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April 10, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joanne Orlando, Researcher: Children and Technology, Western Sydney University COVID-19 has left parents grappling with the challenges of online learning, entertainment and work. It’s natural the amount of time children spend using screens will now increase. But that’s OK. Screen time recommendations we’ve enforced for so long ... <a title="Forget old screen ‘time’ rules during coronavirus. Here’s what you should focus on instead" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/10/forget-old-screen-time-rules-during-coronavirus-heres-what-you-should-focus-on-instead-135053/" aria-label="Read more about Forget old screen ‘time’ rules during coronavirus. Here’s what you should focus on instead">Read more</a>
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April 10, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Sanderson, Professor and Inaugural Judith Neilson Chair in Architecture, UNSW The head of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has warned coronavirus poses “an existential threat to our continent”. Evidence from past crises shows not everyone is affected equally; the most vulnerable ... <a title="Coronavirus an ‘existential threat’ to Africa and her crowded slums" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/10/coronavirus-an-existential-threat-to-africa-and-her-crowded-slums-135829/" aria-label="Read more about Coronavirus an ‘existential threat’ to Africa and her crowded slums">Read more</a>
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April 10, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gillian Triggs, Emeritus Professor, University of Melbourne Grandmothers as social activists? What a radical idea … but one that is increasingly true of today’s generation of grandmothers. Witness the determination and courage of Karen Nettleton in pulling out all the stops to persuade the Australian government to ... <a title="Friday essay: today’s grandmothers grew up protesting. Now they have nothing to lose" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/10/friday-essay-todays-grandmothers-grew-up-protesting-now-they-have-nothing-to-lose-132670/" aria-label="Read more about Friday essay: today’s grandmothers grew up protesting. Now they have nothing to lose">Read more</a>
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April 10, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle O’Shea, Senior Lecturer Sport Management, Western Sydney University Against a global backdrop of cancelled sports leagues, and as part of their season opening, National Rugby League (NRL) fans recently packed the stands of Townsville’s new Queensland Country Bank Stadium. Fortunately, professional sporting bodies have now realised ... <a title="With everyone stuck indoors, esports is poised for its time in the sun" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/10/with-everyone-stuck-indoors-esports-is-poised-for-its-time-in-the-sun-135559/" aria-label="Read more about With everyone stuck indoors, esports is poised for its time in the sun">Read more</a>
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April 10, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dianne McGrath, Environmental Engineering PhD candidate; sustainability and food waste expertise, RMIT University As a food waste researcher, I’m interested in how humans prepare food, eat and manage leftovers. This interest is not just confined to Earth – it extends to other planets. I recently spent two ... <a title="What a simulated Mars mission taught me about food waste" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/10/what-a-simulated-mars-mission-taught-me-about-food-waste-132010/" aria-label="Read more about What a simulated Mars mission taught me about food waste">Read more</a>
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April 10, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Education Minister Dan Tehan has warned non-government schools that if they fail to open for the next term they will face losing funding. He said on Thursday that “as part of the funding requirement” a school would have to provide ... <a title="Open or else face funding cut – Minister Tehan’s edict to independent schools" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/10/open-or-else-face-funding-cut-minister-tehans-edict-to-independent-schools-136071/" aria-label="Read more about Open or else face funding cut – Minister Tehan’s edict to independent schools">Read more</a>
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April 9, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Remember how last year’s Easter felt bizarre because the country was in election-mode? How normal that seems, now everything is surreal, with the nation “holidaying” in this peculiar, unpleasant limbo. As we contemplate the grimness we should also remember it ... <a title="Australia’s coronavirus debate turns to the way out" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/09/australias-coronavirus-debate-turns-to-the-way-out-136058/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s coronavirus debate turns to the way out">Read more</a>
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April 9, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Michelle Grattan talks with MPs Tim Watts (Gellibrand, Victoria), Fiona Martin (Reid, NSW), Clare O’Neil (Hotham, Victoria) and Helen Haines (Indi, Victoria) about how they do their job during the pandemic. They discuss the operation of their electorate offices in ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: MPs Tim Watts, Fiona Martin, Clare O’Neil and Helen Haines talk about serving their electorates during the coronavirus crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/09/politics-with-michelle-grattan-mps-tim-watts-fiona-martin-clare-oneil-and-helen-haines-talk-about-serving-their-electorates-during-the-coronavirus-crisis-136060/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: MPs Tim Watts, Fiona Martin, Clare O’Neil and Helen Haines talk about serving their electorates during the coronavirus crisis">Read more</a>
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April 9, 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 Following the emergence and rapid spread of COVID-19, several countries have succeeded in bringing local outbreaks under control. The most dramatic of ... <a title="Coronavirus: what causes a ‘second wave’ of disease outbreak, and could we see this in Australia?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/09/coronavirus-what-causes-a-second-wave-of-disease-outbreak-and-could-we-see-this-in-australia-134125/" aria-label="Read more about Coronavirus: what causes a ‘second wave’ of disease outbreak, and could we see this in Australia?">Read more</a>
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April 9, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Elyse Methven, Lecturer in Law, University of Technology Sydney The message to everyone during the coronavirus pandemic is to stay at home and only leave if you really need to for, say, food, health care or exercise. Police now have powers to issue on-the-spot fines to people ... <a title="What to do if you’ve been fined for breaching coronavirus restrictions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/09/what-to-do-if-youve-been-fined-for-breaching-coronavirus-restrictions-135701/" aria-label="Read more about What to do if you’ve been fined for breaching coronavirus restrictions">Read more</a>
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April 9, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lauren Bloomfield, Senior Lecturer, School of Medicine, University of Notre Dame Australia Lockdown measures aimed at limiting the spread of COVID-19 should actually help cut the cases of flu this year. That’s because keeping people apart to reduce the spread of coronavirus will also help reduce the ... <a title="The coronavirus lockdown might help limit this year’s flu season – but you should still get your flu jab anyway" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/09/the-coronavirus-lockdown-might-help-limit-this-years-flu-season-but-you-should-still-get-your-flu-jab-anyway-135045/" aria-label="Read more about The coronavirus lockdown might help limit this year’s flu season – but you should still get your flu jab anyway">Read more</a>
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April 9, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Georgie Russell, Senior Lecturer, Deakin University This Easter will be especially challenging, with family isolation and many parents under financial strain, or other stressors. So, many parents will be looking to restore some sense of “normality” by welcoming the Easter bunny into their home. But when it ... <a title="Easter eggs can bring a little ‘normality’ to kids in isolation. But should we ration them or let kids eat how many they like?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/09/easter-eggs-can-bring-a-little-normality-to-kids-in-isolation-but-should-we-ration-them-or-let-kids-eat-how-many-they-like-133077/" aria-label="Read more about Easter eggs can bring a little ‘normality’ to kids in isolation. But should we ration them or let kids eat how many they like?">Read more</a>
