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Disasters expose gaps in emergency services' social media use

  • Written by Tan Yigitcanlar, Associate Professor of Urban Studies and Planning, Queensland University of Technology

Australia has borne the brunt of several major disasters in recent years, including drought, bushfires, floods and cyclones. The increasing use of social media is changing how we prepare for and respond to these disasters. Not only emergency services but also their social media are now much-sought-after sources of disaster information and...

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Sending children back to school during coronavirus has human rights implications

  • Written by Amy Maguire, Associate Professor in Human Rights and International Law, University of Newcastle
Sending children back to school during coronavirus has human rights implicationsShutterstock

Debates about a return to classroom learning in Australia are fraught, and parents have mixed feelings as to what may be best for their children.

This confusion is likely influenced by a sense of mixed messages from different approaches around the country.

For example, term 2 began this week in New South Wales. From week 3, children in...

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grief and things of stone, wood and wool

  • Written by Tony Birch, Lecturer, Creative Writing, Victoria University
grief and things of stone, wood and woolAnnie Spratt/Unsplash, CC BY

Following the death of her elderly father, a close friend of mine recently asked if I would read a poem by Goethe at his funeral.

I didn’t know the man well. In fact, I had met him only once, seated in my friend’s car on a Fitzroy street on a sunny day several years ago. What struck me about him at the time...

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Want an economic tonic, Mr Morrison? Use that stimulus money to turbocharge renewables

  • Written by Elizabeth Thurbon, Scientia Fellow and Associate Professor in International Relations / International Political Economy, UNSW
Want an economic tonic, Mr Morrison? Use that stimulus money to turbocharge renewablesChris Fithall/Flickr

The chaos of COVID-19 has now hit global energy markets, creating an outcome unheard of in industrial history: negative oil prices. With the world’s largest economies largely in lockdown, demand for oil has stagnated.

Essentially, the negative prices mean oil producers are willing to pay for the oil to be taken off their...

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  1. Australia's links with China must change, but decoupling is not an option
  2. New roadmap gives Australia two paths out of COVID-19 lockdown: elimination or adaptation
  3. People with coronavirus are at risk of blood clots and strokes. Here's what we know so far
  4. Can the government defy history and return Eden-Monaro to 'bellwether' status?
  5. Is remdesivir a miracle drug to cure coronavirus? Don't get your hopes up yet
  6. it's an intriguing but unproven link
  7. We need to flatten the 'other' coronavirus curve, our looming mental health crisis
  8. No, Aussie bats won’t give you COVID-19. We rely on them more than you think
  9. Vale Robert May, the legendary scientist who helped us understand ecosystems, chaos theory and even pandemics
  10. The COVIDSafe app was just one contact tracing option. These alternatives guarantee more privacy
  11. Virtual hackathons can help you solve coronavirus problems without leaving your home
  12. COVID lockdowns have human costs as well as benefits. It's time to consider both
  13. Australia has long valued an outer space shared by all. Mining profits could change this
  14. Need help selling the COVIDSafe app? Call a behavioural economist
  15. how nations that moved fast against COVID-19 avoided disaster
  16. a look inside the dismal living conditions of migrant workers
  17. Say hello to the 'crazy beast' mammal who lived among the dinosaurs
  18. Air quality near busy Australian roads up to 10 times worse than official figures
  19. Playing Pandemic - the hit board game about the very thing we're trying to avoid
  20. how coronavirus will change the way we work together
  21. Should I drop my private health insurance during the pandemic?
  22. That estimate of 6.6 million Australians on JobKeeper, it tells us how it can be improved
  23. Katy Gallagher on the Senate's coronavirus watchdog
  24. Can't go outside? Even seeing nature on a screen can improve your mood
  25. why can't people hear in their sleep?
  26. How will the class of COVID-19 get into university? Using year 11 results is only part of the answer
  27. Mobile phones are covered in germs. Disinfecting them daily could help stop diseases spreading
  28. 250 years since Captain Cook landed in Australia, it's time to acknowledge the violence of first encounters
  29. how Captain Cook blundered his first impression with Indigenous people
  30. teachers say they lack confidence to teach Indigenous perspectives
  31. Captain James Cook and absent presence in First Nations art
  32. how Botany Bay was chosen over Africa as a new British penal colony
  33. My ancestors met Cook in Aotearoa 250 years ago. For us, it's time to reinterpret a painful history
  34. An honest reckoning with Captain Cook's legacy won't heal things overnight. But it's a start
  35. revisit Captain Cook’s legacy with the click of a mouse
  36. The stories of Tupaia and Omai and their vital role as Captain Cook's unsung shipmates
  37. for Indigenous people, Cook's voyage of 'discovery' was a ghostly visitation
  38. Botany and the colonisation of Australia in 1770
  39. Captain Cook 'discovered' Australia, and other myths from old school text books
  40. how re-enactments of the Endeavour's voyage perpetuate myths of Australia's 'discovery'
  41. Is God good? In the shadow of mass disaster, great minds have argued the toss
  42. Captain Cook wanted to introduce British justice to Indigenous people. Instead, he became increasingly cruel and violent
  43. why higher carbon dioxide levels isn't only good news even if some plants grow faster
  44. Physical distancing is here for a while – over 100 experts call for more safe walking and cycling space
  45. What is psoriatic arthritis, the condition Kim Kardashian West lives with?
  46. we'll need war bonds, and stimulus on a scale not seen in our lifetimes
  47. what it is and why Zali Steggall wants it investigated
  48. Evidence obesity is a risk factor for serious illness with coronavirus is mounting – even if you're young
  49. China-Australia relations hit new low in spat over handling of coronavirus
  50. East Arnhem Land artists respond to COVID-19 with the gift of music
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