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Covid-19
National affairs
Weapons of mask distraction
Daniel Reeders
22 July 2020
With masks shown to be useful only in certain settings, the debate about compulsion is drawing attention away from real pathways of infection
Books & arts
Is this a great American realignment?
Barbara Keys
22 July 2020
Books
| The pandemic and the murder of George Floyd could be breaking down the country’s deep-seated polarisation
National affairs
Zooming in or zooming out?
Hamish McDonald
21 July 2020
Covid-19 has accelerated the emergence of “minilateralism” — but how new is this style of diplomacy?
National affairs
JobKeeper and JobSeeker 2.0 look like failing three vital tests
Adam Triggs
20 July 2020
To be effective, their new versions need to be permanent, generous and consistent
National affairs
No time for austerity
John Quiggin
17 July 2020
John Maynard Keynes and the proponents of Modern Monetary Theory can agree on at least one thing
National affairs
Taking it to a new level
Michael Bartos
16 July 2020
A sustainable Covid-19 strategy will mean paying much closer attention to people’s movements, and where they gather along the way
National affairs
Universities, a shared crisis, and two centre-right governments
Glyn Davis
13 July 2020
Britain and Australia have reacted very differently to the pandemic’s impact on higher education
National affairs
Policing the borders
Jane McAdam
8 July 2020
Checkpoints on the NSW–Victoria border recall more acrimonious moves one hundred years ago
National affairs
A lesson in humility
Michael Bartos
6 July 2020
Victoria’s experience underlines the need to acknowledge that Covid-19 outbreaks are inevitable and prepare better for them
National affairs
Pandemic fatigue
Michael Bartos
30 June 2020
Has the spike in cases in Victoria exposed a nationwide problem?
National affairs
Has the government given up on markets?
Adam Triggs
22 June 2020
Changes to university fees are just the latest example of successive governments preferring to pick winners than trust markets
National affairs
Post-pandemic, here’s the case for a participation income
John Quiggin
18 June 2020
For less than the cost of the Coalition’s Stage 3 tax cuts, Australians can be paid adequately to look for work or participate in socially useful activities
National affairs
Second-wave days
Michael Bartos
16 June 2020
As the quest for a Covid-19 vaccine continues, effective mitigation strategies are proving their worth
National affairs
How disasters are shaping Australians’ news habits
Sora Park, Caroline Fisher, Jee Young Lee and Kieran McGuinness
16 June 2020
A new study tracks the rise in news consumption during the bushfires and the pandemic — and finds a glimmer of hope for publishers
Books & arts
Cinema in a time of coronavirus
Julie Rigg
15 June 2020
Cinema
| Back from a different kind of isolation, our critic catches up on
Hearts and Bones
,
Motherless Brooklyn
and the screen landscape
International
Smart harvest
Nic Maclellan
11 June 2020
Pacific islanders are responding to disruptions to food security with cultural solidarity and new technology
International
How not to feed America
Lesley Russell
11 June 2020
Has the Trump administration turned the pandemic into a food crisis?
Essays & reportage
“The gravest economic crisis since the end of the war”
John Hawkins
10 June 2020
What can we learn from Britain’s three-day week?
National affairs
Less foreign investment makes Australia less secure
Adam Triggs
9 June 2020
There are security risks in having foreign investment, but bigger risks in not having it
National affairs
Everything is connected
Michael Bartos
7 June 2020
Network effects, good and bad, have influenced responses to Covid-19
International
Out of turmoil, a new majority in Timor-Leste’s parliament
Michael Leach
2 June 2020
A realignment of parties should break the deadlock over vital legislation
National affairs
Can we break the climate cycle?
Tristan Edis
1 June 2020
Human psychology might finally be on the side of decisive action to decarbonise Australia’s economy
International
Greater goods
Michael Bartos
1 June 2020
While the quest for treatments and vaccines continued, the language of global public goods dominated international pandemic talks
International
What worked to minimise Covid-19 deaths, and why?
Rodney Tiffen
28 May 2020
Clear patterns are evident in the data we have on cases, mortality and testing
International
Beijing buffeted
Rowan Callick
27 May 2020
A key speech reveals worries on many fronts for China’s leaders
Correspondents
Covid-19’s awkward couple
David Hayes
26 May 2020
Britain’s book of government blunders has a new chapter
National affairs
Covid-19’s second wave
Lesley Russell
26 May 2020
Government can do more to flatten the mental illness curve
National affairs
A chance to do better for migrants, and for the economy
Annabel Brown and Caitlin McCaffrie
25 May 2020
Covid-19 has exposed the flaws in Australia’s treatment of temporary migrants. Fortunately, a blueprint for change already exists
International
The decline in America’s financial supremacy just got faster
Adam Triggs
25 May 2020
Donald Trump and the Fed are combining with Covid-19 to undermine the dominance of the US dollar
Books & arts
The new chamber music
Andrew Ford
20 May 2020
Music
| What happens when the composer can really
see
the audience?
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