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Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews | Image: James Ross:AAP

How did we get to stage 4 in Melbourne and what...

By Adrian Esterman, University of South Australia Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has declared that metropolitan Melbourne is now on “stage 4” restrictions as new cases...
COVID-19
5
minutes
Premier Daniel Andrews 3 August 2020

Takeaway coffee allowed, but no wandering through Bunnings: here’s why Melbourne’s...

By Philip Russo, Monash University and Brett Mitchell, University of Newcastle Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has announced sweeping changes to businesses across metropolitan Melbourne, including...
COVID-19
4
minutes
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The ACCC is suing Google for misleading millions. But calling it...

By Katharine Kemp, UNSW Australia’s consumer watchdog is suing Google for allegedly misleading millions of people after it started tracking them on non-Google apps and...
Science + Technology
5
minutes
Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Erica Bechard:US Navy:AP

Explainer: why is the South China Sea such a hotly contested...

By Greg Austin, UNSW In the past week, both the US and Australia rejected large parts of China’s extensive maritime claims in the South China...
Politics + Society
6
minutes
Native grasses | Photo: Shutterstock

America has corn and Asia has rice. It’s time Australia had...

By Angela Pattison, University of Sydney; Rebecca Cross, University of Sydney, and Tina Bell, University of Sydney Most countries have a staple food: native, fast-growing...
Food and Drinks
5
minutes
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When companies go bust, temporary visa holders miss out and that’s...

By Kevin Davis, University of Melbourne The exclusion of temporary visa workers from reimbursement under Australia’s Fair Entitlements Guarantee (FEG) scheme for lost wages and...
Business + Economy
3
minutes