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Yes, we're too dependent on China, but changing that is easier said than done

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

After the COVID crisis, what will be the “new normal” in Australia’s relations with China?

The short answer is, probably both worse and more complicated than pre-COVID.

This week has seen a fresh low point, with the Chinese government threatening economic retribution in response to the Morrison government’s call for an...

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Review of COVID restrictions brought forward, as government urges COVIDSafe download

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
Review of COVID restrictions brought forward, as government urges COVIDSafe downloadAlex Ellinghausen/AAP, FAL

National cabinet has agreed to bring forward its review of COVID restrictions by a week to next Friday, but more downloads of the app are needed.

“Australians have earned an early mark through the work that they have done,” Scott Morrison told a news conference.

So far, 11 out of 15 conditions for reviewing...

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why you're having more vivid dreams during the pandemic

  • Written by: Dr Rosie Gibson, Research Officer, Sleep/Wake Research Centre, College of Health, Massey University
why you're having more vivid dreams during the pandemicBruce Rolff/Shutterstock

An interesting side effect of the coronavirus pandemic is the number of people who say they are having vivid dreams.

Many are turning to blogs and social media to describe their experiences.

While such dreams can be confusing or distressing, dreaming is normal and considered helpful in processing our waking situation, which...

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If COVID-19 is a national emergency, can the federal government take control of schools?

  • Written by: Matt Harvey, Lecturer in Law, Victoria University

The federal government this week offered independent schools across the country an advance of A$3 billion if they committed to having at least half their students back in the classroom by June 1.

In the case of some states, particularly Victoria, this instruction is in direct contrast to that of the premiers. Victorian schools, following advice...

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  1. No wonder isolation's so tiring. All those extra, tiny decisions are taxing our brains
  2. the dangers facing Australian police in the line of duty
  3. While we wait for a coronavirus vaccine, eating well, exercising and managing stress can boost your immune system
  4. Michelle Grattan on the Eden-Monaro by-election, the success of the coronavirus app, and Australia-China relations
  5. Dying old, dying young – death and ageism in the times of Greek myth and coronavirus
  6. Cook commemorations are mute on intimate encounters and their profound impact on Indigenous women
  7. Why the Reserve Bank should fund super funds during the COVID-19 crisis
  8. have people ever seen a colossal squid?
  9. Religious groups are embracing technology during the lockdown, but can it replace human connection?
  10. What is sentinel surveillance and how might it help in the fight against coronavirus?
  11. seeing sex in Portrait of a Lady on Fire
  12. The evidence that lockdowns work may not be gold standard, but it's good
  13. Disasters expose gaps in emergency services' social media use
  14. Sending children back to school during coronavirus has human rights implications
  15. grief and things of stone, wood and wool
  16. Want an economic tonic, Mr Morrison? Use that stimulus money to turbocharge renewables
  17. Australia's links with China must change, but decoupling is not an option
  18. New roadmap gives Australia two paths out of COVID-19 lockdown: elimination or adaptation
  19. People with coronavirus are at risk of blood clots and strokes. Here's what we know so far
  20. Can the government defy history and return Eden-Monaro to 'bellwether' status?
  21. Is remdesivir a miracle drug to cure coronavirus? Don't get your hopes up yet
  22. it's an intriguing but unproven link
  23. We need to flatten the 'other' coronavirus curve, our looming mental health crisis
  24. No, Aussie bats won’t give you COVID-19. We rely on them more than you think
  25. Vale Robert May, the legendary scientist who helped us understand ecosystems, chaos theory and even pandemics
  26. The COVIDSafe app was just one contact tracing option. These alternatives guarantee more privacy
  27. Virtual hackathons can help you solve coronavirus problems without leaving your home
  28. COVID lockdowns have human costs as well as benefits. It's time to consider both
  29. Australia has long valued an outer space shared by all. Mining profits could change this
  30. Need help selling the COVIDSafe app? Call a behavioural economist
  31. how nations that moved fast against COVID-19 avoided disaster
  32. a look inside the dismal living conditions of migrant workers
  33. Say hello to the 'crazy beast' mammal who lived among the dinosaurs
  34. Air quality near busy Australian roads up to 10 times worse than official figures
  35. Playing Pandemic - the hit board game about the very thing we're trying to avoid
  36. how coronavirus will change the way we work together
  37. Should I drop my private health insurance during the pandemic?
  38. That estimate of 6.6 million Australians on JobKeeper, it tells us how it can be improved
  39. Katy Gallagher on the Senate's coronavirus watchdog
  40. Can't go outside? Even seeing nature on a screen can improve your mood
  41. why can't people hear in their sleep?
  42. How will the class of COVID-19 get into university? Using year 11 results is only part of the answer
  43. Mobile phones are covered in germs. Disinfecting them daily could help stop diseases spreading
  44. 250 years since Captain Cook landed in Australia, it's time to acknowledge the violence of first encounters
  45. how Captain Cook blundered his first impression with Indigenous people
  46. teachers say they lack confidence to teach Indigenous perspectives
  47. Captain James Cook and absent presence in First Nations art
  48. how Botany Bay was chosen over Africa as a new British penal colony
  49. My ancestors met Cook in Aotearoa 250 years ago. For us, it's time to reinterpret a painful history
  50. An honest reckoning with Captain Cook's legacy won't heal things overnight. But it's a start

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