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May 21, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bruce Mountain, Director, Victoria Energy Policy Centre, Victoria University The controversial Snowy 2.0 project has mounted a major hurdle after the New South Wales government today announced approval for its main works. The pumped hydro venture in southern NSW will pump water uphill into dams and release ... <a title="NSW has approved Snowy 2.0. Here are six reasons why that’s a bad move" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/21/nsw-has-approved-snowy-2-0-here-are-six-reasons-why-thats-a-bad-move-139112/" aria-label="Read more about NSW has approved Snowy 2.0. Here are six reasons why that’s a bad move">Read more</a>
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May 21, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nigel McMillan, Program Director, Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Menzies Health Institute, Griffith University If you’ve already recovered from the coronavirus, can you go back to the workplace carefree? This is the question governments including in the UK, Chile, Germany and Italy are trying to answer by considering ... <a title="Immunity passports could help end lockdown, but risk class divides and intentional infections" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/21/immunity-passports-could-help-end-lockdown-but-risk-class-divides-and-intentional-infections-138513/" aria-label="Read more about Immunity passports could help end lockdown, but risk class divides and intentional infections">Read more</a>
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May 21, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gerard Reinmuth, Professor of Practice, University of Technology Sydney China has a new ban on “plagiarising, imitating, and copycatting” building designs for public facilities across the country. In recent years, developers across China have used the allure of copies in projects such an Austrian village in Guangdong, ... <a title="Architecture was built on copies – China wants it built on nationalism" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/21/architecture-was-built-on-copies-china-wants-it-built-on-nationalism-138422/" aria-label="Read more about Architecture was built on copies – China wants it built on nationalism">Read more</a>
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May 21, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Elina Hypponen, Professor of Nutritional and Genetic Epidemiology, University of South Australia Recent headlines have suggested vitamin D deficiency could increase the risk of dying from COVID-19, and in turn, that we should consider taking vitamin D supplements to protect ourselves. Is this all just hype, or ... <a title="Does vitamin D protect against coronavirus?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/21/does-vitamin-d-protect-against-coronavirus-138001/" aria-label="Read more about Does vitamin D protect against coronavirus?">Read more</a>
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May 21, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrea Harvey, Veterinary Specialist, PhD scholar (wild horse ecology & welfare), University of Technology Sydney Cats have recently been on the tail-end of bad press, with recent research finding roaming pet cats kill 390 million animals per year in Australia. Most of them are native species. To ... <a title="Don’t let them out: 15 ways to keep your indoor cat happy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/21/dont-let-them-out-15-ways-to-keep-your-indoor-cat-happy-138716/" aria-label="Read more about Don’t let them out: 15 ways to keep your indoor cat happy">Read more</a>
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May 21, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Fitz-Gibbon, Director, Monash Gender and Family Violence Prevention Centre; Senior Lecturer in Criminology, Faculty of Arts, Monash University One week after the horrific killing in February of Hannah Clarke and her three children, Aaliyah, Laianah and Trey, the Australian Senate established an inquiry into domestic violence. ... <a title="The Senate inquiry into family violence has closed, missing an important opportunity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/21/the-senate-inquiry-into-family-violence-has-closed-missing-an-important-opportunity-139106/" aria-label="Read more about The Senate inquiry into family violence has closed, missing an important opportunity">Read more</a>
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May 21, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Helen Dickinson, Professor, Public Service Research, UNSW One major theme of COVID-19 media reporting has been stories of individuals craving physical contact and struggling with loneliness. But for some people with disability, this isn’t just the byproduct of a pandemic, it’s their everyday existence. A recent Federal ... <a title="Why it is “reasonable and necessary” for the NDIS to support people’s sex lives" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/21/why-it-is-reasonable-and-necessary-for-the-ndis-to-support-peoples-sex-lives-138727/" aria-label="Read more about Why it is “reasonable and necessary” for the NDIS to support people’s sex lives">Read more</a>
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May 21, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jessica Vredenburg, Senior Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Marketing, Auckland University of Technology So you finally hit the shops and cafes after weeks of lockdown. After disinfecting your hands, following the arrows around the shop or to your table, taking care to avoid others where possible and, in ... <a title="Coronavirus has turned retail therapy into retail anxiety – keeping customers calm will be key to carrying on" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/21/coronavirus-has-turned-retail-therapy-into-retail-anxiety-keeping-customers-calm-will-be-key-to-carrying-on-138777/" aria-label="Read more about Coronavirus has turned retail therapy into retail anxiety – keeping customers calm will be key to carrying on">Read more</a>
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May 21, 2020
Pacific Media Centre Seven more people have been detained in Indonesia for alleged treason since a complaint filed with the United Nations last month, says the human rights watchdog TAPOL. The complaint was submitted to the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention and UN Special Rapporteurs by Jennifer Robinson and Veronica Koman with the support ... <a title="Indonesia detains seven more people for treason, says TAPOL" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/21/indonesia-detains-seven-more-people-for-treason-says-tapol/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesia detains seven more people for treason, says TAPOL">Read more</a>
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May 21, 2020
Analysis by Keith Rankin. The chart above shows how a spending pie-chart may differ for a closed economy, compared to its income chart. For this example, the government sector has a financial deficit (ie a budget deficit) while the household sector has a financial surplus. In this case the government sector slice is 30% of ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – National Income, Spending and Debt" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/21/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-national-income-spending-and-debt/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – National Income, Spending and Debt">Read more</a>
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May 21, 2020
By Mong Palatino of Global Voices A book excerpt published by The Guardian narrates the survival of six shipwrecked Tongan boys on an island for 15 months in 1965. The story received more than seven million hits in just four days, but some Tongans have pointed out that the story, which foregrounds the point of ... <a title="Where’s the Pacific voice in the viral ‘real Lord of the Flies’ story?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/21/wheres-the-pacific-voice-in-the-viral-real-lord-of-the-flies-story/" aria-label="Read more about Where’s the Pacific voice in the viral ‘real Lord of the Flies’ story?">Read more</a>
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May 21, 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 Luke Malpass and Henry Cooke (Stuff): Simon Bridges vs Todd Muller: It’s all about the big W for National Ben Thomas (Spinoff): The National Party coup has gone public. Can ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – May 21 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/21/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-may-21-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – May 21 2020">Read more</a>
