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The charts that show coronavirus pushing up to a quarter of the workforce out of work

  • Written by: Brendan Coates, Program Director, Household Finances, Grattan Institute
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We knew it would be bad. But we’d hoped it wouldn’t be quite this bad.

Over the past few weeks, we at Grattan Institute have been working on ways to estimate the impact of the COVID-19 shutdown on jobs in Australia.

It’s a complex task, with few obvious precedents.

The results, detailed in our new working paper, Shutdown...

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here are 3 things to prioritise

  • Written by: Alison Willis, Lecturer and Researcher, School of Education, University of the Sunshine Coast
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As children learn from home, parents are effectively running two schedules – work and school. Some children may not be able to get through all the work their school assigns in the time they have, which can leave parents feeling guilty.

It’s important for parents to note they are not replacement teachers, nor is it possible...

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So you're going to school online – here are 6 ways to make the most of it

  • Written by: Claire Brown, National Director, AVID Australia, Victoria University
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Effective learning is a two-way process between the teacher and students, meaning both need to engage.

If a student simply sits and listens to new information without engaging or applying it, it’s called passive learning. Active learning is where students engage with new learning making connections to concepts they have learned...

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What might trigger a return to 'normal'? Why our coronavirus exit strategy is ... TBC

  • Written by: Katherine Gibney, NHMRC early career fellow, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity

The unprecedented restrictions Australians are living with are working, so far, to curb the rise in new COVID-19 cases.

Nationally, on average around 50 new COVID-19 cases were reported each day in the week leading up to April 15, compared with a peak of 460 on March 28.

Fewer people are testing positive, and these cases are infecting fewer...

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  12. More testing will give us a better picture of the coronavirus spread and its slowdown
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  20. Government funding to Qantas and Virgin to ensure air services on key routes
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  28. What can benefit-cost analysis tell us?
  29. Hospitals have stopped unnecessary elective surgeries – and shouldn't restart them after the pandemic
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  31. Supermarket shelves stripped bare? History can teach us to 'make do' with food
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