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1.1KCurrent AffairsUnlocking Australia: What Can Benefit-Cost Analysis Tell Us?
Lockdowns work. That’s the evidence from many different countries now, including Australia. To be more precise, lockdowns reduce the effective reproductive rate...
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1.3KEconomyHow will Coronavirus Recession Compare with Worst in Aus History?
In a normal year we would be weeks away from the May budget and the official forecasts for the financial year ahead....
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1.3KKnowledge
What a Simulated Mars Mission Taught Me about Food Waste
As a food waste researcher, I’m interested in how humans prepare food, eat and manage leftovers. This interest is not just confined...
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1.6KMedicine
What Causes a ‘Second Wave’ of Coronavirus, and Could We See This in Australia?
Coronavirus: what causes a ‘second wave’ of disease outbreak, and could we see this in Australia? Following the emergence and rapid spread...
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1.3KClimate Change
Sorry to Disappoint Climate Deniers, but Coronavirus makes the Low-Carbon Transition more Urgent
by John Hewson, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Climate deniers have been hanging out for the United Nations’ next...
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1.3KBusiness
Look Who’s Talking: Aus Telcos, Banks and Supermarkets Granted Exemption to Cartel Laws
“People of the same trade seldom meet together, even for merriment and diversion,” wrote Adam Smith in The Wealth of Nations (published...
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1.4KHealth
Pandemic Health Messaging: What Do We Know?
We’ve known about pandemic health messaging since 1918. So when it comes to coronavirus, what has Australia learnt? Australia’s coronavirus public health...
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2.0KPhilosophy
Coronavirus: What Philosopher Immanuel Kant can Teach us about Panic Buying and Isolation Dodging
The coronavirus crisis has forced us to look at our behaviour in a way that we’re not used to. We are being...
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Scary Red or Icky Green? We Can’t Say What Colour Coronavirus Is
Images of the latest coronavirus have become instantly recognisable, often vibrantly coloured and floating in an opaque background. In most representations, the...
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Privacy vs Pandemic: Govt Tracking Mobile Phones could be Potent Weapon against COVID-19
Borders, beaches, pubs and churches are closed, large events are cancelled, and travellers are subject to 14 days’ isolation – all at...
