Editor's note
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Last week Scott Morrison announced the government would be releasing a social-contact tracing app that he hoped Australians would download to enable lockdown restrictions to be eased. He said 40% of us would need to download the app for it to be effective.
But as business researcher Stefan Volk explains, if downloading and using the app is voluntary, getting uptake to 40% is unlikely.
Research into what drives cooperative behaviour shows no more than 3% can be expected to behave altruistically – doing what’s best for the collective even if no one else does.
For the majority of us, our willingness to cooperate depends on others doing the same, and we want to know “free riders” – those who don’t behaviour cooperatively – will be punished for their selfishness.
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Tim Wallace
Deputy Editor: Business + Economy
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Top stories
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Stefan Volk, University of Sydney
Behavioural economics research suggests very few people will cooperate unless 'free riders' are punished.
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Andrea Bubenik, The University of Queensland
Social isolation has led to art masterpieces being given new life on social media, but humans have been posing as art for centuries.
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Fron Jackson-Webb, The Conversation
This weekly column by our team of international health editors highlights more of the recently published articles from The Conversation’s global network.
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Meru Sheel, Australian National University; Charlee J Law, Australian National University; Danielle Ingle, Australian National University
A recent study suggested the coronavirus could spread up to four metres. But the evidence isn't strong enough to suggest we should change social distancing advice from 1.5 metres.
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Cities
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David MacKenzie, University of South Australia; Tammy Hand, University of South Australia
The system isn't working to prevent young Australians becoming homeless and to house them when they need it. New research finds a shift to proven community-based approaches can end decades of failure.
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Environment + Energy
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Dr Vanessa Pirotta, Macquarie University
The spectacle of glowing dolphins should serve as a timely reminder of our need to conserve the darkness we have left.
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Business + Economy
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Kay Nankervis, Charles Sturt University
The federal government’s decision to water down commercial TV networks's content quotas until the end of the year is another body-blow to the arts.
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Politics + Society
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Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
Greg Hunt is set to become the lead ministerial face of the sales effort for the proposed controversial new COVID-19 tracing app, aided by the government's health professionals.
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Mark Kenny, Australian National University
Scott Morrison and Josh Frydenberg have done well with support packages so far. But more might be needed to save the country from the worst of the economic fallout from the crisis.
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Graeme Smith, Australian National University
Australia's call for an inquiry into the origins of the pandemic has been met with a rebuke from Beijing. China is ramping up its own narrative about the virus, making greater transparency impossible.
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Science + Technology
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Arnagretta Hunter, Australian National University; John Hewson, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
Other existential risks include the decline of natural resources (particularly water), human population growth beyond the Earth’s carrying capacity, and nuclear weapons.
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Arts + Culture
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Tracy Ireland, University of Canberra; Peter Hobbins, University of Sydney; Prudence Black, University of Sydney
Virgin Australia has gone into administration. From the collapse of former airlines we know staff might not only lose a job, but a family.
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Health + Medicine
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Stephen Duckett, Grattan Institute
The COVID-19 pandemic gives us a chance to improve our elective surgery system when it restarts.
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