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five experts on New Zealand's move to ease its coronavirus lockdown

  • Written by: Dougal Sutherland, Clinical Psychologist, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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New Zealand will begin easing its national lockdown from next Tuesday, but only after a five-day extension of some of the world’s strictest COVID-19 restrictions.

New Zealand will then remain at alert level 3 for two weeks, before a further government review and decision on May 11 about whether to relax restrictions further.

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new rules could finally force Google and Facebook to pay for news

  • Written by: Katharine Kemp, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, UNSW, and Academic Lead, UNSW Grand Challenge on Trust, UNSW
new rules could finally force Google and Facebook to pay for news

Digital platforms such as Google and Facebook will be forced to compensate news media companies for using their content, under a new mandatory code to be drawn up by Australia’s competition watchdog.

The announcement, made by Treasurer Josh Frydenberg today, follows last year’s landmark report by the Australian Competition and Consumer...

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Can I visit my loved one in hospital even if they don't have coronavirus?

  • Written by: Maximilian de Courten, Professor in Global Public Health, Victoria University
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The number of people with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 who need to go to hospital is increasing.

So family members and friends will be asking whether they can visit their loved ones. People will also want to visit patients in hospital for another reason. Perhaps they’ve just given birth or are recovering after a heart attack.

Whe...

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Giant leap for corporations? The Trump administration wants to mine resources in space, but is it legal?

  • Written by: Steven Freeland, Professor of International Law, Western Sydney University
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As the world tries to cope with the challenges of 2020, discussions around the use of mined resources from outer space continue to ratchet up.

On April 6, the US White House released an executive order that Americans

should have the right to engage in commercial exploration, recovery, and use of resources in outer space, consistent with...

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