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Aged care visitor guidelines balance residents' rights and coronavirus risk – but may be hard to implement

  • Written by: Yun-Hee Jeon, Susan and Isaac Wakil Professor of Healthy Ageing, University of Sydney
Aged care visitor guidelines balance residents' rights and coronavirus risk – but may be hard to implementShutterstock

One in four Australians who have died from COVID-19 is from an aged care facility.

These deaths show how fatal and fast the spread of the infection can be, and the extreme challenge of containing the virus once a positive case appears in aged care homes.

But there is also community pressure to ease social distancing rules for aged care...

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Why a trans-Tasman travel bubble makes a lot of sense for Australia and New Zealand

  • Written by: Freya Higgins-Desbiolles, Senior Lecturer in Tourism Management, University of South Australia
Why a trans-Tasman travel bubble makes a lot of sense for Australia and New ZealandBIANCA DE MARCHI/AAP

We are hearing increasing talk about a trans-Tasman “travel bubble”, which could see Australia and New Zealand open their borders to each other.

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern was a special guest at Australia’s national cabinet meeting on Tuesday, which discussed the possibility of setting up a...

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why shifting to judge-alone trials is a flawed approach to criminal justice

  • Written by: Felicity Gerry, Professor and Queen's Counsel, Deakin University
why shifting to judge-alone trials is a flawed approach to criminal justiceShutterstock

Last month, Victoria swiftly pushed through a bill introducing judge-only criminal trials as a short-term measure to tackle the absence of court sittings during the coronavirus lockdown.

The new law, which was cautiously welcomed by the state Criminal Bar Association, puts Victoria in line with other states that already have judge-only...

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Dorothea Tanning - an unusual surrealist with an unique female gaze

  • Written by: Victoria Carruthers, Senior lecturer, Australian Catholic University
Dorothea Tanning - an unusual surrealist with an unique female gazeVoltage (1942)Dorothea Tanning Estate

Woman? All they knew for sure was that they desired her. Désir, a gigantic five-letter word.

So commented American artist Dorothea Tanning recalling her time in the surrealist milieu of New York in the 1940s.

Dorothea Tanning - an unusual surrealist with an unique female gazeOn a New York rooftop in 1938.Dorothea Tanning Estate

She had met German artist Max Ernst one...

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  2. Millions of products have been 3D printed for the coronavirus pandemic – but they bring risks
  3. We can't let coronavirus kill our cities. Here's how we can save urban life
  4. Is slowing Australia's population growth really the best way out of this crisis?
  5. Yes, it is time to rethink our immigration intake – to put more focus on families
  6. Mary Shelley’s The Last Man is a prophecy of life in a global pandemic
  7. New findings show Australian sheep face dangerous heat stress on export ships
  8. The darknet – a wild west for fake coronavirus 'cures'? The reality is more complicated (and regulated)
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  10. does spraying the streets work against coronavirus?
  11. Josh Frydenberg warns against Australia turning protectionist after COVID
  12. Can you get the COVID-19 coronavirus twice?
  13. 5 tips to help parents navigate the unique needs of children with autism learning from home
  14. how coronavirus is reshaping how we see ourselves and the world around us
  15. every photograph tells a virtual story
  16. Coronavirus redundancies are understandable, but there are alternatives
  17. Reclaiming the streets? We all can have a say in the 'new normal' after coronavirus
  18. The coronavirus survival challenge for NZ tourism: affordability and sustainability
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  20. Schools have been ideological battlegrounds in the past. In the coronavirus crisis, they are again
  21. Post-coronavirus, we'll need a working tax system, not more taxes and not higher rates
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  24. COVID-19 increases risk to international students' mental health. Australia urgently needs to step up
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  27. Yes Prime Minister... Dan Tehan withdraws his attack on Daniel Andrews' leadership
  28. How I wrote and published a book about the economics of coronavirus in a month
  29. Yes, we're too dependent on China, but changing that is easier said than done
  30. Review of COVID restrictions brought forward, as government urges COVIDSafe download
  31. why you're having more vivid dreams during the pandemic
  32. If COVID-19 is a national emergency, can the federal government take control of schools?
  33. No wonder isolation's so tiring. All those extra, tiny decisions are taxing our brains
  34. the dangers facing Australian police in the line of duty
  35. While we wait for a coronavirus vaccine, eating well, exercising and managing stress can boost your immune system
  36. Michelle Grattan on the Eden-Monaro by-election, the success of the coronavirus app, and Australia-China relations
  37. Dying old, dying young – death and ageism in the times of Greek myth and coronavirus
  38. Cook commemorations are mute on intimate encounters and their profound impact on Indigenous women
  39. Why the Reserve Bank should fund super funds during the COVID-19 crisis
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  41. Religious groups are embracing technology during the lockdown, but can it replace human connection?
  42. What is sentinel surveillance and how might it help in the fight against coronavirus?
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  45. Disasters expose gaps in emergency services' social media use
  46. Sending children back to school during coronavirus has human rights implications
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  48. Want an economic tonic, Mr Morrison? Use that stimulus money to turbocharge renewables
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  50. New roadmap gives Australia two paths out of COVID-19 lockdown: elimination or adaptation

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