All Australians arriving from overseas will be quarantined in hotels or other facilities under strict supervision for a fortnight, under the latest crackdown in the battle against the coronavirus.
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During the Global Financial Crisis, the world benefited from American leadership. That is missing – along with any logical replacement – in the current crisis.
Coronavirus calls on police to ensure people are obeying the new rules, and to continue their essential function of keeping the peace.
Our mobile phone’s location data could be a valuable tool to help track and trace the spread of the coronavirus outbreak. The government has the legal power to do it, given what’s at stake.
You may have a confirmed diagnosis of COVID-19, or just suspect you have it. Either way, if you have mild to moderate symptoms, treat them as you would with any other cold or flu.
The 20-week adjournment of parliament will harm our capacity to fight the virus and subverts Australia’s identity as a parliamentary democracy.
The coronavirus is devastating, but failing to tackle climate change because of the pandemic only compounds the tragedy.
After the coronavirus nightmare has passed, harsh judgments will be made about which political leaders and health experts were on the right or wrong side in handling this crisis.
Michelle Grattan interviews immunologist and Nobel Laureate Peter Doherty about controlling the coronavirus pandemic, and the prospects of developing a vaccine.
Women have always done the lion’s share of the “invisible” caring work at home: the impact of coronavirus may force all of that to change.
Releasing prisoners on remand – who are entitled to a presumption of innocence – would reduce the risk of them contracting COVID-19 and the disease spreading within prisons.
Thousands of community groups have sprung up around the world to help us stay together while we’re apart.
All non-urgent elective surgery is being suspended, to free up resources as hospitals prepare to deal with the full impact of COVID-19.
Infections like coronavirus can kill the nerves that let you smell, but they’ll usually grow back within weeks.
The release of lower-threat prisoners will go a long way to stopping the spread of COVID-19 among prisoners and the wider community.
Only five people will be able to attend a wedding and funerals will be restricted to 10 in the latest round of life-changing restrictions to be imposed on Australians to fight the coronavirus’s spread.
The Morrison government would like the “national cabinet” to mean individual states, notably NSW and Victoria, just stay in line – notably the line the Feds want.
Don’t want to shake hands, but don’t want to cause offence? Just smile, have a short sentence ready in advance, and make sure the other person knows you care about their feelings.
For people of faith, for whom communal prayer and service are central to their beliefs, the need to stay away from each other is particularly challenging.
Clubs, pubs, movie theatres and gyms will be closed and restaurants will only be able to provide takeaways in measures to fight the spread of coronavirus announced by Scott Morrison late Sunday night.
Job ads are 12% lower than expected this year.
Bickering between the states and Victoria’s initial silence on the outbreak made the 1919 Spanish flu pandemic worse.
The short answer is ‘yes’ - the states can impede people moving across borders if it is for the protection of public health.
NSW and Victoria are shutting down non-essential services and activities over the next 48 hours, and the federal government has announced it will widen eligibility and increase income support as the coronavirus crisis escalates.
Small and medium-sized businesses will get up to $100,000 in cash payments in the government’s second stage of emergency assistance, worth a huge $66 billion, to cushion businesses and individuals as the coronavirus cuts a swathe through Australia’s economy.