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Rating Victoria’s roadmap
Tony Blakely | September 15, 2020Epidemiologist Professor Tony Blakely gives Victoria’s Roadmap out of the COVID-19 restrictions 8 out of 10 – noting there may be scope for easing some restrictions sooner rather than later.
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Better than a thousand words
Kay Harrison | September 14, 2020Dr Cameron Edmond looks at three narrative visualisations that effectively articulate COVID-19 public health messages.
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Optimising Australia’s COVID-19 border policy
Stewart Nixon | September 14, 2020COVID-19 has divided Australia in a manner unprecedented since federation, with the closure of once arbitrary state borders becoming geographical and political fault lines. But Australia’s less-debated international border measures also call for greater scrutiny.
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Living in the crosshairs of COVID-19
John Power | September 14, 2020It’s not a particularly pleasant prospect to die from COVID-19 – but John Power will soon face State and Commonwealth decisions that may cost him his life.
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Rio Tinto and the anatomy of corporate culpability
Elise Bant | September 13, 2020Heads have finally rolled over the mining company’s shameful destruction of the Juukan Gorge rock shelter, but what are the legal implications and how does corporate culture matter?
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Melbourne’s term four return-to-school plans need rethinking
Fiona Longmuir | September 13, 2020It’s time to put belonging and connection first on the agenda for Melbourne’s school students as they return to school after the latest COVID lock-down.
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Batch testing and contact tracing can stop the lockdown yo-yo
Richard Holden | September 13, 2020Yo-yoing lockdowns are costly and to be avoided if at all possible. Here is what we can do to dramatically improve testing and tracing.
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Arvanitakis on American politics: The uncertainty of election night
James Arvanitakis | September 12, 2020The end of the Trump Presidency, if it comes, will be one of conflict, bitterness and resentment with little chance of an orderly handover or constructive transition. Whoever wins will be inheriting a deeply divided nation after the turmoil of recent events.
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Are you “technostressed”?
Reeva Lederman | September 12, 2020As many of us continue to work from home during COVID-19, there’s increasing incidence of “technostress” and “techno-overload” among workers that needs to be addressed.
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Are arts schools an endangered species?
Sasha Grishin | September 12, 2020Decades of under-funding have left many Australian art schools in a perilous state. And the present political and intellectual hostility to the creative arts is threatening their very existence.
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What’s next for AI in healthcare?
Open Forum | September 11, 2020Artificial intelligence will pave the way for the ‘Fifth Industrial Revolution’ and has already arrived in health care, argue Australian and Hong Kong-based experts, but is Australia really ready for it?
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Why all new buildings look the same
Ben Knight | September 11, 2020Architecture today suffers not from copycats, but from originality syndrome. When it comes to architecture, imitation could be the sincerest – and most sensible – form of flattery.
