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Editor's note
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New Zealanders have been living with some of the strictest coronavirus lockdown conditions in the world for weeks – but an exit is now in sight. From next Tuesday, New Zealand will begin slowly easing its lockdown. Six New Zealand experts, including leading elimination strategy advocate Professor Michael Baker, share their take on the news.
In more New Zealand news: The Conversation is expanding our team by appointing Finlay Macdonald as our new NZ Editor: Politics, Business + Arts. Finlay is an award-winning journalist, editor, publisher and broadcaster with 30 years’ experience in the New Zealand media. Read more about him and our 2020 plans for NZ here.
And Michelle Grattan has spoken with former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull about his new book, including it’s unexpected early release, Turnbull’s assessment of Morrison, and the future of the Liberal Party. Listen to the interview on our podcast Politics with Michelle Grattan.
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Liz Minchin
Executive Editor, New Zealand
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Dougal Sutherland, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington; Arindam Basu, University of Canterbury; Malcolm Campbell, University of Canterbury; Martin Berka, Massey University; Michael Baker, University of Otago; Richard Shaw, Massey University
New Zealand will begin easing its national lockdown from next Tuesday, after an extra five days of some of the world's strictest COVID-19 restrictions. Six NZ experts give their take on the news.
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Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
In this episode of Politics with Michelle Grattan, former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull gives his assessment of Scott Morrison as a former colleague and as prime minister, warns about the right of the Liberal party, and tongue lashes News Corp.
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Katharine Kemp, UNSW; Rob Nicholls, UNSW
As news media revenues tumble still further amid the COVID-19 recession, the government has pledged mandatory rules to force tech giants to pay for using news content.
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Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
Jo Caust, University of Melbourne
New modelling from the Grattan Institute estimates up to 75% of people employed in the creative and performing arts could lose their jobs. Why don't they have targeted support?
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Arts + Culture
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Julian Meyrick, Griffith University
Arguments for Australian culture focus on what it should say to demonstrate its worth - rather than the government’s capacity to listen. Our history of conservative cultural leadership show they can.
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Health + Medicine
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Deborah Hersh, Edith Cowan University
When we yell, our vocal cords bash together extra hard, causing them to get sore and swollen. The swelling can develop over a few hours so you might notice hoarseness more the next day.
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Maximilian de Courten, Victoria University; Barbora de Courten, Monash University; Erwin Loh, Monash University; Georgia Soldatos, Monash University
As the number of people hospitalised with COVID 19 rises, so do the number of people wanting to visit their sick loved ones. Who can visit?
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Milena Heinsch, University of Newcastle; Dara Sampson, University of Newcastle; Frances Kay-Lambkin, University of Newcastle
You might feel nervous asking someone you care about if they're suicidal on the phone or online. But a person who is struggling may actually find it easier to communicate this way than face-to-face.
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Jenny Graves, La Trobe University
Is it genes, chromosomes, hormones, the immune sytem – or behaviour – that makes men more susceptible to the deadly disease?
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Education
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Jeanne Marie Iorio, University of Melbourne
Parents are children's first and most influential educators. They can turn ordinary moments into important learning experiences.
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Politics + Society
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Maria O'Sullivan, Monash University
Freedom of political communication is implied in the constitution, but protesters have still been fined for breaching social distancing rules by leaving their homes.
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Liz Minchin, The Conversation
The Conversation is expanding our New Zealand coverage by appointing Finlay Macdonald – an award-winning journalist, editor, publisher and broadcaster – as our NZ Editor: Politics, Business + Arts.
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Timothy Baker, Deakin University; Emma Tumilty, Deakin University; Kristy Hess, Deakin University
Rural communities have become resentful of city residents swooping in for food, medical supplies and shelter in vacation homes. We need a better strategy for allocating resources in the pandemic.
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Andrea Carson, La Trobe University; Andrew Brett, University of Melbourne; Timothy B. Gravelle, The University of Queensland
The ways the media cover health and medical issues can have a direct impact on people's behaviour. New research shows the quality of health reporting declined as media companies contracted.
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Cities
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Lucy Taylor, University of Melbourne; Dieter Hochuli, University of Sydney; Erin Leckey, University of Colorado Boulder
Noting nature around you – it could be a glance outside, tending plants, or 'green' exercise – will improve your well-being, research shows. The coronavirus pandemic has made it even more important.
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Environment + Energy
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Zacchary Larkin, Macquarie University; Stephen Tooth, Aberystwyth University; Timothy J. Ralph, Macquarie University
Over the next 50 years, the arid zone – containing the areas of true desert – is projected to expand well into the Murray-Darling Basin and almost entirely envelope the Lake Eyre Basin.
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Science + Technology
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Steven Freeland, Western Sydney University; Annie Handmer, University of Sydney
Governments and corporations must get serious about the legal, technical, economic, social and ethical implications of a potential space-based resource economy.
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