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Are your kids using headphones more during the pandemic? Here's how to protect their ears

  • Written by Peter Carew, Lecturer, University of Melbourne
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During the coronavirus pandemic, have your kids been using headphones more than usual? Maybe for remote schooling, video chats with relatives, or for their favourite music and Netflix shows?

We have to be careful about both the volume and duration of headphone use. Listening too loudly or for too long can do permanent damage to hearing....

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how Australia compares to the rest of the world

  • Written by Sunanda Creagh, Head of Digital Storytelling
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When it comes to coronavirus cases, deaths and tests, Australia is performing better than many other countries with comparable populations and geographies, a new COVID-19 data visualisation reveals.

Use the tool below, which uses data drawn from Our World in Data, to explore how each country compares on:

  • the total number...

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4 ways Australia's coronavirus response was a triumph, and 4 ways it fell short

  • Written by Stephen Duckett, Director, Health Program, Grattan Institute

Australia’s response to the coronavirus outbreak so far has been among the most successful in the world. From a peak of more than 400 cases a day, the rate has fallen to fewer than 20 new cases a day.

Australia has avoided the worst of the pandemic, at least for now. Comparable (albeit larger and more densely populated) countries, such as the...

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Why even the best case for jobs isn't good. We'll need more JobKeeper

  • Written by Jeff Borland, Professor of Economics, University of Melbourne
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When it comes to the outlook for employment, there’s good news and bad news.

To begin with the good news: with a bit of luck, the next few months will see the fastest expansion of employment in Australia’s history.

The bad news? Well, there’s virtually no chance it will be enough to get employment to where it was in...

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  3. Giving it away for free
  4. We dug up Australian weather records back to 1838 and found snow is falling less often
  5. Why Melbourne needs its own version of the Greater Sydney Commission
  6. Government to give $25,000 grants to people building or renovating homes
  7. what to expect from Scott Morrison's virtual summit with India's Narendra Modi
  8. Love the parasite you're with
  9. How a tightening of wallets pushed Australia into recession
  10. Jacinda Ardern's support for beneficiaries lags well behind Australia's
  11. Backyard gardeners around the world are helping to save Australia's deeply ancient Wollemi pine
  12. The fascinating history of clinical trials
  13. Despite 432 Indigenous deaths in custody since 1991, no one has ever been convicted. Racist silence and complicity are to blame
  14. When Trump attacks the press, he attacks the American people and their Constitution
  15. Stimulus that retrofits housing can reduce energy bills and inequity too
  16. Morrison's VET reforms offer the same old promises, with no more money
  17. it's time to fix our national employment standards
  18. Reports of 'revenge porn' skyrocketed during lockdown, we must stop blaming victims for it
  19. 40 years of Laibach – is this Slovenian avant-garde band the most controversial in rock history?
  20. Why does crowd noise matter?
  21. Our needlessly-precise definition of a recession is causing us needless trouble
  22. only urgent intervention can save New Zealand's media
  23. what Australian universities can do to recover from the loss of international student fees
  24. Matt Canavan says Australia doesn't subsidise the fossil fuel industry, an expert says it does
  25. Plates, cups and takeaway containers shape what (and how) we eat
  26. Smart cities can help us manage post-COVID life, but they'll need trust as well as tech
  27. could the world stop using fossils fuels today?
  28. this nutrient-stealing marine worm is the oldest known parasite
  29. Can you socially distance at a Black Lives Matter rally in Australia and New Zealand? How to protest in a coronavirus pandemic
  30. 'I can't breathe!' Australia must look in the mirror to see our own deaths in custody
  31. Is your super money safe? Here's how you can dodge cyber fraud
  32. Scott Morrison intervenes over Washington police assault of Australian TV crew
  33. Women are drinking more during the pandemic, and it's probably got a lot to do with their mental health
  34. Media companies can now be held responsible for your dodgy comments on social media
  35. The next global health pandemic could easily erupt in your backyard
  36. Could corporations control territory in space? Under new US rules, it might be possible
  37. we need to know the history of artefacts, but it is more important to keep them in place
  38. The fury in US cities is rooted in a long history of racist policing, violence and inequality
  39. How Julia Gillard forever changed Australian politics
  40. As coronavirus restrictions ease, here's how you can navigate public transport as safely as possible
  41. Life in lockdown has shown us our houses need to work harder for us
  42. The Leadbeater's possum finally had its day in court. It may change the future of logging in Australia
  43. SpaceX's historic launch gives Australia's booming space industry more room to fly
  44. In remembering Christo, we remember what art once was
  45. Money for social housing, not home buyers grants, is the key to construction stimulus
  46. a film of anti-apartheid nostalgia for apartheid
  47. The coronavirus crisis shows why New Zealand urgently needs a commissioner for older people
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