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Editor's note
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Vowing to “keep Australians safe”, the Morrison government has taken a cautious path in its handling of the coronavirus epidemic.
Yesterday, the government renewed the travel ban on people entering the country from mainland China for at least another week until February 29.
The ban has left some 100,000 Chinese students in limbo, unable to travel to Australia to take up their courses. Countless Chinese tourists and business travellers have also been affected.
As Michelle Grattan writes, there is a trade-off here between Australia’s health security and its economic well-being – and at some point the balance has to swing in favour of the latter.
It is a reminder of how closely Australia’s economic fortunes are tied to China, she says, but in practical terms the room for reducing that dependence is very limited.
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Justin Bergman
Deputy Editor: Politics + Society
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Top stories
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Steven Saphore/AAP
Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
The government today issued a statement extending the travel ban for non-Australian's from China, and in doing so extended a priority on health and well-being over economy.
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Mark Giancaspro, University of Adelaide; John Eldridge, University of Sydney
For any physical inconvenience or emotional distress caused by a tour operator, there is a legal precedent for claiming compensation. But, as with all contracts, you need to read the fine print.
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Courtney Hempton, Deakin University; Marc Trabsky, La Trobe University
A new report tells us in the first six months voluntary assisted dying was legal in Victoria 52 people ended their lives. But the report doesn't tell us everything we need to know.
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Timothy N. W. Jackson, University of Melbourne
In the blue corner is the extremely venomous Black Mamba – top snake of Africa – and in the red corner is the muscular Inland Taipan – Australia's alpha snake.
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Health + Medicine
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Jude Ball, University of Otago
Young New Zealanders are less likely to use cannabis than their 1990s counterparts. But if New Zealand decides to legalise recreational use, teens will have easier access.
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Stacey L Rowe, Monash University; Benjamin Cowie, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity
Quarantine measures on the Diamond Princess cruise ship weren't effective, suggests new data. So Australian passengers without symptoms are going into quarantine again.
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Environment + Energy
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Marissa Parrott, University of Melbourne; Dale Nimmo, Charles Sturt University; Euan Ritchie, Deakin University
We all want to help native animals recover after bushfires, but giving a koala a drink from your water bottle can cause more harm than good. Here are some helpful things you can do.
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Cities
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Benjamen Franklen Gussen, Swinburne University of Technology
The rise of global cities, metropolises that dominate their states, is exposing Australia's lack of metropolitan governments. It's time to restart the evolution of our states after a century on hold.
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Business + Economy
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Ida Kubiszewski, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University; Diane Jarvis, James Cook University; Nabeeh Zakariyya, Australian National University
Happiness varies by location, and what matters for happiness varies as well.
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Tess Hardy, University of Melbourne
Research suggests harsher civil or criminal penalties will not automatically lead to greater compliance by employers with workplace laws.
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Arts + Culture
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Fiona Andreallo, University of Sydney
Long before Netflix's Cheer documentary and JoJo Siwa, big huge hair bows were a thing. And it wasn't always girls who wore them.
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Science + Technology
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Blanca del Rosal Rabes, Swinburne University of Technology
A new tool for seeing hotspots in the brain could help doctors detect neurological disorders.
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Jianling Xie, South Australian Health & Medical Research Institute
US researchers have revealed the molecular 'key' that allows the 2019-nCoV virus to gain access to our cells. And they found it is many times more tenacious than the previous SARS virus.
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Politics + Society
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Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
Anthony Albanese will commit a Labor government to adopting a target of zero net emissions by 2050, in a speech titled “Leadership in a New Climate” to be delivered on Friday.
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Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
Michelle Grattan talks with Phillip Honeywood about the implications of the corona virus on one of Australia's top export industries - tertiary education.
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Jon Piccini, Australian Catholic University
Australia has long been at the forefront of human rights internationally, while side-stepping questions about its own treatment of Indigenous peoples and refugees.
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Education
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John Daley, Grattan Institute; Will Mackey, Grattan Institute
The University of Sydney took in about A$750 million from international students in 2017. Two-thirds of that – about $500 million – came from international students from China.
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