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Permanently raising the Child Care Subsidy is an economic opportunity too good to miss

  • Written by: Danielle Wood, Program Director, Budget Policy and Institutional Reform, Grattan Institute
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The Australian government’s COVID-19 rescue package for the child-care sector provides a lifeline for centres and parents alike.

Child-care centres now have a guaranteed stream of income and support for wage costs, helping them to stay in business through the crisis. For working parents, there’s the relief child care will...

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Reconnecting after coronavirus – 4 key ways cities can counter anxiety and loneliness

  • Written by: Roger Patulny, Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Wollongong
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COVID-19 has forced us into social distancing, isolation and quarantine. These conditions are likely fostering widespread anxiety and loneliness in our cities. However, they’ve also made the need for socially connected, vibrant public spaces obvious to all.

We offer four strategies for rebuilding social connectivity and emotional...

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Chief Medical Officer Brendan Murphy predicts more than 50% take-up of COVID tracing app

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

Chief Medical Officer Brendan Murphy has predicted a more than 50% take-up of the new “COVIDSafe” app, as the government mobilises a broad range of health professionals to convince people to download the tracing device.

The app, launched by Health Minister Greg Hunt on Sunday, will broaden and speed up the tracing of contacts a person...

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  2. Virgin Australia was never going to last
  3. Mums with an intellectual disability already risk family violence and losing their kids. Coronavirus could make things worse
  4. ANU will invigilate exams using remote software, and many students are unhappy
  5. Urban Aboriginal people face unique challenges in the fight against coronavirus
  6. how to keep kids safe while they're learning online
  7. Refugees need protection from coronavirus too, and must be released
  8. Michelle Grattan on the government's contact tracing app, the World Health Organization and 'the road back'
  9. Five years on from the earthquake in Bhaktapur, Nepal, heritage-led recovery is uniting community
  10. The need to house everyone has never been clearer. Here's a 2-step strategy to get it done
  11. Buried under colonial concrete, Botany Bay has even been robbed of its botany
  12. Parents, you don't always need to entertain your kids – boredom is good for them
  13. Flushing is our next weapon against COVID-19, if you're happy to have your sewage scrutinised
  14. How the coronavirus pandemic is (finally) resulting in leadership for the greater good
  15. Mavis Ngallametta review - a bittersweet collection of a songwoman's stories of home
  16. In 1919, Anzac Day was commemorated despite the Spanish flu pandemic. In 2020, we will remember them again
  17. Modelling tells us the coronavirus app will need a big take-up, economics tells us how to get it
  18. staying at home for months is unlikely to lead to an eye-watering electricity bill
  19. Why the focus of stimulus plans has to be construction that puts social housing first
  20. If we can put a man on the Moon, we can save the Great Barrier Reef
  21. How to beat weight gain at menopause
  22. Japanese Australian veterans and the legacy of anti-Asian racism
  23. Caring for community to beat coronavirus echoes Indigenous ideas of a good life
  24. If Scott Morrison is true to his word, October's budget could be a doozy
  25. Why coronavirus emerges in clusters, and how New Zealand plans to eliminate outbreaks after lockdown
  26. it's a humanitarian and economic crisis in the making
  27. How to manage your blood pressure in isolation
  28. What elective surgery will be allowed now the coronavirus situation has improved? It's up to your surgeon or hospital
  29. Corporations prepare to sue over action to save lives as pandemic reveals trade flaws
  30. What is Dalgona coffee? The whipped coffee trend taking over the internet during isolation
  31. in a time of crisis the Bureau of Statistics is serving us well
  32. how laughter can connect and heal
  33. Is it time for a 'new way of war?' What China's army reforms mean for the rest of the world
  34. most of us won’t cooperate unless everyone does
  35. Sparkling dolphins swim off our coast, but humans are threatening these natural light shows
  36. 6 steps towards remaking the homelessness system so it works for young people
  37. Recreating masterpieces at home? People have been doing it for centuries
  38. Government needs credible pitch and strong guarantees to get app take-up
  39. Can coronavirus spread 4 metres?
  40. Elective surgery's due to restart next week so now's the time to fix waiting lists once and for all
  41. Coronavirus TV 'support' package leaves screen writers and directors even less certain than before
  42. There are 10 catastrophic threats facing humans right now, and coronavirus is only one of them
  43. Despite huge coronavirus stimulus package, the government might still need to pay more
  44. why China will never welcome a global inquiry into the source of COVID-19
  45. some students may need in-class time more than others
  46. reflecting on past airline collapses in Australia
  47. why switching to electric transport makes sense even if electricity is not fully renewable
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