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View from The Hill: Bill Kelty's five-point plan for coming out of COVID

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

Scott Morrison wants employers and employees to come out of the COVID crisis with a new level of co-operation that delivers for both sides as well as boosting the economy.

He’s set to outline his push for a compact with business and unions in an address on his economic agenda to the National Press Club next week.

Meanwhile he’s told The...

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the tertiary education union's deal with universities explained

  • Written by: Ray Markey, Emeritus Professor, Macquarie University
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The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) last week announced its negotiated draft agreement with universities. The deal aims to save at least 12,000 university jobs at risk due to the COVID-19 pandemic in return for temporary salary reductions of between 5% and 15% for some staff.

The negotiations with the NTEU were led by Vice...

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it's hard to say if the COVIDSafe app can overcome its shortcomings

  • Written by: Dinesh Kumar, Professor, Electrical and Biomedical Engineering, RMIT University
it's hard to say if the COVIDSafe app can overcome its shortcomingsShutterstock

The Australian government’s contact-tracing app, COVIDSafe, has been touted as crucial for restarting the country’s economy and curbing COVID-19’s spread.

But until more data are collected, it’s hard to estimate how effective the app will be. Nonetheless, there are some predictable situations in which...

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Coalition gains Newspoll lead as Labor ahead in Eden-Monaro; Trump's ratings recover

  • Written by: Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne
Coalition gains Newspoll lead as Labor ahead in Eden-Monaro; Trump's ratings recoverAAP/Mick Tsikas

The latest Newspoll, conducted May 13-16 from a sample of 1,500, gave the Coalition a 51-49 lead, a one-point gain for the Coalition since the previous Newspoll, three weeks ago. Primary votes were 43% Coalition (up two), 35% Labor (down one), 10% Greens (down two) and 3% One Nation (down one). Newspoll figures are from The...

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

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Why a Document Destruction Service Still Matters for Modern Businesses

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