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April 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra It’s been the summer and autumn from hell for very many of the voters in the NSW federal seat of Eden-Monaro, a Labor electorate on under 1% that forms an envelope around the nation’s capital. Fire ravaged their beautiful bush ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Can the government defy history and return Eden-Monaro to “bellwether” status?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/30/grattan-on-friday-can-the-government-defy-history-and-return-eden-monaro-to-bellwether-status-137482/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Can the government defy history and return Eden-Monaro to “bellwether” status?">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nial Wheate, Associate Professor | Program Director, Undergraduate Pharmacy, University of Sydney The race is on to find a drug that is both effective and safe for treating COVID-19, which has spread to 3.1 million infections and caused 220,000 deaths worldwide. This week, the US National Institute ... <a title="Is remdesivir a miracle drug to cure coronavirus? Don’t get your hopes up yet" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/30/is-remdesivir-a-miracle-drug-to-cure-coronavirus-dont-get-your-hopes-up-yet-137592/" aria-label="Read more about Is remdesivir a miracle drug to cure coronavirus? Don’t get your hopes up yet">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Burgner, Clinician and Scientist, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute Doctors in the United Kingdom and other European countries have recently reported small but increasing numbers of critically ill children with features of both Kawasaki disease and toxic shock syndrome. These are uncommon conditions affecting the blood vessels. ... <a title="Coronavirus and Kawasaki disease in children: it’s an intriguing but unproven link" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/30/coronavirus-and-kawasaki-disease-in-children-its-an-intriguing-but-unproven-link-137415/" aria-label="Read more about Coronavirus and Kawasaki disease in children: it’s an intriguing but unproven link">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2020
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Fact Checking On Mondays – or Tuesdays after public holidays – National Radio’s Kathryn Ryan runs a session called ‘Political Commentators’. On 28 April, from the right was regular commentator Matthew Hooton. From the left was Neal Jones who is listed as: “Chief of Staff to Labour Leader Jacinda Ardern, and prior ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – Universal Income Flat Tax: the Mechanism that Makes the Necessary Possible" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/30/keith-rankin-analysis-universal-income-flat-tax-the-mechanism-that-makes-the-necessary-possible/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – Universal Income Flat Tax: the Mechanism that Makes the Necessary Possible">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Carbone, Honorary, School for Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne The battle against the mental health consequences of the coronavirus pandemic is just beginning. Governments and researchers are mapping how best to prevent the predicted rise in mental health issues we face in coming months ... <a title="We need to flatten the ‘other’ coronavirus curve, our looming mental health crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/30/we-need-to-flatten-the-other-coronavirus-curve-our-looming-mental-health-crisis-137170/" aria-label="Read more about We need to flatten the ‘other’ coronavirus curve, our looming mental health crisis">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Pia Lentini, Research Fellow, School of BioSciences, University of Melbourne In this pandemic it’s tempting to look for someone, or something, to blame. Bats are a common scapegoat and the community is misled to believe getting rid of them could be a quick fix. But are bats ... <a title="No, Aussie bats won’t give you COVID-19. We rely on them more than you think" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/30/no-aussie-bats-wont-give-you-covid-19-we-rely-on-them-more-than-you-think-137168/" aria-label="Read more about No, Aussie bats won’t give you COVID-19. We rely on them more than you think">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hamish McCallum, Professor, Griffith School of Environment and Acting Dean of Research, Griffith Sciences, Griffith University Lord Robert “Bob” May, Baron May of Oxford, who has died aged 84, was one of the greatest Australian scientists of the past century. He was awarded virtually every honour the ... <a title="Vale Robert May, the legendary scientist who helped us understand ecosystems, chaos theory and even pandemics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/30/vale-robert-may-the-legendary-scientist-who-helped-us-understand-ecosystems-chaos-theory-and-even-pandemics-137595/" aria-label="Read more about Vale Robert May, the legendary scientist who helped us understand ecosystems, chaos theory and even pandemics">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kelsie Nabben, RMIT Block Chain Innovation Hub Research Assistant / PhD Candidate, RMIT University Since its release on Sunday, experts and members of the public alike have raised privacy concerns with the federal government’s COVIDSafe mobile app. The contact tracing app aims to stop COVID-19’s spread by ... <a title="The COVIDSafe app was just one contact tracing option. These alternatives guarantee more privacy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/30/the-covidsafe-app-was-just-one-contact-tracing-option-these-alternatives-guarantee-more-privacy-137400/" aria-label="Read more about The COVIDSafe app was just one contact tracing option. These alternatives guarantee more privacy">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Geoffrey Mann, Sessional Lecturer, RMIT University If you want to solve a problem quickly it helps to get many minds working together to find a solution, and that’s what happens in a hackathon. It usually involves teams of people working over a short period of time to ... <a title="Virtual hackathons can help you solve coronavirus problems without leaving your home" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/30/virtual-hackathons-can-help-you-solve-coronavirus-problems-without-leaving-your-home-136956/" aria-label="Read more about Virtual hackathons can help you solve coronavirus problems without leaving your home">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gigi Foster, Professor, School of Economics, UNSW Australia has been lucky. We’ve had time to consider our response to COVID-19, based on what was happening in other countries, before it hit us. We implemented restrictions that are likely to have saved many from dying of COVID-19. Fewer ... <a title="COVID lockdowns have human costs as well as benefits. It’s time to consider both" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/30/covid-lockdowns-have-human-costs-as-well-as-benefits-its-time-to-consider-both-137233/" aria-label="Read more about COVID lockdowns have human costs as well as benefits. It’s time to consider both">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jeffrey McGee, Associate Professor, University of Tasmania Earlier this month, US President Donald Trump issued an executive order reaffirming that companies joining US mining activities on the moon would have property rights over lunar resources. The order also made clear the US wasn’t bound by international treaties ... <a title="Australia has long valued an outer space shared by all. Mining profits could change this" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/30/australia-has-long-valued-an-outer-space-shared-by-all-mining-profits-could-change-this-137405/" aria-label="Read more about Australia has long valued an outer space shared by all. Mining profits could change this">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Hawkins, Assistant Professor, School of Politics, Economics and Society, University of Canberra More than 3 million Australians have downloaded the Australian government’s COVIDSafe contact-tracing app in the three days since its release. That’s impressive. But not as impressive as the 2 million downloads in the first ... <a title="Need help selling the COVIDSafe app? Call a behavioural economist" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/30/need-help-selling-the-covidsafe-app-call-a-behavioural-economist-137157/" aria-label="Read more about Need help selling the COVIDSafe app? Call a behavioural economist">Read more</a>
