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May 16, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Komesaroff, Professor of Medicine, Monash University The US government’s call for an international inquiry into the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic has a clear political motive: to shift the blame for its own failure to respond effectively to the epidemic within its own borders. The finger-pointing ... <a title="Yes, we need a global coronavirus inquiry, but not for petty political point-scoring" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/16/yes-we-need-a-global-coronavirus-inquiry-but-not-for-petty-political-point-scoring-138020/" aria-label="Read more about Yes, we need a global coronavirus inquiry, but not for petty political point-scoring">Read more</a>
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May 16, 2020
By RNZ News It is essential for the health of people worldwide that a yet-to-be-discovered vaccine for covid-19 coronavirus is widely available, says former New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark says. Clark told RNZ Morning Report there is growing concern that instead of vaccine being available globally it will become the monopoly of a very ... <a title="Former PM Helen Clark backs people’s vaccine as public good for covid-19" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/16/former-pm-helen-clark-backs-peoples-vaccine-as-public-good-for-covid-19/" aria-label="Read more about Former PM Helen Clark backs people’s vaccine as public good for covid-19">Read more</a>
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May 15, 2020
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Today’s first summary chart looks at reported Covid19 cases and deaths over the seven days to 14 May. It is sorted into a Covid19 ‘deaths league’. Sweden now leads the world for acknowledged Covid19 deaths, closely followed by United Kingdom and Belgium. While Netherlands is showing well below Sweden and Belgium, ... <a title="Keith Rankin’s Chart Analysis – Covid19: Weekly Summary" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/15/keith-rankins-chart-analysis-covid19-weekly-summary/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin’s Chart Analysis – Covid19: Weekly Summary">Read more</a>
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May 15, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Michelle Grattan talks with Assistant Professor Caroline Fisher (remotely) about the week in politics, including the fine line the government is walking between generating economic confidence and the sobering prospect of recession, Thursday’s unemployment figures, and the risk of a ... <a title="VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the climb down the mountain, unemployment and Jobkeeper, as well as Anthony Albanese’s ‘vision statement’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/15/video-michelle-grattan-on-the-climb-down-the-mountain-unemployment-and-jobkeeper-as-well-as-anthony-albaneses-vision-statement-138728/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the climb down the mountain, unemployment and Jobkeeper, as well as Anthony Albanese’s ‘vision statement’">Read more</a>
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May 14, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jonathan Boston, Professor of Public Policy , Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Budget 2020’s focus on “jobs, jobs and jobs” is understandable, commendable and vital. COVID-19 poses the largest threat to paid employment since the Great Depression almost 90 years ago. The number of ... <a title="New Zealand’s pandemic budget is all about saving and creating jobs. Now the hard work begins" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/14/new-zealands-pandemic-budget-is-all-about-saving-and-creating-jobs-now-the-hard-work-begins-138523/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand’s pandemic budget is all about saving and creating jobs. Now the hard work begins">Read more</a>
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May 14, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Both China and the United States have suffered reputational damage with the Australian public as a result of their handling of the coronavirus crisis, according to a Lowy COVIDpoll. Most Australians (68%) say they feel “less favourable towards China’s system ... <a title="Pandemic dents Australians’ views of both China and the United States" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/14/pandemic-dents-australians-views-of-both-china-and-the-united-states-138529/" aria-label="Read more about Pandemic dents Australians’ views of both China and the United States">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2020
COMMENT: By Sri Krishnamurthi, contributing editor of Pacific Media Watch Was New Zealand media giants NZME trying to pull a “fast one” when the company sought urgent approval to help to buy out rival media company Stuff for $1. The New Zealand Herald owners filed an urgent Commerce Commission application at on Monday for the ... <a title="Media monopoly: Was NZME trying to pull a ‘fast one’ over Stuff?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/13/media-monopoly-was-nzme-trying-to-pull-a-fast-one-over-stuff/" aria-label="Read more about Media monopoly: Was NZME trying to pull a ‘fast one’ over Stuff?">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2020
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Income in an Economy The chart above shows how income is distributed in an economy. It shows three major sectors: Government, Business and Households. Households are the principal sector; governments and businesses serve households, and are accountable to households. The chart is a pie chart, representing the economic pie. (For now, ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – National Income: the Pie Chart" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/12/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-national-income-the-pie-chart/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – National Income: the Pie Chart">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nick Bisley, Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences and Professor of International Relations at La Trobe University, La Trobe University Even before the COVID-19 crisis upended the world, US-China relations had entered a particularly mistrustful and combative period. While the mutual antagonism predated the Trump administration – ... <a title="US-China relations were already heated. Then coronavirus threw fuel on the flames" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/12/us-china-relations-were-already-heated-then-coronavirus-threw-fuel-on-the-flames-137886/" aria-label="Read more about US-China relations were already heated. Then coronavirus threw fuel on the flames">Read more</a>
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May 11, 2020
By RNZ News Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced today a staggered move for New Zealand into alert level 2 starting on Thursday, with schools and bars reopening later and groups limited to 10 people. She said retail, malls, cafes, restaurants, cinemas and other public spaces including playgrounds and gyms would be able to reopen on ... <a title="Ardern unveils staggered NZ move to alert level 2 – but warns ‘take care’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/11/ardern-unveils-staggered-nz-move-to-alert-level-2-but-warns-take-care/" aria-label="Read more about Ardern unveils staggered NZ move to alert level 2 – but warns ‘take care’">Read more</a>
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May 11, 2020
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Today’s chart shows (in grey) the estimated impact of Covid-19 on mortality rates in the selected countries. For most of these countries, the ‘excess death’ procedure provides an estimate of underreporting in underreporting countries compared to those with the most comprehensive reporting. Some of these extra deaths may have occurred as ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Estimating the true death tolls from Covid19" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/11/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-estimating-the-true-death-tolls-from-covid19/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Estimating the true death tolls from Covid19">Read more</a>
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May 11, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rosemary Jean Kennedy, Adjunct Associate Professor of Architecture and Urban Design, Queensland University of Technology Retirement villages – walled, gated and separate seniors’ enclaves – have had their day. The word “retirement” is redundant and engagement between people of all ages is high. That’s how participants in ... <a title="Retire the retirement village – the wall and what’s behind it is so 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/11/retire-the-retirement-village-the-wall-and-whats-behind-it-is-so-2020-135953/" aria-label="Read more about Retire the retirement village – the wall and what’s behind it is so 2020">Read more</a>
