Tag: Coronavirus
View from The Hill: Morrison’s passion for control trashed conventions and accountability
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The only credible explanation for Scott Morrison personally installing himself, as an undisclosed ministerial partner, in several portfolios is the former prime...
The COVID lab leak theory is dead. Here’s how we know the virus came from a Wuhan market
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My colleagues and I published the most detailed studies of the earliest events in the COVID-19 pandemic last month in the journal Science.
Together, these papers...
Should we be worried about our pet cats and dogs getting COVID?
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The SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes COVID, originated from bats and then, probably after passing through an intermediary host, gained the...
Grattan on Saturday: Climate bill front and centre when parliament starts but it’s the least of Albanese’s problems
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If you’re outside staring in, you’d probably say the Albanese government is looking good. If you’re inside gazing out, you’d likely think its...
Albanese government restores pandemic leave payment until September 30, saying COVID wave will peak in August
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The Albanese government will reinstate the pandemic leave payment for workers who have to isolate but do not have sick leave, after...
Grattan on Saturday: Albanese needs to step up (and mask up) to help create a new mindset to meet the COVID crisis
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Anthony Albanese received his fourth COVID jab this week. A commendable example to the community, now that eligibility for the “winter shot”...