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New Zealand's COVID-19 Tracer app won't help open a 'travel bubble' with Australia anytime soon

  • Written by: Mahmoud Elkhodr, Lecturer in Information and Communication Technologies, CQUniversity Australia
New Zealand's COVID-19 Tracer app won't help open a 'travel bubble' with Australia anytime soonThe Conversation, CC BY-ND

New Zealanders finally have access to the government’s new tracing app to help people monitor their movements as lockdown continues to ease.

As businesses can now open, the NZ COVID Tracer app allows people to keep a register of the places they visit. This “digital diary” can be used to contact people if...

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Jim Chalmers on JobKeeper's flaws and the Eden-Monaro byelection

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

Labor will campaign on the flaws in the JobKeeper program in the Eden-Monaro byelection, shadow treasurer Jim Chalmers says.

“There will be so many people from Eden-Monaro who would have heard the Prime Minister say that there would be wage subsidies only to find out that they’ve either been deliberately or accidentally excluded from...

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7 ways to manage your #coronaphobia

  • Written by: Jill Newby, Associate Professor and MRFF Career Development Fellow, UNSW
7 ways to manage your #coronaphobiaShutterstock

As we’re slowly moving out of lockdown, many Australians will be feeling anxious about going outside, away from the safety of home, and returning to normal life.

For most people, these coronavirus fears will be temporary.

But for some, being overly afraid of the coronavirus can have serious implications. People might avoid seeking...

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Morrison government dangles new carrots for industry but fails to fix bigger climate policy problem

  • Written by: Frank Jotzo, Director, Centre for Climate and Energy Policy, Australian National University
Morrison government dangles new carrots for industry but fails to fix bigger climate policy problemMick Tsikas/AAP

The intricacies of climate change policy have not been front of mind for the Australian government this last half year, but the issue is now back on the agenda. Yesterday a review chaired by energy industry executive Grant King into new low-cost sources of emissions reduction was released. The government has accepted many of its...

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  1. The world agreed to a coronavirus inquiry. Just when and how, though, are still in dispute
  2. Coronavirus is a 'sliding doors' moment. What we do now could change Earth's trajectory
  3. Denied intimacy in 'iso', Aussies go online for adult content – so what's hot in each major city?
  4. why saliva tests could offer a better alternative to nasal COVID-19 swabs
  5. A thousand yarns and snapshots – why poetry matters during a pandemic
  6. The pieces of Australia post-coronavirus are falling into place
  7. how to count like a bee
  8. Don't want to send the kids back to school? Why not try unschooling at home
  9. Thanks to The Conversation's authors, for going above and beyond
  10. Recession hits Māori and Pasifika harder. They must be part of planning New Zealand's COVID-19 recovery
  11. Australia doesn't need more anti-terror laws that aren't necessary – or even used
  12. why we need to focus on increased consumption as much as population growth
  13. China used anti-dumping rules against us because what goes around comes around
  14. Australia must outperform to come out even from COVID-19
  15. Before epidemiologists began modelling disease, it was the job of astrologers
  16. Be worried when fossil fuel lobbyists support current environmental laws
  17. Why is the Australian government letting universities suffer?
  18. Democracy 2025 - Political trust in times of COVID-19 with Michelle Grattan, Mark Evans, Peter Shergold, and Renée Leon
  19. Could blood thinners be a lifesaving treatment for COVID-19? Here's what the science says and what it means for you
  20. These young Queenslanders are taking on Clive Palmer's coal company and making history for human rights
  21. Climate change threatens Antarctic krill and the sea life that depends on it
  22. Coronavirus anti-vaxxers aren’t a huge threat yet. How do we keep it that way?
  23. how history might read Morrison's coronavirus leadership
  24. Fang Fang's Wuhan diaries are a personal account of shared memory
  25. Is another huge and costly road project really Sydney's best option right now?
  26. The big stimulus spending has just begun. Here's how to get it right, quickly
  27. Are New Zealand's new COVID-19 laws and powers really a step towards a police state?
  28. Health-care workers share our trauma during the coronavirus pandemic – on top of their own
  29. View from The Hill: Bill Kelty's five-point plan for coming out of COVID
  30. the tertiary education union's deal with universities explained
  31. it's hard to say if the COVIDSafe app can overcome its shortcomings
  32. Coalition gains Newspoll lead as Labor ahead in Eden-Monaro; Trump's ratings recover
  33. what Virgin Australia staff can learn from ex-Ansett workers
  34. Forget work-life balance – it's all about integration in the age of COVID-19
  35. International film archives are streaming up a storm during lockdown. Australia's movie trove isn't even online
  36. Humans coexisted with three-tonne marsupials and lizards as long as cars in ancient Australia
  37. Economists back social distancing 34-9 in new Economic Society-Conversation survey
  38. Self-employed Australians' hours have fallen 32% since coronavirus hit – double the impact on all employees
  39. Just how hot will it get this century? Latest climate models suggest it could be worse than we thought
  40. Supermarkets claim to have our health at heart. But their marketing tactics push junk foods
  41. The trade-offs 'smart city' apps like COVIDSafe ask us to make go well beyond privacy
  42. The 'hospital in the home' revolution has been stalled by COVID-19. But it's still a good idea
  43. Experts are back in fashion – now more than ever we need to question them
  44. Trust in quality news outlets strong during coronavirus pandemic
  45. The government will spend $48 million to safeguard mental health. Extending JobKeeper would safeguard it even more
  46. Yes, we need a global coronavirus inquiry, but not for petty political point-scoring
  47. The costs of the shutdown are overestimated -- they're outweighed by its $1 trillion benefit
  48. Two refs are better than one, so why does the NRL want to drop one?
  49. The positives and negatives of mass testing for coronavirus
  50. 70% of people surveyed said they'd download a coronavirus app. Only 44% did. Why the gap?

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