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We are not all in this together
Alysia Blackham | May 5, 2020Many Australians are facing potential unemployment, but the reality is some people, including older workers, are more likely to face discrimination and inequality in the workplace during COVID-19.
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Australia needs a better tax system
Neil Warren | May 5, 2020The coronavirus pandemic has highlighted the fact we are failing to collect tax revenue while giving away hundreds of billions in tax concessions, increasing the financial burden on the working public.
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Working out how to fight COVID together
Open Forum | May 5, 2020Social and behavioural sciences can help us get the most out of the COVID-19 regulations, according to Aussie and international researchers who have listed some recommendations for different stages of the pandemic.
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A pandemic in the era of great power rivalry and neoliberalism
Oliver Villar | May 4, 2020Dr Oliver Villar of Charles Sturt University argues that the real virus threatening the world is neoliberalism, rather than COVID-19, and the current pandemic is a smokescreen for US-China rivalry.
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Give Victorians the facts on the abattoir outbreak
Clare Tanner | May 4, 2020The Victorian government’s refusal to name the meat-packing plant at the centre of a COVID-19 hotspot places the public at risk, and threatens to erode the mutual trust required to fight the pandemic together.
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Preparing for the next computer virus
Tim Watts | May 4, 2020The Covid-19 pandemic has changed the way we think about national resilience in the face of global crises. It’s shown us how disasters can cascade around an interconnected world and prompts consideration of what challenges may come.
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Rethinking digital education
Neil Selwyn | May 3, 2020Global school shutdowns in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic have pushed online education and virtual schooling to the forefront of the political agenda, but this sudden change is also prompting a reconsideration of what constitutes ‘digital competence’ for the teaching profession.
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China will lose in the blame game
Andrew Forrest | May 3, 2020In the space of a few short weeks, popular perceptions of the Chinese state in Australia have shifted in ways that, if replicated elsewhere, are going to be truly damaging to China’s international standing in the years to come.
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Australian universities need international students
Kate Clayton | May 3, 2020Consecutive government funding cuts have forced universities to become reliant on international students for funding. As universities restructure in response to COVID-19, both universities and international students are at risk.
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Arvanitakis on American politics: Don’t believe the social media hype
James Arvanitakis | May 2, 2020Promoting online literacy for young people and demanding social media quickly responds to fake news are worthwhile goals, but they do not deal with the underlying dissatisfaction which allows fake news to take root.
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Party of one
Rob Moodie | May 2, 2020Australia has a long and often troubled relationship with alcohol, and the prolonged COVID-19 isolation measures have the potential to bring out the worst of our national battle with the bottle.
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Balancing the lives we save and lose through lockdown
Gigi Foster | May 2, 2020The unprecedented social and economic lockdown has prevented many deaths from coronavirus, but this is at the cost of other lives, as well as national and individual livelihoods, and the accounting behind the calculation needs to be made clear.
