Morrison has stressed Australia is not in shut down. Not officially. But out of a combination of alarm, caution and government measures to contain the virus’s spread, many activities have shut down and more do so every day.
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For some people, home is not a safe place to be.
Why 1.5 metres? Is it our best estimate or is there solid evidence behind it?
It’s based on a combination of mathematical modelling, computer simulation and historical data from other pandemics.
Reserve Bank Governor Philip Lowe has laid out a road map for measures to drive a range of other interest rates down, now that its cash rate has hit effective zero.
Aboriginal people are at greater risk of severe illness from COVID-19 than non-Aboriginal people. But plans to protect remote communities and keep the virus out are progressing too slowly.
We need a frank public conversation about the full economic costs versus benefits of social distancing.
Government schools remain open but many parents are already voluntarily keeping their children home in an effort to ‘flatten the curve’.
The government has bungled its handling of coronavirus. Our leaders need to learn from our response to the AIDS crisis of the 1980s, which was completely de-politicised and way more effective.
Rather than offering early access to super, the government could allow people to borrow against it, at a zero interest rate.
To guard against coronavirus, NZ should consider a short “pulse” (a few weeks) of intense social distancing, including bringing forward school holidays and temporary closures of most businesses.
Canada’s ban on foreign travellers is not consistent with the science of the pandemic or Canada’s own values of inclusion and openness to outsiders.
The Trump administration is asking for US$850 billion in stimulus spending. Given the debt’s already at record levels, can the US afford it?
An expert explains how your individual rights could be affected during the coronavirus crisis.
Pandemic fiction is more popular than ever – but what these books and movies offer us isn’t as straightforward as you might think.
The SARS-CoV-2 virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic is undergoing extensive genetic analysis around the world to understand its origin and evolution.
Scientists need to close the knowledge gap around COVID-19 and the virus that causes it.
We might recover our sense of being part of society.
The UK is on the tipping point of a humanitarian emergency. To tackle this the government must now give more money to local authorities.
As the coronavirus spreads far and wide, a political philosopher argues that it is a time to understand that the idea of individual happiness does not work without thinking of the larger good.
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Associate Professor, Epidemiology, Deakin University
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Professor of Economics, UNSW Sydney
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Chair in Epidemiology, Deakin University
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Professor of Global Biosecurity, NHMRC L3 Research Fellow, Head, Biosecurity Program, Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney
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Professor of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of South Australia
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Honorary Enterprise Professor, School of Population and Global Health, and Department of General Practice and Primary Care, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Research Fellow in Global Health, University of Southampton
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Dean Faculty of Health Sciences and Professor of Vaccinology at University of the Witwatersrand; and Director of the SAMRC Vaccines and Infectious Diseases Analytics Research Unit, University of the Witwatersrand
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Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Professor of Medicine, University of East Anglia
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Associate professor, UNSW Sydney
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Professor of Medicine, University of Virginia
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Professor of Public Health, University of Sheffield
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Associate Professor of Bioethics, University of Portsmouth
