Will COVID vaccinations be mandatory for places of worship? It could depend what state...
By Renae Barker, The University of Western Australia
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, places of worship in Australia have faced significant restrictions. These have included limits...
Vaccine passports are coming. But are they ethical?
By Julian Savulescu, University of Oxford
The main way to control the pandemic, as we have all painfully found out, has been to restrict the...
Australia to build nuclear submarines in a new partnership with the US and UK
By Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
Australia will build a fleet of nuclear submarines as part of a new security partnership with the United States...
Australia once rejected ‘feeble-minded’ immigrants. While the language has changed, discrimination remains
By Jan Gothard, Murdoch University
“Idiots”, “imbeciles”, the “feeble-minded”, anyone with a “loathsome disease”: all were refused entry into Australia under early migration acts. Today,...
Yes, lockdowns are costly. But the alternatives are worse
By Patrick Abraham, The University of Melbourne; Laxman Bablani, The University of Melbourne; Natalie Carvalho, The University of Melbourne, and Tony Blakely, The University...
Australians are not aware news outlets are in financial trouble: new report
By Caroline Fisher, University of Canberra and Sora Park, University of Canberra
During the COVID-19 pandemic, more than 150 Australian news outlets have contracted, merged,...
How China used the media to spread its COVID narrative — and win friends...
By Julia Bergin, The University of Melbourne
At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, Chinese President Xi Jinping enjoyed prime real estate in the centre...
COVID forced Australian fathers to do more at home, but at what cost?
By Leah Ruppanner, University of Melbourne; Caitlyn Collins, Washington University in St Louis; Liana Christin Landivar; William Scarborough, University of North Texas, and Xiao...
Biden’s economic centrism isn’t exciting, but right for these divisive times
By Richard Holden, UNSW
In an age of hyperpartisan politics, the Biden presidency offers a welcome centrism that might help bridge the divides.
But it is...
Asian countries do aged care differently. Here’s what we can learn from them
By Angelique Chan, National University of Singapore
This article is part of our series on aged care. You can read the other articles in the...