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Federal budget: Boost of social enterprises and place-based initiatives helps communities most in need

By Dr Babita Bhatt and Prof Israr Qureshi. The federal budget has gained significant attention for supporting those most in need by delivering cost-of-living relief and strengthening Medicare. But it also recognises that some problems cannot be overcome with one-size-fits-all solutions.

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A woman who is picking tomatoes

By Dr Babita Bhatt and Prof Israr Qureshi. The federal budget has gained significant attention for supporting those most in need by delivering cost-of-living relief and strengthening Medicare. But it also recognises that some problems cannot be overcome with one-size-fits-all solutions.

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Woman on motorcycle wearing head scarf and mask

Analysis and opinion | 23 Apr 2020

Poor and rich Indonesians do not get equal access to COVID-19 tests: this is why it's a problem

Amid the urgent need for mass testing to contain the spread of COVID-19 in Indonesia, poor people in the fourth-most-populous country have a difficult time to get tested for COVID-19. It’s much easier for rich Indonesians to access COVID-19 testings.

Author's daughter holding a rainbow painting through the window of their home.

Analysis and opinion | 22 Apr 2020

If this is an existential crisis, then why am I so hopeful?

We’ve entered a new reality. It’s not great, but it has something going for it: we don’t know how this one ends. Yet.

Self care.

Analysis and opinion | 31 Mar 2020

Self-care in the time of COVID-19: Creative ways forward

Andrew Staniforth, Clinical Psychologist and Head of ANU Counselling, shares some practical tips for taking care of your mental health during COVID-19.

Empty classroom school closures.

Analysis and opinion | 26 Mar 2020

Other countries are shutting schools – why does the Australian government say it’s safe to keep them open?

Why are our schools still open? And why are so many other countries closing their schools?

Woman on phone.

Analysis and opinion | 25 Mar 2020

Why are we calling it ‘social distancing’?

While we must be physically distant, it’s crucial we maintain social contact with others during this unprecedented time.

Scientist in the lab.

Analysis and opinion | 24 Mar 2020

Why our unis are essential to beating COVID-19

Society is relying on its universities and medical research institutes to develop vaccines, tests and public health measures to combat COVID-19.

Health professional writing

Analysis and opinion | 20 Mar 2020

Coronavirus will devastate Aboriginal communities if we don’t act now

We need to ensure the most vulnerable people in our communities aren’t left behind.

Woman with mask

Analysis and opinion | 18 Mar 2020

Coronavirus is stressful. Here are some ways to cope with the anxiety

None of us are immune to the pervading sense of anxiety that has taken hold around the world.

Analysis and opinion | 5 Feb 2020

Universities are key to meeting our climate change challenge

Universities are key to meeting our climate change challenge

Person collapsed on the road

Analysis and opinion | 14 Jan 2020

Car accidents, drownings, violence: hotter temperatures will mean more deaths from injury

In research published today in Nature Medicine, researchers in the United States looked at the impact warmer temperatures will have on deaths from injury.

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