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April 9, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Michelle Grattan talks with MPs Tim Watts (Gellibrand, Victoria), Fiona Martin (Reid, NSW), Clare O’Neil (Hotham, Victoria) and Helen Haines (Indi, Victoria) about how they do their job during the pandemic. They discuss the operation of their electorate offices in ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: MPs Tim Watts, Fiona Martin, Clare O’Neil and Helen Haines talk about serving their electorates during the coronavirus crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/09/politics-with-michelle-grattan-mps-tim-watts-fiona-martin-clare-oneil-and-helen-haines-talk-about-serving-their-electorates-during-the-coronavirus-crisis-136060/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: MPs Tim Watts, Fiona Martin, Clare O’Neil and Helen Haines talk about serving their electorates during the coronavirus crisis">Read more</a>
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April 9, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nic Geard, Senior Lecturer, School of Computing and Information Systems, University of Melbourne; Senior Research Fellow, Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, University of Melbourne Following the emergence and rapid spread of COVID-19, several countries have succeeded in bringing local outbreaks under control. The most dramatic of ... <a title="Coronavirus: what causes a ‘second wave’ of disease outbreak, and could we see this in Australia?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/09/coronavirus-what-causes-a-second-wave-of-disease-outbreak-and-could-we-see-this-in-australia-134125/" aria-label="Read more about Coronavirus: what causes a ‘second wave’ of disease outbreak, and could we see this in Australia?">Read more</a>
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April 9, 2020
By RNZ News New Zealand has recorded just 29 new cases of Covid-19 in the past 24 hours, but the prime minister says a decision on changing the alert level will only be made two days before the lockdown ends. It is the fourth day in a row there has been a day-on-day drop. Director-General ... <a title="NZ lockdown – day 15: Number of new coronavirus cases plummets to 29" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/09/nz-lockdown-day-15-number-of-new-coronavirus-cases-plummets-to-29/" aria-label="Read more about NZ lockdown – day 15: Number of new coronavirus cases plummets to 29">Read more</a>
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April 9, 2020
The Guardian’s Pacific Project disaster video. By the Pacific Project Tropical Cyclone Harold lashed the South Pacific island of Vanuatu, ripping off roofs and downing telecommunications, before moving towards Fiji and Tonga. The powerful cyclone made landfall on Monday in Sana province, an island north of Vanuatu’s capital Port Vila, with winds as high as ... <a title="Tropical Cyclone Harold: Aerial footage shows Vanuatu destruction" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/09/tropical-cyclone-harold-aerial-footage-shows-vanuatu-destruction/" aria-label="Read more about Tropical Cyclone Harold: Aerial footage shows Vanuatu destruction">Read more</a>
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April 9, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Elyse Methven, Lecturer in Law, University of Technology Sydney The message to everyone during the coronavirus pandemic is to stay at home and only leave if you really need to for, say, food, health care or exercise. Police now have powers to issue on-the-spot fines to people ... <a title="What to do if you’ve been fined for breaching coronavirus restrictions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/09/what-to-do-if-youve-been-fined-for-breaching-coronavirus-restrictions-135701/" aria-label="Read more about What to do if you’ve been fined for breaching coronavirus restrictions">Read more</a>
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April 9, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lauren Bloomfield, Senior Lecturer, School of Medicine, University of Notre Dame Australia Lockdown measures aimed at limiting the spread of COVID-19 should actually help cut the cases of flu this year. That’s because keeping people apart to reduce the spread of coronavirus will also help reduce the ... <a title="The coronavirus lockdown might help limit this year’s flu season – but you should still get your flu jab anyway" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/09/the-coronavirus-lockdown-might-help-limit-this-years-flu-season-but-you-should-still-get-your-flu-jab-anyway-135045/" aria-label="Read more about The coronavirus lockdown might help limit this year’s flu season – but you should still get your flu jab anyway">Read more</a>
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April 9, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Georgie Russell, Senior Lecturer, Deakin University This Easter will be especially challenging, with family isolation and many parents under financial strain, or other stressors. So, many parents will be looking to restore some sense of “normality” by welcoming the Easter bunny into their home. But when it ... <a title="Easter eggs can bring a little ‘normality’ to kids in isolation. But should we ration them or let kids eat how many they like?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/09/easter-eggs-can-bring-a-little-normality-to-kids-in-isolation-but-should-we-ration-them-or-let-kids-eat-how-many-they-like-133077/" aria-label="Read more about Easter eggs can bring a little ‘normality’ to kids in isolation. But should we ration them or let kids eat how many they like?">Read more</a>
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April 9, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rachael L. Brown, Director of the Centre for Philosophy of the Sciences and Lecturer at the School of Philosophy, Australian National University As they released the modelling of the COVID-19 pandemic behind Australia’s social isolation policies this week, Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Chief Medical Officer Brendan ... <a title="Scientific modelling is steering our response to coronavirus. But what is scientific modelling?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/09/scientific-modelling-is-steering-our-response-to-coronavirus-but-what-is-scientific-modelling-135938/" aria-label="Read more about Scientific modelling is steering our response to coronavirus. But what is scientific modelling?">Read more</a>
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April 9, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jim Tognolini, Director, Centre for Educational Measurement and Assessment, University of Sydney Following a meeting with states and territories, federal education minister, Dan Tehan said year 12 students were a priority, and were being sent a clear signal: “There will be no year 13. There will be ... <a title="Teachers could be called on to estimate year 12 student grades – this is fairer than it sounds" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/09/teachers-could-be-called-on-to-estimate-year-12-student-grades-this-is-fairer-than-it-sounds-136039/" aria-label="Read more about Teachers could be called on to estimate year 12 student grades – this is fairer than it sounds">Read more</a>
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April 9, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dougal Sutherland, Clinical Psychologist, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington The COVID-19 pandemic has forced millions of people to live under strict lockdown conditions, but the psychology of human behaviour predicts they will find it harder to stick to the rules the longer the situation ... <a title="The psychology of lockdown suggest that sticking to rules gets harder the longer it continues" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/09/the-psychology-of-lockdown-suggest-that-sticking-to-rules-gets-harder-the-longer-it-continues-135927/" aria-label="Read more about The psychology of lockdown suggest that sticking to rules gets harder the longer it continues">Read more</a>
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April 9, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Luke Smillie, Associate Professor, University of Melbourne The coronavirus pandemic has caused tens of thousands of deaths around the world and pushed major economies into a tailspin. Beyond those impacts, almost all of us will face psychological challenges – trying to maintain a responsible social distancing regimen ... <a title="Personalities that thrive in isolation and what we can all learn from time alone" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/09/personalities-that-thrive-in-isolation-and-what-we-can-all-learn-from-time-alone-135307/" aria-label="Read more about Personalities that thrive in isolation and what we can all learn from time alone">Read more</a>
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April 9, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katie Woolaston, Lawyer, Queensland University of Technology Never before have we seen how the human use of wildlife can yield such catastrophe, as we have with COVID-19. The current available evidence indicates COVID-19 was first transmitted in a wildlife market in Wuhan. The disease likely originated in ... <a title="Most laws ignore ‘human-wildlife conflict’. This makes us vulnerable to pandemics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/09/most-laws-ignore-human-wildlife-conflict-this-makes-us-vulnerable-to-pandemics-135191/" aria-label="Read more about Most laws ignore ‘human-wildlife conflict’. This makes us vulnerable to pandemics">Read more</a>
