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Editor's note
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New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern was a special guest at Australia’s national cabinet meeting on Tuesday, which discussed setting up a safe travel zone between Australia and New Zealand. Tourism researchers Freya Higgins-Desbiolles and James Higham think the idea makes a lot of sense, and as Hongzhi Gao and Monica Ren write, it has the potential to mitigate our heavy reliance on China. It could also be part of the
road back as Scott Morrison looks to repair the Australian economy – and as Michelle Grattan writes, with the virus curve under control, it is now the economic curve that needs flattening.
Meanwhile, yesterday we launched The Conversation's annual donation drive and your generosity was humbling. Heartfelt thanks to the hundreds of people who donated, as well as the dozens who got in touch just to let us know they appreciate our work. If you haven’t yet made a contribution, and would like to, you can do it here. No amount is too small and every donation makes a difference.
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Misha Ketchell
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Top stories
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Freya Higgins-Desbiolles, University of South Australia; James Higham, University of Otago
Australia and New Zealand are talking about quarantine-free travel between their two countries. What would it mean and how would it work?
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Hongzhi Gao, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington; Monica Ren, Macquarie University
Talks about creating a trans-Tasman bubble have focused on kick-starting short-term economic activity through tourism. But Australia and NZ could also increase manufacturing and trade integration.
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Libby Sander, Bond University; Oliver Bauman, Bond University
Feeling tired after endless Zoom meetings? You're not alone. Research suggests video calls increase our cognitive load compared with face-to-face meetings.
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Science + Technology
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Katharine Kemp, UNSW; Graham Greenleaf, UNSW
A critical problem with the bill is it allows the federal government to collect much more personal data from COVIDSafe users than is necessary for contact tracing.
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Merryn McKinnon, Australian National University
The coronavirus pandemic is highlighting inequalities that exist in academia
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James Novak, Deakin University
Designers, engineers, makers and doctors worldwide have used 3D printing to produce products such as face shields, face masks, ventilator components, hands-free door openers and nasal swabs.
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Environment + Energy
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Alexandra Macmillan, University of Otago; Jono Drew, University of Otago
Food choices make a difference to the climate impact of our diet. Every step towards eating a more plant-based diet results in lower emissions, better population health and reduced healthcare costs.
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Hannah Power, University of Newcastle; Anna Helfensdorfer, University of Sydney; Tom Hubble, University of Sydney
The findings point to how Australia's most important river system might be altered by future sea level rise.
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Arts + Culture
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Anna M. Kotarba-Morley, Flinders University
Through archaeological studies of studies of architecture, excavated trade goods, and ecofacts we can trace globalisation back thousands of years.
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Victoria Carruthers, Australian Catholic University
At a time when surrealists were objectifying women's bodies, American artist Dorothea Tanning was looking deeper at the transformative potential of female experience and the unconscious.
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Cities
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Elizabeth Mossop, University of Technology Sydney
Smaller projects are better for delivering broad, long-term value to communities across the country, reducing inequality and cutting emissions, as well as quickly providing jobs and economic stimulus.
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Jonathan Daly, RMIT University; Kim Dovey, University of Melbourne; Quentin Stevens, RMIT University
Temporary and tactical urbanism offers simple, low-cost solutions to make streets and other public spaces both safe and sociable during this time of physical distancing.
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Politics + Society
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Caroline Fisher, University of Canberra; Jee Young Lee; Kieran McGuinness, University of Canberra; Sora Park, University of Canberra
New research reveals Australians are feeling overwhelmed and anxious about coronavirus news, with younger people particularly worried about its effects.
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Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
Scott Morrison has announced that Australian's now need to flatten the unemployment curve, in the wake of the coronavirus crisis.
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Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
John Barilaro has commenced a stoush with Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack in an extraordinarily bitter attack.
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Felicity Gerry, Deakin University
Victoria and the ACT just joined other states in implementing judge-alone trials during the pandemic. Such a significant change deserves much more public scrutiny than it has received.
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David Robie, Auckland University of Technology
While Pacific communities need robust public health reporting, local media face harassment and arrest while covering the crisis.
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Education
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Tamson Pietsch, University of Technology Sydney; Gwilym Croucher, University of Melbourne; James Waghorne, University of Melbourne
This essay explores the way the social contract between universities, society and the state has changed over the course of the 20th century. And how generations of students paid and benefitted.
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Health + Medicine
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Steven Vass, The Conversation
This week we've been looking at the factors in play when considering to ease lockdowns, how the massive costs can be met, and the ongoing search for treatments.
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Yun-Hee Jeon, University of Sydney
The draft visitor access code for aged care balances residents' rights to see their family with the need to keep coronavirus under control. But the changes will require more staff time to implement.
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