Tag: Public health
Cruel summer ahead – why is Australia so unprepared?
Australia is planning for a very hot summer, which will have far-reaching consequences for many people. It’s time governments took this more seriously and, importantly, took action.
Planning laws protect people. A poorly regulated rush to boost housing supply will cost us all
Bypassing planning regulations is likely to have impacts on social inequity and wellbeing that could prove very costly for both governments and people.
Coronavirus weekly: as the virus spreads, economies grind to a halt
Citizens around the world look warily at the rates of illnesses and deaths at home and abroad as the economic effects of COVID-19 start to hit.
Coronavirus weekly: expert analysis from The Conversation global network
The outbreak continues to spread in new geographies and in numbers.
Coronavirus weekly: treatments on the horizon and lessons for the next pandemic
The pandemic is still raging. Health, money, work, relationships, environment have changed throughout the world, and perhaps permanently so.
Coronavirus weekly: as some countries hope to ease confinement, others are just getting started
Scientists and academics on how the world might change once this is all over, and if a return to ‘normality’ is even possible.
