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As coronavirus restrictions ease, here's how you can navigate public transport as safely as possible

  • Written by: Hassan Vally, Associate Professor, La Trobe University

As coronavirus restrictions continue to ease, one of the key challenges we face is how to deal with people moving around a lot more.

In particular, as more of us start to head back to school and the office in the coming weeks and months, more of us will be getting on buses, trains and trams.

So what is public transport going to look like as we...

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Life in lockdown has shown us our houses need to work harder for us

  • Written by: Chris Tucker, Senior Lecturer in Architecture, University of Newcastle
Life in lockdown has shown us our houses need to work harder for usSharomka/Shutterstock

As we’ve been living more closely with families and house mates through COVID-19, the more intensive ways we’ve used our houses has perhaps exposed some of their shortcomings. Households have had relative freedom to interact with each other, but the continual presence of our household has also made us wish part of...

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The Leadbeater's possum finally had its day in court. It may change the future of logging in Australia

  • Written by: Julia Dehm, Lecturer, La Trobe University
The Leadbeater's possum finally had its day in court. It may change the future of logging in AustraliaShutterstock

The Federal Court last week ruled that VicForests – a timber company owned by the Victorian government – breached environmental laws when they razed the habitat of the critically endangered Leadbeater’s possum and the vulnerable greater glider.

Environmentalists welcomed the judge’s decision, which sets an...

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SpaceX's historic launch gives Australia's booming space industry more room to fly

  • Written by: Cassandra Steer, Lecturer, ANU Center for International and Public Law; Mission Specialist, ANU Institute for Space, Australian National University
SpaceX's historic launch gives Australia's booming space industry more room to flyNASA Kennedy/Flickr, CC BY

At the weekend, Elon Musk’s commercial giant SpaceX launched two NASA astronauts in a spacecraft named Crew Dragon which, from the inside, looked like a souped-up Tesla.

The Falcon 9 rocket launched the spacecraft, returned to Earth and landed on a ship to later be re-used. And the Crew Dragon eventually docked...

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  4. The coronavirus crisis shows why New Zealand urgently needs a commissioner for older people
  5. What Australian birds can teach us about choosing a partner and making it last
  6. Pregnant in a pandemic? If you're stressed, there's help
  7. could new opioid restrictions stop leftover medicines causing harm?
  8. A time to embrace the edge spaces that make our neighbourhoods tick
  9. Australia's first service sector recession will be unlike those that have gone before it
  10. 6 easy ways to stop light pollution from harming our wildlife
  11. Lab experiments in the pandemic moved online or mailed home to uni students
  12. 3 ways plus a potted history
  13. Forget ‘murder hornets’, European wasps in Australia decapitate flies and bully dingoes
  14. As Minneapolis burns, Trump's presidency is sinking deeper into crisis. And yet, he may still be re-elected
  15. Digital-only local newspapers will struggle to serve the communities that need them most
  16. Scott Morrison strengthens his policy power, enshrining national cabinet and giving it "laser-like" focus on jobs
  17. Trump’s Twitter tantrum may wreck the internet
  18. Government to repay 470,000 unlawful robodebts in what might be Australia's biggest-ever financial backdown
  19. High Court ruling on 'Palace letters' case paves way to learn more about The Dismissal
  20. 10 reasons why renewable energy is the future
  21. Michelle Grattan on JobKeeper, JobMaker, and Eden-Monaro
  22. Whoever invents a coronavirus vaccine will control the patent – and, importantly, who gets to use it
  23. Treasurer Josh Frydenberg on saving Australia's tourism and construction industries
  24. The coronavirus pandemic is boosting the big tech transformation to warp speed
  25. There is no specific crime of catfishing. But is it illegal?
  26. Could taking hydroxychloroquine for coronavirus be more harmful than helpful?
  27. why suicide modelling is so difficult
  28. Why is there so much furore over China's Belt and Road Initiative?
  29. Morrison's industrial relations peace gambit is worth a shot. Even if it fails, it's shrewd politics
  30. a time to reflect on strong Indigenous leadership and resiliency in the face of a pandemic
  31. 4 ways our streets can rescue restaurants, bars and cafes after coronavirus
  32. missing the commute, the spaces between places and the podcast stories in our pockets
  33. The coronavirus has thrust human limitations into the spotlight. Will it mark the rise of automation?
  34. after a storm, microplastic pollution surged in the Cooks River
  35. what pregnant women need to know
  36. When Christian met Sally – the match made by a pandemic
  37. Another savage blow to regional media spells disaster for the communities they serve
  38. New Zealand government ignores expert advice in its plan to improve water quality in rivers and lakes
  39. Has Australia really avoided 14,000 coronavirus deaths?
  40. Don't be phish food! Tips to avoid sharing your personal information online
  41. A four-day working week could be the shot in the arm post-coronavirus tourism needs
  42. How to stay safe in restaurants and cafes
  43. parents of children with disability struggle to get the basics during coronavirus
  44. how DJs and creatives are earning a buck online via Twitch, Patreon, OnlyFans and more
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  46. No big packed lectures allowed if we're to safely bring uni students back to campus
  47. Morrison government invites unions to dance, but employer groups call the tune
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