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July 27, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Patricia Ranald, Honorary research associate, University of Sydney Prime Minister Morrison and Trade Minister Birmingham sign the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership agreement in November 2020, Canberra. Lukas Coch/AAP The 16-nation Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership agreement signed in November 2020 between Australia and 14 nations including Singapore, Japan ... <a title="How a new trade deal could make it harder to improve life for Australians in aged care" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/27/how-a-new-trade-deal-could-make-it-harder-to-improve-life-for-australians-in-aged-care-164947/" aria-label="Read more about How a new trade deal could make it harder to improve life for Australians in aged care">Read more</a>
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July 27, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alastair Blanshard, Paul Eliadis Chair of Classics and Ancient History, The University of Queensland Konstantinos Livadas/Shutterstock In this series we pay tribute to the art we wish could visit — and hope to see once travel restrictions are lifted. In Book Two of the Republic, Plato famously ... <a title="If I could go anywhere: Greek cake shops, the Athenian countryside and the sanctuary of Artemis at Brauron" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/27/if-i-could-go-anywhere-greek-cake-shops-the-athenian-countryside-and-the-sanctuary-of-artemis-at-brauron-164357/" aria-label="Read more about If I could go anywhere: Greek cake shops, the Athenian countryside and the sanctuary of Artemis at Brauron">Read more</a>
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July 27, 2021
RNZ Pacific Samoa’s new FAST Party government has got down to work this morning, meeting with the heads of government departments, more than 100 days after it had won the election. FAST MPs were forced to swear themselves in because the Head of State had barred them from entering Parliament. The court ruled that the ... <a title="Samoa’s FAST party gets quickly down to work after court ruling" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/27/samoas-fast-party-gets-quickly-down-to-work-after-court-ruling/" aria-label="Read more about Samoa’s FAST party gets quickly down to work after court ruling">Read more</a>
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July 27, 2021
COMMENT: By John Minto US ice cream manufacturer Ben and Jerry has announced it will no longer sell icecream in the occupied Palestinian Territories. This is a welcome development while Israel is continuing to flout international law with their new government approving the building of 31 more illegal Jewish-only settlements in the occupied West Bank ... <a title="John Minto: Ben & Jerry does right thing – will Mahuta agree to UN call?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/27/john-minto-ben-jerry-does-right-thing-will-mahuta-agree-to-un-call/" aria-label="Read more about John Minto: Ben & Jerry does right thing – will Mahuta agree to UN call?">Read more</a>
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July 26, 2021
Analysis by Bryce Edwards. A consensus is emerging that the Government has generally managed the Covid crisis very well over the last 18 months, but they have dropped the ball when it comes to the crucial vaccine rollout. This was nicely encapsulated in opinion polling last week showing that while 69 per cent of the ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: “Year of the vaccine” at risk" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/26/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-year-of-the-vaccine-at-risk/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: “Year of the vaccine” at risk">Read more</a>
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July 26, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hassan Vally, Associate Professor, La Trobe University Daniel Pockett/AAP One can totally understand the frustration around where the AstraZeneca vaccine fits in our vaccine rollout in Australia. At a time when we’re grappling with so much uncertainty, we need unambiguous information from the federal government about who ... <a title="Yes, there’s confusion about ATAGI’s AstraZeneca advice. But it’s in an extremely difficult position" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/26/yes-theres-confusion-about-atagis-astrazeneca-advice-but-its-in-an-extremely-difficult-position-164633/" aria-label="Read more about Yes, there’s confusion about ATAGI’s AstraZeneca advice. But it’s in an extremely difficult position">Read more</a>
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July 26, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra After making itself a mega target in 2019, Labor has confirmed it will be a small one in 2022 by promising an Albanese government would keep the 2024 income tax cuts and not disturb negative gearing and capital gains tax. ... <a title="View from The Hill: Labor wouldn’t disturb tax cuts, negative gearing in ‘small target’ strategy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/26/view-from-the-hill-labor-wouldnt-disturb-tax-cuts-negative-gearing-in-small-target-strategy-165084/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Labor wouldn’t disturb tax cuts, negative gearing in ‘small target’ strategy">Read more</a>
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July 26, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Caitlyn Forster, PhD Candidate, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney Andreas Karyadi / Shutterstock Olympians spend years training to be the best of the best. Scientists and sportspeople have spent decades researching the mechanics of the human body to ensure our elite athletes are ... <a title="How do Olympic athletes stack up against invertebrates? Not very well" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/26/how-do-olympic-athletes-stack-up-against-invertebrates-not-very-well-164488/" aria-label="Read more about How do Olympic athletes stack up against invertebrates? Not very well">Read more</a>
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July 26, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lauren Ball, Associate Professor/ Principal Research Fellow, Griffith University Shutterstock When I’m happy after eating something sweet mummy and daddy say I am having a “sugar rush”. But I think I’m just happy! Is a sugar rush a real thing? – Rosie, aged 7. Hi Rosie! We’re ... <a title="Curious Kids: are sugar rushes real?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/26/curious-kids-are-sugar-rushes-real-161494/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: are sugar rushes real?">Read more</a>
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July 26, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nial Wheate, Associate Professor of the Sydney Pharmacy School, University of Sydney We now know enough about how COVID works for health authorities to have issued clear guidance on which drugs doctors should use on hospitalised patients. The recommended drugs are dexamethasone, remdesivir, and tocilizumab. Remdesivir, also ... <a title="To ensure supply of the top 3 drugs used to treat COVID-19, it’s time to boost domestic medicine manufacturing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/26/to-ensure-supply-of-the-top-3-drugs-used-to-treat-covid-19-its-time-to-boost-domestic-medicine-manufacturing-164948/" aria-label="Read more about To ensure supply of the top 3 drugs used to treat COVID-19, it’s time to boost domestic medicine manufacturing">Read more</a>
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July 26, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Dyer, Associate Professor, RMIT University Scarlett Howard, Author provided The intense colours of flowers have inspired us for centuries. They are celebrated through poems and songs praising the red of roses and blue of violets, and have inspired iconic pieces of art such as Vincent Van ... <a title="How a bee sees: tiny bumps on flower petals give them their intense colour — and help them survive" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/26/how-a-bee-sees-tiny-bumps-on-flower-petals-give-them-their-intense-colour-and-help-them-survive-164782/" aria-label="Read more about How a bee sees: tiny bumps on flower petals give them their intense colour — and help them survive">Read more</a>
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July 26, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Victoria Rawlings, Lecturer, University of Sydney School of Education and Social Work, University of Sydney Warlpiri person showing a honey ant after hunting. shutterstock For too long, “research” was an activity done to or on Indigenous people; it was something imposed from the outside. This was especially ... <a title="For too long, research was done on First Nations peoples, not with them. Universities can change this" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/26/for-too-long-research-was-done-on-first-nations-peoples-not-with-them-universities-can-change-this-163968/" aria-label="Read more about For too long, research was done on First Nations peoples, not with them. Universities can change this">Read more</a>
