Yesterday
- Opinion
- Coronavirus pandemic
Victoria used to run the country. Not any more
COVID-19 means change and this is happening to Victoria, the state that largely made the running in Australian political and corporate developments over the first 66 years of Federation, but is now in crisis.
- Andrew Clark
This Month
Melbourne lockdown sends domestic violence 'through the roof'
Domestic violence against women and children during the Melbourne lockdown has been 'weaponised', say crisis workers.
- John Kehoe
- Opinion
- Coronavirus pandemic
COVID-19 is the Boomers' last, selfish act
Medical bureaucrats and health commentators have been co-opted into a public health campaign designed primarily to save the elderly.
- Updated
- Aaron Patrick
Melbourne uni to cut 450 staff after $1b revenue hit
Staff rejected a pause in pay rises last month which added to the difficult financial situation.
- Robert Bolton
COVID-19 lockdown fuels mental health crisis
Australian of the Year Patrick McGorry has warned the Melbourne lockdown and job losses have triggered a surge in mental health crisis calls and that suicide prevention has lost out to the focus on COVID-19.
- John Kehoe
Border crossers forced to pay for hotel quarantine
NSW will force people coming from Victoria to undertake 14-day mandatory hotel quarantine stays and has put tighter limits on 'critical services' workers.
- David Marin-Guzman
Popular blood pressure drug raises melanoma risks
An old and very popular drug for high blood pressure seems to be putting Australians at risk of melanoma and lip cancer.
- Jill Margo
- Opinion
- Coronavirus pandemic
Regulatory courage needed to speed new anti-virus technologies
Testing based on nano-tech could revolutionise how we manage COVID-19. But it needs the right approach by rule makers.
- Matt Trau
- Analysis
- Coronavirus pandemic
Vaccine confronts humanity with next moral test
The US government says the COVID-19 vaccine will be developed 'at warp speed'. But vaccines take years to develop, for good reasons.
- John Authers
- Exclusive
- Coronavirus pandemic
CSL boss calls for new virus strategy
The chairman of the global biotechnology giant, Brian McNamee, has warned of the far-reaching economic, social and health consequences of Melbourne's lockdown.
- John Kehoe
NSW entering 'red zone' as SA on high alert
An epidemiologist has warned that despite the low daily count NSW has reported more than 170 cases over two weeks and is at risk of the virus spiralling out of control.
- David Marin-Guzman and Simon Evans
'Generational catastrophe': 1 billion students hit by virus school closures
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says the coronavirus pandemic has led to the largest disruption of education in history, with schools closed in more than 160 countries in mid-July, affecting over 1 billion students.
- Edith M. Lederer
Melbourne's stage three lockdown avoided 20,000 cases
A study has shown Victoria's stage three restrictions in July worked to avert about 20,000 infections, although the epidemic kept growing.
- Jill Margo
Two things could bring the crackdown unstuck
Top experts say the unprecedented restrictions being imposed on Victorians will succeed in suppressing the virus – if human frustration and community transmissions can be kept under control.
- Jill Margo
- Opinion
- Australian recession
Lockdown will test Australia's willingness to sacrifice
Politicians must present more rigorous evidence and cost-benefit analysis to keep people’s faith that the sacrifices of COVID-19 lockdowns are worth the pain.
- John Kehoe
'Six weeks to four months' to eliminate virus
Victoria risks ending up in ongoing stop-start 'limbo', infectious disease experts have warned, if its latest extreme lockdown measures are unsuccessful in containing the coronavirus.
- John Kehoe
What risk does Victoria pose to other states?
The COVID-19 bushfire is sending embers over the border but can NSW and Queensland continue to extinguish them?
- Jill Margo
July
- Opinion
- Satire
Sometimes it's just better to be liked than be right
Wayward clanger-dropping academics have been getting the push for centuries.
- Rowan Dean
- Opinion
- First Person Pandemic
What happened after AFR health writer dined at The Apollo
After writing about COVID-19 for months, a slight change in routine lands health editor Jill Margo in the middle of a growing virus cluster and a waiting game.
- Jill Margo
Inside China's coronavirus response
If Beijing had been open about its own early failings, instead of triumphantly promoting its later achievements, China’s global image might have been enhanced by the crisis.
- Richard McGregor
