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Morrison government spends $50 million saving koalas while taking away their homes

February 9, 2022 // 0 Comments

Lachlan G. Howell, Deakin University; Ryan R. Witt, University of Newcastle, and Shelby A. Ryan, University of Newcastle Federal Environment Minister Sussan Ley is reportedly [...]

ABS: Lockdown recovery drives record 8.2% quarterly rise in retail sales

February 9, 2022 // 0 Comments

Australian retail sales volumes rose a record 8.2 per cent in the December quarter 2021, seasonally adjusted, according to figures released today by the Australian Bureau of [...]

‘I’m not going to waste my time on prayers’: how secular teachers navigate working in religious schools

February 9, 2022 // 0 Comments

Ilana Finefter-Rosenbluh, Monash University The recent case of a Christian school in Queensland asking parents to sign a contract, stating, among other things, homosexuality [...]

Research: Vaccine resistant COVID-19 strains most likely to emerge when 60% of us are vaccinated

August 2, 2021 // 0 Comments

As Queensland and New South Wales battle to suppress the DELTA variant with push to get the populations vaccinated experts have warned that Vaccine resistant COVID-19 strains [...]

Top economists say cutting immigration is no way to boost wages

August 2, 2021 // 0 Comments

Wes Mountain/The Conversation, CC BY-ND Australia’s top economists have overwhelmingly rejected cuts to either permanent or temporary migration as a means of restoring lost [...]

Economic modelling shows trying to eliminate COVID-19 may be our best approach

August 1, 2021 // 0 Comments

Modelling conducted by Dr Tony Blakely from the Population Interventions Unit at the Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics Research, Melbourne School of Population and [...]

Rapid antigen testing isn’t perfect. But it could be a useful part of Australia’s COVID response

August 1, 2021 // 0 Comments

Shutterstock Deborah Williamson, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity and Sharon Lewin, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity Since the [...]

Vaccination rate needs to hit 70% to trigger easing of restrictions

August 1, 2021 // 0 Comments

Seven in ten people aged 16 and over will need to be fully vaccinated for COVID restrictions to begin to be eased, under targets agreed in principle by national cabinet on [...]

QLD COVID-19: nine new cases, testing rate to low

August 1, 2021 // 0 Comments

Queensland has nine new cases acquired in the community in Queensland over the last 24 hours, and has conducted 11,468 tests in the last 24 hour period. Government officials [...]

Prince Philip, Duke Of Edinburgh Dead 99

April 9, 2021 // 0 Comments

His Royal Highness Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh and consort to Her Majesty the Queen, has died at the age of 99. Buckingham Palace confirmed the news early this [...]