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April 23, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Patrcia Ranald, Honorary Research fellow, University of Sydney Global companies are positioning themselves to use little-known rules in trade agreements such as the Comprehensive Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) to claim millions of dollars in compensation for restrictions imposed during the pandemic. They and other companies have successfully ... <a title="Corporations prepare to sue over action to save lives as pandemic reveals trade flaws" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/23/corporations-prepare-to-sue-over-action-to-save-lives-as-pandemic-reveals-trade-flaws-136604/" aria-label="Read more about Corporations prepare to sue over action to save lives as pandemic reveals trade flaws">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katherine Kirkwood, PhD Candidate, Queensland University of Technology If you’ve scrolled through Instagram, TikTok or Facebook lately, there’s a good chance you’ve seen a video of someone whipping together sugar, instant coffee and boiling water. This concoction is spooned over iced milk to create the foamy drink ... <a title="What is Dalgona coffee? The whipped coffee trend taking over the internet during isolation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/23/what-is-dalgona-coffee-the-whipped-coffee-trend-taking-over-the-internet-during-isolation-137068/" aria-label="Read more about What is Dalgona coffee? The whipped coffee trend taking over the internet during isolation">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jeff Borland, Professor of Economics, University of Melbourne In critical times, we expect our public institutions to step up. Inevitably, we are going to judge them, as we should, because it is important that they get decisions right. But judgements about an institution have to be based ... <a title="The attacks are misguided: in a time of crisis the Bureau of Statistics is serving us well" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/23/the-attacks-are-misguided-in-a-time-of-crisis-the-bureau-of-statistics-is-serving-us-well-136958/" aria-label="Read more about The attacks are misguided: in a time of crisis the Bureau of Statistics is serving us well">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ros Ben-Moshe, Adjunct lecturer School of Public Health and Psychology, La Trobe University Though families have retreated into their homes, it seems that dads the world over are taking centre stage on social media and video sharing platforms – providing an antidote to COVID-19 anxiety. Quarantined dads ... <a title="Dads’ time to shine online: how laughter can connect and heal" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/23/dads-time-to-shine-online-how-laughter-can-connect-and-heal-136243/" aria-label="Read more about Dads’ time to shine online: how laughter can connect and heal">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bates Gill, Professor of Asia-Pacific Security Studies, Macquarie University The ancient Chinese military strategist Sun Tzu once said, Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak. Looking at the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) today, it’s hard to say which of these tactics ... <a title="Is it time for a ‘new way of war?’ What China’s army reforms mean for the rest of the world" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/23/is-it-time-for-a-new-way-of-war-what-chinas-army-reforms-mean-for-the-rest-of-the-world-134660/" aria-label="Read more about Is it time for a ‘new way of war?’ What China’s army reforms mean for the rest of the world">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dr Vanessa Pirotta, Marine scientist and science communicator, Macquarie University It was 2 am on a humid summer’s night on Sydney’s coast. Something in the distance caught my eye – a pod of glowing dolphins darted towards the bow of the boat. I had never seen anything ... <a title="Sparkling dolphins swim off our coast, but humans are threatening these natural light shows" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/23/sparkling-dolphins-swim-off-our-coast-but-humans-are-threatening-these-natural-light-shows-131388/" aria-label="Read more about Sparkling dolphins swim off our coast, but humans are threatening these natural light shows">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David MacKenzie, Associate Professor, School of Psychology, Social Work & Social Policy, University of South Australia What would happen if we were able to redesign the homelessness services system so homelessness could be decreased and ultimately ended? Our newly released research report sets out an agenda of ... <a title="6 steps towards remaking the homelessness system so it works for young people" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/23/6-steps-towards-remaking-the-homelessness-system-so-it-works-for-young-people-136385/" aria-label="Read more about 6 steps towards remaking the homelessness system so it works for young people">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stefan Volk, Associate Professor and Co-Director Body, Heart and Mind in Business Research Group, University of Sydney As governments look to ease general social-distancing measures and instead use more targeted strategies to stop coronavirus transmission, we face a social dilemma about the limits of cooperative behaviour. Consider ... <a title="Coronavirus contact-tracing apps: most of us won’t cooperate unless everyone does" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/23/coronavirus-contact-tracing-apps-most-of-us-wont-cooperate-unless-everyone-does-135959/" aria-label="Read more about Coronavirus contact-tracing apps: most of us won’t cooperate unless everyone does">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrea Bubenik, Senior Lecturer in Art History, The University of Queensland Famous paintings are flooding the internet – but not as we are accustomed to seeing them. These are not just reproductions. Literally coming to life, paintings are being re-enacted at home with art lovers posing their ... <a title="Recreating masterpieces at home? People have been doing it for centuries" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/23/recreating-masterpieces-at-home-people-have-been-doing-it-for-centuries-136617/" aria-label="Read more about Recreating masterpieces at home? People have been doing it for centuries">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Greg Hunt is set to become the lead ministerial face of the sales effort for the proposed controversial new COVID-19 tracing app, aided by the government’s health professionals. Federal cabinet discussed the app at its Wednesday meeting, and the national ... <a title="View from The Hill: Government needs credible pitch and strong guarantees to get app take-up" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/22/view-from-the-hill-government-needs-credible-pitch-and-strong-guarantees-to-get-app-take-up-136979/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Government needs credible pitch and strong guarantees to get app take-up">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Meru Sheel, Epidemiologist | Senior Research Fellow, Australian National University Recent headlines have suggested COVID-19 can spread up to four meters, drawing into question the current advice to maintain 1.5 metres between people to prevent the spread of the virus. The news was based on a study ... <a title="Can coronavirus spread 4 metres?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/22/can-coronavirus-spread-4-metres-136239/" aria-label="Read more about Can coronavirus spread 4 metres?">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Duckett, Director, Health Program, Grattan Institute The near-total shutdown of elective surgery across Australia will end soon, following National Cabinet consideration on Tuesday. The shutdown was imposed to ensure there would be enough personal protective equipment (PPE) for doctors and nurses to manage a projected tsunami ... <a title="Elective surgery’s due to restart next week so now’s the time to fix waiting lists once and for all" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/22/elective-surgerys-due-to-restart-next-week-so-nows-the-time-to-fix-waiting-lists-once-and-for-all-136835/" aria-label="Read more about Elective surgery’s due to restart next week so now’s the time to fix waiting lists once and for all">Read more</a>
