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There's a good chance you're new to The Conversation – here's how we deliver news differently

  • Written by: Misha Ketchell, Editor & Executive Director, The Conversation
There's a good chance you're new to The Conversation – here's how we deliver news differentlyThe Conversation's Politics + Society team, in a time before coronavirus. Penny Stephens/The Conversation, CC BY-SA

More than 20,000 new readers have signed up to this newsletter in the past six months, which means there’s a sizable bunch of you who haven’t been reading The Conversation for very long. Hopefully you’ve been...

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A temporary income tax hike is the bitter but equitable pill Australia should swallow

  • Written by: Jonathan Karnon, Professor of Health Economics, Flinders University
A temporary income tax hike is the bitter but equitable pill Australia should swallowShutterstock

We’re all in this pandemic together. But we’re currently leaving it to a small proportion of the community to shoulder most of the economic pain.

It’s an approach that’s compounding social and intergenerational inequity.

To date the Australian government has committed A$320 billion to support households and...

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New Zealand's coronavirus elimination strategy has united a nation. Can that unity outlast lockdown?

  • Written by: Grant Duncan, Associate Professor for the School of People, Environment and Planning, Massey University
New Zealand's coronavirus elimination strategy has united a nation. Can that unity outlast lockdown?A billboard created by Auckland University of Technology students. thanking New Zealand's essential workers.HuttValleyDHB/Twitter

During a national emergency we discover how well, or poorly, a country is governed. But New Zealand’s success so far in working towards eliminating COVID-19 isn’t due just to leadership from the top....

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How to keep a coronavirus-safe distance when you're jogging or cycling

  • Written by: Emmanuel Stamatakis, Professor of Physical Activity, Lifestyle, and Population Health, University of Sydney
How to keep a coronavirus-safe distance when you're jogging or cyclingShutterstock/Pazargic Liviu

We’re told to keep a minimum of 1.5 metres apart from others to avoid the spread of COVID-19 via contact with virus-contaminated droplets.

So when news emerged last week of a study showing the potential for droplets to spread beyond 1.5m if a person is walking, jogging or cycling, it raised concerns.

But the study...

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  1. Great time to try: learning to draw
  2. Banning visitors to aged care during coronavirus raises several ethical questions – with no simple answers
  3. how to help the young
  4. Fix housing and you'll reduce risks of coronavirus and other disease in remote Indigenous communities
  5. The psychology of comfort food
  6. For most universities, there's little point to the government's COVID-19 assistance package
  7. what makes hairdressing 'essential'? Even the hairdressers want to close
  8. why pets are at risk during this pandemic
  9. beware the cyber risks of virtual meet-up apps like Houseparty
  10. How some Australian media are failing us on coronavirus
  11. how white roofs help to reflect the sun's heat
  12. National and state leaders may not always agree, but this hasn't hindered our coronavirus response
  13. View from The Hill – So you wanted to spend more time with the kids?
  14. What does it mean to be immunocompromised? And why does this increase your risk of coronavirus?
  15. We don't know for sure if coronavirus can spread through poo, but it's possible
  16. Transmitting COVID-19 to another person could send you to prison for life. Here's why this is worrisome
  17. 4 ways to be a good landlord in a time of coronavirus
  18. Smoking increases your coronavirus risk. There's never been a better time to quit
  19. This could be the end of the line for cruise ships
  20. Gaming fosters social connection at a time of physical distance
  21. Why is it so hard to stop COVID-19 misinformation spreading on social media?
  22. While towns run dry, cotton extracts 5 Sydney Harbours' worth of Murray Darling water a year. It's time to reset the balance
  23. My skin's dry with all this hand washing. What can I do?
  24. The last thing companies should be doing right now is paying dividends
  25. Hotels are no 'luxury' place to detain people seeking asylum in Australia
  26. Trust in government is high in NZ, but will it last until the country's elections later in the year?
  27. Coronavirus debate turns to whether Australia should embrace 'elimination' strategy
  28. Great time to try: starting a vegetable garden
  29. How long are you infectious when you have coronavirus?
  30. Australia had rent control in wartime. War on coronavirus demands the same response
  31. What should we do with 1 billion hours of time? Australia's COVID-19 opportunity
  32. The coronavirus lockdown is forcing us to view 'screen time' differently. That's a good thing
  33. Destitution on Australia's hardening border with PNG – and the need for a better aid strategy
  34. our good intentions usually fall short. Here are 4 ways to shop responsibly
  35. Trade apprentices will help our post COVID-19 recovery. We need to do more to keep them in work
  36. Headlines promise Australia's on the 'cusp' of defeating coronavirus. We're not and it's too soon to relax restrictions
  37. Coronavirus highlights the painful political truth about health inequality. Is social democracy the answer?
  38. today's grandmothers grew up protesting. Now they have nothing to lose
  39. Forget old screen 'time' rules during coronavirus. Here's what you should focus on instead
  40. Coronavirus an ‘existential threat’ to Africa and her crowded slums
  41. What a simulated Mars mission taught me about food waste
  42. With everyone stuck indoors, esports is poised for its time in the sun
  43. Open or else face funding cut – Minister Tehan's edict to independent schools
  44. Australia's coronavirus debate turns to the way out
  45. MPs Tim Watts, Fiona Martin, Clare O'Neil and Helen Haines talk about serving their electorates during the coronavirus crisis
  46. Michelle Grattan on Australia's exit out of coronavirus restrictions
  47. what causes a 'second wave' of disease outbreak, and could we see this in Australia?
  48. What to do if you've been fined for breaching coronavirus restrictions
  49. The coronavirus lockdown might help limit this year's flu season – but you should still get your flu jab anyway
  50. Easter eggs can bring a little 'normality' to kids in isolation. But should we ration them or let kids eat how many they like?

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