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Are smokers more likely to catch COVID-19?

01 Apr 2020

Two UNSW Sydney academics discuss how coronavirus – primarily a respiratory virus – affects smokers.

Job losses soar: we need leaders who hold humanity at their core

01 Apr 2020

The inequality gap could widen to the ‘deserving’ and ‘undeserving poor’ if leaders aren’t courageous, says Centre for Social Impact CEO.

COVID-19 experts available for comment

01 Apr 2020

UNSW has a wide range of experts available for media interviews on the COVID-19/coronavirus pandemic.

'Pandemic drones': useful for enforcing social distancing, or for creating a police state?

01 Apr 2020

While 'good drones' have been valuable in this pandemic, using drones to embed new systems of surveillance could be a dangerous and slippery slope.

Lessons of the epidemic for small government

30 Mar 2020

The coronavirus emergency is a brutal reminder that we pay a price for deregulating society in pursuit of profit.

Citizen science: how you can contribute to coronavirus research without leaving the house

30 Mar 2020

As scientists frantically try to find drugs to slow COVID-19's spread, citizen science offers an opportunity for all of us to get involved.

Relief not certain for all Aussie businesses

27 Mar 2020

The federal government’s temporary relief measures for business require care, says a UNSW Business School Law Professor.

COVID-19: We will be measured by how we support the vulnerable

27 Mar 2020

The coronavirus pandemic will test urban resilience, and we must rise to the challenge, says UNSW professor.

People with a disability are more likely to die from coronavirus – but we can reduce this risk

27 Mar 2020

The government has made several announcements to safeguard aged care residents and those in hospitals, but we're yet to see the same attention paid to the one in five Australians with a disability.

Schools are moving online, but not all children start out digitally equal

27 Mar 2020

For some children, learning online will be little more than an inconvenience. For others it will magnify their learning disadvantage. This move is a mass social experiment never done before.

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