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It's time to admit our COVID-19 'exit strategy' might just look like a more flexible version of lockdown

  • Written by: Toby Phillips, Public policy researcher, University of Oxford

As the COVID-19 curve starts to flatten in Australia and New Zealand, people are rightly wondering how we will roll back current lockdown policies. Australia’s federal health minister Greg Hunt says Australia is looking to South Korea, Japan and Singapore to inform our exit strategy. New Zealand is relaxing some measures from next week.

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3 ways nature in the city can do you good, even in self-isolation

  • Written by: Lucy Taylor, Assistant Researcher, School of Ecosystem and Forest Sciences, University of Melbourne
3 ways nature in the city can do you good, even in self-isolationLucy Taylor, Author provided

Spending time at the beach or taking a walk in the park can help us recover from the mental and physical impacts of life’s stresses. But physical distancing measures to contain COVID-19 have included closing beaches, playgrounds and parks, adding to the challenges to our mental health. When we stay home to flatten...

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Australia’s inland rivers are the pulse of the outback. By 2070, they’ll be unrecognisable

  • Written by: Zacchary Larkin, Postdoctoral Researcher in Environmental Sciences, Macquarie University
Australia’s inland rivers are the pulse of the outback. By 2070, they’ll be unrecognisableShutterstock

Inland Australia’s complex system of winding rivers, extensive wetlands, ancient waterholes and seemingly endless parched floodplains are rarely given more than a passing thought by many Australians who live on the coastal fringes.

Yet these waterways are lifelines along which communities, agriculture and trade have flourished.

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Is protesting during the pandemic an 'essential' right that should be protected?

  • Written by: Maria O'Sullivan, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, and Deputy Director, Castan Centre for Human Rights Law, Monash University
Is protesting during the pandemic an 'essential' right that should be protected?Steven Saphore/AAP

Protests are increasingly breaking out around the world as people begin to chafe against lockdown restrictions to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

In the US, President Donald Trump is fuelling the spread of protest movements nationwide with tweets to “liberate” certain states. This month, car convoy protests were also...

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  2. as virus numbers peak, governments are charting the path out of lockdown
  3. Former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on his autobiography, 'A Bigger Picture'
  4. Finlay Macdonald joins The Conversation in New Zealand
  5. five experts on New Zealand's move to ease its coronavirus lockdown
  6. new rules could finally force Google and Facebook to pay for news
  7. Can I visit my loved one in hospital even if they don't have coronavirus?
  8. Giant leap for corporations? The Trump administration wants to mine resources in space, but is it legal?
  9. Are you worried someone you care about is thinking of suicide? Here's how you can support them from afar
  10. Don’t worry, your child’s early learning doesn’t stop just because they’re not in childcare
  11. Why do more men die from coronavirus than women?
  12. Artists shouldn't have to endlessly demonstrate their value. Coalition leaders used to know it
  13. 3 in 4 Australians employed in the creative and performing arts could lose their jobs
  14. Why a 'locals-first' approach doesn't work in a pandemic
  15. Now more than ever, we need quality health reporting in Australia
  16. How a 150-year-old experiment with a beam of light showed germs exist -- and that a face mask can help filter them out
  17. Has coronavirus killed ideology? No, it's just cycled it around again
  18. As coronavirus widens the renter-owner divide, housing policies will have to change
  19. Anzac biscuits, battles and a great Australian isolation bake-off
  20. don't sacrifice health for 'the economy'
  21. The coronavirus supplement is the biggest boost to Indigenous incomes since Whitlam. It should be made permanent
  22. Government orders mandatory code of conduct for Google, Facebook
  23. Malcolm Turnbull gives his very on-the-record account of Scott Morrison
  24. Michelle Grattan on Australia’s 'new normal', education and coronavirus elimination
  25. The charts that show coronavirus pushing up to a quarter of the workforce out of work
  26. here are 3 things to prioritise
  27. So you're going to school online – here are 6 ways to make the most of it
  28. What might trigger a return to 'normal'? Why our coronavirus exit strategy is ... TBC
  29. the data on why New Zealand should relax its coronavirus lockdown from Thursday
  30. smart move, or a premium tech brand losing its way?
  31. what does the Federal Court decision on the Tamil asylum-seeker family mean?
  32. How can we restore trust in media? Fewer biases and conflicts of interest, a new study shows
  33. I travelled Australia looking for peacock spiders, and collected 7 new species (and named one after the starry night sky)
  34. new Murray Darling Basin report reveals states' climate gamble
  35. Great time to try: pickling
  36. Virgin Australia gets a lifeline, but will it be enough?
  37. Latest coronavirus modelling suggests Australia on track, detecting most cases – but we must keep going
  38. Australia's coronavirus schools messaging must address teacher concerns
  39. how your diet should change with each stage of life
  40. More testing will give us a better picture of the coronavirus spread and its slowdown
  41. when television hosts take their shows home they fuel nostalgia
  42. This isn't the first global pandemic, and it won't be the last. Here's what we've learned from 4 others throughout history
  43. can sex in isolation be as fulfilling as real life?
  44. Australia has truly excellent food security
  45. The smoke from autumn burn-offs could make coronavirus symptoms worse. It’s not worth the risk
  46. APRA's extraordinary gift to banks under pressure to pay dividends
  47. Intergenerational fairness puts COVID-19 obligation on older people
  48. Government funding to Qantas and Virgin to ensure air services on key routes
  49. Even in a pandemic, continue with routine health care and don't ignore a medical emergency
  50. a guide to coughs in the time of coronavirus

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