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Coronavirus reminds us how liveable neighbourhoods matter for our well-being

  • Written by: Melanie Davern, Senior Research Fellow, Director Australian Urban Observatory, Co-Director Healthy Liveable Cities Group, Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University
Coronavirus reminds us how liveable neighbourhoods matter for our well-beingChanan Greenblatt/Unsplash

We are witnessing changes in the ways we use our cities in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The liveability of our local neighbourhoods has never been more important.

Right now, we are working together to flatten the curve by staying home to control the spread of COVID-19 and reduce demand on health services. This means...

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War movies are big earners. What does that say about us?

  • Written by: Benjamin Nickl, Lecturer in International Comparative Literature and Translation Studies, University of Sydney
War movies are big earners. What does that say about us?DreamWorks Pictures

War film is serious business. It has been from the beginning, when William Wellman’s Wings (1927) became the first World War I romantic drama to win an Oscar for best picture. One hundred years later, the supply of war films seems inexhaustible and their box-office attraction unbroken.

Adjusted for inflation, Lawrence of...

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where Malcolm Turnbull's memoir fits in the rich history of prime ministerial books

  • Written by: Joshua Black, PhD Candidate, School of History, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University
where Malcolm Turnbull's memoir fits in the rich history of prime ministerial booksWes Mountain/The Conversation, CC BY-ND

Landing in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic, it may seem strange former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull’s memoir has generated so much political controversy.

Turnbull has been accused of hypocrisy and championing socialism, and has been threatened with expulsion from the Liberal Party.

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These 5 images show how air pollution changed over Australia’s major cities before and after lockdown

  • Written by: Elena Sánchez-García, Postdoctoral researcher at LARS group, Universitat Politècnica de València
These 5 images show how air pollution changed over Australia’s major cities before and after lockdownShutterstock

Have you recently come across photos of cities around the world with clear skies and more visibility?

In an unexpected silver lining to this tragic crisis, urban centres, such as around Wuhan in China, northern Italy and Spain, have recorded a vastly lower concentration of air pollution since confinement measures began to fight the...

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  2. Good news on elective surgery, but dire warning on the economy
  3. Does anyone know what your wishes are if you're sick and dying from coronavirus?
  4. Voluntary administration isn't a death sentence for Virgin Australia – or for competition
  5. What if the vaccine or drugs don't save us? Plan B for coronavirus means research on alternatives is urgently needed
  6. Antarctic endeavours, primary health care research and dark matter exploration
  7. Why do some people with coronavirus get symptoms while others don't?
  8. Is the government's coronavirus app a risk to privacy?
  9. Three simple things Australia should do to secure access to treatments, vaccines, tests and devices during the coronavirus crisis
  10. A new kind of physics? Stephen Wolfram has a radical plan to build the universe from dots and lines
  11. Missing your friends? Rereading Harry Potter might be the next best thing
  12. COVID-19 has laid bare how much we value women's work, and how little we pay for it
  13. It's time to admit our COVID-19 'exit strategy' might just look like a more flexible version of lockdown
  14. 3 ways nature in the city can do you good, even in self-isolation
  15. Australia’s inland rivers are the pulse of the outback. By 2070, they’ll be unrecognisable
  16. Is protesting during the pandemic an 'essential' right that should be protected?
  17. why might you wake up without a voice?
  18. as virus numbers peak, governments are charting the path out of lockdown
  19. Former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on his autobiography, 'A Bigger Picture'
  20. Finlay Macdonald joins The Conversation in New Zealand
  21. five experts on New Zealand's move to ease its coronavirus lockdown
  22. new rules could finally force Google and Facebook to pay for news
  23. Can I visit my loved one in hospital even if they don't have coronavirus?
  24. Giant leap for corporations? The Trump administration wants to mine resources in space, but is it legal?
  25. Are you worried someone you care about is thinking of suicide? Here's how you can support them from afar
  26. Don’t worry, your child’s early learning doesn’t stop just because they’re not in childcare
  27. Why do more men die from coronavirus than women?
  28. Artists shouldn't have to endlessly demonstrate their value. Coalition leaders used to know it
  29. 3 in 4 Australians employed in the creative and performing arts could lose their jobs
  30. Why a 'locals-first' approach doesn't work in a pandemic
  31. Now more than ever, we need quality health reporting in Australia
  32. How a 150-year-old experiment with a beam of light showed germs exist -- and that a face mask can help filter them out
  33. Has coronavirus killed ideology? No, it's just cycled it around again
  34. As coronavirus widens the renter-owner divide, housing policies will have to change
  35. Anzac biscuits, battles and a great Australian isolation bake-off
  36. don't sacrifice health for 'the economy'
  37. The coronavirus supplement is the biggest boost to Indigenous incomes since Whitlam. It should be made permanent
  38. Government orders mandatory code of conduct for Google, Facebook
  39. Malcolm Turnbull gives his very on-the-record account of Scott Morrison
  40. Michelle Grattan on Australia’s 'new normal', education and coronavirus elimination
  41. The charts that show coronavirus pushing up to a quarter of the workforce out of work
  42. here are 3 things to prioritise
  43. So you're going to school online – here are 6 ways to make the most of it
  44. What might trigger a return to 'normal'? Why our coronavirus exit strategy is ... TBC
  45. the data on why New Zealand should relax its coronavirus lockdown from Thursday
  46. smart move, or a premium tech brand losing its way?
  47. what does the Federal Court decision on the Tamil asylum-seeker family mean?
  48. How can we restore trust in media? Fewer biases and conflicts of interest, a new study shows
  49. I travelled Australia looking for peacock spiders, and collected 7 new species (and named one after the starry night sky)
  50. new Murray Darling Basin report reveals states' climate gamble

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