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May 1, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nic Geard, Senior Lecturer, School of Computing and Information Systems, University of Melbourne; Senior Research Fellow, Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, University of Melbourne By international standards, Australia has had considerable success in containing the COVID-19 outbreak. As the number of new cases continues to decline, ... <a title="What is sentinel surveillance and how might it help in the fight against coronavirus?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/01/what-is-sentinel-surveillance-and-how-might-it-help-in-the-fight-against-coronavirus-136845/" aria-label="Read more about What is sentinel surveillance and how might it help in the fight against coronavirus?">Read more</a>
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May 1, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Susan Potter, Lecturer in Film Studies, University of Sydney Spoiler alert: this story describes a pivotal film scene that is designed to surprise the viewer. LGBTQ films tend to provoke debates about authenticity, especially when it comes to sex: should it be represented explicitly or not? Portrait ... <a title="Where there’s smoke: seeing sex in Portrait of a Lady on Fire" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/01/where-theres-smoke-seeing-sex-in-portrait-of-a-lady-on-fire-132184/" aria-label="Read more about Where there’s smoke: seeing sex in Portrait of a Lady on Fire">Read more</a>
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May 1, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW As Australia begins gradually to relax some of its containment measures (so-called nonpharmaceutical interventions or NPIs) we are confronted with a number of questions when will children be back at school full time? when might restaurants and pubs be open and ... <a title="Vital Signs. The evidence that lockdowns work may not be gold standard, but it’s good" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/01/vital-signs-the-evidence-that-lockdowns-work-may-not-be-gold-standard-but-its-good-137540/" aria-label="Read more about Vital Signs. The evidence that lockdowns work may not be gold standard, but it’s good">Read more</a>
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May 1, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amy Maguire, Associate Professor in Human Rights and International Law, University of Newcastle Debates about a return to classroom learning in Australia are fraught, and parents have mixed feelings as to what may be best for their children. This confusion is likely influenced by a sense of ... <a title="Sending children back to school during coronavirus has human rights implications" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/01/sending-children-back-to-school-during-coronavirus-has-human-rights-implications-137251/" aria-label="Read more about Sending children back to school during coronavirus has human rights implications">Read more</a>
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May 1, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Elizabeth Thurbon, Scientia Fellow and Associate Professor in International Relations / International Political Economy, UNSW The chaos of COVID-19 has now hit global energy markets, creating an outcome unheard of in industrial history: negative oil prices. With the world’s largest economies largely in lockdown, demand for oil ... <a title="Want an economic tonic, Mr Morrison? Use that stimulus money to turbocharge renewables" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/01/want-an-economic-tonic-mr-morrison-use-that-stimulus-money-to-turbocharge-renewables-137074/" aria-label="Read more about Want an economic tonic, Mr Morrison? Use that stimulus money to turbocharge renewables">Read more</a>
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May 1, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tan Yigitcanlar, Associate Professor of Urban Studies and Planning, Queensland University of Technology Australia has borne the brunt of several major disasters in recent years, including drought, bushfires, floods and cyclones. The increasing use of social media is changing how we prepare for and respond to these ... <a title="Disasters expose gaps in emergency services’ social media use" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/01/disasters-expose-gaps-in-emergency-services-social-media-use-134912/" aria-label="Read more about Disasters expose gaps in emergency services’ social media use">Read more</a>
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May 1, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hans Hendrischke, Professor of Chinese Business and Management, University of Sydney Two events this week have illustrated two fundamental tensions in Australia’s relationship with China. The first event was China’s ambassador to Australia suggesting a Chinese boycott of Australian exports, due to Australia pursuing an independent inquiry ... <a title="Australia’s links with China must change, but decoupling is not an option" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/01/australias-links-with-china-must-change-but-decoupling-is-not-an-option-137391/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s links with China must change, but decoupling is not an option">Read more</a>
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May 1, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tony Birch, Lecturer, Creative Writing, Victoria University Following the death of her elderly father, a close friend of mine recently asked if I would read a poem by Goethe at his funeral. I didn’t know the man well. In fact, I had met him only once, seated ... <a title="Friday essay: grief and things of stone, wood and wool" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/01/friday-essay-grief-and-things-of-stone-wood-and-wool-136721/" aria-label="Read more about Friday essay: grief and things of stone, wood and wool">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Sivey, Associate Professor, School of Economics, Finance and Marketing, RMIT University Australia is in an enviable position when compared with major world cities like New York, London and Madrid, each of which continues to deal with COVID-19 deaths in the thousands. Although Australia has suffered 91 ... <a title="New roadmap gives Australia two paths out of COVID-19 lockdown: elimination or adaptation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/30/new-roadmap-gives-australia-two-paths-out-of-covid-19-lockdown-elimination-or-adaptation-137494/" aria-label="Read more about New roadmap gives Australia two paths out of COVID-19 lockdown: elimination or adaptation">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Karlheinz Peter, Lab Head, Atherothrombosis and Vascular Biology and Deputy Director, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute; Interventional Cardiologist, Alfred Hospital; Professor of Medicine and Immunology, Monash University, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute As well as causing severe respiratory problems, there is mounting evidence COVID-19 causes abnormalities in ... <a title="People with coronavirus are at risk of blood clots and strokes. Here’s what we know so far" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/30/people-with-coronavirus-are-at-risk-of-blood-clots-and-strokes-heres-what-we-know-so-far-137304/" aria-label="Read more about People with coronavirus are at risk of blood clots and strokes. Here’s what we know so far">Read more</a>
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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>
