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Why it is "reasonable and necessary" for the NDIS to support people's sex lives

  • Written by: Helen Dickinson, Professor, Public Service Research, UNSW
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One major theme of COVID-19 media reporting has been stories of individuals craving physical contact and struggling with loneliness.

But for some people with disability, this isn’t just the byproduct of a pandemic, it’s their everyday existence.

A recent Federal Court ruling has given hope to National...

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Coronavirus has turned retail therapy into retail anxiety – keeping customers calm will be key to carrying on

  • Written by: Jessica Vredenburg, Senior Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Marketing, Auckland University of Technology
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So you finally hit the shops and cafes after weeks of lockdown.

After disinfecting your hands, following the arrows around the shop or to your table, taking care to avoid others where possible and, in some cases, providing your contact tracing details – how enjoyable was the experience, really?

The return to shopping and...

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When the Coronavirus Supplement stops, JobSeeker needs to increase by $185 a week

  • Written by: Peter Whiteford, Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
When the Coronavirus Supplement stops, JobSeeker needs to increase by $185 a weekJames Gourley/AAP

The Morrison government’s changes to welfare payments were among its most significant responses to the coronavirus crisis.

In April, the new Coronavirus Supplement roughly doubled the level of benefits for unemployed people on the JobSeeker Payment (called Newstart until March) and a range of other working-age payments.

But...

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Recessions scar young people their entire lives, even into retirement

  • Written by: Jenny Chesters, Senior Lecturer/ Research Fellow, University of Melbourne
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It is well-established that recessions hit young people the hardest.

We saw it in our early 1980s recession, our early 1990s recession, and in the one we are now entering.

The latest payroll data shows that for most age groups, employment fell 5% to 6% between mid-March and May. For workers in their 20s, it fell 10.7%

The most dramatic...

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  2. How Mumbai's poorest neighbourhood is battling to keep coronavirus at bay
  3. After the bushfires, we helped choose the animals and plants in most need. Here's how we did it
  4. Plane cabins are havens for germs. Here's how they can clean up their act
  5. New Zealand's COVID-19 Tracer app won't help open a 'travel bubble' with Australia anytime soon
  6. Jim Chalmers on JobKeeper's flaws and the Eden-Monaro byelection
  7. 7 ways to manage your #coronaphobia
  8. Morrison government dangles new carrots for industry but fails to fix bigger climate policy problem
  9. The world agreed to a coronavirus inquiry. Just when and how, though, are still in dispute
  10. Coronavirus is a 'sliding doors' moment. What we do now could change Earth's trajectory
  11. Denied intimacy in 'iso', Aussies go online for adult content – so what's hot in each major city?
  12. why saliva tests could offer a better alternative to nasal COVID-19 swabs
  13. A thousand yarns and snapshots – why poetry matters during a pandemic
  14. The pieces of Australia post-coronavirus are falling into place
  15. how to count like a bee
  16. Don't want to send the kids back to school? Why not try unschooling at home
  17. Thanks to The Conversation's authors, for going above and beyond
  18. Recession hits Māori and Pasifika harder. They must be part of planning New Zealand's COVID-19 recovery
  19. Australia doesn't need more anti-terror laws that aren't necessary – or even used
  20. why we need to focus on increased consumption as much as population growth
  21. China used anti-dumping rules against us because what goes around comes around
  22. Australia must outperform to come out even from COVID-19
  23. Before epidemiologists began modelling disease, it was the job of astrologers
  24. Be worried when fossil fuel lobbyists support current environmental laws
  25. Why is the Australian government letting universities suffer?
  26. Democracy 2025 - Political trust in times of COVID-19 with Michelle Grattan, Mark Evans, Peter Shergold, and Renée Leon
  27. Could blood thinners be a lifesaving treatment for COVID-19? Here's what the science says and what it means for you
  28. These young Queenslanders are taking on Clive Palmer's coal company and making history for human rights
  29. Climate change threatens Antarctic krill and the sea life that depends on it
  30. Coronavirus anti-vaxxers aren’t a huge threat yet. How do we keep it that way?
  31. how history might read Morrison's coronavirus leadership
  32. Fang Fang's Wuhan diaries are a personal account of shared memory
  33. Is another huge and costly road project really Sydney's best option right now?
  34. The big stimulus spending has just begun. Here's how to get it right, quickly
  35. Are New Zealand's new COVID-19 laws and powers really a step towards a police state?
  36. Health-care workers share our trauma during the coronavirus pandemic – on top of their own
  37. View from The Hill: Bill Kelty's five-point plan for coming out of COVID
  38. the tertiary education union's deal with universities explained
  39. it's hard to say if the COVIDSafe app can overcome its shortcomings
  40. Coalition gains Newspoll lead as Labor ahead in Eden-Monaro; Trump's ratings recover
  41. what Virgin Australia staff can learn from ex-Ansett workers
  42. Forget work-life balance – it's all about integration in the age of COVID-19
  43. International film archives are streaming up a storm during lockdown. Australia's movie trove isn't even online
  44. Humans coexisted with three-tonne marsupials and lizards as long as cars in ancient Australia
  45. Economists back social distancing 34-9 in new Economic Society-Conversation survey
  46. Self-employed Australians' hours have fallen 32% since coronavirus hit – double the impact on all employees
  47. Just how hot will it get this century? Latest climate models suggest it could be worse than we thought
  48. Supermarkets claim to have our health at heart. But their marketing tactics push junk foods
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  50. The 'hospital in the home' revolution has been stalled by COVID-19. But it's still a good idea

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