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May 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Esterman, Professor of Biostatistics, University of South Australia Australia’s chief medical officer Brendan Murphy told a senate inquiry earlier this week our COVID-19 public health response had avoided about 14,000 deaths. This is in contrast to his deputy Paul Kelly, who estimated on March 16 that ... <a title="Has Australia really avoided 14,000 coronavirus deaths?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/28/has-australia-really-avoided-14-000-coronavirus-deaths-139465/" aria-label="Read more about Has Australia really avoided 14,000 coronavirus deaths?">Read more</a>
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May 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nik Thompson, Senior Lecturer, Curtin University Data is the new oil, and online platforms will siphon it off at any opportunity. Platforms increasingly demand our personal information in exchange for a service. Avoiding online services altogether can limit your participation in society, so the advice to just ... <a title="Don’t be phish food! Tips to avoid sharing your personal information online" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/28/dont-be-phish-food-tips-to-avoid-sharing-your-personal-information-online-138613/" aria-label="Read more about Don’t be phish food! Tips to avoid sharing your personal information online">Read more</a>
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May 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jarrod Haar, Professor of Human Resource Management, Auckland University of Technology When New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said recently, “I’ve heard lots of people suggesting we should have a four-day week”, she inevitably ignited debate. Ardern was not, as some critics seemed to assume, just flying ... <a title="A four-day working week could be the shot in the arm post-coronavirus tourism needs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/28/a-four-day-working-week-could-be-the-shot-in-the-arm-post-coronavirus-tourism-needs-139388/" aria-label="Read more about A four-day working week could be the shot in the arm post-coronavirus tourism needs">Read more</a>
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May 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lisa Bricknell, Senior Lecturer in Environmental Health, CQUniversity Australia Now we have fewer cases of COVID-19, and restrictions are lifting, many of us are thinking of rejuvenating our social lives by heading to our local cafe or favourite restaurant. What can we do to reduce the risk ... <a title="How to stay safe in restaurants and cafes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/28/how-to-stay-safe-in-restaurants-and-cafes-139117/" aria-label="Read more about How to stay safe in restaurants and cafes">Read more</a>
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May 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Helen Dickinson, Professor, Public Service Research, UNSW COVID-19 has had a significant impact on all Australians, but there are very good reasons why the impact might be more keenly felt by people with disability and their carers. Our new research on behalf of Children and Young People ... <a title="‘I’m scared’: parents of children with disability struggle to get the basics during coronavirus" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/28/im-scared-parents-of-children-with-disability-struggle-to-get-the-basics-during-coronavirus-139467/" aria-label="Read more about ‘I’m scared’: parents of children with disability struggle to get the basics during coronavirus">Read more</a>
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May 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Bowman, Professor of Pyrogeography and Fire Science, University of Tasmania Since last summer’s bushfire crisis, there’s been a quantum shift in public awareness of Aboriginal fire management. It’s now more widely understood that Aboriginal people used landscape burning to sustain biodiversity and suppress large bushfires. The ... <a title="Australia, you have unfinished business. It’s time to let our ‘fire people’ care for this land" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/28/australia-you-have-unfinished-business-its-time-to-let-our-fire-people-care-for-this-land-135196/" aria-label="Read more about Australia, you have unfinished business. It’s time to let our ‘fire people’ care for this land">Read more</a>
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May 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Geoff Hanmer, Adjunct Professor of Architecture, University of Adelaide A return to face to face teaching at universities and technical colleges “where possible” is one of the goals of the Morrison government’s three step framework for a COVIDsafe Australia. A look at the space available for teaching ... <a title="No big packed lectures allowed if we’re to safely bring uni students back to campus" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/28/no-big-packed-lectures-allowed-if-were-to-safely-bring-uni-students-back-to-campus-138945/" aria-label="Read more about No big packed lectures allowed if we’re to safely bring uni students back to campus">Read more</a>
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May 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hazel Easthope, Scientia Associate Professor, City Futures Research Centre, UNSW We’re building a lot of apartments in Australia. High-density precincts are being developed across our major cities. But these buildings and neighbourhoods are often not designed and managed in ways that meet the needs of lower-income residents. ... <a title="Quality of life in high-density apartments varies. Here are 6 ways to improve it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/28/quality-of-life-in-high-density-apartments-varies-here-are-6-ways-to-improve-it-139220/" aria-label="Read more about Quality of life in high-density apartments varies. Here are 6 ways to improve it">Read more</a>
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May 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Kaine, Associate Professor UTS Centre for Business and Social Innovation, University of Technology Sydney Workers everywhere are feeling the impact of COVID-19 and the restrictions necessitated by COVID-19. In Australia, retail and hospitality workers have been particularly hard hit. In other countries, it’s manufacturing workers, hit ... <a title="What COVID-19 means for the people making your clothes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/28/what-covid-19-means-for-the-people-making-your-clothes-134800/" aria-label="Read more about What COVID-19 means for the people making your clothes">Read more</a>
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May 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anthony Forsyth, Professor of Workplace Law, RMIT University Prime Minister Scott Morrison this week proposed a new deal in industrial relations, bringing together the government, employers and unions to agree on reforms to create jobs and lift the economy in the post-CIVD-19 pandemic recovery phase. “”We’ve booked ... <a title="Morrison government invites unions to dance, but employer groups call the tune" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/28/morrison-government-invites-unions-to-dance-but-employer-groups-call-the-tune-139469/" aria-label="Read more about Morrison government invites unions to dance, but employer groups call the tune">Read more</a>
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May 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ray Markey, Emeritus Professor, Macquarie University In a bid to repair the economy, Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced an industrial relations overhaul. Business groups and unions will be brought together to try to change a system that Morrison says is “not fit for purpose”. This is ... <a title="Morrison wants unions and business to ‘put down the weapons’ on IR. But real reform will not be easy." class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/28/morrison-wants-unions-and-business-to-put-down-the-weapons-on-ir-but-real-reform-will-not-be-easy-139462/" aria-label="Read more about Morrison wants unions and business to ‘put down the weapons’ on IR. But real reform will not be easy.">Read more</a>
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May 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jonathon Hutchinson, Senior Lecturer Online Communication and Media, University of Sydney The constraints of coronavirus isolation have closed down most recreational activities, but some creative industries are responding in innovative ways. I have been researching “digital first personalities” – content producers who build massive (or highly engaged) ... <a title="‘Plamping hard’: how DJs and creatives are earning a buck online via Twitch, Patreon, OnlyFans and more" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/28/plamping-hard-how-djs-and-creatives-are-earning-a-buck-online-via-twitch-patreon-onlyfans-and-more-139116/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Plamping hard’: how DJs and creatives are earning a buck online via Twitch, Patreon, OnlyFans and more">Read more</a>
