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April 1, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amanda Gearing, Journalist, author, broadcaster, Queensland University of Technology I’m trying to work out what to do before I end up in a body bag but that seems unavoidable right now. This was one of the first replies this month to my research questionnaire on domestic violence. ... <a title="Coronavirus and ‘domestic terrorism’: how to stop family violence under lockdown" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/01/coronavirus-and-domestic-terrorism-how-to-stop-family-violence-under-lockdown-135056/" aria-label="Read more about Coronavirus and ‘domestic terrorism’: how to stop family violence under lockdown">Read more</a>
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April 1, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marissa Parrott, Reproductive Biologist, Wildlife Conservation & Science, Zoos Victoria, and Honorary Research Associate, BioSciences, University of Melbourne Tree kangaroos are so unusual that when Europeans first encountered them in Australia in 1872, they were sceptical. Who would believe a kangaroo could climb a tree? But the ... <a title="Meet Chimbu, the blue-eyed, bear-eared tree kangaroo. Your cuppa can help save his species" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/01/meet-chimbu-the-blue-eyed-bear-eared-tree-kangaroo-your-cuppa-can-help-save-his-species-135033/" aria-label="Read more about Meet Chimbu, the blue-eyed, bear-eared tree kangaroo. Your cuppa can help save his species">Read more</a>
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April 1, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Luke Zaphir, Researcher for the University of Queensland Critical Thinking Project, The University of Queensland With the COVID-19 pandemic causing a great deal of anxiety, we might come to think people are irrational, selfish or downright crazy. We see people showing up to public venues en masse ... <a title="How not to fall for coronavirus BS: avoid the 7 deadly sins of thought" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/01/how-not-to-fall-for-coronavirus-bs-avoid-the-7-deadly-sins-of-thought-133069/" aria-label="Read more about How not to fall for coronavirus BS: avoid the 7 deadly sins of thought">Read more</a>
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April 1, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Warwick Smith, Research economist, University of Melbourne Understandably, given we are in a crisis, the government has baulked at including superannuation contributions in the A$140 billion worth of $1,500 per fortnight wage top-ups it will be directing to six million Australians. As the JobKeeper fact sheet puts ... <a title="The coronavirus response calls into question the future of super" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/01/the-coronavirus-response-calls-into-question-the-future-of-super-133906/" aria-label="Read more about The coronavirus response calls into question the future of super">Read more</a>
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March 31, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Larisa Labzin, Research Fellow, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland With much of society now effectively in lockdown, how will we know when it’s safe to resume something like normality? It will largely depend on being able to say who is safe from contracting the ... <a title="Antibody tests: to get a grip on coronavirus, we need to know who’s already had it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/31/antibody-tests-to-get-a-grip-on-coronavirus-we-need-to-know-whos-already-had-it-134547/" aria-label="Read more about Antibody tests: to get a grip on coronavirus, we need to know who’s already had it">Read more</a>
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March 31, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Richardson, Senior Research Fellow, UNSW People in Western Australia may soon see more than birds in the sky, as the state’s police force has announced plans to deploy drones to enforce social distancing. The drones will visit parks, beaches and cafe strips, ensuring people comply with ... <a title="‘Pandemic drones’: useful for enforcing social distancing, or for creating a police state?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/31/pandemic-drones-useful-for-enforcing-social-distancing-or-for-creating-a-police-state-134667/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Pandemic drones’: useful for enforcing social distancing, or for creating a police state?">Read more</a>
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March 31, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Private hospitals will be on the frontline in the coronavirus battle, under an arrangement with the federal government that makes available the sector’s more than 30,000 beds and 105,000 workforce, including more than 57,000 nursing staff. The government will offer ... <a title="Federal government gets private hospital resources for COVID-19 fight in exchange for funding support" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/31/federal-government-gets-private-hospital-resources-for-covid-19-fight-in-exchange-for-funding-support-135207/" aria-label="Read more about Federal government gets private hospital resources for COVID-19 fight in exchange for funding support">Read more</a>
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March 31, 2020
By RNZ News Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has eased restrictions on the media industry in New Zealand during the four-week lockdown, saying it was not exempt from the financial hardship caused by the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic. She said community newspapers will now be able to be printed for hard to reach communities. The government is ... <a title="NZ lockdown – Day 6: Emergency extended by 7 days – PM on media" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/31/nz-lockdown-day-6-emergency-extended-by-7-days-pm-on-media/" aria-label="Read more about NZ lockdown – Day 6: Emergency extended by 7 days – PM on media">Read more</a>
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March 31, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Richardson, Senior Research Fellow, UNSW People in Western Australia may soon see more than birds in the sky, as the state’s police force has announced plans to deploy drones to enforce social distancing. The drones will visit parks, beaches and cafe strips, ensuring people comply with ... <a title="‘Pandemic drones’: useful for enforcing social distancing, or just for creating a police state?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/31/pandemic-drones-useful-for-enforcing-social-distancing-or-just-for-creating-a-police-state-134667/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Pandemic drones’: useful for enforcing social distancing, or just for creating a police state?">Read more</a>
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March 31, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rebecca English, Lecturer in Education, Queensland University of Technology “How to home school” has been trending on Google for the past few weeks as more and more children stay home from school because of COVID-19. So, what is homeschooling and is this what parents whose children are ... <a title="What is homeschooling? And should I be doing that with my kid during the coronavirus lockdown?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/31/what-is-homeschooling-and-should-i-be-doing-that-with-my-kid-during-the-coronavirus-lockdown-135027/" aria-label="Read more about What is homeschooling? And should I be doing that with my kid during the coronavirus lockdown?">Read more</a>
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March 31, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Raquel Peel, Lecturer, University of Southern Queensland With the raft of social distancing measures in place to control the spread of coronavirus, you may be spending more time with your partner than ever before. If you’re both working from home, and with nowhere to go out to ... <a title="The coronavirus lockdown could test your relationship. Here’s how to keep it intact (and even improve it)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/31/the-coronavirus-lockdown-could-test-your-relationship-heres-how-to-keep-it-intact-and-even-improve-it-134532/" aria-label="Read more about The coronavirus lockdown could test your relationship. Here’s how to keep it intact (and even improve it)">Read more</a>
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March 31, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cameron Webb, Clinical Associate Professor and Principal Hospital Scientist, University of Sydney The pathogens mosquitoes spread by sucking our blood cause over half a million deaths each year and hundreds of millions of cases of severe illness. But there is no scientific evidence to suggest mosquitoes are ... <a title="Can mosquitoes spread coronavirus?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/31/can-mosquitoes-spread-coronavirus-134898/" aria-label="Read more about Can mosquitoes spread coronavirus?">Read more</a>
