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April 20, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Hesketh, ARC Future Fellow, The University of Queensland Respirators and face masks are staple pieces of personal protective equipment for hospital workers and others in public health, as the COVID-19 pandemic has reminded us. They can protect the wearer, but for diseases like COVID-19 that spread ... <a title="How a 150-year-old experiment with a beam of light showed germs exist — and that a face mask can help filter them out" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/20/how-a-150-year-old-experiment-with-a-beam-of-light-showed-germs-exist-and-that-a-face-mask-can-help-filter-them-out-136391/" aria-label="Read more about How a 150-year-old experiment with a beam of light showed germs exist — and that a face mask can help filter them out">Read more</a>
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April 20, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rachel Ong ViforJ, Professor of Economics, School of Economics, Finance and Property, Curtin University What began as a global health crisis in the form of COVID-19 is now also an economic crisis of historic proportions. Much of the housing policy focus during the pandemic has rightly centred ... <a title="As coronavirus widens the renter-owner divide, housing policies will have to change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/20/as-coronavirus-widens-the-renter-owner-divide-housing-policies-will-have-to-change-135808/" aria-label="Read more about As coronavirus widens the renter-owner divide, housing policies will have to change">Read more</a>
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April 20, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Francis Markham, Research Fellow, College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University On March 23 the government effectively doubled payments to the unemployed, single parents and students, introducing a new unconditional Coronavirus Supplement to go on top of existing allowances such as Newstart, Youth Allowance, Parenting ... <a title="The coronavirus supplement is the biggest boost to Indigenous incomes since Whitlam. It should be made permanent" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/20/the-coronavirus-supplement-is-the-biggest-boost-to-indigenous-incomes-since-whitlam-it-should-be-made-permanent-135936/" aria-label="Read more about The coronavirus supplement is the biggest boost to Indigenous incomes since Whitlam. It should be made permanent">Read more</a>
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April 20, 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 In recent weeks a growing chorus of Australian commentators has called for social distancing measures to be eased or radically curtailed. Some have claimed the lives saved by the lockdowns ... <a title="Open letter from 118 Australian economists: don’t sacrifice health for ‘the economy’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/20/open-letter-from-118-australian-economists-dont-sacrifice-health-for-the-economy-136686/" aria-label="Read more about Open letter from 118 Australian economists: don’t sacrifice health for ‘the economy’">Read more</a>
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April 20, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lindsay Kelley, Lecturer, Art & Design, UNSW The plan was to land in Sydney from an overseas trip on a Friday morning and immediately bake Anzac biscuits to bring along to the Country Women’s Association Tea Room at the Royal Easter Show on Saturday. Then everything changed, ... <a title="Anzac biscuits, battles and a great Australian isolation bake-off" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/20/anzac-biscuits-battles-and-a-great-australian-isolation-bake-off-135948/" aria-label="Read more about Anzac biscuits, battles and a great Australian isolation bake-off">Read more</a>
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April 20, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The government has told the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission to develop a mandatory code of conduct to address bargaining power imbalances between media companies and digital platforms such as Facebook and Google – and the question of payment for ... <a title="Government orders mandatory code of conduct for Google, Facebook" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/20/government-orders-mandatory-code-of-conduct-for-google-facebook-136694/" aria-label="Read more about Government orders mandatory code of conduct for Google, Facebook">Read more</a>
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April 20, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra With nice irony, Malcolm Turnbull’s publisher was in a stoush at the weekend with Scott Morrison’s office over its leaking of the former prime minister’s autobiography, A Bigger Picture. Hardie Grant Books revealed a Morrison staffer had distributed the Turnbull ... <a title="View from The Hill: Malcolm Turnbull gives his very on-the-record account of Scott Morrison" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/20/view-from-the-hill-malcolm-turnbull-gives-his-very-on-the-record-account-of-scott-morrison-136693/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Malcolm Turnbull gives his very on-the-record account of Scott Morrison">Read more</a>
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April 20, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Michelle Grattan talks with Assistant Professor Caroline Fisher (remotely) about the week in politics, including Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s strong stance on the issue of schools, the government’s rejection of a course of elimination, and the prospects of community support ... <a title="VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on Australia’s ‘new normal’, education, and coronavirus elimination" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/20/video-michelle-grattan-on-australias-new-normal-education-and-coronavirus-elimination-136698/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on Australia’s ‘new normal’, education, and coronavirus elimination">Read more</a>
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April 19, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brendan Coates, Program Director, Household Finances, Grattan Institute We knew it would be bad. But we’d hoped it wouldn’t be quite this bad. Over the past few weeks, we at Grattan Institute have been working on ways to estimate the impact of the COVID-19 shutdown on jobs ... <a title="The charts that show coronavirus pushing up to a quarter of the workforce out of work" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/19/the-charts-that-show-coronavirus-pushing-up-to-a-quarter-of-the-workforce-out-of-work-136603/" aria-label="Read more about The charts that show coronavirus pushing up to a quarter of the workforce out of work">Read more</a>
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April 19, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alison Willis, Lecturer and Researcher, School of Education, University of the Sunshine Coast As children learn from home, parents are effectively running two schedules – work and school. Some children may not be able to get through all the work their school assigns in the time they ... <a title="Students won’t get through all school content while learning at home: here are 3 things to prioritise" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/19/students-wont-get-through-all-school-content-while-learning-at-home-here-are-3-things-to-prioritise-134539/" aria-label="Read more about Students won’t get through all school content while learning at home: here are 3 things to prioritise">Read more</a>
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April 18, 2020
Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage Support this progressive voice and be a part of it. Donate to COHA today. Click here By John Perry From Masaya, Nicaragua The right-wing opposition in Nicaragua, having failed in their attempted coup in 2018, still looks at any potential crisis as a new opportunity to attack the ... <a title="Nicaraguan Right-wing Opposition Misrepresents Government Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/18/nicaraguan-right-wing-opposition-misrepresents-government-response-to-the-covid-19-pandemic/" aria-label="Read more about Nicaraguan Right-wing Opposition Misrepresents Government Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic">Read more</a>
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April 18, 2020
Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage By Marcia Cury Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s statements are at first shocking, leaving one wondering what he really means. But they are not surprising in the context of the paranoid rhetoric that has always characterized his administration. Since the start of the Coronavirus pandemic that is ravaging the ... <a title="Bolsonaro, COVID-19, and the Crisis of Brazilian Democracy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/18/bolsonaro-covid-19-and-the-crisis-of-brazilian-democracy/" aria-label="Read more about Bolsonaro, COVID-19, and the Crisis of Brazilian Democracy">Read more</a>
