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Indonesia was in denial over coronavirus. Now it may be facing a looming disaster

  • Written by: Tim Lindsey, Malcolm Smith Professor of Asian Law and Director of the Centre for Indonesian Law, Islam and Society, University of Melbourne
Indonesia was in denial over coronavirus. Now it may be facing a looming disasterHOTLI SIMANJUNTAK/EPA

Almost no one thinks Indonesia is handling the COVID-19 pandemic well.

Until early March, the government claimed it had no cases of infection, something the eccentric health minister, Terawan Agus Putranto, attributed to prayer. The home affairs minister urged the public to eat more bean sprouts and broccoli, while President...

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Lack of help for local councils in coronavirus package undercuts industry support

  • Written by: Martin Loosemore, Professor of Construction Management, University of Technology Sydney
Lack of help for local councils in coronavirus package undercuts industry supportThe Warrick Lane redevelopment is a major construction project overseen by local government.Blacktown City Council/Facebook

Local governments are not eligible for the JobKeeper Payment, while major industries like construction are. Although the JobKeeper scheme has been broadly welcomed, it is a mystery to business why Australia’s 537 local...

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it isn't all about technology

  • Written by: Julian Waters-Lynch, Lecturer Entrepreneurship and Innovation, RMIT University
it isn't all about technologyArchives of Ontario, CC BY

If you’re working from home for the first time, you might be asking yourself why you didn’t get to do this years ago.

The benefits of remote work have been discussed for nearly half a century. Many thinkers predicted a near future where work moves to the worker, rather than the worker to the work.

In 1969, Alan...

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  6. as culture moves online, regional organisations need help bridging the digital divide
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  35. Australia's telcos, banks and supermarkets granted exemption to cartel laws
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