Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews is stepping down after nine years in the job.
Academic rigor, journalistic flair
Articles on Melbourne lockdown
Displaying 1 - 20 of 41 articles
Far right nationalists, anti-vaxxers, libertarians and conspiracy theorists have come together over COVID, and capitalised on the anger and uncertainty simmering in some sections of the community.
Over the course of the pandemic, there’s been an increase in many aspects of social cohesion.
But this may be slipping as lockdowns drag on. Here’s how we measured social cohesion, and why.
Let your children embrace boredom, don’t try too hard to create the perfect lockdown holiday and warn your employer your attention might be even more divided than usual over the next few weeks.
Picture yourself at the gym. It might be confined, people are huffing and puffing, everyone is moving around. And that’s before you hit the showers and change room.
In this week’s Newspoll, Morrison scored his lowest net approval since the COVID crisis started last year. Anthony Albanese also clocked a record low.
From the things you choose to focus on, to the support you seek from others, to the way you look after your physical health — these coping strategies could help you through Melbourne’s latest lockdown.
Recent commentary has suggested transport, age, jobs, migrant population and other factors among the reasons that may help explain the difference. What does the data say?
What might the past offer us at this moment, and how will future generations reflect on this year? How will this present become the future’s past?
The Morrison government has through great skill and some luck helped avoid Austrlaia a COVID catastrophe.
COVID-19 restrictions led to calls to open up golf courses to the public. But these are such precious refuges for native flora and fauna that access will have to be carefully managed.
Michelle Grattan discusses the political week that was with Professor Paddy Nixon
It’s helpful to remember you’re in an unusual situation with no perfect map of how to cope, or a ‘right’ or ‘wrong’ way to get through it.
Victoria’s lockdown has been hard, but it now occupies a rare and envious position. As Victorians await new freedoms on the next step towards COVID-normal, they should feel a sense of accomplishment.
The Morrison government and business have reacted angrily to Daniel Andrews’ “cautious pause” on announcing the easing of COVID restrictions in Melbourne.
Here are answers to common questions about emerging from lockdown and how to make sure you’re doing it safely.
Melbourne could be out of lockdown within a week, if COVID-19 case numbers continue their current trend. But blanket rules such as the new 25km travel radius risk unnecessarily burdening the public.
The differences in sentiment in areas of high and low neighbourhood amenity have been clear under Melbourne’s tough COVID restrictions. It’s further evidence of the impacts of inequity on well-being.
All parks are not equal. The response to the opening of golf courses to the public during the COVID pandemic shows the quality of green open space is a big issue for city residents.
University of Canberra Professorial Fellow Michelle Grattan and University of Canberra Assistant Professor Caroline Fisher discuss the week in politics.
Top contributors
-
Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
-
Professor of Economics, UNSW Sydney
-
Associate professor, University of Sydney
-
Graduate Researcher, University of Newcastle
-
Professor, NHMRC Emerging Leader & Clinical Psychologist, UNSW Sydney
-
Professor of Health Economics, University of Bologna, University of Newcastle
-
Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne
-
Deputy Program Director, Budgets and Government, Grattan Institute
-
Senior Associate, Grattan Institute
-
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Newcastle
-
Clinical Research Fellow and Clinical Psychologist, Black Dog Institute
-
Lecturer in Humanitarianism and Development, Deakin University
-
Lecturer in Landscape Architecture, The University of Melbourne
-
Professor of Human Resource Management, RMIT University
-
Chief executive officer, Grattan Institute
