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May 7, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Deborah Gleeson, Associate Professor in Public Health, La Trobe University Yesterday, the US Biden administration declared its support for waiving intellectual property rights, including patents, for COVID-19 vaccines. This decision represents a huge breakthrough in discussions at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) that have been deadlocked for ... <a title="US support for waiving COVID vaccine intellectual property is a huge step. Australia must follow" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/07/us-support-for-waiving-covid-vaccine-intellectual-property-is-a-huge-step-australia-must-follow-160443/" aria-label="Read more about US support for waiving COVID vaccine intellectual property is a huge step. Australia must follow">Read more</a>
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May 7, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Michelle Grattan discusses the week in politics with University of Canberra Associate Professor Caroline Fisher. This week the pair discuss India’s second coronavirus wave – and the Australian citizens stranded there. Also discussed is the defence review into the 99-year ... <a title="VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the Port of Darwin, India’s second wave, and next week’s budget" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/07/video-michelle-grattan-on-the-port-of-darwin-indias-second-wave-and-next-weeks-budget-160533/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the Port of Darwin, India’s second wave, and next week’s budget">Read more</a>
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May 7, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Oliver Griffith, Lecturer, Macquarie University With Mother’s Day around the corner, it’s a good opportunity to ask what being a mother looks like across the animal kingdom. Most of us have a solid concept of human motherhood, but in nature maternal care comes in many forms. Let’s ... <a title="From baby blue-tongues to elephant doulas: motherhood across the animal kingdom" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/07/from-baby-blue-tongues-to-elephant-doulas-motherhood-across-the-animal-kingdom-160258/" aria-label="Read more about From baby blue-tongues to elephant doulas: motherhood across the animal kingdom">Read more</a>
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May 7, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adam Taylor, Early Career Research Leader, Emerging Viruses, Inflammation and Therapeutics Group, Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University A COVID-19 vaccine from French company Valneva has yet to complete clinical trials. But it has caught the eye of governments in the UK, Europe and Australia. One of ... <a title="What’s the Valneva COVID-19 vaccine, the French shot that’s supposed to be ‘variant proof’?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/07/whats-the-valneva-covid-19-vaccine-the-french-shot-thats-supposed-to-be-variant-proof-160345/" aria-label="Read more about What’s the Valneva COVID-19 vaccine, the French shot that’s supposed to be ‘variant proof’?">Read more</a>
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May 7, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Laurenceson, Director and Professor, Australia-China Relations Institute (ACRI), University of Technology Sydney After Australia’s foreign minister Marise Payne cancelled the Victorian state government’s memorandum of understanding to participate in China’s “Belt and Road” global infrastructure initiative a fortnight ago, she said she didn’t expect retaliation from ... <a title="China retaliates: suspending its Strategic Economic Dialogue with Australia is symbolic, but still a big deal" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/07/china-retaliates-suspending-its-strategic-economic-dialogue-with-australia-is-symbolic-but-still-a-big-deal-160452/" aria-label="Read more about China retaliates: suspending its Strategic Economic Dialogue with Australia is symbolic, but still a big deal">Read more</a>
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May 7, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Martien Lubberink, Associate Professor of Economics, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Set against the backdrop of an economy healing from 2020’s annus horribilis, this week’s Financial Stability Report (FSR) from the Reserve Bank (RBNZ) was cautiously reassuring: the country’s financial system is sound, though ... <a title="Why now would be a good time for the Reserve Bank of New Zealand to publish stress test results for individual banks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/07/why-now-would-be-a-good-time-for-the-reserve-bank-of-new-zealand-to-publish-stress-test-results-for-individual-banks-160249/" aria-label="Read more about Why now would be a good time for the Reserve Bank of New Zealand to publish stress test results for individual banks">Read more</a>
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May 7, 2021
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. Click here to subscribe to Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup and New Zealand Politics Daily. Today’s content Public sector pay freeze Stuff: Editorial – Pay freeze stretches public sector loyalty Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): Pay freeze shows Government ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – May 7 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/07/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-may-7-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – May 7 2021">Read more</a>
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May 7, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Martien Lubberink, Associate Professor of Economics, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Set against the backdrop of an economy healing from 2020’s annus horribilis, this week’s Financial Stability Report (FSR) from the Reserve Bank (RBNZ) was cautiously reassuring: the country’s financial system is sound, though ... <a title="Why now would be a good time for the Reserve Bank to publish stress test results for individual banks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/07/why-now-would-be-a-good-time-for-the-reserve-bank-to-publish-stress-test-results-for-individual-banks-160249/" aria-label="Read more about Why now would be a good time for the Reserve Bank to publish stress test results for individual banks">Read more</a>
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May 7, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Hocking, Curator of Vertebrate Zoology and Palaeontology, Monash University Few fish can outswim a seal. Seals fly through the waves, predators in their natural element. But, unlike fish, seals are air-breathing mammals whose ancestors only returned to the water from a life on land some 30 ... <a title="Swim like a sea lion, splash like a seal: how evolution engineered nature’s underwater acrobats" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/07/swim-like-a-sea-lion-splash-like-a-seal-how-evolution-engineered-natures-underwater-acrobats-160090/" aria-label="Read more about Swim like a sea lion, splash like a seal: how evolution engineered nature’s underwater acrobats">Read more</a>
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May 7, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Carla Pascoe Leahy, Australian Research Council DECRA Fellow, The University of Melbourne Mothers have often been associated with conservatism: linked to cloyingly sentimental cultural ideals or depicted as victims of patriarchal oppression. In the 19th century, the middle-class mother was idealised as the “angel in the house”, ... <a title="Looking for the perfect Mother’s Day gift? Why not smash the patriarchy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/07/looking-for-the-perfect-mothers-day-gift-why-not-smash-the-patriarchy-159335/" aria-label="Read more about Looking for the perfect Mother’s Day gift? Why not smash the patriarchy">Read more</a>
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May 7, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kristy Hess, Associate Professor (Communication), Deakin University Newspaper readers in rural and regional Australia are five times more likely to go directly to their local newspaper website than Google or Facebook for local information, and almost 10 times as likely to go to their local news website ... <a title="Print isn’t dead: major survey reveals local newspapers vastly preferred over Google among country news consumers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/07/print-isnt-dead-major-survey-reveals-local-newspapers-vastly-preferred-over-google-among-country-news-consumers-160353/" aria-label="Read more about Print isn’t dead: major survey reveals local newspapers vastly preferred over Google among country news consumers">Read more</a>
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May 7, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rachael Murrihy, Director, The Kidman Centre, Faculty of Science, University of Technology Sydney Two female Australian comedians recently revealed they’ve been diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). In an interview before her shows at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Fiona O’Loughlin alluded to lifelong challenges including ... <a title="ADHD affects girls too, and it can present differently to the way it does in boys. Here’s what to look out for" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/07/adhd-affects-girls-too-and-it-can-present-differently-to-the-way-it-does-in-boys-heres-what-to-look-out-for-158635/" aria-label="Read more about ADHD affects girls too, and it can present differently to the way it does in boys. Here’s what to look out for">Read more</a>
