Today
Lockdown boarders opt to stay on campus
Remote learning contains some useful lessons for students, teachers, school administrators and the wider community.
- Agnes King
Boarding houses a bastion of calm during the pandemic
COVID-19 presented challenges that tested the ability of schools to adapt and prevail.
- Alexandra Cain
How schools are adapting to new demands from parents
Parents are taking a greater interest in what the children are being taught and their findings influence how they choose schools.
- Agnes King
Yesterday
- Opinion
- The AFR View
Stellar economy depends on driving the jabs
Closed borders and bottlenecks could lead to the V-shaped rebound turning into something more tepid. There is no time to lose in vaccinating and lifting restrictions.
- The AFR View
Pfizer steps up as jab rollout falters
Daily vaccination rates are set to drop after medical advice on the AstraZeneca vaccine changed, adding to pressure on the rollout and prompting an emergency meeting of national cabinet on Monday.
- Tom McIlroy
After May jobs bonanza, all eyes on early election
Scott Morrison’s clear and stated preference is to wait until next year but, like all prime ministers, he will go when he has the best chance of victory.
- Updated
- Phillip Coorey
Should you get a second AstraZeneca shot? Key questions answered
Anybody who has had a first dose of AstraZeneca without a problem should feel very confident to have a second. Here are all the answers to common questions.
- Staff
Sydney train, bus mask rule begins
NSW’s five-day mask mandate kicks off; Victorian accused of daring escape from Queensland quarantine hotel; Fourteen days of quarantine for anyone entering Queensland from the Waverley hotspot. How Friday unfolded.
- Updated
- David Marin-Guzman and Natasha Rudra
The human cost of Australia’s closed border
While Australia’s tough border policy has managed to keep COVID-19 at bay, about 200 families are still separated from their children.
- Updated
- Tom McIlroy
Melbourne curse leaves stage shows, sporting events in the cold
The biggest victims of ongoing restrictions have been Melbourne’s biggest drawcards – food, sport and arts – with the city’s major theatre shows still in the dark on when they can open.
- Patrick Durkin
Trade soars in fake vaccination certificates and black market vaccines
Authorities have warned legitimate vaccines cannot be bought online but that hasn’t stopped a roaring trade, as the arrest of four people in Indonesia highlights.
- Emma Connors
Premier wants ‘ambitious’ vaccine rollout as Sydney outbreak grows
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian warns Australia risks being left behind if it doesn’t boost its vaccine rollout as a new outbreak in Sydney reaches five cases.
- Finbar O'Mallon
Restless fundies miss the thrill of the offshore hunt
Cabin fever is setting in as homegrown global equities managers dream of getting on a plane and uncovering dynamite ideas in the least glamorous parts of the world.
- Updated
- Vesna Poljak
Conspiracy, cover-up or distraction: the lab leak theory is back
Scientists are unwilling to rule out the possibility the virus escaped from a Wuhan lab but fear their race to find answers has been hijacked by politics.
- Michael Smith
US bets on a pill to treat COVID-19
The US will spend more than $3.9 billion on developing pills to fight early COVID-19 infections, which it hopes might be ready by the end of the year.
- Carl Zimmer
Canada says Pfizer, Moderna preferred as second dose after AstraZeneca
In new guidance, Canada’s National Advisory Committee on Immunisation said Pfizer or Moderna are now ‘preferred’ as the second dose.
This Month
Markets tip earlier rate rise as jobs surge
Economists say the exceptional employment result in May might compel the Reserve Bank of Australia to raise the cash rate before its stated date of mid-2024.
- Updated
- Ronald Mizen
AstraZeneca age change sparks Pfizer scramble
Australia’s sluggish vaccine rollout will be further delayed by the decision to limit doses to those over 60, putting more pressure on deliveries from overseas.
- Updated
- Tom McIlroy
- Opinion
- Greg Hunt
Second death dashed hopes age limit for vaccine would be lowered
Given we have set zero deaths as the benchmark, it makes it hard to defend a vaccine that has been the probable cause of two deaths.
- Phillip Coorey
South-east Asian governments show strain as virus lingers
President Joko Widodo’s government is under pressure to limit crowds but, as its neighbour Malaysia has demonstrated, lockdowns also come at a heavy cost.
- Emma Connors
