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Amy Peacock, UNSW and Rachel Sutherland, UNSW There’s no question COVID-19 has changed many aspects of our lives. As drug researchers, we are interested in how the pandemic has affected illicit drug use in Australia. Our two new surveys of Australians who regularly use illicit drugs show people most commonly reported no change or a [...]
David Browning and Dr Christopher T. McCaw After a remarkable success in flattening the COVID-19 curve, Australia’s States and Territories are now charting the course back towards school-based learning. The shift to remote and online learning presented immense challenges for students, parents and teachers, and the digital divide means that existing educational inequalities are only [...]
- Philip Feinstein, Music for Refugees Lots of people are now stuck inside their homes because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Pretty miserable hey . . . Especially if you are a kid (or a fun adult) who wants to get out and play. Children are bored and stressed - they want something to do . [...]
Leticia Anderson, Southern Cross University; Kathomi Gatwiri, Southern Cross University; Lynette Riley, University of Sydney, and Marcelle Townsend-Cross, Southern Cross University As Black Lives Matter protests rage across the world, many of us are motivated to learn more about racism, and talk to our students and children in ways that can facilitate change. Education is [...]
Julie Sonnemann, Grattan Institute and Peter Goss, Grattan Institute Despite massive efforts by teachers and schools during the remote learning period, many students are likely to have learnt less than they would have in the classroom. Most of these students will recover without too much trouble, but disadvantaged students will need extra help. Our new [...]
Kate Noble, Victoria University; Peter Hurley, Victoria University, and Sergio Macklin, Victoria University Three quarters of a million Australian children are likely to be experiencing employment stress in the family as a result of COVID-19. This is on top of around 615,000 children whose families were already dealing with employment stress, whose situation may have [...]
Lauren McNamara, Ryerson University and Pasi Sahlberg, UNSW School leaders globally are tasked with the unenviable challenge of planning for school reopenings after COVID-19 pandemic shut downs. Having experienced their own isolation, anxiety, exhaustion and challenges of taking schools online, they are now challenged to redesign their schools to mitigate the effects of a pandemic. [...]
Peter Carew, University of Melbourne and Valerie Sung, Murdoch Children's Research Institute During the coronavirus pandemic, have your kids been using headphones more than usual? Maybe for remote schooling, video chats with relatives, or for their favourite music and Netflix shows? We have to be careful about both the volume and duration of headphone use. [...]
Associate Professor Terry BowlesAs COVID-19 restrictions are gradually lifted across Australia and we emerge from months of isolation, it’s important to note that we have passed the threshold of time required to establish new habits. Research shows that it takes between 30 and 60 days to establish a new habit or to stop a bad [...]
Dr Tania King, Marissa Shields, Professor Anne Kavanagh and Stefanie DimovAustralians in their teens and twenties might be at minimal risk from COVID-19 itself, but they are at risk of significant financial impacts as the true economic fallout of the COVID-19 crisis becomes clear. Already experiencing high levels of unemployment and under-employment before the spread [...]
