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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.
Bank stocks have taken a hammering in recent weeks. It is all beginning to look very 2008.
How does a family of five with different priorities and attention spans get work done and still have fun in the same small space?
A sector-by-sector look at who is benefiting, who is in trouble and who could go either way.
Some older adults are struggling to practise social distancing during the global pandemic, even though they’re at high risk. Here’s how to help them.
The lockdown has seen Italy’s urban life shift to new spaces.
Nothing passes the time like a singalong to some classics from the Golden Age of Hollywood.
The COVID-19 pandemic must be managed in India in a tense economic context and with a largely privatised health system.
Prisons are already a hotbed of disease, and without action COVID-19 could have catastrophic consequences behind bars.
New legislation gives the government power to clamp down on public gatherings – but the changes have a time limit.
Among the more than 20,000 drugs approved by the FDA, there may be some that can treat COVID-19. A team at the University of California, San Francisco, is identifying possible candidates.
Schools are closed, houses of worship have suspended services, and many restaurants are down to delivery only. Must we also stop exercising? Two exercise physiologists explain what’s safe.
Help stop the infodemic.
Reactions in South Africa give little reason for hope that the virus will bring people closer together or trigger more energetic action against poverty.
The federal budget will be delayed until October 6, as the demands of dealing with the rapidly moving pandemic and the impossibility of forecasting have made the May timetable impossible.
Will a coronavirus lockdown prompt a permanent change in the way we experience live performance?
Although unpleasant, stopping almost everything for eight to twelve weeks might be the best way to bounce back qucikly.
Parent are legally obliged to ensure their child attends school. But fining parents is usually a last resort.
It’s a great time to learn how to ferment foods. And don’t turn your nose up at frozen veggies - they can be just as nutritious as some of the fresh produce in shops.
Top contributors
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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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Professor of Global Biosecurity, NHMRC L3 Research Fellow, Head, Biosecurity Program, Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney
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Chair in Epidemiology, Deakin University
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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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Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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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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Senior Research Fellow in Global Health, University of Southampton
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Professor of Medicine, University of East Anglia
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Associate Professor, School of Population Health, 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
