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Australian arts need a stimulus package. Here is what it should look like

  • Written by: Ben Eltham, Lecturer, School of Media, Film and Journalism, Monash University
Australian arts need a stimulus package. Here is what it should look likePrudence Upton/Sydney Writers Festival

In 1606, Shakespeare and his company bolted the doors of the Globe Theatre and fled London as bubonic plague led to a total shutdown of theatres.

Now we know what it must have felt like.

The sudden implosion of Australia’s performing arts sector in recent days has been breathtaking.

Everything I’m...

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Why haven't the Olympics been cancelled from coronavirus? That's the A$20bn question

  • Written by: Jack Anderson, Professor of Sports Law, Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne
Why haven't the Olympics been cancelled from coronavirus? That's the A$20bn questionVASSILIS PSOMAS/EPA

In American sports, the term “shutout” is usually associated with a comprehensive victory over an opposition that has failed to score. Last week, the spread of the coronavirus was such that it almost secured a shutout of sporting events globally.

Almost.

As many parts of the world move to self-isolation, the...

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Why NZ's tough coronavirus travel rules are crucial to protecting lives at home and across the Pacific

  • Written by: Regina Scheyvens, Professor of Development Studies, Massey University
Why NZ's tough coronavirus travel rules are crucial to protecting lives at home and across the PacificShutterstock

New Zealand’s border restrictions will come with significant job and business losses in the tourism sector, both at home and in the Pacific. But the new travel rules are absolutely necessary to protect the health of New Zealanders and people right across Pacific Islands, because New Zealand is a gateway country for many...

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old books hold new insights for the digital generation

  • Written by: Kate Flaherty, Senior Lecturer (English and Drama) ANU, Australian National University
old books hold new insights for the digital generationSophie Elvis/Unsplash

Every year about 150 students enrol in the introductory English literature course at the Australian National University, which I teach. The course includes works by Shakespeare, Austen, Woolf and Dickens.

I know what these books did for me as a student twenty years ago, but times have changed. I am curious to discover what...

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  2. 5 ways nutrition could help your immune system fight off the coronavirus
  3. How changes brought on by coronavirus could help tackle climate change
  4. First pocket-sized artworks from Ice Age Indonesia show humanity's ancient drive to decorate
  5. The real economic victims of coronavirus are those we can't see
  6. What you’re seeing right now is the past, so your brain is predicting the present
  7. The average regional city resident lacks good access to two-thirds of community services, and liveability suffers
  8. Government forced to "scale up" fiscal response to deal with impact of "scaled up" health response
  9. Reserve Bank and government prepare fresh emergency measures as markets tumble
  10. why are we cancelling large gatherings? And what other 'social distancing' options are left?
  11. Can I take the dog for a walk? Can I put the kids to bed? What you should and shouldn't do if you're in coronavirus self-isolation
  12. To limit coronavirus risks on public transport, here's what we can learn from efforts overseas
  13. How to flatten the curve of coronavirus, a mathematician explains
  14. Will coronavirus damage Trump in the US general election? And Morrison's ratings improve in Newspoll
  15. an incisive global perspective on deeper crises
  16. This coronavirus share market crash is unlike those that have gone before it
  17. We must fight climate change like it's World War III – here are 4 potent weapons to deploy
  18. How will coronavirus affect property prices?
  19. Scientists find burnt, starving koalas weeks after the bushfires
  20. Morrison, compassion and coronavirus: when crisis refines leadership
  21. Should I test my gut microbes to improve my health?
  22. Snakes make good food. Banning farms won't help the fight against coronavirus
  23. More green, more ‘zzzzz’? Trees may help us sleep
  24. remembering a time when we were outraged
  25. Scott Morrison announces mandatory self-isolation for all overseas arrivals and gives up shaking hands
  26. NZ's decision to close its borders will hurt tourism but it's the right thing to do
  27. your coronavirus and COVID-19 questions answered by experts
  28. your questions answered by virus experts
  29. Coronavirus hits at the heart of Morrison's government, with Peter Dutton infected
  30. 5 ways to manage your news consumption in times of crisis
  31. the federal government is playing a risky game with mixed messages on coronavirus
  32. what they are, how they spread and how they make you sick
  33. what you need to know to prepare and respond
  34. Australia must prepare for the social and psychological impacts of a coronavirus lockdown
  35. Air-dropping poisoned meat to kill bush predators hasn't worked in the past, and it's unlikely to help now
  36. Michelle Grattan on the coronavirus pandemic and the government's stimulus
  37. 150 Psalms is a monumental choral event
  38. When your house has a (disturbing) history, what should buyers be told about its ‘past’?
  39. Stadiums are emptying out globally. So why have Australian sports been so slow to act?
  40. 502 Bad Gateway
  41. projecting light onto a dark history – how mid-century cinema resurrected Port Arthur’s convict past
  42. Remembering my friend, and why there is no right way to mourn the Christchurch attacks
  43. The many faces of social housing – home to 1 in 10 Australians
  44. For decades, scientists puzzled over the plastic 'missing' from our oceans – but now it's been found
  45. Morrison's coronavirus package is a good start, but he'll probably have to spend more
  46. Will many people be too worried to spend the cash splashed their way?
  47. Australian schools are closing because of coronavirus, but should they be?
  48. Want to Skype your GP to avoid exposure to the coronavirus? Here's what you need to know about the new telehealth option
  49. The coronavirus stimulus program is Labor's in disguise, as it should be
  50. Cash handout of $750 for 6.5 million pensioners and others receiving government payments

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