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what opioid misuse costs Australia in a year

  • Written by: Robert Tait, Senior Research Fellow, National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University
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In a single year, extra-medical opioid use caused more than 2,200 deaths, 32,000 hospital admissions and resulted in the loss of over 70,000 years of life in Australia.

“Extra-medical” opioid use includes both the illegal use of opioids such as heroin, and the misuse of pharmaceutical opioids – that is, when...

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We need to plan for life after JobKeeper now. We need to make it portable

  • Written by: John Quiggin, Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland
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As an emergency response to the potential mass unemployment created by the sudden lockdown, the Morrison government’s JobKeeper program has been reasonably successful.

An estimated 700 000 employers, accounting for 4.7 million workers have signed up.

On the other hand, the sign up of workers has been been about one million less...

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Pandemic dents Australians' views of both China and the United States

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra

Both China and the United States have suffered reputational damage with the Australian public as a result of their handling of the coronavirus crisis, according to a Lowy COVIDpoll.

Most Australians (68%) say they feel “less favourable towards China’s system of government” when thinking about China’s handling of the outbreak....

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Young people were already struggling before the pandemic. Here are 7 ways to help them navigate a changed world

  • Written by: Kate Lycett, NHMRC Early Career Fellow, Murdoch Children's Research Institute and Centre for Social and Early Emotional Development, Deakin University
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As we start to think about rebuilding our lives in the midst of an ongoing pandemic, we need to be clearer than ever about what kind of Australia we want to live in, what counts as progress, and how we measure how well we’re succeeding.

This is because the indirect effects of this pandemic – social, emotional, educational...

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  1. Why coronavirus must not stop Australia creating denser cities
  2. even in a pandemic, mixed emotions are more common than negative ones
  3. Miss hugs? Touch forms bonds and boosts immune systems. Here’s how to cope without it during coronavirus
  4. How to tweak JobKeeper, if we must
  5. Google and Facebook pay way less tax in New Zealand than in Australia – and we're paying the price
  6. How to stay calm and manage those family tensions during the coronavirus lockdown
  7. one tip on video conferencing good enough for Matthew McConaughey
  8. If we want workers to stay home when sick, we need paid leave for casuals
  9. Literary magazines are often the first place new authors are published. We can't lose them
  10. What is public interest journalism? Providing reliable information to those who need it most
  11. In some places 40% of us may have downloaded COVIDSafe. Here's why the government should share what it knows
  12. As restrictions ease, here are 5 crucial ways for Australia to stay safely on top of COVID-19
  13. As coronavirus forces us to keep our distance, city density matters less than internal density
  14. what caused major climate change in the past?
  15. I measure whales with drones to find out if they're fat enough to breed
  16. the Alan Jones radio era comes to an end
  17. Paul Kelly on the risk of a COVID-19 second-wave
  18. Treasurer Josh Frydenberg tested for COVID-19
  19. Theatre for Dreamers by Polly Samson mixes real stories with romance
  20. Are you wearing gloves or a mask to the shops? You might be doing it wrong
  21. expert review rejects NSW plan to let seawater flow into the Murray River
  22. So coronavirus will change cities – will that include slums?
  23. moving New Zealand from critical care to long-term recovery
  24. Contact tracing apps are vital tools in the fight against coronavirus. But who decides how they work?
  25. how much free speech should our public servants have?
  26. coronavirus will hit Australia's research capacity harder than the GFC
  27. Getting an abortion just got harder, thanks to the coronavirus. Here's what we can do better
  28. Which Florence Nightingale will we remember today? The 'Lady with the Lamp' or the influential writer and activist?
  29. Coronavirus lays bare 5 big housing system flaws to be fixed
  30. Australia listened to the science on coronavirus. Imagine if we did the same for coal mining
  31. The ghosts of budgets past haunt New Zealand's shot at economic recovery
  32. US-China relations were already heated. Then coronavirus threw fuel on the flames
  33. The healing power of data: Florence Nightingale's true legacy
  34. Not all twins are identical and that's been an evolutionary puzzle, until now
  35. First stage of 'road back' will boost monthly GDP by $3.1 billion and jobs by 252,500: Frydenberg
  36. how the Cold War shaped Little Richard
  37. China might well refuse to take our barley, and there would be little we could do
  38. This rainforest was once a grassland savanna maintained by Aboriginal people – until colonisation
  39. Our cities owe much of their surviving heritage to Jack Mundey
  40. As sport resumes after lockdown, it's time to level the playing field for women and girls
  41. It's hard to know when to come out from under the doona. It'll be soon, but not yet
  42. Should we re-open pubs next week? The benefits seem to exceed the costs
  43. Inside an innovative program helping sex offenders reintegrate into society – and why it works
  44. how 'death ships' spread disease through the ages
  45. how coronavirus is changing our language
  46. 40% of Australian principals are victims of physical violence
  47. Retire the retirement village – the wall and what’s behind it is so 2020
  48. Coronavirus shows housing costs leave many insecure. Tackling that can help solve an even bigger crisis
  49. Australians want industry, and they'd like it green. Steel is the place to start
  50. Let's "SnapBack" to better society with more secure jobs: Anthony Albanese

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