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Morrison tells big business to show 'patriotism' as COVID-19 threatens to hit harder than GFC

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra

Scott Morrison will urge big businesses to display “patriotism” as Australia grapples with the coronavirus crisis, which he warns could hit the economy harder than the global financial crisis.

Addressing a business audience in the run up to this week’s stimulus package, Morrison will say large companies have “a huge role to...

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are we alone in the Universe? The answer was surprisingly consistent

  • Written by: Sunanda Creagh, Head of Digital Storytelling
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Are we alone in the Universe? The expert opinion on that, it turns out, is surprisingly consistent.

“Is there other life in the Universe? I would say: probably,” Daniel Zucker, Associate Professor of astronomy at Macquarie University, tells astrophysics student and The Conversation’s editorial intern Antonio Tarquinio...

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'Fever clinics' are opening in Australia for people who think they're infected with the coronavirus. Why?

  • Written by: Gerard Fitzgerald, Emeritus Professor, School of Public Health, Queensland University of Technology
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The Western Australian health minister has announced “fever clinics” are to open this week for people who think they have coronavirus symptoms.

And in NSW, the chief health officer has advised hospitals set up “respiratory clinics” to deal with a potential spike in COVID-19 cases.

Otherstates are set to open their...

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A city-by-city guide to how water supplies fared in Australia's summer of extremes

  • Written by: Ian Wright, Senior Lecturer in Environmental Science, Western Sydney University

Australia has just experienced a summer of environmental extremes. Water has played a key role. This includes prolonged drought, dry soil and bushland contributing to bushfires, and widespread shortages of water for agriculture and drinking supplies. Thankfully, rain extinguished many bushfires that had burned for weeks and months.

The late summer...

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