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May 14, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexandra Wake, Program Manager, Journalism, RMIT University The closure of the Australian arm of the youth-focused news organisation, BuzzFeed, is more evidence the advertising-supported media landscape is broken. It’s a sad end for a news organisation that launched in 2014 with an ambition to shake up Australia’s ... <a title="9 reasons you should be worried about BuzzFeed Australia closing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/14/9-reasons-you-should-be-worried-about-buzzfeed-australia-closing-138610/" aria-label="Read more about 9 reasons you should be worried about BuzzFeed Australia closing">Read more</a>
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May 14, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rachel Wilson, Associate Professor in Education, University of Sydney After weeks of remote learning due to COVID-19, many school students in New South Wales began a staggered return to classrooms this week. Students in other states, such as some in Queensland, were also back in the classroom ... <a title="‘We had no sanitiser, no soap and minimal toilet paper’: here’s how teachers feel about going back to the classroom" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/14/we-had-no-sanitiser-no-soap-and-minimal-toilet-paper-heres-how-teachers-feel-about-going-back-to-the-classroom-138600/" aria-label="Read more about ‘We had no sanitiser, no soap and minimal toilet paper’: here’s how teachers feel about going back to the classroom">Read more</a>
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May 14, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Grant Duncan, Associate Professor for the School of People, Environment and Planning, Massey University New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has won global admiration for her personal style. But how will Kiwis judge her government’s performance at the ballot-box in September? A major factor in that decision ... <a title="Will New Zealand’s $50 billion budget boost Jacinda Ardern’s chance of being re-elected?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/14/will-new-zealands-50-billion-budget-boost-jacinda-arderns-chance-of-being-re-elected-138419/" aria-label="Read more about Will New Zealand’s $50 billion budget boost Jacinda Ardern’s chance of being re-elected?">Read more</a>
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May 14, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Danielle Wood, Program Director, Budget Policy and Institutional Reform, Grattan Institute At almost 10% of gross domestic product, and a much larger per cent of government spending, Australia’s fiscal response to the COVID-19 crisis has been one of the biggest in the world. The government is spending ... <a title="What’ll happen when the money’s snatched back? Our looming coronavirus support cliff" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/14/whatll-happen-when-the-moneys-snatched-back-our-looming-coronavirus-support-cliff-138527/" aria-label="Read more about What’ll happen when the money’s snatched back? Our looming coronavirus support cliff">Read more</a>
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May 14, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jeff Borland, Professor of Economics, University of Melbourne After all the forecasts and speculation, now we know the worst. Today’s numbers from the Australian Bureau of Statistics lay out the catastrophic impact of COVID-19 on the Australian labour market. Total hours worked fell 9.2% – in just ... <a title="Were it not for JobKeeper, unemployment would be 11.7%, up from 5.2% in one month. Here’s how today’s numbers panned out" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/14/were-it-not-for-jobkeeper-unemployment-would-be-11-7-up-from-5-2-in-one-month-heres-how-todays-numbers-panned-out-138268/" aria-label="Read more about Were it not for JobKeeper, unemployment would be 11.7%, up from 5.2% in one month. Here’s how today’s numbers panned out">Read more</a>
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May 14, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Susan Carland, Director, Bachelor of Global Studies, Monash University Generally in Australia, we all get along pretty well and feel good about our society. Studies show we have a strong “social cohesion index,” which has remained relatively stable for the past seven years. But we cannot take ... <a title="We know racism and recessions go together. Australia must prepare to stop a racism spike here." class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/14/we-know-racism-and-recessions-go-together-australia-must-prepare-to-stop-a-racism-spike-here-138215/" aria-label="Read more about We know racism and recessions go together. Australia must prepare to stop a racism spike here.">Read more</a>
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May 14, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Both China and the United States have suffered reputational damage with the Australian public as a result of their handling of the coronavirus crisis, according to a Lowy COVIDpoll. Most Australians (68%) say they feel “less favourable towards China’s system ... <a title="Pandemic dents Australians’ views of both China and the United States" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/14/pandemic-dents-australians-views-of-both-china-and-the-united-states-138529/" aria-label="Read more about Pandemic dents Australians’ views of both China and the United States">Read more</a>
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May 14, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robert Tait, Senior Research Fellow, National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University In a single year, extra-medical opioid use caused more than 2,200 deaths, 32,000 hospital admissions and resulted in the loss of over 70,000 years of life in Australia. “Extra-medical” opioid use includes both the illegal use ... <a title="2,200 deaths, 32,000 hospital admissions, 15.7 billion dollars: what opioid misuse costs Australia in a year" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/14/2-200-deaths-32-000-hospital-admissions-15-7-billion-dollars-what-opioid-misuse-costs-australia-in-a-year-137712/" aria-label="Read more about 2,200 deaths, 32,000 hospital admissions, 15.7 billion dollars: what opioid misuse costs Australia in a year">Read more</a>
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May 14, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jaana Dielenberg, Science Communication Manager, The University of Queensland We know feral cats are an enormous problem for wildlife – across Australia, feral cats collectively kill more than three billion animals per year. Cats have played a leading role in most of Australia’s 34 mammal extinctions since ... <a title="One cat, one year, 110 native animals: lock up your pet, it’s a killing machine" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/14/one-cat-one-year-110-native-animals-lock-up-your-pet-its-a-killing-machine-138412/" aria-label="Read more about One cat, one year, 110 native animals: lock up your pet, it’s a killing machine">Read more</a>
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May 14, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Quiggin, Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland As an emergency response to the potential mass unemployment created by the sudden lockdown, the Morrison government’s JobKeeper program has been reasonably successful. An estimated 700 000 employers, accounting for 4.7 million workers have signed up. On ... <a title="We need to plan for life after JobKeeper now. We need to make it portable" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/14/we-need-to-plan-for-life-after-jobkeeper-now-we-need-to-make-it-portable-138416/" aria-label="Read more about We need to plan for life after JobKeeper now. We need to make it portable">Read more</a>
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May 14, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Carly Osborn, Visiting Research Fellow, University of Adelaide I am feeling isolated. Is this a state, or an emotion? Rather than getting into the semantics of language, I will ask another question: what does isolation feel like? Isolation feels like being stuck on the couch despite having ... <a title="Is isolation a feeling?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/14/is-isolation-a-feeling-138009/" aria-label="Read more about Is isolation a feeling?">Read more</a>
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May 14, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Luke Smillie, Associate Professor, University of Melbourne Much has been written on the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on negative emotions, such as rising anxiety and the loneliness of self-isolation. But while things may seem all doom and gloom, new data reveals it’s surprisingly rare for a ... <a title="Not all doom and gloom: even in a pandemic, mixed emotions are more common than negative ones" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/14/not-all-doom-and-gloom-even-in-a-pandemic-mixed-emotions-are-more-common-than-negative-ones-138014/" aria-label="Read more about Not all doom and gloom: even in a pandemic, mixed emotions are more common than negative ones">Read more</a>
