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March 17, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jack Anderson, Professor of Sports Law, Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne In American sports, the term “shutout” is usually associated with a comprehensive victory over an opposition that has failed to score. Last week, the spread of the coronavirus was such that it almost secured a ... <a title="Why haven’t the Olympics been cancelled from coronavirus? That’s the A$20bn question" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/17/why-havent-the-olympics-been-cancelled-from-coronavirus-thats-the-a-20bn-question-133445/" aria-label="Read more about Why haven’t the Olympics been cancelled from coronavirus? That’s the A$20bn question">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Regina Scheyvens, Professor of Development Studies, Massey University New Zealand’s border restrictions will come with significant job and business losses in the tourism sector, both at home and in the Pacific. But the new travel rules are absolutely necessary to protect the health of New Zealanders and ... <a title="Why NZ’s tough coronavirus travel rules are crucial to protecting lives at home and across the Pacific" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/17/why-nzs-tough-coronavirus-travel-rules-are-crucial-to-protecting-lives-at-home-and-across-the-pacific-133779/" aria-label="Read more about Why NZ’s tough coronavirus travel rules are crucial to protecting lives at home and across the Pacific">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Flaherty, Senior Lecturer (English and Drama) ANU, Australian National University Every year about 150 students enrol in the introductory English literature course at the Australian National University, which I teach. The course includes works by Shakespeare, Austen, Woolf and Dickens. I know what these books did ... <a title="What my students taught me about reading: old books hold new insights for the digital generation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/17/what-my-students-taught-me-about-reading-old-books-hold-new-insights-for-the-digital-generation-127799/" aria-label="Read more about What my students taught me about reading: old books hold new insights for the digital generation">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tony Walker, Adjunct Professor, School of Communications, La Trobe University When the Federal Reserve cut interest rates to the bone this week, this represented the most decisive action taken so far to forestall recession caused by a global health crisis. The US central bank’s dramatic intervention is ... <a title="Lack of confidence in US leadership adds to coronavirus panic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/17/lack-of-confidence-in-us-leadership-adds-to-coronavirus-panic-133760/" aria-label="Read more about Lack of confidence in US leadership adds to coronavirus panic">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Glen Peters, Research Director, Center for International Climate and Environment Research – Oslo Stock markets around the world had some of their worst performance in decades this past week, well surpassing that of the global financial crisis in 2008. Restrictions in the free movement of people is ... <a title="How changes brought on by coronavirus could help tackle climate change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/17/how-changes-brought-on-by-coronavirus-could-help-tackle-climate-change-133509/" aria-label="Read more about How changes brought on by coronavirus could help tackle climate change">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hinze Hogendoorn, Senior Research Fellow, Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, University of Melbourne We feel that we live in the present. When we open our eyes, we perceive the outside world as it is right now. But we are actually living slightly in the past. It takes ... <a title="What you’re seeing right now is the past, so your brain is predicting the present" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/17/what-youre-seeing-right-now-is-the-past-so-your-brain-is-predicting-the-present-131913/" aria-label="Read more about What you’re seeing right now is the past, so your brain is predicting the present">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Clare Collins, Professor in Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Newcastle The coronavirus presents many uncertainties, and none of us can completely eliminate our risk of getting COVID-19. But one thing we can do is eat as healthily as possible. If we do catch COVID-19, our immune system ... <a title="5 ways nutrition could help your immune system fight off the coronavirus" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/17/5-ways-nutrition-could-help-your-immune-system-fight-off-the-coronavirus-133356/" aria-label="Read more about 5 ways nutrition could help your immune system fight off the coronavirus">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Melanie Davern, Senior Research Fellow and Co-Director, Healthy Liveable Cities Group, Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University The way our growing cities are planned and built is becoming ever more important in building healthy, liveable and sustainable communities. Much of the focus on liveability has been on ... <a title="The average regional city resident lacks good access to two-thirds of community services, and liveability suffers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/17/the-average-regional-city-resident-lacks-good-access-to-two-thirds-of-community-services-and-liveability-suffers-131910/" aria-label="Read more about The average regional city resident lacks good access to two-thirds of community services, and liveability suffers">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Martijn Boersma, Senior lecturer, University of Technology Sydney The COVID-19 coronavirus is officially a pandemic, the US and Australian share markets have collapsed, both governments have unveiled stimulus packages, and Australia’s trade union movement is worried about the position of casuals. But things are worse overseas, including ... <a title="The real economic victims of coronavirus are those we can’t see" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/17/the-real-economic-victims-of-coronavirus-are-those-we-cant-see-133620/" aria-label="Read more about The real economic victims of coronavirus are those we can’t see">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Langley, Senior Research Fellow, Griffith University Archaeologists have unearthed two miniature stone engravings in Indonesia. These depict an anoa (dwarf buffalo) and a sun, star or eye dating back some 26,000 years – the first of their kind in our region. While such tiny engravings have ... <a title="First pocket-sized artworks from Ice Age Indonesia show humanity’s ancient drive to decorate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/17/first-pocket-sized-artworks-from-ice-age-indonesia-show-humanitys-ancient-drive-to-decorate-132187/" aria-label="Read more about First pocket-sized artworks from Ice Age Indonesia show humanity’s ancient drive to decorate">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra It’s appropriate the federal-state national cabinet is being dubbed a “war” cabinet because surely this country has not experienced such a sense of crisis since the dark days of World War 2. As the coronavirus cases escalate rapidly, there is ... <a title="View from The Hill: Government forced to “scale up” fiscal response to deal with impact of “scaled up” health response" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/17/view-from-the-hill-government-forced-to-scale-up-fiscal-response-to-deal-with-impact-of-scaled-up-health-response-133816/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Government forced to “scale up” fiscal response to deal with impact of “scaled up” health response">Read more</a>
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March 16, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University The government is planning to deliver a second coronavirus economic support package within days, and the Reserve Bank will announce “further policy measures” to support the economy on Thursday. The bank sometimes uses the phrase ... <a title="Reserve Bank and government prepare fresh emergency measures as markets tumble" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/16/reserve-bank-and-government-prepare-fresh-emergency-measures-as-markets-tumble-133780/" aria-label="Read more about Reserve Bank and government prepare fresh emergency measures as markets tumble">Read more</a>
