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May 5, 2020
The Samoa Observer media freedom video, Journalism Without Fear or Favour. By Sri Krishnamurthi, contributing editor of Pacific Media Watch Papua New Guinea’s two daily newspapers – the PNG Post-Courier and The National – which dominate the market, demonstrated “overwhelming deference” to the office of former Prime Minister Peter O’Neill, says a new report about ... <a title="PNG media suffers ‘overwhelming deference’, says freedom report" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/05/png-media-suffers-overwhelming-deference-says-freedom-report/" aria-label="Read more about PNG media suffers ‘overwhelming deference’, says freedom report">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2020
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Surviving the Black Flu It has been interesting for me to look back and investigate the Black Flu pandemic of 1918. The 1918 pandemic is widely regarded to have been the world’s worst pandemic since the Black Death of the late 1340s. (It was commonly known as the ‘Spanish Flu’, but this ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – Smart Treatments in a Pandemic; Lessons from the Black Flu" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/05/keith-rankin-analysis-smart-treatments-in-a-pandemic-lessons-from-the-black-flu/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – Smart Treatments in a Pandemic; Lessons from the Black Flu">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yun-Hee Jeon, Susan and Isaac Wakil Professor of Healthy Ageing, University of Sydney One in four Australians who have died from COVID-19 is from an aged care facility. These deaths show how fatal and fast the spread of the infection can be, and the extreme challenge of ... <a title="Aged care visitor guidelines balance residents’ rights and coronavirus risk – but may be hard to implement" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/05/aged-care-visitor-guidelines-balance-residents-rights-and-coronavirus-risk-but-may-be-hard-to-implement-137706/" aria-label="Read more about Aged care visitor guidelines balance residents’ rights and coronavirus risk – but may be hard to implement">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Freya Higgins-Desbiolles, Senior Lecturer in Tourism Management, University of South Australia We are hearing increasing talk about a trans-Tasman “travel bubble”, which could see Australia and New Zealand open their borders to each other. New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern was a special guest at Australia’s national ... <a title="Why a trans-Tasman travel bubble makes a lot of sense for Australia and New Zealand" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/05/why-a-trans-tasman-travel-bubble-makes-a-lot-of-sense-for-australia-and-new-zealand-137878/" aria-label="Read more about Why a trans-Tasman travel bubble makes a lot of sense for Australia and New Zealand">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Felicity Gerry, Professor and Queen’s Counsel, Deakin University Last month, Victoria swiftly pushed through a bill introducing judge-only criminal trials as a short-term measure to tackle the absence of court sittings during the coronavirus lockdown. The new law, which was cautiously welcomed by the state Criminal Bar ... <a title="Jury is out: why shifting to judge-alone trials is a flawed approach to criminal justice" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/05/jury-is-out-why-shifting-to-judge-alone-trials-is-a-flawed-approach-to-criminal-justice-137397/" aria-label="Read more about Jury is out: why shifting to judge-alone trials is a flawed approach to criminal justice">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Victoria Carruthers, Senior lecturer, Australian Catholic University Woman? All they knew for sure was that they desired her. Désir, a gigantic five-letter word. So commented American artist Dorothea Tanning recalling her time in the surrealist milieu of New York in the 1940s. On a New York rooftop ... <a title="Dorothea Tanning – an unusual surrealist with an unique female gaze" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/05/dorothea-tanning-an-unusual-surrealist-with-an-unique-female-gaze-131214/" aria-label="Read more about Dorothea Tanning – an unusual surrealist with an unique female gaze">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Robie, Professor of Pacific Journalism, Director of the Pacific Media Centre, Auckland University of Technology As fears grow over vulnerability to the coronavirus in parts of the Pacific, some governments stand accused of sheltering behind tough emergency or lockdown rules to silence criticism. Already, several media ... <a title="Pacific governments accused of using coronavirus crisis as cover for media crackdown" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/05/pacific-governments-accused-of-using-coronavirus-crisis-as-cover-for-media-crackdown-137700/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific governments accused of using coronavirus crisis as cover for media crackdown">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Novak, Postdoctoral Research Fellow – Additive Manufacturing, Deakin University With the COVID-19 pandemic, an urgent need has risen worldwide for specialised health and medical products. In a scramble to meet demand, “makers” in Australia and internationally have turned to 3D printing to address shortfalls. These days ... <a title="Millions of products have been 3D printed for the coronavirus pandemic – but they bring risks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/05/millions-of-products-have-been-3d-printed-for-the-coronavirus-pandemic-but-they-bring-risks-137486/" aria-label="Read more about Millions of products have been 3D printed for the coronavirus pandemic – but they bring risks">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jonathan Daly, Researcher, School of Architecture and Urban Design, RMIT University The COVID-19 pandemic restrictions have reminded us of the vital role public space plays in supporting our physical and mental well-being. We need to move, to feel sunlight and fresh air, and to see, talk and ... <a title="We can’t let coronavirus kill our cities. Here’s how we can save urban life" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/05/we-cant-let-coronavirus-kill-our-cities-heres-how-we-can-save-urban-life-137063/" aria-label="Read more about We can’t let coronavirus kill our cities. Here’s how we can save urban life">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2020
PACIFIC PANDEMIC DIARY: By Sri Krishnamurthi, self-isolating contributing editor of Pacific Media Watch After nearly five weeks of alert level 4 covid-19 lockdown and a further week at level 3, there is only one voice most New Zealanders rely on – Prime Minster Jacinda Ardern. While there has been clamouring to get the economy going ... <a title="It’s all about trust – and why I trust Jacinda over the coronavirus action" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/05/its-all-about-trust-and-why-i-trust-jacinda-over-the-coronavirus-action/" aria-label="Read more about It’s all about trust – and why I trust Jacinda over the coronavirus action">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2020
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. Today’s content Economy Robert MacCulloch (Herald): A time for trickle-up economics (paywalled) Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): Sir Roger Douglas – Let big firms ‘fend for themselves’ Bruce Munro (ODT): Recovery for all Simon Wilson (Herald): Is this the ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – May 05 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/05/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-may-05-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – May 05 2020">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Martin, Associate Professor in Criminology, Swinburne University of Technology The coronavirus pandemic has spawned reports of unregulated health products and fake cures being sold on the dark web. These include black market PPE, illicit medications such as the widely touted “miracle” drug chloroquine, and fake COVID-19 ... <a title="The darknet – a wild west for fake coronavirus ‘cures’? The reality is more complicated (and regulated)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/05/the-darknet-a-wild-west-for-fake-coronavirus-cures-the-reality-is-more-complicated-and-regulated-137608/" aria-label="Read more about The darknet – a wild west for fake coronavirus ‘cures’? The reality is more complicated (and regulated)">Read more</a>
