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Coronavirus pandemic
What effect does weather have on COVID-19? Your questions answered
We're answering your questions about COVID-19 as they hit our inboxes, with regular updates featuring up top.
- by Sherryn Groch and Felicity Lewis
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Coronavirus pandemic
'Stop looking for loopholes': What are the new COVID-19 social rules?
Tennis, anyone? Can we go on take our pet to the vet? Can we babysit? Your questions answered – with regular updates.
- by Sherryn Groch, Stuart Layt, Michael Evans, Hannah Barry, Tammy Mills and Felicity Lewis
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Coronavirus pandemic
Contact tracing: How disease detectives are closing in on COVID-19 in Australia
How do you track an outbreak? Who are contact tracers? And how big a role are they playing in Australia's coronavirus response?
- by Sherryn Groch and Zach Hope
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Drinking
The cocktail hour in a pandemic: do moderate drinkers need to worry about booze?
How much is too much alcohol? What are the actual risks of drinking? Isn't a glass of red a day actually good for your health?
- by Caroline Zielinski
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Coronavirus pandemic
What is a coronavirus and how worried should we be?
A new virus has shut down large parts of daily life as it continues its march across the world. What do we know about the COVID-19 pandemic?
- by Sherryn Groch
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AFL 2020
How will AFL player pay cuts work – and will they change the game?
AFL players are wearing a minimum 50 per cent pay cut for the rest of the year to help keep the league afloat while games are off. But the impacts are complicated to measure. How do players' salaries work? And will the tightening go beyond this season?
- by Michael Gleeson
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Coronavirus pandemic
How does an epidemic spread and what does the wildlife trade have to do with it?
It's worth billions of dollars to organised crime – after gun-running, drugs and human trafficking. But why is the illegal wildlife trade at the centre of the coronavirus epidemic?
- by Sherryn Groch
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Coronavirus pandemic
How are countries 'flattening the curve' of coronavirus?
Large parts of the world are shutting down to stem the spread of a new virus. What measures are working? And how fast should Australia be moving?
- by Sherryn Groch
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Coronavirus pandemic
What does COVID-19 do to the body and what's it like to have the illness?
"Three weeks in hell" or a bad cold? What does COVID-19 feel like, and how does your body fight back?
- by Sherryn Groch
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Coronavirus pandemic
COVID-19 by the numbers: a live snapshot of the coronavirus in Australia
These charts are tracking the progress of COVID-19 in Australia with several updates daily. They will show not just how the virus progresses – but the effectiveness of our response.
- by Juliette O'Brien
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Coronavirus pandemic
Who gets what from COVID-19 stimulus packages? What is JobKeeper?
Billions of dollars are being poured into the Australian economy. What do you get from this spending?
- by Jennifer Duke and Nick Bonyhady