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May 20, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adam Kamradt-Scott, Associate professor, University of Sydney Only once before has the World Health Organisation held its annual World Health Assembly during a pandemic. The last time it happened, in 2009, the influenza pandemic was only in its first weeks – with far fewer deaths than the ... <a title="The world agreed to a coronavirus inquiry. Just when and how, though, are still in dispute" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/20/the-world-agreed-to-a-coronavirus-inquiry-just-when-and-how-though-are-still-in-dispute-138868/" aria-label="Read more about The world agreed to a coronavirus inquiry. Just when and how, though, are still in dispute">Read more</a>
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May 20, 2020
By Stefan Armbruster of SBS News The federal government has lodged an appeal to overturn a Federal Court decision recognising the Australian citizenship of a man born in pre-independence Papua New Guinea. Troyzone Zen Lee won a four-year battle with the federal government last month after being told in 2016 he was not an Australian ... <a title="Canberra appeals court ruling that PNG-born man is Australian" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/20/canberra-appeals-court-ruling-that-png-born-man-is-australian/" aria-label="Read more about Canberra appeals court ruling that PNG-born man is Australian">Read more</a>
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May 20, 2020
Analysis by Keith Rankin. The Commentariat There is a regular commentariat who appear on places such as ‘The Panel’ on Radio New Zealand (4pm on weekdays), and on panels on television shows such as Newshub Nation (TV3, weekends) and Q+A (TV1, Mondays). Generally, these panellists come out in favour of targeted assistance to the misfortunate, ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – Universal versus Targeted Assistance, a Muddled Dichotomy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/20/keith-rankin-analysis-universal-versus-targeted-assistance-a-muddled-dichotomy/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – Universal versus Targeted Assistance, a Muddled Dichotomy">Read more</a>
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May 20, 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 National Party leadership challenge, Newshub/Reid Research poll Jamie Ensor (Newshub): Todd Muller, Nikki Kaye to challenge for National Party leadership – source 1News: Simon Bridges acknowledges coup attempt within his own party after disastrous ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – May 20 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/20/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-may-20-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – May 20 2020">Read more</a>
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May 20, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Pep Canadell, Chief research scientist, CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere; and Executive Director, Global Carbon Project, CSIRO The numbers of people cycling and walking in public spaces during COVID-19 has skyrocketed. Cities from Bogota to Berlin and Vancouver have expanded bike lanes and public paths to accommodate the ... <a title="Coronavirus is a ‘sliding doors’ moment. What we do now could change Earth’s trajectory" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/20/coronavirus-is-a-sliding-doors-moment-what-we-do-now-could-change-earths-trajectory-137838/" aria-label="Read more about Coronavirus is a ‘sliding doors’ moment. What we do now could change Earth’s trajectory">Read more</a>
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May 20, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Scarlett Howard, Postdoctoral research fellow, Deakin University If you were a honeybee, how would you choose where to find flowers? Imagine your first flight out of the hive searching for food. What would you do if you saw flower patches with one flower, or three, or twelve, ... <a title="One, then some: how to count like a bee" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/20/one-then-some-how-to-count-like-a-bee-138815/" aria-label="Read more about One, then some: how to count like a bee">Read more</a>
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May 20, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Pingping Han, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, The University of Queensland Saliva is one of our biggest foes in the COVID-19 pandemic, because of its role in spreading the virus. But it could be our friend too, because it potentially offers a way to diagnose the disease without using ... <a title="Keep your nose out of it: why saliva tests could offer a better alternative to nasal COVID-19 swabs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/20/keep-your-nose-out-of-it-why-saliva-tests-could-offer-a-better-alternative-to-nasal-covid-19-swabs-138816/" aria-label="Read more about Keep your nose out of it: why saliva tests could offer a better alternative to nasal COVID-19 swabs">Read more</a>
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May 20, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rebecca English, Lecturer in Education, Queensland University of Technology As schools resume for most Australian students, a new group of parents have emerged. These parents have decided to give home education a longer term try, finding their children have improved academically and benefited from the calmer home ... <a title="Don’t want to send the kids back to school? Why not try unschooling at home" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/20/dont-want-to-send-the-kids-back-to-school-why-not-try-unschooling-at-home-136256/" aria-label="Read more about Don’t want to send the kids back to school? Why not try unschooling at home">Read more</a>
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May 20, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul J. Maginn, Associate Professor of Urban/Regional Planning, University of Western Australia People have been finding ways to relieve the boredom of being stuck at home since varying degrees of lockdown have been imposed across the world during the COVID-19 pandemic. Recent research points to reduced sexual ... <a title="Denied intimacy in ‘iso’, Aussies go online for adult content – so what’s hot in each major city?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/20/denied-intimacy-in-iso-aussies-go-online-for-adult-content-so-whats-hot-in-each-major-city-138122/" aria-label="Read more about Denied intimacy in ‘iso’, Aussies go online for adult content – so what’s hot in each major city?">Read more</a>
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May 20, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tim Harcourt, J.W. Nevile Fellow in Economics and host of The Airport Economist, UNSW Australia won’t be the same post-coronavirus, but parts of the picture are falling into place. One concerns our approach to trade. It’ll be a reset, not a rejection. We will continue to forge ... <a title="The pieces of Australia post-coronavirus are falling into place" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/20/the-pieces-of-australia-post-coronavirus-are-falling-into-place-138828/" aria-label="Read more about The pieces of Australia post-coronavirus are falling into place">Read more</a>
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May 20, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christopher Wallace-Crabbe, Emeritus Professor in the Australian Centre, University of Melbourne Why do we have the arts? Why do they seem to matter so much? It is all very well muttering something vague about eternal truths and spiritual values. Or even gesturing toward Bach and Leonardo da ... <a title="A thousand yarns and snapshots – why poetry matters during a pandemic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/20/a-thousand-yarns-and-snapshots-why-poetry-matters-during-a-pandemic-138723/" aria-label="Read more about A thousand yarns and snapshots – why poetry matters during a pandemic">Read more</a>
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May 20, 2020
Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage Five Iranian supertankers, filled with approximately 45.5 million gallons of gasoline and related fuel products are presently crossing the Atlantic with Venezuela their likely ultimate destination. US authorities speculate that Venezuela will pay for these shipments in gold.[1] Venezuela and Iran, both subject to crippling US sanctions, are ... <a title="US Threatens to Prevent Iranian-Venezuelan Mutual Assistance" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/20/us-threatens-to-prevent-iranian-venezuelan-mutual-assistance/" aria-label="Read more about US Threatens to Prevent Iranian-Venezuelan Mutual Assistance">Read more</a>
