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May 18, 2020
By RNZ News Many people have revelled in a return to a simpler life in recent weeks. While lockdown restrictions are eased in many places around the world, people will return to a faster-paced, more cluttered lifestyle. But does it have to be that way? Can we live a simpler life post-lockdown? With a dramatic ... <a title="Covid-19 pandemic ‘spells end of neoliberal era’, says author" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/18/covid-19-pandemic-spells-end-of-neoliberal-era-says-author/" aria-label="Read more about Covid-19 pandemic ‘spells end of neoliberal era’, says author">Read more</a>
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May 17, 2020
By Hayden Donnell, RNZ Mediawatch producer You might not know his face, but Māori Television’s Heta Gardiner has been one of the most valuable and memorable contributors to the daily Covid-19 briefings. He explains what it has been like covering a pandemic in a still Pākehā-dominated press gallery. The near-daily media briefings on Covid-19 often ... <a title="A lone Māori voice raising Te Ao issues at the covid-19 briefings" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/17/a-lone-maori-voice-raising-te-ao-issues-at-the-covid-19-briefings/" aria-label="Read more about A lone Māori voice raising Te Ao issues at the covid-19 briefings">Read more</a>
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May 16, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anthony Jorm, Professor emeritus, University of Melbourne Federal health minister Greg Hunt has unveiled a A$48.1 million COVID-19 mental health plan, featuring A$7.3 million for research and data collection, A$29.5 million for outreach to vulnerable people, and A$11.3 million for communication and other outreach programs. This is ... <a title="The government will spend $48 million to safeguard mental health. Extending JobKeeper would safeguard it even more" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/16/the-government-will-spend-48-million-to-safeguard-mental-health-extending-jobkeeper-would-safeguard-it-even-more-138778/" aria-label="Read more about The government will spend $48 million to safeguard mental health. Extending JobKeeper would safeguard it even more">Read more</a>
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May 16, 2020
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards. How radical or transformative is Grant Robertson’s 2020 Budget? Opinions are divided over this week’s landmark economic package. Some are viewing the big spend as a return to traditional Labour – or even socialist – politics, while others see it as “business as usual”, albeit on a grander scale. Seeing ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: A homecoming or still adrift – how radical is Labour’s Budget?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/16/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-a-homecoming-or-still-adrift-how-radical-is-labours-budget/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: A homecoming or still adrift – how radical is Labour’s Budget?">Read more</a>
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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
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW As Australia begins to relax its COVID-19 restrictions there is understandable debate about how quickly that should proceed, and whether lockdowns even made sense in Australia in the first place. The sceptics arguing for more rapid relaxation of containment measures point ... <a title="The costs of the shutdown are overestimated — they’re outweighed by its $1 trillion benefit" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/16/the-costs-of-the-shutdown-are-overestimated-theyre-outweighed-by-its-1-trillion-benefit-138303/" aria-label="Read more about The costs of the shutdown are overestimated — they’re outweighed by its $1 trillion benefit">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 16, 2020
By Robert Baird in Dili Timor-Leste has no active cases of covid-19 for the first time since its first confirmed case on March 21, say health authorities. The Integrated Crisis Management Centre (CIGC) confirmed yesterday a 24th patient had recovered from the virus. A further four people, who returned “inconclusive” results, had been receiving treament at ... <a title="Timor-Leste now ruled free of active cases of covid-19" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/16/timor-leste-now-ruled-free-of-active-cases-of-covid-19/" aria-label="Read more about Timor-Leste now ruled free of active cases of covid-19">Read more</a>
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May 15, 2020
By Ardila Syakriah, Arya Dipa, Asip Hasani and Suherdjoko in Jakarta/Bandung/Blitar/Semarang Indonesia’s most populous island of Java has become the country’s epicentre of the covid-19 coronavirus pandemic, prompting calls for heightened containment efforts, including by imposing large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) in the entire region. All six provinces on the island, home to some 151 million ... <a title="Java on ‘red alert’ as coronavirus deaths spike in Indonesia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/15/java-on-red-alert-as-coronavirus-deaths-spike-in-indonesia/" aria-label="Read more about Java on ‘red alert’ as coronavirus deaths spike in Indonesia">Read more</a>
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May 15, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kath O’Brien, Lecturer – QUT – Faculty of Health (School Exercise & Nutrition Sciences), Queensland University of Technology Plans to kick-start the sporting season with a return to rugby league games later this month could be stalled by a row over referees. The NRL confirmed this week ... <a title="Two refs are better than one, so why does the NRL want to drop one?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/15/two-refs-are-better-than-one-so-why-does-the-nrl-want-to-drop-one-138722/" aria-label="Read more about Two refs are better than one, so why does the NRL want to drop one?">Read more</a>
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May 15, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jennifer MacLachlan, Epidemiologist, WHO Collaborating Centre for Viral Hepatitis, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity Many jurisdictions around the world are now testing people without symptoms as part of efforts to manage COVID-19. In Victoria, asymptomatic health-care workers have been part of the recent “testing ... <a title="The positives and negatives of mass testing for coronavirus" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/15/the-positives-and-negatives-of-mass-testing-for-coronavirus-137792/" aria-label="Read more about The positives and negatives of mass testing for coronavirus">Read more</a>
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May 15, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Simon J Dennis, Director of Complex Human Data Hub and Professor of Psychology, University of Melbourne In late March, we posed a hypothetical scenario to a sample of Australians, asking if they would download a contact tracing app released by the federal government; 70% responded in favour. ... <a title="70% of people surveyed said they’d download a coronavirus app. Only 44% did. Why the gap?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/15/70-of-people-surveyed-said-theyd-download-a-coronavirus-app-only-44-did-why-the-gap-138427/" aria-label="Read more about 70% of people surveyed said they’d download a coronavirus app. Only 44% did. Why the gap?">Read more</a>
