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Trying to homeschool because of coronavirus? Here are 5 tips to help your child learn

  • Written by: David Roy, Lecturer in Education, University of Newcastle
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A number of schools in Australia have shut after students and staff tested positive for COVID-19. And some private schools have moved to online classes pre-emptively.

Many parents are keeping their children home as a precaution for various reasons. Attendance in schools has fallen, by as much as 50% in some.

The current medical advice is...

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how inflation-focused central banks can squeeze more from interest rates

  • Written by: Mariano Kulish, Professor of Macroeconomics, University of Sydney
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The Reserve Bank of Australia has cut its official interest rate to 0.25%. The bank’s governor, Philip Lowe, reckons this is as low as the bank can go.

The cut – the first this century to have been decided outside the normal monthly meeting of the bank’s board – underlines the economic threat posed by the...

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How we'll avoid Australia's hospitals being crippled by coronavirus

  • Written by: Caleb Ferguson, Senior Research Fellow, Western Sydney Nursing & Midwifery Research Centre, Western Sydney Local Health District &, Western Sydney University
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Australians should now be practising social distancing to slow the spread of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.

By creating more space between yourself and others you decrease the risk of person-to-person spread.


Read more: Coronavirus: why should we stay 1.5 metres away from each other?


It’s also essential...

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Thucydides and the plague of Athens

  • Written by: Chris Mackie, Professor of Classics, La Trobe University
Thucydides and the plague of AthensPericles Funeral Oration on the Greek 50 Drachmai 1955 Banknote.Shutterstock

The coronavirus is concentrating our minds on the fragility of human existence in the face of a deadly disease. Words like “epidemic” and “pandemic” (and “panic”!) have become part of our daily discourse.

These words are Greek in...

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  16. Social distancing may be worth it, but we need to talk about economic costs
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