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Coronavirus an ‘existential threat’ to Africa and her crowded slums

14 Apr 2020

No continent is more vulnerable to the COVID-19 pandemic. The most vulnerable people pay the highest price, and this time Africa will struggle to get help as other nations fight their own battles.

housing in sydney

Property market anxiety over COVID-19

14 Apr 2020

For the first time in decades, the property market no longer seems like a 'safe' investment  

Factory smoke polluting the environment

What is the cost of Morrison's other stimulus?

07 Apr 2020

UNSW Professor Jeremy Moss examines the economic impact of the Government’s fossil fuel subsidies in the climate of COVID-19.

Music and sleep

The rhythm of the night – music for a good night’s sleep

06 Apr 2020

UNSW PhD candidate Thomas Dickson is researching the ways music can help people fall asleep.

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'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.

We're going to have to find more ways to connect with one another as physical distancing continues. Image: Shutterstock.

Those most vulnerable to virus also most at risk of loneliness in lockdown

31 Mar 2020

It is our collective responsibility to protect the most vulnerable from loneliness in the COVID-19 pandemic, says a social researcher from UNSW.

Parliament House in Canberra

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.

Australia's unemployment welfare system is described as punitive by critics. Image: Shutterstock.

Australia’s welfare system remains punitive through pandemic

27 Mar 2020

Vulnerable groups who receive unemployment benefits in Australia face punitive payment conditions that have been challenged due to COVID-19. 

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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.

home schooling

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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