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Donald Trump is taking hydroxychloroquine to ward off COVID-19. Is that wise?

  • Written by Teresa G. Carvalho, Senior Lecturer in Microbiology, La Trobe University

The White House’s confirmation that US President Donald Trump has been taking hydroxychloroquine every day for the past two weeks, with his doctor’s blessing, has reignited the controversy over the drug. It has long been used against malaria but has not been approved for COVID-19.

Trump said he has “heard a lot of good stories&rdqu...

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Childcare is critical for COVID-19 recovery. We can't just snap back to 'normal' funding arrangements

  • Written by Kate Noble, Education Policy Fellow, Mitchell Institute, Victoria University
Childcare is critical for COVID-19 recovery. We can't just snap back to 'normal' funding arrangementsShutterstock

This week, the federal government released a review of a relief package it put in place in April to ensure the early childhood education and care sector remained financially viable and children of essential workers, as well as vulnerable children, could continue to attend.

The review said in the week the relief package was announced

30%...

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NSW has approved Snowy 2.0. Here are six reasons why that's a bad move

  • Written by Bruce Mountain, Director, Victoria Energy Policy Centre, Victoria University
NSW has approved Snowy 2.0. Here are six reasons why that's a bad moveLucas Coch/AAP

The controversial Snowy 2.0 project has mounted a major hurdle after the New South Wales government today announced approval for its main works.

The pumped hydro venture in southern NSW will pump water uphill into dams and release it when electricity demand is high. The federal government says it will act as a giant battery, backing...

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Immunity passports could help end lockdown, but risk class divides and intentional infections

  • Written by Nigel McMillan, Program Director, Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Menzies Health Institute, Griffith University

If you’ve already recovered from the coronavirus, can you go back to the workplace carefree?

This is the question governments including in the UK, Chile, Germany and Italy are trying to answer by considering immunity passports. These would be physical or digital documents given to people who’ve recovered from COVID-19 and are immune...

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  1. Architecture was built on copies – China wants it built on nationalism
  2. 15 ways to keep your indoor cat happy
  3. Does vitamin D protect against coronavirus?
  4. The Senate inquiry into family violence has closed, missing an important opportunity
  5. Why it is "reasonable and necessary" for the NDIS to support people's sex lives
  6. Coronavirus has turned retail therapy into retail anxiety – keeping customers calm will be key to carrying on
  7. When the Coronavirus Supplement stops, JobSeeker needs to increase by $185 a week
  8. Recessions scar young people their entire lives, even into retirement
  9. Home of the Arts – inside an arts centre keeping body and soul together
  10. How Mumbai's poorest neighbourhood is battling to keep coronavirus at bay
  11. After the bushfires, we helped choose the animals and plants in most need. Here's how we did it
  12. Plane cabins are havens for germs. Here's how they can clean up their act
  13. New Zealand's COVID-19 Tracer app won't help open a 'travel bubble' with Australia anytime soon
  14. Jim Chalmers on JobKeeper's flaws and the Eden-Monaro byelection
  15. 7 ways to manage your #coronaphobia
  16. Morrison government dangles new carrots for industry but fails to fix bigger climate policy problem
  17. The world agreed to a coronavirus inquiry. Just when and how, though, are still in dispute
  18. Coronavirus is a 'sliding doors' moment. What we do now could change Earth's trajectory
  19. Denied intimacy in 'iso', Aussies go online for adult content – so what's hot in each major city?
  20. why saliva tests could offer a better alternative to nasal COVID-19 swabs
  21. A thousand yarns and snapshots – why poetry matters during a pandemic
  22. The pieces of Australia post-coronavirus are falling into place
  23. how to count like a bee
  24. Don't want to send the kids back to school? Why not try unschooling at home
  25. Thanks to The Conversation's authors, for going above and beyond
  26. Recession hits Māori and Pasifika harder. They must be part of planning New Zealand's COVID-19 recovery
  27. Australia doesn't need more anti-terror laws that aren't necessary – or even used
  28. why we need to focus on increased consumption as much as population growth
  29. China used anti-dumping rules against us because what goes around comes around
  30. Australia must outperform to come out even from COVID-19
  31. Before epidemiologists began modelling disease, it was the job of astrologers
  32. Be worried when fossil fuel lobbyists support current environmental laws
  33. Why is the Australian government letting universities suffer?
  34. Democracy 2025 - Political trust in times of COVID-19 with Michelle Grattan, Mark Evans, Peter Shergold, and Renée Leon
  35. Could blood thinners be a lifesaving treatment for COVID-19? Here's what the science says and what it means for you
  36. These young Queenslanders are taking on Clive Palmer's coal company and making history for human rights
  37. Climate change threatens Antarctic krill and the sea life that depends on it
  38. Coronavirus anti-vaxxers aren’t a huge threat yet. How do we keep it that way?
  39. how history might read Morrison's coronavirus leadership
  40. Fang Fang's Wuhan diaries are a personal account of shared memory
  41. Is another huge and costly road project really Sydney's best option right now?
  42. The big stimulus spending has just begun. Here's how to get it right, quickly
  43. Are New Zealand's new COVID-19 laws and powers really a step towards a police state?
  44. Health-care workers share our trauma during the coronavirus pandemic – on top of their own
  45. View from The Hill: Bill Kelty's five-point plan for coming out of COVID
  46. the tertiary education union's deal with universities explained
  47. it's hard to say if the COVIDSafe app can overcome its shortcomings
  48. Coalition gains Newspoll lead as Labor ahead in Eden-Monaro; Trump's ratings recover
  49. what Virgin Australia staff can learn from ex-Ansett workers
  50. Forget work-life balance – it's all about integration in the age of COVID-19
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