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March 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jacinta Carroll, Senior Research Fellow, Counter Terrorism and Social Cohesion, National Security College, Australian National University There are now nearly 300 cases of COVID-19 linked to passengers who disembarked from the Ruby Princess cruise ship without any health checks from authorities. Amid public condemnation, video of travellers ... <a title="Coronavirus has seriously tested our border security. Have we learned from our mistakes?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/30/coronavirus-has-seriously-tested-our-border-security-have-we-learned-from-our-mistakes-134794/" aria-label="Read more about Coronavirus has seriously tested our border security. Have we learned from our mistakes?">Read more</a>
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March 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emily Brayshaw, Lecturer, Fashion and Design History, Theory, and Thinking, University of Technology Sydney Once again, global crafting communities are stepping up to help in a crisis, sewing face masks desperately needed in American hospitals to help stop the spread of COVID-19. People are also increasingly sporting ... <a title="Do homemade masks work? Sometimes. But leave the design to the experts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/30/do-homemade-masks-work-sometimes-but-leave-the-design-to-the-experts-134409/" aria-label="Read more about Do homemade masks work? Sometimes. But leave the design to the experts">Read more</a>
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March 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Quentin Grafton, Director of the Centre for Water Economics, Environment and Policy, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University In 1997, a bestselling book by Jared Diamond purported to explain how the West “won” world dominance based on the good luck of geography, and because western ... <a title="Modelling suggests going early and going hard will save lives and help the economy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/30/modelling-suggests-going-early-and-going-hard-will-save-lives-and-help-the-economy-135025/" aria-label="Read more about Modelling suggests going early and going hard will save lives and help the economy">Read more</a>
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March 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Misha Ketchell, Editor & Executive Director, The Conversation You might have seen recent media reports in various outlets of a paper, commissioned by the federal government, reporting the coronavirus advice of a group of experts from Group Of Eight universities. Dated March 22, the letter said “we ... <a title="‘Go now, go hard and go smart’: the strategy Group of Eight universities experts urged the government to take" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/30/go-now-go-hard-and-go-smart-the-strategy-group-of-eight-universities-experts-urged-the-government-to-take-135031/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Go now, go hard and go smart’: the strategy Group of Eight universities experts urged the government to take">Read more</a>
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March 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Wark, Conjoint Professor, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle As the number of COVID-19 cases around the world continues to climb, hospitals are under increased pressure to provide emergency care for the most severely ill patients. What does this involve, and how does ... <a title="How are the most serious COVID-19 cases treated, and does the coronavirus cause lasting damage?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/30/how-are-the-most-serious-covid-19-cases-treated-and-does-the-coronavirus-cause-lasting-damage-134398/" aria-label="Read more about How are the most serious COVID-19 cases treated, and does the coronavirus cause lasting damage?">Read more</a>
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March 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brendan Coates, Program Director, Household Finances, Grattan Institute New Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development estimates paint a grim picture of the direct economic costs of public health measures to contain the spread of COVID-19, and the need for more government support to cushion the blow. The ... <a title="New OECD estimates suggest a 22% hit to Australia’s economy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/30/new-oecd-estimates-suggest-a-22-hit-to-australias-economy-135026/" aria-label="Read more about New OECD estimates suggest a 22% hit to Australia’s economy">Read more</a>
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March 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Albert Van Dijk, Professor, Water and Landscape Dynamics, Fenner School of Environment & Society, Australian National University 2019 was the year Australians confronted the fact that a healthy environment is more than just a pretty waterfall in a national park; a nice extra we can do without. ... <a title="A major scorecard gives the health of Australia’s environment less than 1 out of 10" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/30/a-major-scorecard-gives-the-health-of-australias-environment-less-than-1-out-of-10-133444/" aria-label="Read more about A major scorecard gives the health of Australia’s environment less than 1 out of 10">Read more</a>
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March 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yale Z Wong, Research Associate, Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies, University of Sydney ZMinimising health risks has rightly been the focus of discussion during the coronavirus outbreak. This includes efforts to protect both frontline public transport employees and the travelling public. But we should also be ... <a title="For public transport to keep running, operators must find ways to outlast coronavirus" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/30/for-public-transport-to-keep-running-operators-must-find-ways-to-outlast-coronavirus-134224/" aria-label="Read more about For public transport to keep running, operators must find ways to outlast coronavirus">Read more</a>
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March 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tyler Riordan, PhD Candidate, The University of Queensland Along with home delivery of groceries, pharmaceuticals and alcohol, demand for food delivery is booming. Services such as Uber Eats and Deliveroo have become essential to cafes and restaurants that can now only sell takeaway food. It is good ... <a title="Delivery workers are now essential. They deserve the rights of other employees" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/30/delivery-workers-are-now-essential-they-deserve-the-rights-of-other-employees-134406/" aria-label="Read more about Delivery workers are now essential. They deserve the rights of other employees">Read more</a>
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March 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nishanathe Dahanayake, PhD Candidate, Ethics/Philosophy, University of New England The coronavirus pandemic is challenging our health, work, family, food and fun. It’s also disturbing our peace of mind and forcing us to question our own existence. We are each asking our own existential questions: Why is this ... <a title="Thinking like a Buddhist about coronavirus can calm the mind and help us focus" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/30/thinking-like-a-buddhist-about-coronavirus-can-calm-the-mind-and-help-us-focus-134651/" aria-label="Read more about Thinking like a Buddhist about coronavirus can calm the mind and help us focus">Read more</a>
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March 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra No more than two people are to gather together in public spaces, and playgrounds will be closed in the latest restrictions in the coronavirus crisis. Meanwhile the government will now scrutinise all foreign investment proposals as well as impose longer ... <a title="Public gatherings restricted to two people and all foreign investment proposals scrutinised, in new coronavirus measures" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/30/public-gatherings-restricted-to-two-people-and-all-foreign-investment-proposals-scrutinised-in-new-coronavirus-measures-135000/" aria-label="Read more about Public gatherings restricted to two people and all foreign investment proposals scrutinised, in new coronavirus measures">Read more</a>
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March 29, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Linda Botterill, Professor in Australian Politics, University of Canberra The novel coronavirus sees Australia facing major unprecedented health and economic crises. The key to preventing a downward spiral of the economy is to avoid a collapse in incomes of newly laid-off workers who won’t be able to ... <a title="Give people and businesses money now they can pay back later (if and when they can)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/29/give-people-and-businesses-money-now-they-can-pay-back-later-if-and-when-they-can-134998/" aria-label="Read more about Give people and businesses money now they can pay back later (if and when they can)">Read more</a>
