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Economic snap-back? Not so fast

  • Written by Steven Hamilton, Visiting Fellow, Tax and Transfer Policy Institute, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University

With the virus on the back foot, it’s tempting to declare victory. Provided we stay vigilant on the public health front, we do have a good chance of keeping the pandemic at bay. But there’s another enemy still to defeat.

The public health measures have worked so much better and faster than expected that calls to reign in the economic...

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Climate change is the most important mission for universities of the 21st century

  • Written by Lauren Rickards, Associate Professor, Sustainability and Urban Planning, School of Global Urban and Social Studies; Co-leader, Climate Change and Resilience Research Program, Centre for Urban Studies, RMIT University

This essay is based on an episode of the UTS podcast series “The New Social Contract” that examines how the relationship between universities, the state and the public might be reshaped as we live through this global pandemic.

Universities are confronting the possibility of profound sector-wide transformation due to the continuing...

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Giving it away for free

  • Written by Caitlin Vincent, Lecturer in Creative Industries, University of Melbourne
Giving it away for freeSydney Chamber Opera's Breaking Glass online performance from Carriageworks. Daniel Boud

There’s a long-running adage about working for free in the performing arts. “The problem with working for exposure,” it goes, “is you can die from exposure”.

Only partly a joke, the saying is also a sober warning to performers....

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We dug up Australian weather records back to 1838 and found snow is falling less often

  • Written by Joelle Gergis, Senior Lecturer in Climate Science, Australian National University
We dug up Australian weather records back to 1838 and found snow is falling less oftenState Library of South Australia

As we slowly emerge from lockdown, local adventures are high on people’s wish lists. You may be planning a trip to the ski fields, or even the nearby hills to revel in the white stuff that occasionally falls around our southern cities after an icy winter blast.

Our new research explores these low-elevation...

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  1. Why Melbourne needs its own version of the Greater Sydney Commission
  2. Government to give $25,000 grants to people building or renovating homes
  3. what to expect from Scott Morrison's virtual summit with India's Narendra Modi
  4. Love the parasite you're with
  5. How a tightening of wallets pushed Australia into recession
  6. Jacinda Ardern's support for beneficiaries lags well behind Australia's
  7. Backyard gardeners around the world are helping to save Australia's deeply ancient Wollemi pine
  8. The fascinating history of clinical trials
  9. Despite 432 Indigenous deaths in custody since 1991, no one has ever been convicted. Racist silence and complicity are to blame
  10. When Trump attacks the press, he attacks the American people and their Constitution
  11. Stimulus that retrofits housing can reduce energy bills and inequity too
  12. Morrison's VET reforms offer the same old promises, with no more money
  13. it's time to fix our national employment standards
  14. Reports of 'revenge porn' skyrocketed during lockdown, we must stop blaming victims for it
  15. 40 years of Laibach – is this Slovenian avant-garde band the most controversial in rock history?
  16. Why does crowd noise matter?
  17. Our needlessly-precise definition of a recession is causing us needless trouble
  18. only urgent intervention can save New Zealand's media
  19. what Australian universities can do to recover from the loss of international student fees
  20. Matt Canavan says Australia doesn't subsidise the fossil fuel industry, an expert says it does
  21. Plates, cups and takeaway containers shape what (and how) we eat
  22. Smart cities can help us manage post-COVID life, but they'll need trust as well as tech
  23. could the world stop using fossils fuels today?
  24. this nutrient-stealing marine worm is the oldest known parasite
  25. Can you socially distance at a Black Lives Matter rally in Australia and New Zealand? How to protest in a coronavirus pandemic
  26. 'I can't breathe!' Australia must look in the mirror to see our own deaths in custody
  27. Is your super money safe? Here's how you can dodge cyber fraud
  28. Scott Morrison intervenes over Washington police assault of Australian TV crew
  29. Women are drinking more during the pandemic, and it's probably got a lot to do with their mental health
  30. Media companies can now be held responsible for your dodgy comments on social media
  31. The next global health pandemic could easily erupt in your backyard
  32. Could corporations control territory in space? Under new US rules, it might be possible
  33. we need to know the history of artefacts, but it is more important to keep them in place
  34. The fury in US cities is rooted in a long history of racist policing, violence and inequality
  35. How Julia Gillard forever changed Australian politics
  36. As coronavirus restrictions ease, here's how you can navigate public transport as safely as possible
  37. Life in lockdown has shown us our houses need to work harder for us
  38. The Leadbeater's possum finally had its day in court. It may change the future of logging in Australia
  39. SpaceX's historic launch gives Australia's booming space industry more room to fly
  40. In remembering Christo, we remember what art once was
  41. Money for social housing, not home buyers grants, is the key to construction stimulus
  42. a film of anti-apartheid nostalgia for apartheid
  43. The coronavirus crisis shows why New Zealand urgently needs a commissioner for older people
  44. What Australian birds can teach us about choosing a partner and making it last
  45. Pregnant in a pandemic? If you're stressed, there's help
  46. could new opioid restrictions stop leftover medicines causing harm?
  47. A time to embrace the edge spaces that make our neighbourhoods tick
  48. Australia's first service sector recession will be unlike those that have gone before it
  49. 6 easy ways to stop light pollution from harming our wildlife
  50. Lab experiments in the pandemic moved online or mailed home to uni students
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