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May 22, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ilan Noy, Professor and Chair in the Economics of Disasters and Climate Change, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Since the Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004, disaster recovery plans are almost always framed with aspirational plans to “build back better”. It’s a fine sentiment – ... <a title="Rich and poor don’t recover equally from epidemics. Rebuilding fairly will be a global challenge" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/22/rich-and-poor-dont-recover-equally-from-epidemics-rebuilding-fairly-will-be-a-global-challenge-138935/" aria-label="Read more about Rich and poor don’t recover equally from epidemics. Rebuilding fairly will be a global challenge">Read more</a>
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May 22, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW Trade tensions between Australia and China have escalated to the point where China has placed an 80.5% tariff on Australian barley imports, beginning this week. China has been a huge market for Australian barley. It accounted for more than 70% of ... <a title="Vital Signs: Australian barley growers are the victims of weaponised trade rules" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/22/vital-signs-australian-barley-growers-are-the-victims-of-weaponised-trade-rules-139037/" aria-label="Read more about Vital Signs: Australian barley growers are the victims of weaponised trade rules">Read more</a>
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May 22, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yves Rees, Lecturer in History, La Trobe University The origin story of Australian modernism often centres around Heide – the Melbourne artistic community where, from 1934, bohemian art patrons John and Sunday Reed nurtured talents such as Sidney Nolan, Albert Tucker, Joy Hester and John Perceval. But ... <a title="Friday essay: the Melbourne bookshop that ignited Australian modernism" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/22/friday-essay-the-melbourne-bookshop-that-ignited-australian-modernism-138300/" aria-label="Read more about Friday essay: the Melbourne bookshop that ignited Australian modernism">Read more</a>
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May 21, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Who’d be Queensland premier Annastacia Palaszczuk right now? Facing a tough election in October, Palaszczuk is coming under huge pressure to open the state’s borders, so visitors in search of winter sun can start to get the tourist industry back ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Border wars split political leaders and embroil health experts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/21/grattan-on-friday-border-wars-split-political-leaders-and-embroil-health-experts-139124/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Border wars split political leaders and embroil health experts">Read more</a>
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May 21, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dan Musil, PhD Candidate, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University “In a world where the wealthy elite control the media, elections and lives of working people, we’re faced with two choices – accept it or fight for something better.” That’s the premise of Tonight We ... <a title="Tonight we riot? What Nintendo’s ‘revolutionary’ video game misses about worker liberation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/21/tonight-we-riot-what-nintendos-revolutionary-video-game-misses-about-worker-liberation-136254/" aria-label="Read more about Tonight we riot? What Nintendo’s ‘revolutionary’ video game misses about worker liberation">Read more</a>
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May 21, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Teresa G. Carvalho, Senior Lecturer in Microbiology, La Trobe University The White House’s confirmation that US President Donald Trump has been taking hydroxychloroquine every day for the past two weeks, with his doctor’s blessing, has reignited the controversy over the drug. It has long been used against ... <a title="Donald Trump is taking hydroxychloroquine to ward off COVID-19. Is that wise?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/21/donald-trump-is-taking-hydroxychloroquine-to-ward-off-covid-19-is-that-wise-139031/" aria-label="Read more about Donald Trump is taking hydroxychloroquine to ward off COVID-19. Is that wise?">Read more</a>
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May 21, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Noble, Education Policy Fellow, Mitchell Institute, Victoria University This week, the federal government released a review of a relief package it put in place in April to ensure the early childhood education and care sector remained financially viable and children of essential workers, as well as ... <a title="Childcare is critical for COVID-19 recovery. We can’t just snap back to ‘normal’ funding arrangements" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/21/childcare-is-critical-for-covid-19-recovery-we-cant-just-snap-back-to-normal-funding-arrangements-139027/" aria-label="Read more about Childcare is critical for COVID-19 recovery. We can’t just snap back to ‘normal’ funding arrangements">Read more</a>
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May 21, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bruce Mountain, Director, Victoria Energy Policy Centre, Victoria University The controversial Snowy 2.0 project has mounted a major hurdle after the New South Wales government today announced approval for its main works. The pumped hydro venture in southern NSW will pump water uphill into dams and release ... <a title="NSW has approved Snowy 2.0. Here are six reasons why that’s a bad move" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/21/nsw-has-approved-snowy-2-0-here-are-six-reasons-why-thats-a-bad-move-139112/" aria-label="Read more about NSW has approved Snowy 2.0. Here are six reasons why that’s a bad move">Read more</a>
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May 21, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nigel McMillan, Program Director, Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Menzies Health Institute, Griffith University If you’ve already recovered from the coronavirus, can you go back to the workplace carefree? This is the question governments including in the UK, Chile, Germany and Italy are trying to answer by considering ... <a title="Immunity passports could help end lockdown, but risk class divides and intentional infections" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/21/immunity-passports-could-help-end-lockdown-but-risk-class-divides-and-intentional-infections-138513/" aria-label="Read more about Immunity passports could help end lockdown, but risk class divides and intentional infections">Read more</a>
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May 21, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gerard Reinmuth, Professor of Practice, University of Technology Sydney China has a new ban on “plagiarising, imitating, and copycatting” building designs for public facilities across the country. In recent years, developers across China have used the allure of copies in projects such an Austrian village in Guangdong, ... <a title="Architecture was built on copies – China wants it built on nationalism" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/21/architecture-was-built-on-copies-china-wants-it-built-on-nationalism-138422/" aria-label="Read more about Architecture was built on copies – China wants it built on nationalism">Read more</a>
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May 21, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Elina Hypponen, Professor of Nutritional and Genetic Epidemiology, University of South Australia Recent headlines have suggested vitamin D deficiency could increase the risk of dying from COVID-19, and in turn, that we should consider taking vitamin D supplements to protect ourselves. Is this all just hype, or ... <a title="Does vitamin D protect against coronavirus?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/21/does-vitamin-d-protect-against-coronavirus-138001/" aria-label="Read more about Does vitamin D protect against coronavirus?">Read more</a>
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May 21, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrea Harvey, Veterinary Specialist, PhD scholar (wild horse ecology & welfare), University of Technology Sydney Cats have recently been on the tail-end of bad press, with recent research finding roaming pet cats kill 390 million animals per year in Australia. Most of them are native species. To ... <a title="Don’t let them out: 15 ways to keep your indoor cat happy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/21/dont-let-them-out-15-ways-to-keep-your-indoor-cat-happy-138716/" aria-label="Read more about Don’t let them out: 15 ways to keep your indoor cat happy">Read more</a>
