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May 14, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Lycett, NHMRC Early Career Fellow, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute and Centre for Social and Early Emotional Development, Deakin University As we start to think about rebuilding our lives in the midst of an ongoing pandemic, we need to be clearer than ever about what kind of ... <a title="Young people were already struggling before the pandemic. Here are 7 ways to help them navigate a changed world" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/14/young-people-were-already-struggling-before-the-pandemic-here-are-7-ways-to-help-them-navigate-a-changed-world-138015/" aria-label="Read more about Young people were already struggling before the pandemic. Here are 7 ways to help them navigate a changed world">Read more</a>
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May 14, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Max Holleran, Lecturer in Sociology, University of Melbourne, University of Melbourne Stay-at-home orders have meant many people are happy to live in dispersed suburbs with free-standing, single-family homes. Quarantine feels less daunting with a backyard, plenty of storage space to stockpile supplies, and a big living room ... <a title="Why coronavirus must not stop Australia creating denser cities" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/14/why-coronavirus-must-not-stop-australia-creating-denser-cities-137487/" aria-label="Read more about Why coronavirus must not stop Australia creating denser cities">Read more</a>
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May 14, 2020
COMMENT: Nik Naidu reflects on the 33rd anniversary of the original – first of four – coups in his homeland of Fiji. Today is the 33rd anniversary of that fateful day when Fiji lost its political innocence, when the Fiji military overthrew a democratically elected “People’s government”. Yes, 33 years have passed. That first military ... <a title="Fiji 33 years after the first fateful coup – a failed democracy?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/14/fiji-33-years-after-the-first-fateful-coup-a-failed-democracy/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji 33 years after the first fateful coup – a failed democracy?">Read more</a>
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May 14, 2020
Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage By Yorlis Luna From Managua, Nicaragua I think when many of us look at the world today we feel like we’re watching a science fiction movie: 22 million officially unemployed in the U.S. while analysts say the true figure may be double that[1],; predictions of the worst economic ... <a title="Food Security Policy Prevents Hunger in Nicaragua" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/14/food-security-policy-prevents-hunger-in-nicaragua/" aria-label="Read more about Food Security Policy Prevents Hunger in Nicaragua">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2020
PACIFIC PANDEMIC DIARY: By David Robie Quietly passing us by in these frenetic covid-19 coronavirus weeks as New Zealand takes a big step back to “normality” tomorrow – but it should be a step forwards for a “reset” – is the fate of those hugely wasteful and pointless war games: RIMPAC. Thankfully RIMPAC 2020 has ... <a title="RIMPAC 2020 maritime exercises ‘all at sea’ as virus, protests put squeeze on" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/13/rimpac-2020-maritime-exercises-all-at-sea-as-virus-protests-put-squeeze-on/" aria-label="Read more about RIMPAC 2020 maritime exercises ‘all at sea’ as virus, protests put squeeze on">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michaela Pascoe, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Mental Health, Victoria University Don’t shake hands, don’t high-five, and definitely don’t hug. We’ve been bombarded with these messages during the pandemic as a way to slow the spread of COVID-19, meaning we may not have hugged our friends and family ... <a title="Miss hugs? Touch forms bonds and boosts immune systems. Here’s how to cope without it during coronavirus" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/13/miss-hugs-touch-forms-bonds-and-boosts-immune-systems-heres-how-to-cope-without-it-during-coronavirus-137612/" aria-label="Read more about Miss hugs? Touch forms bonds and boosts immune systems. Here’s how to cope without it during coronavirus">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Steven Hamilton, Visiting Fellow, Tax and Transfer Policy Institute, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University JobKeeper was always quick and dirty. Its design was far from perfect, with shortcomings I and others cautioned against. These were forgiven in the face of an impending calamity, but ... <a title="How to tweak JobKeeper, if we must" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/13/how-to-tweak-jobkeeper-if-we-must-138321/" aria-label="Read more about How to tweak JobKeeper, if we must">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Victoria Plekhanova, Lecturer, Massey University The New Zealand government’s recently announced NZ$50 million subsidy package to support local media was necessary and urgent – even if it came too late to save the Bauer magazine titles from closing. But the injection of government cash did not address ... <a title="Google and Facebook pay way less tax in New Zealand than in Australia – and we’re paying the price" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/13/google-and-facebook-pay-way-less-tax-in-new-zealand-than-in-australia-and-were-paying-the-price-137075/" aria-label="Read more about Google and Facebook pay way less tax in New Zealand than in Australia – and we’re paying the price">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Winnifred Louis, Professor, Social Psychology, The University of Queensland The coronavirus restrictions are slowly being eased but the pressures on families at home still probably lead to many tears of frustration. It could be tensions about noise and clutter, keeping up with home schooling and mums and ... <a title="How to stay calm and manage those family tensions during the coronavirus lockdown" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/13/how-to-stay-calm-and-manage-those-family-tensions-during-the-coronavirus-lockdown-137166/" aria-label="Read more about How to stay calm and manage those family tensions during the coronavirus lockdown">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katja Lee, Lecturer, Communication and Media Studies, University of Western Australia If you need confirmation of how much the world has changed, consider this. Finally I have a thing or two to teach Matthew McConaughey about performance. McConaughey may have acted in more than 50 movies. He ... <a title="Hide self: one tip on video conferencing good enough for Matthew McConaughey" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/13/hide-self-one-tip-on-video-conferencing-good-enough-for-matthew-mcconaughey-136609/" aria-label="Read more about Hide self: one tip on video conferencing good enough for Matthew McConaughey">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Whiteford, Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Australians have been told they can no longer be “heroes” and go to work if they have a cold. During Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s press conference last week announcing plans to re-open the economy, workers were ... <a title="If we want workers to stay home when sick, we need paid leave for casuals" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/13/if-we-want-workers-to-stay-home-when-sick-we-need-paid-leave-for-casuals-138431/" aria-label="Read more about If we want workers to stay home when sick, we need paid leave for casuals">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2020
Pacific Media Centre TAPOL has condemned the political decision to cancel the early release of five political prisoners that were arrested in Jakarta for demonstrating in favour of self-determination of West Papua. On April 24, the Central Court of Jakarta sentenced Paulus Suryanta Ginting, Ambrosius Mulait, Dano Tabuni, Charles Kossay and Ariana Elopere to nine ... <a title="TAPOL condemns cancellation of early release for Jakarta Five prisoners" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/13/tapol-condemns-cancellation-of-early-release-for-jakarta-five-prisoners/" aria-label="Read more about TAPOL condemns cancellation of early release for Jakarta Five prisoners">Read more</a>
