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The Conversation

The Conversation

The AFR’s 2021 Rich List shows we’re not all in this together

Local The Conversation -
While the financial well-being of everyday Australians has been hit hard by COVID-19, it’s quite the opposite at the top end of town.

It’s time for Australia to drop its phased approach to the vaccine rollout

Local The Conversation -
Australia’s vaccine rollout has attracted significant criticism for its slow pace.

Should Japan cancel the Tokyo Olympics? It may not be able to

COVID-19 The Conversation -
As Japan suffers a fourth wave of COVID-19, domestic opposition to the Tokyo summer Olympics and Paralympics is mounting.

COVID is surging in the world’s most vaccinated country. Why?

COVID-19 The Conversation -
The small nation of Seychelles, northeast of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean, has emerged as the world’s most vaccinated country for COVID-19.

Tesla’s Bitcoin about-face is a warning for cryptocurrencies that ignore climate change

Local The Conversation -
Tesla chief executive Elon Musk recently suggested his company could sell off its Bitcoin holdings, sending the cryptocurrency plummeting.

Australia risks becoming a hermit nation. Here’s a five-step road-map to reopen our borders safely

Local The Conversation -
National capability — you might also say, national character — can be revealed in a crisis. So, what has COVID-19 taught us about Australia?

Finally, an ongoing commitment to funding preschool. But the conditions are hazy and ill-defined

Local The Conversation -
The 2021-22 budget includes funding for 15 hours per week of free preschool education for all children in the year before school, but the details are hazy argues Associate Professor Lennie Barblett of Edith Cowan University.

Big-spending ‘recovery budget’ leaves universities out in the cold

Local The Conversation -
The 2021 federal budget has largely ignored the plight of Australian universities.

Post-JobKeeper, unemployment could head north of 7%: here’s why

COVID-19 The Conversation -
It’s not just the end of JobKeeper that will push up unemployment in April according to The University of Melbourne's Roger Wilkins.

Gas cooking is associated with worsening asthma in kids. But proper ventilation helps

Local The Conversation -
Increasing evidence suggests cooking with gas may make asthma worse in children. However, proper use of range hoods could reduce that risk.

Is Australia’s India travel ban legal? A citizenship law expert explains

Local The Conversation -
There is a growing public and political outcry over the federal government’s sudden travel ban on Australians from coming home from India.

COVID-19 cost more in 2020 than the world’s combined natural disasters in any of the past 20 years

Local The Conversation -
What was the total cost of the COVID-19 pandemic last year? more than the world’s combined natural disasters in any of the past 20 years.
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