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April 8, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Meead Saberi, Senior lecturer, UNSW Traffic jams may have disappeared from our roads as people stay home during the COVID-19 pandemic, but we can be confident they will be back. Scientists have studied traffic and congestion for decades. We know a lot about how traffic jams form, ... <a title="Traffic jams are contagious. Understanding how they spread can help make them less common" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/08/traffic-jams-are-contagious-understanding-how-they-spread-can-help-make-them-less-common-135551/" aria-label="Read more about Traffic jams are contagious. Understanding how they spread can help make them less common">Read more</a>
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April 8, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tim Lindsey, Malcolm Smith Professor of Asian Law and Director of the Centre for Indonesian Law, Islam and Society, University of Melbourne Almost no one thinks Indonesia is handling the COVID-19 pandemic well. Until early March, the government claimed it had no cases of infection, something the ... <a title="Indonesia was in denial over coronavirus. Now it may be facing a looming disaster" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/08/indonesia-was-in-denial-over-coronavirus-now-it-may-be-facing-a-looming-disaster-135436/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesia was in denial over coronavirus. Now it may be facing a looming disaster">Read more</a>
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April 8, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rod Lamberts, Deputy Director, Australian National Centre for Public Awareness of Science, Australian National University Good news: COVID-19 is not the only thing going on right now! Bad news: while we’ve all been deep in the corona-hole, the climate crisis has been ticking along in the background, ... <a title="5 big environment stories you probably missed while you’ve been watching coronavirus" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/08/5-big-environment-stories-you-probably-missed-while-youve-been-watching-coronavirus-135364/" aria-label="Read more about 5 big environment stories you probably missed while you’ve been watching coronavirus">Read more</a>
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April 8, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Martin Loosemore, Professor of Construction Management, University of Technology Sydney Local governments are not eligible for the JobKeeper Payment, while major industries like construction are. Although the JobKeeper scheme has been broadly welcomed, it is a mystery to business why Australia’s 537 local councils, which provide vital ... <a title="Lack of help for local councils in coronavirus package undercuts industry support" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/08/lack-of-help-for-local-councils-in-coronavirus-package-undercuts-industry-support-135700/" aria-label="Read more about Lack of help for local councils in coronavirus package undercuts industry support">Read more</a>
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April 8, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julian Waters-Lynch, Lecturer Entrepreneurship and Innovation, RMIT University If you’re working from home for the first time, you might be asking yourself why you didn’t get to do this years ago. The benefits of remote work have been discussed for nearly half a century. Many thinkers predicted ... <a title="50 years of bold predictions about remote work: it isn’t all about technology" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/08/50-years-of-bold-predictions-about-remote-work-it-isnt-all-about-technology-135034/" aria-label="Read more about 50 years of bold predictions about remote work: it isn’t all about technology">Read more</a>
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April 8, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Roslyn Petelin, Course coordinator, The University of Queensland When a literary luminary such as Thomas Kenneally declares so early in 2020 that he is certain a “more original” novel “will not be published this year”, the reviewer faces a challenge. The book in question is The Dictionary ... <a title="Book review: The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/08/book-review-the-dictionary-of-lost-words-by-pip-williams-132503/" aria-label="Read more about Book review: The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams">Read more</a>
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April 7, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Scott Morrison has made clear his view that any attempt to eliminate COVID-19 entirely in Australia would carry too high an economic cost, while Chief Medical Officer Brendan Murphy says such an aim would require “very aggressive” long-term border control. ... <a title="Scott Morrison indicates ‘eliminating’ COVID-19 would come at too high a cost" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/07/scott-morrison-indicates-eliminating-covid-19-would-come-at-too-high-a-cost-135857/" aria-label="Read more about Scott Morrison indicates ‘eliminating’ COVID-19 would come at too high a cost">Read more</a>
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April 7, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stanley Shanapinda, Research Fellow, La Trobe University A conspiracy theory claiming 5G can spread the coronavirus is making the rounds on social media. The myth supposedly gained traction when a Belgian doctor linked the “dangers” of 5G technology to the virus during an interview in January. Closer ... <a title="No, 5G radiation doesn’t cause or spread the coronavirus. Saying it does is destructive" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/07/no-5g-radiation-doesnt-cause-or-spread-the-coronavirus-saying-it-does-is-destructive-135695/" aria-label="Read more about No, 5G radiation doesn’t cause or spread the coronavirus. Saying it does is destructive">Read more</a>
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April 7, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rick Sarre, Adjunct Professor of Law and Criminal Justice, University of South Australia The High Court today quashed the conviction of Cardinal George Pell, who had originally been found guilty on a number of charges by a jury of 12 people. His defence counsel, Bret Walker SC, ... <a title="The jury may be out on the jury system after George Pell’s successful appeal" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/07/the-jury-may-be-out-on-the-jury-system-after-george-pells-successful-appeal-135814/" aria-label="Read more about The jury may be out on the jury system after George Pell’s successful appeal">Read more</a>
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April 7, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rachel Climie, Exercise Physiologist and Research Fellow, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute Fitbit recently released data showing a global decrease in physical activity levels among users of its activity trackers compared to the same time last year. As we navigate the coronavirus pandemic, this is not altogether ... <a title="For older people and those with chronic health conditions, staying active at home is extra important – here’s how" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/07/for-older-people-and-those-with-chronic-health-conditions-staying-active-at-home-is-extra-important-heres-how-135322/" aria-label="Read more about For older people and those with chronic health conditions, staying active at home is extra important – here’s how">Read more</a>
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April 7, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Indigo Holcombe-James, Sessional academic, School of Media and Communications, RMIT University Museums, galleries and artist collectives around the world are shutting their doors and moving online in response to coronavirus. But engaging with audiences online requires access, skills and investment. My research with remote Aboriginal art centres ... <a title="Coronavirus: as culture moves online, regional organisations need help bridging the digital divide" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/07/coronavirus-as-culture-moves-online-regional-organisations-need-help-bridging-the-digital-divide-135050/" aria-label="Read more about Coronavirus: as culture moves online, regional organisations need help bridging the digital divide">Read more</a>
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April 7, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Steven Hamilton, Visiting Fellow, Tax and Transfer Policy Institute, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University No Australian government has ever spent A$130 billion so quickly. Last Tuesday, when the Prime Minister announced the government would subsidise six million jobs for six months to the tune ... <a title="JobKeeper is quick, dirty and effective: there was no time to make it perfect" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/07/jobkeeper-is-quick-dirty-and-effective-there-was-no-time-to-make-it-perfect-135195/" aria-label="Read more about JobKeeper is quick, dirty and effective: there was no time to make it perfect">Read more</a>
