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May 11, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Lesh, University of Melbourne Jack Mundey, who has died at the age of 90, was a pioneer of the Australian heritage movement. As well as contributing to labor and environmental politics, Mundey reconceived of the ways that Australians related to their cities and heritage places. As ... <a title="Our cities owe much of their surviving heritage to Jack Mundey" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/11/our-cities-owe-much-of-their-surviving-heritage-to-jack-mundey-138293/" aria-label="Read more about Our cities owe much of their surviving heritage to Jack Mundey">Read more</a>
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May 11, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Leberman, Professor of Leadership, Massey University Sports representatives are calling on New Zealand’s government not to return to normal when the nation begins to ease restrictions from Thursday this week. Instead, they argue, it is time to create a more even playing field by addressing chronic ... <a title="As sport resumes after lockdown, it’s time to level the playing field for women and girls" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/11/as-sport-resumes-after-lockdown-its-time-to-level-the-playing-field-for-women-and-girls-137697/" aria-label="Read more about As sport resumes after lockdown, it’s time to level the playing field for women and girls">Read more</a>
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May 11, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Robertson, Professor, University of Western Australia In the wake of our success so far in containing the spread of COVID-19, the prime minister has been prodding us to come out from under the doona. With the premiers, he has prepared a three-step plan. The problem, he ... <a title="It’s hard to know when to come out from under the doona. It’ll be soon, but not yet" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/11/its-hard-to-know-when-to-come-out-from-under-the-doona-itll-be-soon-but-not-yet-137879/" aria-label="Read more about It’s hard to know when to come out from under the doona. It’ll be soon, but not yet">Read more</a>
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May 11, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jonathan Karnon, Professor of Health Economics, Flinders University Nothing our leaders can do now will return the economy to where it was before COVID-19. For one thing, international travel is likely to remain closed for a long time. But there are things they can do, and on ... <a title="Should we re-open pubs next week? The benefits seem to exceed the costs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/11/should-we-re-open-pubs-next-week-the-benefits-seem-to-exceed-the-costs-137609/" aria-label="Read more about Should we re-open pubs next week? The benefits seem to exceed the costs">Read more</a>
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May 11, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kelly Richards, Associate Professor, Queensland University of Technology In recent years, the biggest increases in Australia’s prison population have come from people convicted of sexual offences. From 2017-18, this segment of the prison population increased by 10%. The following year, it was up again by 7%. As ... <a title="Inside an innovative program helping sex offenders reintegrate into society – and why it works" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/11/inside-an-innovative-program-helping-sex-offenders-reintegrate-into-society-and-why-it-works-136513/" aria-label="Read more about Inside an innovative program helping sex offenders reintegrate into society – and why it works">Read more</a>
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May 11, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Burridge, Professor of Linguistics, Monash University People love creating words — in times of crisis it’s a “sick” (in the good sense) way of pulling through. From childhood, our “linguistic life has been one willingly given over to language play” (in the words of David Crystal). ... <a title="‘Iso’, ‘boomer remover’ and ‘quarantini’: how coronavirus is changing our language" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/11/iso-boomer-remover-and-quarantini-how-coronavirus-is-changing-our-language-136729/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Iso’, ‘boomer remover’ and ‘quarantini’: how coronavirus is changing our language">Read more</a>
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May 11, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Samuel Alexander, Research fellow, Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute, University of Melbourne The massive economic disruption brought by COVID-19 has revealed that for many, economic security is an illusion. And our biggest vulnerability is housing costs – the biggest expense for most households. This fact is pertinent when ... <a title="Coronavirus shows housing costs leave many insecure. Tackling that can help solve an even bigger crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/11/coronavirus-shows-housing-costs-leave-many-insecure-tackling-that-can-help-solve-an-even-bigger-crisis-137772/" aria-label="Read more about Coronavirus shows housing costs leave many insecure. Tackling that can help solve an even bigger crisis">Read more</a>
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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>
