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More green, more ‘zzzzz’? Trees may help us sleep

March 16, 2020

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Thomas Astell-Burt, Professor of Population Health and Environmental Data Science, NHMRC Boosting Dementia Research Leadership Fellow, University of Wollongong Not feeling sharp? Finding it hard to concentrate? About 12-19% of adults in Australia regularly don’t get enough sleep, defined as less than 5.5–6 hours each night. But ... <a title="More green, more ‘zzzzz’? Trees may help us sleep" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/16/more-green-more-zzzzz-trees-may-help-us-sleep-132354/" aria-label="Read more about More green, more ‘zzzzz’? Trees may help us sleep">Read more</a>

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Morrison, compassion and coronavirus: when crisis refines leadership

March 16, 2020

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sen Sendjaya, Professor of Leadership, Swinburne University of Technology News that the Morrison government paid A$190,000 last year for advice on how to empathise with the Australian people was met with ridicule. Yet it might be worth the money. In late January, Morrison was continually criticised for ... <a title="Morrison, compassion and coronavirus: when crisis refines leadership" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/16/morrison-compassion-and-coronavirus-when-crisis-refines-leadership-133621/" aria-label="Read more about Morrison, compassion and coronavirus: when crisis refines leadership">Read more</a>

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Snakes make good food. Banning farms won’t help the fight against coronavirus

March 16, 2020

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Daniel Natusch, Honorary Research Fellow, Macquarie University The wildlife trade has long been closely linked to disease outbreaks. It has been implicated in the SARS epidemic of 2002, Ebola in 2013 and now in the COVID-19 coronavirus. In response to the COVID-19 outbreak, China has tentatively banned ... <a title="Snakes make good food. Banning farms won’t help the fight against coronavirus" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/16/snakes-make-good-food-banning-farms-wont-help-the-fight-against-coronavirus-133075/" aria-label="Read more about Snakes make good food. Banning farms won’t help the fight against coronavirus">Read more</a>

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Stateless review: remembering a time when we were outraged

March 16, 2020

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By George Newhouse, Adjunct Professor of Law, Macquarie University Most of Cornelia Rau’s family and friends have regarded the screening of Stateless with trepidation because the television series is loosely based on her troubled life. In 2004-05, Cornelia Rau was wrongfully detained for 10 months at a Brisbane’s ... <a title="Stateless review: remembering a time when we were outraged" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/16/stateless-review-remembering-a-time-when-we-were-outraged-132967/" aria-label="Read more about Stateless review: remembering a time when we were outraged">Read more</a>

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View from The Hill: Scott Morrison announces mandatory self-isolation for all overseas arrivals and gives up shaking hands

March 16, 2020

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Chief Medical Officer Brendan Murphy was still shaking hands on Sunday morning. But when that afternoon Scott Morrison announced the latest coronavirus measures, including compulsory self-isolation for overseas arrivals, the Prime Minister said he and other cabinet members wouldn’t be ... <a title="View from The Hill: Scott Morrison announces mandatory self-isolation for all overseas arrivals and gives up shaking hands" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/16/view-from-the-hill-scott-morrison-announces-mandatory-self-isolation-for-all-overseas-arrivals-and-gives-up-shaking-hands-133715/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Scott Morrison announces mandatory self-isolation for all overseas arrivals and gives up shaking hands">Read more</a>

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NZ’s decision to close its borders will hurt tourism but it’s the right thing to do

March 15, 2020

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Siouxsie Wiles, Associate Professor in Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, University of Auckland Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has done exactly what is needed to limit the spread of COVID-19 in New Zealand and the Pacific. Two new cases were confirmed today, just hours before new border restrictions come ... <a title="NZ’s decision to close its borders will hurt tourism but it’s the right thing to do" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/15/nzs-decision-to-close-its-borders-will-hurt-tourism-but-its-the-right-thing-to-do-133707/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s decision to close its borders will hurt tourism but it’s the right thing to do">Read more</a>

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VIDEO: your coronavirus and COVID-19 questions answered by experts

