keith Rankin. This chart shows four recovering countries, including two of the first major outbreaks after China (South Korea and Italy), and the putative Australasian bubble. The chart shows daily average new cases, using seven-day rolling averages. Thus Italy is approaching 2000 new cases a day per 100 million people. Because Italy has ... <a title="Keith Rankin’s Chart Analysis – Covid19: Long Tail and Long Head" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/08/keith-rankins-chart-analysis-covid19-long-tail-and-long-head/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin’s Chart Analysis – Covid19: Long Tail and Long Head">Read more</a>
