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Minister for Government Services Stuart Robert (Image: AAP/Mick Tsikas)

Politicians can't have compliance and trust without accountability

If politicians want us to comply with their extraordinary lockdown demands, they have to provide real accountability when their bungles put lives at risk.

Australian Olympic Committee chief executive Matt Carroll (Image: AAP/Dean Lewins)

Virus Watch: art in quarantine, and the Olympics finally take a hint

The 2020 Olympics is finally being postponed, while art goes online. Here's what you need to know.

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Why are hairdressers still open during the shutdown?

Even some industry insiders are confused about why hair and beauty has been deemed an 'essential service'.

What are my legal rights if my employer forces me to show up at the workplace?

For employers, health and safety should always be a priority. As coronavirus spreads, it has become everything.

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A new era of big government is here, and government isn't ready

The role of government has dramatically changed in recent weeks. And it will require a reversal of much of the thinking of the last thirty years.

South Korean soldiers spray disinfectant in Seoul (Image: EPA/JEON HEON-KYUN)

What's easier, a hard lockdown or mass graves?

Cities in Asia have shown that a hard lockdown isn't just the best way to minimise damage, it might be the only way to save us.

People queue outside a Centrelink office in Bondi Junction (Image: AAP/Joel Carrett)

It's time for radical action: don't pay your rent or mortgage

If it flows towards the bank or a finance company then you're under no obligation to pay it. Don't use living, dwindling money for dead rent.

A new COVID-19 clinic at the Mount Barker Hospital in Adelaide (Image: AAP/Kelly Barnes)

Youth can’t protect you: almost half of Australians hospitalised for COVID-19 are under 60

It's a common misconception that the virus only seriously affects older people. But the statistics tell a different story.

People queue outside the Centrelink office in Southport on the Gold Coast (Image: AAP/Dan Peled)

Stop stuffing around. It's time to throw everything at the economy

As a countrywide shutdown looms, the government must go all-out to protect the economy with a wage subsidy across all private industries.

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A medical worker reveals the terrifying nature of COVID-19

'It first struck me how different it was when I saw my first coronavirus patient go bad. I was like, holy shit, this is not the flu...'