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Is another huge and costly road project really Sydney's best option right now?

  • Written by: Philip Laird, Honorary Principal Fellow, University of Wollongong

The New South Wales government has focused on delivering more motorways and rail links for Sydney, along with main roads in regional NSW, since the Coalition won office in 2011. The biggest of these, WestConnex, is still being built. Plans for yet another major motorway, the Western Harbour Tunnel and Beaches Link, are well advanced.

A hefty...

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The big stimulus spending has just begun. Here's how to get it right, quickly

  • Written by: Richard Denniss, Adjunct Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Responding to COVID-19 required governments to make hard choices with enormous consequences. The biggest were whether to let the disease rip, lock it down, or strike out in search of a middle ground that delivered the best of both worlds.

Different leaders made different decisions and will ultimately be judged by their citizens and...

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Are New Zealand's new COVID-19 laws and powers really a step towards a police state?

  • Written by: Alexander Gillespie, Professor of Law, University of Waikato
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Reaction to the New Zealand government’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic and resultant lockdown has ranged from high praise to criticism that its actions were illegal and its management chaotic.

Partly in response to the concerns, and to put the continued containment of the disease on a firmer legal footing, the COVID-19...

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Health-care workers share our trauma during the coronavirus pandemic – on top of their own

  • Written by: Pippa Blackburn, Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Griffith University, Qld, Griffith University
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Health-care staff are trained to deal with whatever comes through the hospital doors. But COVID-19 is a completely different ballgame.

During this pandemic, health-care workers are facing traumatic experiences in both their professional and personal worlds. They face challenges at work treating patients with COVID-19, or...

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  1. View from The Hill: Bill Kelty's five-point plan for coming out of COVID
  2. the tertiary education union's deal with universities explained
  3. it's hard to say if the COVIDSafe app can overcome its shortcomings
  4. Coalition gains Newspoll lead as Labor ahead in Eden-Monaro; Trump's ratings recover
  5. what Virgin Australia staff can learn from ex-Ansett workers
  6. Forget work-life balance – it's all about integration in the age of COVID-19
  7. International film archives are streaming up a storm during lockdown. Australia's movie trove isn't even online
  8. Humans coexisted with three-tonne marsupials and lizards as long as cars in ancient Australia
  9. Economists back social distancing 34-9 in new Economic Society-Conversation survey
  10. Self-employed Australians' hours have fallen 32% since coronavirus hit – double the impact on all employees
  11. Just how hot will it get this century? Latest climate models suggest it could be worse than we thought
  12. Supermarkets claim to have our health at heart. But their marketing tactics push junk foods
  13. The trade-offs 'smart city' apps like COVIDSafe ask us to make go well beyond privacy
  14. The 'hospital in the home' revolution has been stalled by COVID-19. But it's still a good idea
  15. Experts are back in fashion – now more than ever we need to question them
  16. Trust in quality news outlets strong during coronavirus pandemic
  17. The government will spend $48 million to safeguard mental health. Extending JobKeeper would safeguard it even more
  18. Yes, we need a global coronavirus inquiry, but not for petty political point-scoring
  19. The costs of the shutdown are overestimated -- they're outweighed by its $1 trillion benefit
  20. Two refs are better than one, so why does the NRL want to drop one?
  21. The positives and negatives of mass testing for coronavirus
  22. 70% of people surveyed said they'd download a coronavirus app. Only 44% did. Why the gap?
  23. why astronomy matters in times of crisis
  24. reasons to get with online choirs
  25. Michelle Grattan on the climb down the mountain, unemployment and Jobkeeper, as well as Anthony Albanese's 'vision statement'
  26. More than 70% of academics at some universities are casuals. They're losing work and are cut out of JobKeeper
  27. 'Best of' sport lists are filling the live sport vacuum, but women take the sidelines once again
  28. New Zealand's COVID-19 budget delivers on one crisis, but largely leaves climate change for another day
  29. voices from the bush – how lockdown affects remote Indigenous communities differently
  30. new research to map violence in the forgotten conflict in West Papua
  31. Yes, carbon emissions fell during COVID-19. But it's the shift away from coal that really matters
  32. rules are also signals, which is why easing social distancing is such a problem
  33. 92% of Australians don't know the difference between viral and bacterial infections
  34. it doesn't end when housing aid projects finish
  35. Most young people who do VET after school are in full-time work by the age of 25
  36. Descending the COVID mountain could be hazardous for Scott Morrison
  37. Australia has dug itself into a hole in its relationship with China. It's time to find a way out
  38. New Zealand's pandemic budget is all about saving and creating jobs. Now the hard work begins
  39. New Zealand’s ‘catch up, patch up’ health budget misses the chance for a national overhaul
  40. Why can't we use antibody tests for diagnosing COVID-19 yet?
  41. 9 reasons you should be worried about the closure of BuzzFeed News in Australia
  42. here's how teachers feel about going back to the classroom
  43. Will New Zealand's $50 billion budget boost Jacinda Ardern's chance of being re-elected?
  44. What'll happen when the money's snatched back? Our looming coronavirus support cliff
  45. Were it not for JobKeeper, unemployment would be 11.7%, up from 5.2% in one month. Here's how the numbers pan out
  46. We know racism and recessions go together. Australia must prepare to stop a racism spike here.
  47. Is isolation a feeling?
  48. lock up your pet, it's a killing machine
  49. what opioid misuse costs Australia in a year
  50. We need to plan for life after JobKeeper now. We need to make it portable

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