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Coronavirus lays bare 5 big housing system flaws to be fixed

  • Written by: Hal Pawson, Professor of Housing Research and Policy, and Associate Director, City Futures Research Centre, UNSW
Coronavirus lays bare 5 big housing system flaws to be fixedShutterstock

Australians had become used to walking past rough sleepers. Policymakers too, seemed unmoved by the people huddled in doorways or sheltering in parks under plastic sheets. That’s until the COVID-19 pandemic rendered rough sleepers visible, because we’ve all been told to stay home and anyone without a home presents a risk of...

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Australia listened to the science on coronavirus. Imagine if we did the same for coal mining

  • Written by: Matthew Currell, Associate Professor in Environmental Engineering, School of Engineering, RMIT University
Australia listened to the science on coronavirus. Imagine if we did the same for coal miningDan Peled/AAP

Australia’s relative success in stopping the spread of COVID-19 is largely due governments taking expert advice on a complex problem. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said of decisions on projects that threaten the environment – most notably, Adani’s Carmichael coal mine.

Our research published today in Nature...

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The ghosts of budgets past haunt New Zealand's shot at economic recovery

  • Written by: Michael Belgrave, Professor History, Massey University
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New Zealand’s 2020 budget will be one of the most significant in the country’s history. Whatever its content, it will be remembered alongside those of 1938 and 1991 as a pivotal event.

For any minister of finance, the stakes have never been higher and the problems facing the country never more dire. Over a few short...

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US-China relations were already heated. Then coronavirus threw fuel on the flames

  • Written by: Nick Bisley, Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences and Professor of International Relations at La Trobe University, La Trobe University
US-China relations were already heated. Then coronavirus threw fuel on the flamesKevin Lamarque/Reuters

Even before the COVID-19 crisis upended the world, US-China relations had entered a particularly mistrustful and combative period.

While the mutual antagonism predated the Trump administration – Chinese President Xi Jinping had earlier ushered in a more assertive and ambitious approach to the world and the Obama...

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  2. Not all twins are identical and that's been an evolutionary puzzle, until now
  3. First stage of 'road back' will boost monthly GDP by $3.1 billion and jobs by 252,500: Frydenberg
  4. how the Cold War shaped Little Richard
  5. China might well refuse to take our barley, and there would be little we could do
  6. This rainforest was once a grassland savanna maintained by Aboriginal people – until colonisation
  7. Our cities owe much of their surviving heritage to Jack Mundey
  8. As sport resumes after lockdown, it's time to level the playing field for women and girls
  9. It's hard to know when to come out from under the doona. It'll be soon, but not yet
  10. Should we re-open pubs next week? The benefits seem to exceed the costs
  11. Inside an innovative program helping sex offenders reintegrate into society – and why it works
  12. how 'death ships' spread disease through the ages
  13. how coronavirus is changing our language
  14. 40% of Australian principals are victims of physical violence
  15. Retire the retirement village – the wall and what’s behind it is so 2020
  16. Coronavirus shows housing costs leave many insecure. Tackling that can help solve an even bigger crisis
  17. Australians want industry, and they'd like it green. Steel is the place to start
  18. Let's "SnapBack" to better society with more secure jobs: Anthony Albanese
  19. From coronavirus tests to open-source insulin and beyond, 'biohackers' are showing the power of DIY science
  20. Little Richard's saucy style underpins today's hits
  21. The stepped approach out of lockdown is the only way forward, but how much we'll allow the curve to rise is still an unknown
  22. The Reserve Bank thinks the recovery will look V-shaped. There are reasons to doubt it
  23. Australia starts to re-open, but the premiers have the whip hand on timing
  24. Could BCG, a 100-year-old vaccine for tuberculosis, protect against coronavirus?
  25. National parks are for native wildlife, not feral horses: federal court
  26. Was New Zealand's coronavirus lockdown legal? One week might make all the difference
  27. From hidden women to influencers and individuals – putting mothers in the frame
  28. Why are there so many drugs to kill bacteria, but so few to tackle viruses?
  29. We should simplify our industrial relations system, but not in the way big business wants
  30. Michelle Grattan on the rapid developments in Eden-Monaro, the national cabinet, and next week's 'normal' parliamentary sitting
  31. Alcohol can make coronavirus worse – so why was it treated as essential in New Zealand's lockdown?
  32. keep free childcare going instead
  33. The US military has officially published three UFO videos. Why doesn't anybody seem to care?
  34. 50 years on, the Vietnam moratorium campaigns remind us of a different kind of politics
  35. We may well be able to eliminate coronavirus, but we'll probably never eradicate it. Here's the difference
  36. Past pandemics show how coronavirus budgets can drive faster economic recovery
  37. some home builders are misleading consumers about energy ratings
  38. Overcrowded homes and a lack of water leave some Indonesians at risk of the coronavirus
  39. The calculus of death shows the COVID lock-down is clearly worth the cost
  40. coughs on film and the fine but deadly art of foreshadowing
  41. The delicate art of political distancing during the pandemic
  42. How safe is COVIDSafe? What you should know about the app's issues, and Bluetooth-related risks
  43. the full findings of the royal commission report
  44. Why it doesn't make economic sense to ignore climate change in our recovery from the pandemic
  45. Before coronavirus, China was falsely blamed for spreading smallpox. Racism played a role then, too
  46. Researchers use 'pre-prints' to share coronavirus results quickly. But that can backfire
  47. Carriageworks was in trouble before coronavirus
  48. 3 times Michael Moore's film Planet of the Humans gets the facts wrong (and 3 times it gets them right)
  49. what games can teach us during the coronavirus pandemic
  50. Museums are losing millions every week but they are already working hard to preserve coronavirus artefacts

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