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Look beyond a silver bullet train for stimulus

  • Written by: Marion Terrill, Transport and Cities Program Director, Grattan Institute

Amidst a global pandemic, some people are starting to dream big about infrastructure projects to help get Australia moving again. The decades-old dream of an Australian fast train is back in the headlines. But, as alluring as it sounds, the federal opposition’s idea for a bullet train from Melbourne to Brisbane is not a good use of a...

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90% out of work with one week’s notice. These 8 charts show the unemployment impacts of coronavirus in Australia

  • Written by: Alex Collie, Professor, Monash University

More than 31% of people who have lost work during COVID-19 are recording high levels of psychological distress — a rate four times more than employed Australian adults. Many lost work without notice and are facing high levels of financial stress.

These findings are part of our national study of people who have lost their jobs or have had...

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How do we keep family violence perpetrators ‘in view’ during the COVID-19 lockdown?

  • Written by: Kate Fitz-Gibbon, Senior Lecturer in Criminology, Monash University
How do we keep family violence perpetrators ‘in view’ during the COVID-19 lockdown?violence

Over the past few weeks, there has been increasingawareness of the heightened risk of family violence during the COVID-19 pandemic.

However, there has been a silence around perpetrators – in terms of the justice system’s ability to hold them to account during the crisis and the wider family violence system’s need to keep...

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Cook’s voyages were part of a military mission to conquer and expand

  • Written by: Stephen Gapps, Conjoint Lecturer, University of Newcastle

Captain James Cook arrived in the Pacific 250 years ago, triggering British colonisation of the region. We’re asking researchers to reflect on what happened and how it shapes us today. You can see other stories in the series here.


The military nature of the Endeavour’s voyage – as part of an aggressive reconnaissance and defence...

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  1. The NRL should reconsider its comeback: it's too soon
  2. Here are 5 ways to flatten the climate change curve while stuck at home
  3. Do I need to floss my teeth?
  4. If more of us work from home after coronavirus we'll need to rethink city planning
  5. Possible byelection looms in marginal seat of Eden-Monaro
  6. the government delivers on data security, but other issues remain
  7. a new word in the tiny (but growing) vocabulary for our emotional connection to the environment
  8. How to help young children regulate their emotions and behaviours during the pandemic
  9. Sydney Chamber Opera livestreams premiere
  10. Labor gains in Newspoll despite Morrison's continued approval surge; Trump's ratings slide
  11. how WWI and WWII spurred scientific innovation in Australia
  12. How Shinzo Abe has fumbled Japan's coronavirus response
  13. how outer urban areas can manage the emergency while reducing future risks
  14. Great time to try: baking sourdough bread
  15. How might coronavirus change Australia's 'Pacific Step-up'?
  16. Snowy 2.0 threatens to pollute our rivers and wipe out native fish
  17. Permanently raising the Child Care Subsidy is an economic opportunity too good to miss
  18. Reconnecting after coronavirus – 4 key ways cities can counter anxiety and loneliness
  19. Chief Medical Officer Brendan Murphy predicts more than 50% take-up of COVID tracing app
  20. 5 reasons it's safe for kids to go back to school
  21. oral accounts illuminate past encounters and objects, but we need to get our story straight
  22. Virgin Australia was never going to last
  23. Mums with an intellectual disability already risk family violence and losing their kids. Coronavirus could make things worse
  24. ANU will invigilate exams using remote software, and many students are unhappy
  25. Urban Aboriginal people face unique challenges in the fight against coronavirus
  26. how to keep kids safe while they're learning online
  27. Refugees need protection from coronavirus too, and must be released
  28. Michelle Grattan on the government's contact tracing app, the World Health Organization and 'the road back'
  29. Five years on from the earthquake in Bhaktapur, Nepal, heritage-led recovery is uniting community
  30. The need to house everyone has never been clearer. Here's a 2-step strategy to get it done
  31. Buried under colonial concrete, Botany Bay has even been robbed of its botany
  32. Parents, you don't always need to entertain your kids – boredom is good for them
  33. Flushing is our next weapon against COVID-19, if you're happy to have your sewage scrutinised
  34. How the coronavirus pandemic is (finally) resulting in leadership for the greater good
  35. Mavis Ngallametta review - a bittersweet collection of a songwoman's stories of home
  36. In 1919, Anzac Day was commemorated despite the Spanish flu pandemic. In 2020, we will remember them again
  37. Modelling tells us the coronavirus app will need a big take-up, economics tells us how to get it
  38. staying at home for months is unlikely to lead to an eye-watering electricity bill
  39. Why the focus of stimulus plans has to be construction that puts social housing first
  40. If we can put a man on the Moon, we can save the Great Barrier Reef
  41. How to beat weight gain at menopause
  42. Japanese Australian veterans and the legacy of anti-Asian racism
  43. Caring for community to beat coronavirus echoes Indigenous ideas of a good life
  44. If Scott Morrison is true to his word, October's budget could be a doozy
  45. Why coronavirus emerges in clusters, and how New Zealand plans to eliminate outbreaks after lockdown
  46. it's a humanitarian and economic crisis in the making
  47. How to manage your blood pressure in isolation
  48. What elective surgery will be allowed now the coronavirus situation has improved? It's up to your surgeon or hospital
  49. Corporations prepare to sue over action to save lives as pandemic reveals trade flaws
  50. What is Dalgona coffee? The whipped coffee trend taking over the internet during isolation

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