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As NZ goes into lockdown, authorities have new powers to make sure people obey the rules

  • Written by: Alexander Gillespie, Professor of Law, University of Waikato
As NZ goes into lockdown, authorities have new powers to make sure people obey the rulesShutterstock

From midnight on Wednesday, New Zealand will go into lockdown for four weeks, with only essential services like supermarkets and pharmacies remaining open.

Police and medical officials already have legal powers under existing laws to fine people who flout the lockdown rules, but Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has foreshadowed she will...

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To get out of this well we are going to have to think like central planners

  • Written by: John Quiggin, Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland

Within the space of weeks, Australia has been transformed into a command economy.

Businesses are being told whether they can or cannot open and how they must operate, consumers are subject to formal and informal rationing, workers are directed to stay home, or, in the case of schoolteachers, until now ordered to turn up regardless of risk.

All of...

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a leading health expert on New Zealand's coronavirus shutdown, and the challenging weeks ahead

  • Written by: Michael Baker, Professor of Public Health, University of Otago
a leading health expert on New Zealand's coronavirus shutdown, and the challenging weeks aheadNZ Prime Minister's Office

Overjoyed. That’s not a word epidemiologists normally use, but that’s how I felt after hearing Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s announcement about New Zealand’s COVID-19 shutdown of everything except essential services for at least four weeks from midnight on Wednesday. More than anything, I just...

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Acting selfishly has consequences right now – why ethical decision making is imperative in the coronavirus crisis

  • Written by: Hugh Breakey, President, Australian Association for Professional & Applied Ethics. Senior Research Fellow, Moral philosophy, Institute for Ethics, Governance & Law, Law Futures Centre., Griffith University
Acting selfishly has consequences right now – why ethical decision making is imperative in the coronavirus crisisJOHN FOTIADIS/AAP

As the country moves into lockdown mode in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, we are increasingly faced with serious ethical questions about what ordinary people should be obliged to do for others.

These challenges can perhaps best be seen in the outrage as people flocked to Bondi Beach and packed into pubs and cafes over the...

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  10. Caring for 300,000 temporary migrants in New Zealand is a crucial missing link in our coronavirus response
  11. it's about flexibility and boundaries
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  13. more than ever, we need them to work
  14. Why housing evictions must be suspended to defend us against coronavirus
  15. what the latest stimulus measures mean for Australian artists and arts organisations
  16. how to access the medicines you and your family need
  17. holding on to faith in the time of coronavirus
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  19. Entertainment venues closed in draconian measures to fight the virus
  20. Who's most affected on public transport in the time of coronavirus?
  21. how the government plans to get coronavirus support into our hands quickly
  22. vacancy rates down since early February
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  24. States are shutting their borders to stop coronavirus. Is that actually allowed?
  25. NSW and Victoria announce 'shutdowns', as federal government widens and ramps up income support
  26. Coronavirus modelling shows the government is getting the balance right
  27. Government's new $66 billion package will take coronavirus economic life support to $189 billion
  28. Budget delayed until October, and new restrictions on indoor gatherings in latest coronavirus decisions
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  30. My child is staying home from school because of coronavirus. Is that illegal?
  31. when you can't shop often for fresh vegetables, what are the best alternatives?
  32. how long does it take to get sick? How infectious is it? Will you always have a fever? COVID-19 basics explained
  33. Trying to homeschool because of coronavirus? Here are 5 tips to help your child learn
  34. how inflation-focused central banks can squeeze more from interest rates
  35. How we'll avoid Australia's hospitals being crippled by coronavirus
  36. Thucydides and the plague of Athens
  37. Psychology can explain why coronavirus drives us to panic buy. It also provides tips on how to stop
  38. how older people can cope with loneliness during the coronavirus crisis
  39. Once the pandemic is over, we will return to a very different airline industry
  40. Getting creative with less. Recipe lessons from the Australian Women's Weekly during wartime
  41. the uncanny melancholy of empty photographs in the time of coronavirus
  42. In the wake of bushfires and coronavirus, it's time we talked about human security
  43. The other Indigenous coronavirus crisis: disappearing income from art
  44. After another hot summer, here are 6 ways to cool our cities in future
  45. How fungi's knack for networking boosts ecological recovery after bushfires
  46. We are now a nation in self-isolation
  47. Alcohol warning labels need to inform women of the true harms of drinking during pregnancy
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