Pandemics
Report
Human rights and Te Tiriti o Waitangi: COVID-19 and alert level 4 in Aotearoa New Zealand
The New Zealand Government’s approach to COVID-19 has some significant shortcomings. This short report provides ten ‘snapshots’ of how the Level 4 lockdown impacted upon human rights and Te Tiriti. It is hoped New Zealand can learn from this experience as the country take steps in Level 3 towards recovery. While there is much to...
Report
Availability of COVID-19 related products on Tor darknet markets
Tor darknet markets are frequently used as a litmus test of illicit drug and malware trends, as well as criminal novelty and entrepreneurship more generally. Crime follows opportunity and the COVID-19 pandemic offers profiteering arising from shortages and fear.
Briefing paper
The predictive value of serological testing during the COVID-19 pandemic
This paper responds to a request for advice on the predictive value of serological antibody tests and the comparability of point-of-care tests to laboratory tests.
Report
COVID-19 and Australian public libraries: interim report 30 April
ALIA, with input from the Australian Public Library Alliance, has been monitoring the impact of COVID-19 on Australian public libraries since early March. This report summarises the feedback from 225 of the 400 library services (in total covering 1500 locations) nationally, including several joint use school community libraries.
Discussion paper
Demonising China during COVID-19
This papers argues that much of the corona virus ‘blame game’, including the Australian government’s call for an international independent inquiry into China’s actions, is misguided and self-interested.