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Which economies are most vulnerable to COVID-19’s long-term effects?
The Economist Staff, The Economist, 15 December 2020Recent modelling by Oxford Economics sheds new light on the lasting economic effects of COVID-19, detailing which countries are more likely to experience long-term economic pain, and which could be the first to bounce back. The research, based on evidence from past crises, predicts that Britain, Spain and France will take longer to return to...
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How the Coronavirus Outbreak Has – and Hasn’t – Changed the Way Americans Work
Kim Parker, Pew Research Center, 09 December 2020About half of new teleworkers have more flexibility now but the majority of those working in-person worry about virus exposure, according to a new Pew Research Center survey. While not seamless, the transition to telework has been relatively easy for many but not all employed adults have the option of working from home ...
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Reflecting on 2020, and what challenges await practitioners in 2021?
Very Public Affairs Pod, Centre for Corporate Public Affairs, 09 December 2020
In the final episode of Very Public Affairs for 2020, the Centre's Executive Director Wayne Burns discusses how corporations have fared this year, how the public's level of trust has changed, how will corporate leadership continue to change in 2021, and what should be on our radar for the year...
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Australia to make Facebook, Google pay news outlets for content
Byron Kaye, Reuters, 08 December 2020Australia has finalised plans to make Facebook and Google pay its media outlets for news content, in a world-first move aimed at protecting independent journalism. In parliament this week, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said big tech firms must negotiate payments for content that appears on their platforms with local publishers and broadcasters. The...
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Listen: Misinformation Mailbag
Social Distance Podcast, he Atlantic, 06 December 2020The Social Distance podcast answers questions about all kinds of pandemic misinformation – tests, masks, supplements, vaccines, and ...
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Private equity firms, investors sign global initiative on diversity
Christine Trodella, Quartz, 02 December 2020A large group of private equity firms and investors have signed a global initiative that aims to improve diversity and inclusion among their ranks. The signing is a move away from Wall Street’s male-and-white-dominated image, where only 20 per cent of employees in the alternative asset management industry are women, according to a Prequin...
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Searching for the misinformation “twilight zone”
Tommy Shane, NiemanLab, 01 December 2020Facebook's Top 10, a Twitter account listing the top-performing link posts on U.S. Facebook pages in the previous 24 hours, has Facebook accused of bias in favour of political conservatives. Facebook pushed back against the claims, arguing engagement does not equal reach. However, irrespective of this argument, there is a wider-issue...
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Behavioural Science: A communicator’s best friend - with Amy Arbery
GovComms, contentgroup, 29 November 2020In this podcast episode, Amy Arbery, Director of the Behavioural Analysis Team at the Australian Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, explains the significance of behavioural science and psychology in the policy cycle ...
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Regulators, central banks, investors stand firm on climate change
Andrew Cornell, ANZ Bluenotes, 25 November 2020Bank of England Governor, Andrew Bailey has conceded the bank's COVID-19 responses paid little attention to climate change. In his speech, Mr Bailey explained the coronavirus is an "acute crisis" but climate change is a "chronic one" which requires greater action. Mr Bailey also argued this goes beyond mere regulation, and that responses need...
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Google political advertising transparency reporting coming to Australia
James Purtill, ABC Science, 25 November 2020Google will soon have political ad reporting in Australia that will show how much money political parties and other groups are spending on ads on search engines, YouTube and elsewhere. This change will bring extra transparency to how political parties in Australia run online campaigns, and how much they spend on ads targeting ...
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