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how much free speech should our public servants have?

  • Written by: Andrew Podger, Honorary Professor of Public Policy, Australian National University
how much free speech should our public servants have?Scott Barbour/AAP

The past few months have shown us the importance of public servants making public statements as well as limits involved with this.

The limits have been most clearly demonstrated by Victoria’s deputy chief health officer, Annaliese van Diemen, who recently created controversy when she posted a tweet comparing Captain...

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coronavirus will hit Australia's research capacity harder than the GFC

  • Written by: Frank Larkins, Professor Emeritus and Former Deputy Vice Chancellor, University of Melbourne
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Australia’s researchers have answered the call to help with urgent pandemic clinical trials and other research needs, placing other work on hold. Experts across a broad range of disciplines are crucial to our health, mental health and economic well-being.

And yet the COVID-19 pandemic has posed one of the most significant threats...

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Getting an abortion just got harder, thanks to the coronavirus. Here's what we can do better

  • Written by: Erica Millar, Lecturer, La Trobe University
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The COVID-19 crisis has starkly revealed the patchy and precarious provision of abortion in Australia, deepening existing inequalities in access.

What was already an expensive procedure may be even less attainable for many women facing financial strain during the pandemic.

Meanwhile, a shortage of staff and resources is likely to be...

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Which Florence Nightingale will we remember today? The 'Lady with the Lamp' or the influential writer and activist?

  • Written by: Judith Godden, Honorary Associate, Department of History, University of Sydney
Which Florence Nightingale will we remember today? The 'Lady with the Lamp' or the influential writer and activist?Shutterstock

Florence Nightingale’s birth on May 12, 1820, is commemorated as International Nurses Day, honouring her founding role in modern nursing. Today would be her 200th birthday, so expect to hear even more about her.

Yet mention her name to nurses, the reaction tends to be an eye-roll. Why?

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  2. Australia listened to the science on coronavirus. Imagine if we did the same for coal mining
  3. The ghosts of budgets past haunt New Zealand's shot at economic recovery
  4. US-China relations were already heated. Then coronavirus threw fuel on the flames
  5. The healing power of data: Florence Nightingale's true legacy
  6. Not all twins are identical and that's been an evolutionary puzzle, until now
  7. First stage of 'road back' will boost monthly GDP by $3.1 billion and jobs by 252,500: Frydenberg
  8. how the Cold War shaped Little Richard
  9. China might well refuse to take our barley, and there would be little we could do
  10. This rainforest was once a grassland savanna maintained by Aboriginal people – until colonisation
  11. Our cities owe much of their surviving heritage to Jack Mundey
  12. As sport resumes after lockdown, it's time to level the playing field for women and girls
  13. It's hard to know when to come out from under the doona. It'll be soon, but not yet
  14. Should we re-open pubs next week? The benefits seem to exceed the costs
  15. Inside an innovative program helping sex offenders reintegrate into society – and why it works
  16. how 'death ships' spread disease through the ages
  17. how coronavirus is changing our language
  18. 40% of Australian principals are victims of physical violence
  19. Retire the retirement village – the wall and what’s behind it is so 2020
  20. Coronavirus shows housing costs leave many insecure. Tackling that can help solve an even bigger crisis
  21. Australians want industry, and they'd like it green. Steel is the place to start
  22. Let's "SnapBack" to better society with more secure jobs: Anthony Albanese
  23. From coronavirus tests to open-source insulin and beyond, 'biohackers' are showing the power of DIY science
  24. Little Richard's saucy style underpins today's hits
  25. The stepped approach out of lockdown is the only way forward, but how much we'll allow the curve to rise is still an unknown
  26. The Reserve Bank thinks the recovery will look V-shaped. There are reasons to doubt it
  27. Australia starts to re-open, but the premiers have the whip hand on timing
  28. Could BCG, a 100-year-old vaccine for tuberculosis, protect against coronavirus?
  29. National parks are for native wildlife, not feral horses: federal court
  30. Was New Zealand's coronavirus lockdown legal? One week might make all the difference
  31. From hidden women to influencers and individuals – putting mothers in the frame
  32. Why are there so many drugs to kill bacteria, but so few to tackle viruses?
  33. We should simplify our industrial relations system, but not in the way big business wants
  34. Michelle Grattan on the rapid developments in Eden-Monaro, the national cabinet, and next week's 'normal' parliamentary sitting
  35. Alcohol can make coronavirus worse – so why was it treated as essential in New Zealand's lockdown?
  36. keep free childcare going instead
  37. The US military has officially published three UFO videos. Why doesn't anybody seem to care?
  38. 50 years on, the Vietnam moratorium campaigns remind us of a different kind of politics
  39. We may well be able to eliminate coronavirus, but we'll probably never eradicate it. Here's the difference
  40. Past pandemics show how coronavirus budgets can drive faster economic recovery
  41. some home builders are misleading consumers about energy ratings
  42. Overcrowded homes and a lack of water leave some Indonesians at risk of the coronavirus
  43. The calculus of death shows the COVID lock-down is clearly worth the cost
  44. coughs on film and the fine but deadly art of foreshadowing
  45. The delicate art of political distancing during the pandemic
  46. How safe is COVIDSafe? What you should know about the app's issues, and Bluetooth-related risks
  47. the full findings of the royal commission report
  48. Why it doesn't make economic sense to ignore climate change in our recovery from the pandemic
  49. Before coronavirus, China was falsely blamed for spreading smallpox. Racism played a role then, too
  50. Researchers use 'pre-prints' to share coronavirus results quickly. But that can backfire

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