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Why coronavirus impacts are devastating for international students in private rental housing

  • Written by: Alan Morris, Professor, University of Technology Sydney
Why coronavirus impacts are devastating for international students in private rental housingAliko Sunawang/Unsplash, FAL

About half of international students in Australia are private renters and more than half of them rely on paid work to pay the rent, but most of the casual jobs they depend on have been lost in the coronavirus pandemic. The results of our recent survey (conducted pre-COVID-19) of international students living in private...

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extend coronavirus support to temporary workers

  • Written by: Peter Whiteford, Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Many temporary Australian residents will be excluded from the JobSeeker Payment and Coronavirus Supplement to be provided to permanent residents. In this open letter to the prime minister, 40 leading Australian experts on public policy argue this is in no-one’s interests.

Dear Mr Morrison,

The Australian government has achieved a...

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Head lice drug Ivermectin is being tested as a possible coronavirus treatment, but that's no reason to buy it

  • Written by: Andrew McLachlan, Head of School and Dean of Pharmacy, University of Sydney
Head lice drug Ivermectin is being tested as a possible coronavirus treatment, but that's no reason to buy itShutterstock

Researchers testing the head lice drug Ivermectin as a possible treatment for COVID-19 have seen promising results in lab studies.

But the research is in its early stages and the drug is yet to be tested on people with COVID-19. There’s so much we don’t know, including the right dose and delivery method for people with...

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Morrison sees massive ratings surge in Newspoll over coronavirus crisis; Trump also improves

  • Written by: Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne
Morrison sees massive ratings surge in Newspoll over coronavirus crisis; Trump also improvesLukas Coch/AAP

This week’s Newspoll, conducted April 1-3 from a sample of 1,508 people, showed a huge boost in Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s approval rating based on his leadership thus far in the coronavirus crisis.

Nearly two-thirds of people (61%) were satisfied with Morrison’s performance (up a massive 20 points) and 35% were...

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  10. 'Stupid coronavirus!' In uncertain times, we can help children through mindfulness and play
  11. 'Zoombombers' want to troll your online meetings. Here's how to stop them
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  14. What does the coronavirus pandemic sound like? The voices of people struggling, secluding and surviving around the world
  15. Australia's telcos, banks and supermarkets granted exemption to cartel laws
  16. Young people are anxious about coronavirus. Political leaders need to talk with them, not at them
  17. Sleep won't cure the coronavirus but it can help our bodies fight it
  18. Can I visit my boyfriend? My parents? Go fishing or bushwalking? Coronavirus rules in the ACT and South Australia explained
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  27. Imagine if we could extract a permanent vaccine against hyper-partisanship from COVID-19
  28. Where are we at with developing a vaccine for coronavirus?
  29. Democracy 2025 - How does Australia compare: what makes a leading democracy? With Michelle Grattan, Mark Evans and Ian Chubb
  30. Morrison has rescued childcare from COVID-19 collapse – but the details are still murky
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  35. what are Australia's obligations to cruise ships off its coast under international law?
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  41. How coronavirus challenges Muslims' faith and changes their lives
  42. Australia's post-war recovery program provides clues as to how to get out of this
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  44. coronavirus shows again why we value expertise when it come to our health
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