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Let's fix Australia's environment with any pandemic recovery aid – the Kiwis are doing it

  • Written by Lachlan G. Howell, PhD Candidate | School of Environmental and Life Sciences, University of Newcastle
Let's fix Australia's environment with any pandemic recovery aid – the Kiwis are doing itLeah Anne Thompson/Shutterstock

The COVID-19 pandemic is causing significant economic challenges for Australia. With April figures showing more than 800,000 people unemployed and last month 1.6 million on JobSeeker payments, a key focus will be job creation.

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Fast moves in India-Australia relations risk pushing millions more into modern slavery

  • Written by Dr. Bodean Hedwards, Lecturer, Monash University

This week the leaders of India and Australia reaffirmed their mutual interest in closer diplomatic and economic ties.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi told Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison during their long-delayed Thursday “virtual summit”:

India is committed to expanding its relations with Australia on a wider and faster...

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the pandemic has put pressure on many relationships, but here's how to tell if yours will survive

  • Written by Gery Karantzas, Associate professor in Social Psychology / Relationship Science, Deakin University
the pandemic has put pressure on many relationships, but here's how to tell if yours will surviveShutterstock

Life in lockdown has been tough on many relationships. But negotiating the transition back to “normal” as restrictions continue to lift could also be a challenge for couples.

So what are some of the key factors that affect how relationships fare during such times?

To answer this, I’m going to draw on an important model...

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HomeBuilder might be the most-complex least-equitable construction jobs program ever devised

  • Written by Geoff Hanmer, Adjunct Professor of Architecture, University of Adelaide
HomeBuilder might be the most-complex least-equitable construction jobs program ever devisedJason Pofahl/Unsplash

HomeBuilder is a good idea gone bad. It is possibly the most complex and least equitable program the government could have devised to deliver construction jobs.

It gives $25,000 to people who already own a home or already have enough money to buy one while delivering a minimal stimulus to extra construction. It isn’t a...

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  1. There is no easy path out of coronavirus for live classical music
  2. HomeBuilder misses a chance to make our homes perform better for us and the planet
  3. There may not be enough skilled workers in Australia's pipeline for a post-COVID-19 recovery
  4. Curious Kids: why do we burp?
  5. After Robodebt, it's time to address ParentsNext
  6. High Court decision today on the long legal battle over New Acland Coal mine expansion
  7. Trump's photo op with church and Bible was offensive, but not new
  8. Vital signs. Remembering Alberto Alesina, the father of political economy
  9. here's how green roofs and walls can flourish in Australia
  10. the politics of dancing and thinking about cultural values beyond dollars
  11. Pandemic kills Indigenous referendum, delivers likely mortal blow to religious discrimination legislation
  12. Morrison government toughens foreign investment scrutiny to protect 'national security'
  13. In publishing Tom Cotton, the New York Times has made a terrible error of judgment
  14. New Zealand hits a 95% chance of eliminating coronavirus – but we predict new cases will emerge
  15. Scott Morrison’s HomeBuilder scheme is classic retail politics but lousy economics
  16. Heading back to the gym? Here's how you can protect yourself and others from coronavirus infection
  17. Statistician David Gruen and the race for real-time pandemic data
  18. it might be a marketing ploy, but it also shows leadership
  19. the black square is a symbol of online activism for non-activists
  20. Lessons from history point to local councils' role in Australia's recovery
  21. a world first effort to return threatened pangolins to the wild
  22. Sixty years on, two TV programs revisit Australia's nuclear history at Maralinga
  23. There's another health crisis looming – what happens when the pokies switch back on?
  24. Henry Parkes had a vision of a new Australian nation. In 1901, it became a reality
  25. Are your kids using headphones more during the pandemic? Here's how to protect their ears
  26. how Australia compares to the rest of the world
  27. 4 ways Australia's coronavirus response was a triumph, and 4 ways it fell short
  28. Why even the best case for jobs isn't good. We'll need more JobKeeper
  29. Economic snap-back? Not so fast
  30. Climate change is the most important mission for universities of the 21st century
  31. Giving it away for free
  32. We dug up Australian weather records back to 1838 and found snow is falling less often
  33. Why Melbourne needs its own version of the Greater Sydney Commission
  34. Government to give $25,000 grants to people building or renovating homes
  35. what to expect from Scott Morrison's virtual summit with India's Narendra Modi
  36. Love the parasite you're with
  37. How a tightening of wallets pushed Australia into recession
  38. Jacinda Ardern's support for beneficiaries lags well behind Australia's
  39. Backyard gardeners around the world are helping to save Australia's deeply ancient Wollemi pine
  40. The fascinating history of clinical trials
  41. Despite 432 Indigenous deaths in custody since 1991, no one has ever been convicted. Racist silence and complicity are to blame
  42. When Trump attacks the press, he attacks the American people and their Constitution
  43. Stimulus that retrofits housing can reduce energy bills and inequity too
  44. Morrison's VET reforms offer the same old promises, with no more money
  45. it's time to fix our national employment standards
  46. Reports of 'revenge porn' skyrocketed during lockdown, we must stop blaming victims for it
  47. 40 years of Laibach – is this Slovenian avant-garde band the most controversial in rock history?
  48. Why does crowd noise matter?
  49. Our needlessly-precise definition of a recession is causing us needless trouble
  50. only urgent intervention can save New Zealand's media
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