March 14, 2020

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sunanda Creagh, Head of Digital Storytelling What do you need to know about COVID-19 and coronavirus? We asked our readers for their top questions and sought answers from two of Australia’s leading virus and vaccine experts. The video below features Professor Michael Wallach and Dr Lisa Sedger ... <a title="VIDEO: your coronavirus and COVID-19 questions answered by experts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/14/video-your-coronavirus-and-covid-19-questions-answered-by-experts-133513/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: your coronavirus and COVID-19 questions answered by experts">Read more</a>

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What is a virus? How do they spread? How do they make us sick?

March 14, 2020

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lotti Tajouri, Associate Professor, Biomedical Sciences, Bond University Viruses are the most common biological entities on Earth. Experts estimate there are around 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 of them, and if they were all lined up they would stretch from one side of the galaxy to the other. You can think ... <a title="What is a virus? How do they spread? How do they make us sick?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/14/what-is-a-virus-how-do-they-spread-how-do-they-make-us-sick-133437/" aria-label="Read more about What is a virus? How do they spread? How do they make us sick?">Read more</a>

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‘Cabin fever’: Australia must prepare for the social and psychological impacts of a coronavirus lockdown

March 14, 2020

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jennifer Boddy, Associate Professor and Deputy Head of School (Learning and Teaching), Griffith University As the COVID-19 outbreak intensifies, we’re seeing mass isolation in virus epicentres, with about 500 million people in China “under varying degrees of quarantine”, and all of Italy in lockdown. In Australia, self-isolation ... <a title="‘Cabin fever’: Australia must prepare for the social and psychological impacts of a coronavirus lockdown" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/14/cabin-fever-australia-must-prepare-for-the-social-and-psychological-impacts-of-a-coronavirus-lockdown-133353/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Cabin fever’: Australia must prepare for the social and psychological impacts of a coronavirus lockdown">Read more</a>

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Working at home to avoid coronavirus? This tech lets you (almost) replicate the office

March 14, 2020

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Geoffrey Mann, Sessional Lecturer, RMIT University Working from home is already so common it has its own acronym, and it’s about to get even more common still. Companies like Apple, Amazon and Microsoft are now advising employees to “WFH” to avoid exposure to the novel coronavirus. But ... <a title="Working at home to avoid coronavirus? This tech lets you (almost) replicate the office" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/14/working-at-home-to-avoid-coronavirus-this-tech-lets-you-almost-replicate-the-office-133350/" aria-label="Read more about Working at home to avoid coronavirus? This tech lets you (almost) replicate the office">Read more</a>

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View from The Hill: Coronavirus hits at the heart of Morrison’s government, with Peter Dutton infected

March 14, 2020

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra It was a sensational day in the ever-escalating coronavirus story, with Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton on Friday testing positive for COVID-19 and admitted to hospital. Meanwhile, sporting and other organisations prepared for massive changes, after the government’s announcement of ... <a title="View from The Hill: Coronavirus hits at the heart of Morrison’s government, with Peter Dutton infected" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/14/view-from-the-hill-coronavirus-hits-at-the-heart-of-morrisons-government-with-peter-dutton-infected-133634/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Coronavirus hits at the heart of Morrison’s government, with Peter Dutton infected">Read more</a>

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Viral spiral: the federal government is playing a risky game with mixed messages on coronavirus

March 14, 2020

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Kenny, Professor, Australian National University Holding daily press conferences to keep people alert but not alarmed is an inherently tricky business. But “fast, frank and frequent” have been the watchwords for Health Minister Greg Hunt and Chief Medical Officer Brendan Murphy in dealing with the coronavirus ... <a title="Viral spiral: the federal government is playing a risky game with mixed messages on coronavirus" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/14/viral-spiral-the-federal-government-is-playing-a-risky-game-with-mixed-messages-on-coronavirus-133508/" aria-label="Read more about Viral spiral: the federal government is playing a risky game with mixed messages on coronavirus">Read more</a>