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How much has Australia really flattened the curve of coronavirus? Until we keep better records, we don't know

  • Written by: Bryan Rodgers, Honorary Professor, School of Demography, Australian National University

Since March 29, we have congratulated ourselves for flattening the curve of the COVID-19 epidemic in Australia.

But if we ask more detailed questions, such as “which curves have flattened?”, “by how much?”, and “how was it done?”, the answers are not immediately obvious.

Data for addressing these questions are...

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East Asian vloggers celebrate the domestic space

  • Written by: Crystal Abidin, Senior Research Fellow & ARC DECRA, Internet Studies, Curtin University, Curtin University
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For many of us who are used to working regular hours in an office, home-based isolation and lockdown is a novel and even unnerving experience.

However, East Asian home vloggers (video bloggers) have been documenting their days of “hanging out at home as a lifestyle” and sharing the...

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Five ways New Zealanders' lives and liberties will be heavily controlled, even after lockdown eases

  • Written by: Alexander Gillespie, Professor of Law, University of Waikato
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Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced details of the next stage of lockdown, but New Zealanders won’t know until Monday when the country moves out of strict level 4 conditions.

Once in level 3, people will have to remain within their household bubble, but can expand it to include close family or caregivers. Workers will...

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What can benefit-cost analysis tell us?

  • Written by: John Quiggin, Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland
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Lockdowns work. That’s the evidence from many different countries now, including Australia. To be more precise, lockdowns reduce the effective reproductive rate of the virus to the point where it is below 1, meaning that, on average, each infected person passes on the disease to less than one other person.

As long as this is...

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  2. Hospital beds and coronavirus test centres are needed fast. Here's an Australian-designed solution
  3. Supermarket shelves stripped bare? History can teach us to 'make do' with food
  4. How many COVID-19 cases are in each NSW suburb? Search by postcode here
  5. For children in foster care, the coronavirus pandemic could be extremely destabilising
  6. Eradicating the COVID-19 coronavirus is also the best economic strategy
  7. how advertisers are using (and abusing) the coronavirus to sell
  8. Donald Trump blames everyone but himself for the coronavirus crisis. Will voters agree?
  9. The coronavirus contact tracing app won't log your location, but it will reveal who you hang out with
  10. Worried about your drinking during lockdown? These 8 signs might indicate a problem
  11. live animals are stressed in wet markets, and stressed animals are more likely to carry diseases
  12. We don’t know what we’ve got till it’s gone – we must reclaim public space lost to the coronavirus crisis
  13. Students less focused, empathic and active than before – technology may be to blame
  14. Regional media get COVID lifeline but ABC, SBS remain in peril
  15. what Donald Trump's funding cuts to WHO mean for the world
  16. Drug use may increase the risk of coronavirus. Here's how to reduce the harms
  17. How will the coronavirus recession compare with the worst in Australia's history?
  18. what did the High Court find in the Annika Smethurst v AFP case?
  19. The High Court rules in favour of News Corp, but against press freedom
  20. Media receives some government relief after coronavirus hit
  21. There's a good chance you're new to The Conversation – here's how we deliver news differently
  22. A temporary income tax hike is the bitter but equitable pill Australia should swallow
  23. New Zealand's coronavirus elimination strategy has united a nation. Can that unity outlast lockdown?
  24. How to keep a coronavirus-safe distance when you're jogging or cycling
  25. Great time to try: learning to draw
  26. Banning visitors to aged care during coronavirus raises several ethical questions – with no simple answers
  27. how to help the young
  28. Fix housing and you'll reduce risks of coronavirus and other disease in remote Indigenous communities
  29. The psychology of comfort food
  30. For most universities, there's little point to the government's COVID-19 assistance package
  31. what makes hairdressing 'essential'? Even the hairdressers want to close
  32. why pets are at risk during this pandemic
  33. beware the cyber risks of virtual meet-up apps like Houseparty
  34. How some Australian media are failing us on coronavirus
  35. how white roofs help to reflect the sun's heat
  36. National and state leaders may not always agree, but this hasn't hindered our coronavirus response
  37. View from The Hill – So you wanted to spend more time with the kids?
  38. What does it mean to be immunocompromised? And why does this increase your risk of coronavirus?
  39. We don't know for sure if coronavirus can spread through poo, but it's possible
  40. Transmitting COVID-19 to another person could send you to prison for life. Here's why this is worrisome
  41. 4 ways to be a good landlord in a time of coronavirus
  42. Smoking increases your coronavirus risk. There's never been a better time to quit
  43. This could be the end of the line for cruise ships
  44. Gaming fosters social connection at a time of physical distance
  45. Why is it so hard to stop COVID-19 misinformation spreading on social media?
  46. While towns run dry, cotton extracts 5 Sydney Harbours' worth of Murray Darling water a year. It's time to reset the balance
  47. My skin's dry with all this hand washing. What can I do?
  48. The last thing companies should be doing right now is paying dividends
  49. Hotels are no 'luxury' place to detain people seeking asylum in Australia
  50. Trust in government is high in NZ, but will it last until the country's elections later in the year?

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