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Collateral damage: the cost of COVID-19 to mental health

The coronavirus is already having an impact on mental health services, with support agencies noting an increase in demand.

Calls for relaxed restrictions reveal cracks in business leadership

Some business leaders are already calling for a relaxing of COVID-19 restrictions. Their reasoning isn't just incorrect, it's irresponsible.

Australia's chief medical officer Professor Brendan Murphy (Image: AAP/Lukas Coch)

Virus Watch: modelling flip-flops and Easter fines

Australian authorities continue to flip-flop on releasing coronavirus modelling, and police confirm the fines Easter travellers are facing.

Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews

The cost of our lives: when do we relax lockdown, why and at what price?

What should guide the government in considering when to remove restrictions? We need to understand the trade-off between the economic impacts of lockdown and the number of lives saved.

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'The staff are starting to show signs of PTSD'

The coronavirus crisis is effecting the whole world. For medical staff, it feels like they've had to start a new job, says a GP on the front line.

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Is Australia really turning a corner in the fight against COVID-19?

Scott Morrison says that the virus' spread is slowing. But as the raw data shows, it's much more complicated than that.

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Reasonable excuse rules test the limits of commonsense, law and fairness

Rules around social distancing have revealed a gaping divide between the law and its purpose.

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How long before a vaccine is ready? Scientists are racing for the good of all mankind

Crikey checks in with the scientists in Australia and around the world racing to find a vaccine for COVID-19.

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The lockdown is accumulating a debt that must be repaid to younger Australians

Young people are paying the highest price for our response to the crisis, and will be doing so for decades to come. We need to start repaying our debt to them.

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No, Australia is not leading the world on COVID-19 testing

Chief Medical Officer Brendan Murphy said 'our testing has probably been the best in the world'. Where do we actually rank?