There’s still a lot we don’t know about how the virus affects children. We are safer if we make decisions while fully aware of that uncertainty, rather than with an unfounded surety. Only then can we properly measure the trade-offs, and make the tough decisions that need to be made about our schools.
read more How children get and transmit COVID-19 is still a mystery
Almost two million Australians downloaded the COVIDSafe app in the first 22 hours of its release. But that is a long way from the numbers the app needs to be effective. The government needs to do more to convince people it can be trusted.
Grattan has developed a new tool for monitoring the impacts of the coronavirus on the Australian economy
read more Tracking the impact of COVID-19 on the Australian economy
About 1 in 3 Australian businesses have expressed interest in the JobKeeper Program – but not all sectors are represented equally.
read more Arts, Education, and Hospitality first in line for JobKeeper
The March labour force data will report on a jobs market that sadly no longer exists – the Australia before widespread spatial distancing and shutdowns of non-essential businesses.
Governments around the globe are promising record amounts of spending to tackle the crisis. And those commitments will get bigger before this is over.
read more COVID-19: Australia’s fiscal response is now among the biggest in the world
A growing body of evidence shows that if we can hold the course for a little while longer, Australia could beat coronavirus.
read more Australia should join New Zealand and shoot for eliminating coronavirus
Australia has turned a corner, but we must be careful about when we lift restrictions, what restrictions we lift, and in what order.
The Government has announced almost $200 billion of spending in less than a month. If you are having trouble keeping up – here is a short summary.
read more COVID-19: Where the Federal Government’s $194 billion is going
Driven by tighter restrictions at the border, new cases of COVID-19 have fallen rapidly in Australia. But local transmission has not shared the same fate, with the rate of new cases remaining relatively flat over the past week or so.
