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March 25, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Only five people will be able to attend a wedding – the couple, the celebrant and two witnesses – and funerals will be restricted to 10 in the latest round of life-changing restrictions to be imposed on Australians to fight ... <a title="In the age of coronavirus, only tiny weddings are allowed and the extended family BBQ is out" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/25/in-the-age-of-coronavirus-only-tiny-weddings-are-allowed-and-the-extended-family-bbq-is-out-134584/" aria-label="Read more about In the age of coronavirus, only tiny weddings are allowed and the extended family BBQ is out">Read more</a>
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March 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jack Anderson, Professor of Sports Law, Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne At the 125th IOC Session in Buenos Aires in 2013, Tokyo won the right to host the Summer Olympics in 2020. The city was to join Athens, London, Paris and Los Angeles in the small ... <a title="Why the fall-out from postponing the Olympics may not be as bad as we think" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/24/why-the-fall-out-from-postponing-the-olympics-may-not-be-as-bad-as-we-think-134531/" aria-label="Read more about Why the fall-out from postponing the Olympics may not be as bad as we think">Read more</a>
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March 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Craig Valli, Director of ECU Security Research Institute, Edith Cowan University Apart from the obvious health and economic impacts, the coronavirus also presents a major opportunity for cybercriminals. As staff across sectors and university students shift to working and studying from home, large organisations are at increased ... <a title="‘Click for urgent coronavirus update’: how working from home may be exposing us to cybercrime" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/24/click-for-urgent-coronavirus-update-how-working-from-home-may-be-exposing-us-to-cybercrime-133778/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Click for urgent coronavirus update’: how working from home may be exposing us to cybercrime">Read more</a>
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March 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katharine H. Greenaway, Senior Lecturer, University of Melbourne We are now a society at a distance. As of this week, New South Wales has closed restaurants, bars, gyms, and entertainment venues where people gather in large numbers. Victoria has similarly implemented a shut down of all non-essential ... <a title="Why are we calling it ‘social distancing’? Right now, we need social connections more than ever" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/24/why-are-we-calling-it-social-distancing-right-now-we-need-social-connections-more-than-ever-134249/" aria-label="Read more about Why are we calling it ‘social distancing’? Right now, we need social connections more than ever">Read more</a>
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March 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Euan Tovey, Associate Professor & Principal Research Fellow in Medicine, University of Sydney According to Google Trends, the top two most searched terms about mobile phones this week in Australia were “how to disinfect phone” and “how to clean your phone.” And the third most-searched “can I ... <a title="Can I get coronavirus from mail or package deliveries? Should I disinfect my phone?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/24/can-i-get-coronavirus-from-mail-or-package-deliveries-should-i-disinfect-my-phone-134535/" aria-label="Read more about Can I get coronavirus from mail or package deliveries? Should I disinfect my phone?">Read more</a>
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March 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Patrick O’Leary, Professor and Director of Violence Research and Prevention Program, Griffith Criminology Institute and School of Human Services and Social Work, Griffith University A country-wide shutdown is now in place for non-essential activities. At the weekend, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said “far more Draconian measures” were ... <a title="Can we really rely on people to isolate when they’re told to? Experts explain" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/24/can-we-really-rely-on-people-to-isolate-when-theyre-told-to-experts-explain-134027/" aria-label="Read more about Can we really rely on people to isolate when they’re told to? Experts explain">Read more</a>
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March 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robin Price, Lecturer in Employment Relations and Human Resource Management, CQUniversity Australia So you’ve been asked to work from home. Doing so usually requires changing aspects of your relationship with your employer. What it doesn’t change is that your relationship is based on mutual obligations. These remain ... <a title="Working from home: what are your employer’s responsibilities, and what are yours?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/24/working-from-home-what-are-your-employers-responsibilities-and-what-are-yours-133922/" aria-label="Read more about Working from home: what are your employer’s responsibilities, and what are yours?">Read more</a>
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March 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicole Gurran, Professor of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Sydney Staying home and social distancing are now essential to control the spread of COVID-19. Suitable accommodation for quarantine and isolation are critical, but Australia’s broken housing system leaves us all exposed. By now, almost every Australian ... <a title="Homelessness and overcrowding expose us all to coronavirus. Here’s what we can do to stop the spread" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/24/homelessness-and-overcrowding-expose-us-all-to-coronavirus-heres-what-we-can-do-to-stop-the-spread-134378/" aria-label="Read more about Homelessness and overcrowding expose us all to coronavirus. Here’s what we can do to stop the spread">Read more</a>
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March 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gerard Fitzgerald, Emeritus Professor, School of Public Health, Queensland University of Technology The number of COVID-19 cases in Australian continues to grow with new cases confirmed each day. Of those who get ill, about 20% will have moderate or severe illness that requires hospitalisation. Based on experience ... <a title="What steps hospitals can take if coronavirus leads to a shortage of beds" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/24/what-steps-hospitals-can-take-if-coronavirus-leads-to-a-shortage-of-beds-134385/" aria-label="Read more about What steps hospitals can take if coronavirus leads to a shortage of beds">Read more</a>
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March 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Gillespie, Professor of Law, University of Waikato From midnight on Wednesday, New Zealand will go into lockdown for four weeks, with only essential services like supermarkets and pharmacies remaining open. Police and medical officials already have legal powers under existing laws to fine people who flout ... <a title="As NZ goes into lockdown, authorities have new powers to make sure people obey the rules" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/24/as-nz-goes-into-lockdown-authorities-have-new-powers-to-make-sure-people-obey-the-rules-134377/" aria-label="Read more about As NZ goes into lockdown, authorities have new powers to make sure people obey the rules">Read more</a>
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March 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Komesaroff, Professor of Medicine, Monash University Last week American biotech company Moderna commenced the first clinical trial of a vaccine for COVID-19. Similar studies are reportedly being planned in the US, China, Israel, Australia and elsewhere, with at least 20 potential vaccines under development. The usual ... <a title="The US is fast-tracking a coronavirus vaccine, but bypassing safety standards may not be worth the cost" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/24/the-us-is-fast-tracking-a-coronavirus-vaccine-but-bypassing-safety-standards-may-not-be-worth-the-cost-134041/" aria-label="Read more about The US is fast-tracking a coronavirus vaccine, but bypassing safety standards may not be worth the cost">Read more</a>
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March 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Quiggin, Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland Within the space of weeks, Australia has been transformed into a command economy. Businesses are being told whether they can or cannot open and how they must operate, consumers are subject to formal and informal rationing, workers ... <a title="To get out of this well we are going to have to think like central planners" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/24/to-get-out-of-this-well-we-are-going-to-have-to-think-like-central-planners-134356/" aria-label="Read more about To get out of this well we are going to have to think like central planners">Read more</a>