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Working from home: what are your employer’s responsibilities, and what are...

By Robin Price, CQUniversity Australia and Linda Colley, CQUniversity Australia So you’ve been asked to work from home. Doing so usually requires changing aspects of...
Business + Economy
4
minutes
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Hotel quarantine for returning Aussies and ‘hibernation’ assistance for businesses

Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra All Australians arriving from overseas will be quarantined in hotels or other facilities under strict supervision for a fortnight, under...
COVID-19
4
minutes
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The safest sex you’ll never have: how coronavirus is changing online...

By Lisa Portolan, Western Sydney University When Tinder issued an in-app public service announcement regarding COVID-19 on March 3 we all had a little laugh...
Arts + Culture
3
minutes
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Coronavirus is stressful. Here are some ways to cope with the...

Louise Stone, Australian National University and Katrina McLean, Bond University One of our patients was recently talking about her anxiety around the coronavirus epidemic. This...
COVID-19
4
minutes
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Explainer: what are the Australian government’s powers to quarantine people in...

Amy Maguire, University of Newcastle and Bin Li, University of Newcastle The Australian government has announced its intention to use powers under the Biosecurity Act,...
COVID-19
4
minutes
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It’s not just the isolation. Working from home has surprising downsides

By Libby Sander, Bond University What if you never had to return to work? Never had to return to work at the office, that is....
News
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