COVID-19

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Lockdown in Melbourne

Two weeks into Melbourne’s lockdown, why aren’t COVID-19 case numbers going...

By Vasso Apostolopoulos, Victoria University; Maja Husaric, Victoria University, and Maximilian de Courten, Victoria University Fourteen days after Melbourne was put back into lockdown, the...
COVID-19
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Be careful what you claim for when working from home. There...

By Dale Boccabella, UNSW Nearly all of the income tax focus in the context of “working from home” during COVID-19 has been on claiming “running...
Business + Economy
6
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COVID-19 testing | Photo: courtesy of The Conversation

We asked multicultural communities how best to communicate COVID-19 advice. Here’s...

By Abby Wild, Monash University; Breanne Kunstler, Monash University; Denise Goodwin, Monash University, and Helen Skouteris, Monash University As COVID-19 cases began spreading across many...
Politics + Society
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Man wearing mask | Image: Shutterstock

Which face mask should I wear?

By Abrar Ahmad Chughtai, UNSW UPDATE: The Victorian government announced on July 19 that face masks will be mandatory for residents in metropolitan Melbourne and...
COVID-19
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Wearing a mask | Photo by Gustavo Fring from Pexels

Victorians, and anyone else at risk, should now be wearing face...

By C Raina MacIntyre, UNSW; Kerryn Phelps, Western Sydney University; Lisa Maher, UNSW, and Shovon Bhattacharjee, UNSW After early success in suppressing COVID-19, we are...
COVID-19
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US President Donald Trump | Stefani Reynolds/POOL/EPA

Donald Trump blames everyone but himself for the coronavirus crisis. Will...

By David Smith, University of Sydney In absolute numbers, the United States is suffering the world’s worst COVID-19 outbreak. How did this happen in a...
COVID-19
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