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China-Australia relations hit new low in spat over handling of coronavirus

  • Written by Tony Walker, Adjunct Professor, School of Communications, La Trobe University
China-Australia relations hit new low in spat over handling of coronavirusAAP/Lukas Coch

Australia’s relationship with China is fractured. Arguably, this is the worst moment in Sino-Australian relations since Gough Whitlam normalised ties on his election in December 1972.

The Chinese saying “kill the chicken to frighten the monkey” would seem applicable in Beijing’s reaction to Australia’s pus...

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East Arnhem Land artists respond to COVID-19 with the gift of music

  • Written by Aaron Corn, Professor, Elder Conservatorium of Music · Director, Centre for Aboriginal Studies in Music (CASM) · Director, National Centre for Aboriginal Language and Music Studies (NCALMS), Faculty of Arts, University of Adelaide
East Arnhem Land artists respond to COVID-19 with the gift of musicYirrŋa Yunupiŋu sings. Facebook/Yolŋu Radio

Recent weeks have been a blur of livestreams as politicians and chief medical officers have taken to Facebook and YouTube to announce Australia’s emergency measures to contain the COVID-19 pandemic.

But on Saturday evening, I eagerly logged onto Facebook, along with more than 50,000...

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Cutting ‘green tape’ may be good politicking, but it’s bad policy. Here are 5 examples of regulation failure

  • Written by Ian Wright, Senior Lecturer in Environmental Science, Western Sydney University
Cutting ‘green tape’ may be good politicking, but it’s bad policy. Here are 5 examples of regulation failureThe eastern tributary in the Woronora drinking water catchment Ian Wright, Author provided

Debate about how Australia will emerge from the coronavirus pandemic is heating up. As part of the economic recovery, business groups have renewed calls to cut “green tape” – environmental regulation that new projects, such as new mines,...

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Using lots of plastic packaging during the coronavirus crisis? You're not alone

  • Written by Daiane Scaraboto, Associate Professor of Marketing, University of Melbourne

In eight years, US environmentalist and social media star Lauren Singer had never sent an item of rubbish to landfill. But last month, in an impassioned post to her 383,000 Instagram followers, she admitted the reality of COVID-19 has changed that.

I sacrificed my values and bought items in plastic. Lots of it, and plastic that I know isn’t...

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  1. Look beyond a silver bullet train for stimulus
  2. 90% out of work with one week’s notice. These 8 charts show the unemployment impacts of coronavirus in Australia
  3. How do we keep family violence perpetrators ‘in view’ during the COVID-19 lockdown?
  4. Cook’s voyages were part of a military mission to conquer and expand
  5. The NRL should reconsider its comeback: it's too soon
  6. Here are 5 ways to flatten the climate change curve while stuck at home
  7. Do I need to floss my teeth?
  8. If more of us work from home after coronavirus we'll need to rethink city planning
  9. Possible byelection looms in marginal seat of Eden-Monaro
  10. the government delivers on data security, but other issues remain
  11. a new word in the tiny (but growing) vocabulary for our emotional connection to the environment
  12. How to help young children regulate their emotions and behaviours during the pandemic
  13. Sydney Chamber Opera livestreams premiere
  14. Labor gains in Newspoll despite Morrison's continued approval surge; Trump's ratings slide
  15. how WWI and WWII spurred scientific innovation in Australia
  16. How Shinzo Abe has fumbled Japan's coronavirus response
  17. how outer urban areas can manage the emergency while reducing future risks
  18. Great time to try: baking sourdough bread
  19. How might coronavirus change Australia's 'Pacific Step-up'?
  20. Snowy 2.0 threatens to pollute our rivers and wipe out native fish
  21. Permanently raising the Child Care Subsidy is an economic opportunity too good to miss
  22. Reconnecting after coronavirus – 4 key ways cities can counter anxiety and loneliness
  23. Chief Medical Officer Brendan Murphy predicts more than 50% take-up of COVID tracing app
  24. 5 reasons it's safe for kids to go back to school
  25. oral accounts illuminate past encounters and objects, but we need to get our story straight
  26. Virgin Australia was never going to last
  27. Mums with an intellectual disability already risk family violence and losing their kids. Coronavirus could make things worse
  28. ANU will invigilate exams using remote software, and many students are unhappy
  29. Urban Aboriginal people face unique challenges in the fight against coronavirus
  30. how to keep kids safe while they're learning online
  31. Refugees need protection from coronavirus too, and must be released
  32. Michelle Grattan on the government's contact tracing app, the World Health Organization and 'the road back'
  33. Five years on from the earthquake in Bhaktapur, Nepal, heritage-led recovery is uniting community
  34. The need to house everyone has never been clearer. Here's a 2-step strategy to get it done
  35. Buried under colonial concrete, Botany Bay has even been robbed of its botany
  36. Parents, you don't always need to entertain your kids – boredom is good for them
  37. Flushing is our next weapon against COVID-19, if you're happy to have your sewage scrutinised
  38. How the coronavirus pandemic is (finally) resulting in leadership for the greater good
  39. Mavis Ngallametta review - a bittersweet collection of a songwoman's stories of home
  40. In 1919, Anzac Day was commemorated despite the Spanish flu pandemic. In 2020, we will remember them again
  41. Modelling tells us the coronavirus app will need a big take-up, economics tells us how to get it
  42. staying at home for months is unlikely to lead to an eye-watering electricity bill
  43. Why the focus of stimulus plans has to be construction that puts social housing first
  44. If we can put a man on the Moon, we can save the Great Barrier Reef
  45. How to beat weight gain at menopause
  46. Japanese Australian veterans and the legacy of anti-Asian racism
  47. Caring for community to beat coronavirus echoes Indigenous ideas of a good life
  48. If Scott Morrison is true to his word, October's budget could be a doozy
  49. Why coronavirus emerges in clusters, and how New Zealand plans to eliminate outbreaks after lockdown
  50. it's a humanitarian and economic crisis in the making
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