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April 3, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Geoff Hanmer, Adjunct Professor of Architecture, University of Adelaide New research the New England Journal of Medicine suggests that SARS CoV 2, which causes the disease known as COVID-19 coronavirus, is more stable on plastic and stainless steel than on cardboard or copper: The longest viability of ... <a title="Automatic doors: the simple technology that could help stop coronavirus spreading" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/03/automatic-doors-the-simple-technology-that-could-help-stop-coronavirus-spreading-135420/" aria-label="Read more about Automatic doors: the simple technology that could help stop coronavirus spreading">Read more</a>
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April 3, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW The Australian government’s JobKeeper wage subsidy, estimated to cost A$130 billion, is a crucial measure to help keep the economy from completely cratering. But, even if COVID-19 is sufficiently under control for the economy to return to semi-normality in six months, ... <a title="Vital Signs: Scott Morrison is steering in the right direction, but we’re going to need a bigger boat" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/03/vital-signs-scott-morrison-is-steering-in-the-right-direction-but-were-going-to-need-a-bigger-boat-135209/" aria-label="Read more about Vital Signs: Scott Morrison is steering in the right direction, but we’re going to need a bigger boat">Read more</a>
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April 3, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gordon Menzies, Associate Professor of Economics, University of Technology Sydney During this pandemic, our twin health and economic crises require two different types of concern, and they operate differently. For the health crisis, a high level of concern is necessary. Saving lives demands nothing less than full ... <a title="It is necessary to worry about health, but pessimism about the economy will hurt us" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/03/it-is-necessary-to-worry-about-health-but-pessimism-about-the-economy-will-hurt-us-135421/" aria-label="Read more about It is necessary to worry about health, but pessimism about the economy will hurt us">Read more</a>
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April 3, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Harriette Richards, University of Melbourne Times of instability and crisis produce increased nostalgia for the past. We long for a time that no longer exists, or never existed. Like melancholy, nostalgia is a sentiment of loss – one that’s particularly familiar to us today – for an ... <a title="Friday essay: mom jeans and nostalgia in a time of uncertainty" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/03/friday-essay-mom-jeans-and-nostalgia-in-a-time-of-uncertainty-133510/" aria-label="Read more about Friday essay: mom jeans and nostalgia in a time of uncertainty">Read more</a>
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April 3, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra As the COVID-19 transforms our individual lives, we are learning a few new things about ourselves as a society. We’ve known Australians suspect authority and, like other Western countries, have come to trust government less and less – right? One ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Imagine if we could extract a permanent vaccine against hyper-partisanship from COVID-19" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/03/grattan-on-friday-imagine-if-we-could-extract-a-permanent-vaccine-against-hyper-partisanship-from-covid-19-135450/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Imagine if we could extract a permanent vaccine against hyper-partisanship from COVID-19">Read more</a>
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April 2, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kylie Quinn, Vice-Chancellor’s Research Fellow, School of Health and Biomedical Sciences, RMIT University SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, is changing how we live. With a rapid increase in cases, we are now isolating in our homes to “flatten the curve”. However, it will be nearly impossible ... <a title="Where are we at with developing a vaccine for coronavirus?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/02/where-are-we-at-with-developing-a-vaccine-for-coronavirus-134784/" aria-label="Read more about Where are we at with developing a vaccine for coronavirus?">Read more</a>
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April 2, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra In this special hour long podcast presented by Mark Evans, professor of governance and director of Democracy 2025, the panel discusses Australian democracy with Emeritus Professor Ian Chubb and Michelle Grattan. The panel dissects the Australian trust in government, compared ... <a title="Democracy 2025 – How does Australia compare: what makes a leading democracy? With Michelle Grattan, Mark Evans and Ian Chubb" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/02/democracy-2025-how-does-australia-compare-what-makes-a-leading-democracy-with-michelle-grattan-mark-evans-and-ian-chubb-135440/" aria-label="Read more about Democracy 2025 – How does Australia compare: what makes a leading democracy? With Michelle Grattan, Mark Evans and Ian Chubb">Read more</a>
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April 2, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The government will provide free child care in a move aimed at ensuring parents, especially in essential services, are able to keep working. More than 945,000 families with 1.3 million children will benefit. The new arrangement will scrap, after Sunday, ... <a title="Free child care to help nearly one million families, especially workers in essential services" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/02/free-child-care-to-help-nearly-one-million-families-especially-workers-in-essential-services-135439/" aria-label="Read more about Free child care to help nearly one million families, especially workers in essential services">Read more</a>
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April 2, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jen Jackson, Education Policy Lead, Mitchell Institute, Victoria University Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced free childcare for more than one million families, with a funding boost that aims to keep more than 13,000 childcare services across Australia open. In doing so, the government has backed its ... <a title="Morrison has rescued childcare from COVID-19 collapse – but the details are still murky" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/02/morrison-has-rescued-childcare-from-covid-19-collapse-but-the-details-are-still-murky-134798/" aria-label="Read more about Morrison has rescued childcare from COVID-19 collapse – but the details are still murky">Read more</a>
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April 2, 2020
Analysis by Keith Rankin What is Money? Money is a mystery. To most of us we receive it, we spend it, we save it, we borrow it. And if we don’t have enough, we are in trouble. Many of us think of money as if it is tangible, like gold; something that is naturally scarce, ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – Money, Public Debt and the Covid-19 Emergency" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/02/keith-rankin-analysis-money-public-debt-and-the-covid-19-emergency/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – Money, Public Debt and the Covid-19 Emergency">Read more</a>
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April 2, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hassan Vally, Associate Professor, La Trobe University To control the spread of COVID-19 we need to identify as many people with the virus as possible. If we know who has it, we can isolate them so they can’t infect others and quarantine their close contacts in case ... <a title="Who can get tested for coronavirus?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/02/who-can-get-tested-for-coronavirus-135422/" aria-label="Read more about Who can get tested for coronavirus?">Read more</a>
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April 2, 2020
By RNZ News New Zealand has had its biggest increase in one day as the Health Ministry confirms 89 new cases of Covid-19, bringing the total number of cases to 797. Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield said today 92 people had now recovered from the coronavirus. Thirteen people are in hospital, two are in ... <a title="NZ lockdown – day 8: Biggest increase with 89 new cases, 92 people recovered" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/02/nz-lockdown-day-8-biggest-increase-with-89-new-cases-92-people-recovered/" aria-label="Read more about NZ lockdown – day 8: Biggest increase with 89 new cases, 92 people recovered">Read more</a>
