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Tax rorters 2017-2018 Groundhog Day

Alan Joyce CEO of Qantas has a take home salary of A$24,500,000 which turns out to be more than double the $10,955,067 tax Qantas begrudgingly paid to Australia. Effectively taxpayers have underwritten - kicked the can - subsidised Alan Joyce's take home pay to the tune of $13million. And...

Coronavirus: country comparisons are pointless unless we account for these biases in testing

    Coronavirus: country comparisons are pointless unless we account for these biases in testing New cases daily for COVID-19 in world and top countries. Chris55 /wikipedia, CC BY-SA Norman Fenton, Queen Mary University of London; Magda Osman, Queen Mary University of London; Martin Neil, Queen Mary University of London, and Scott McLachlan,...

Three reasons why Jacinda Ardern’s coronavirus response has been a masterclass in crisis leadership

Three reasons why Jacinda Ardern's coronavirus response has been a masterclass in crisis leadership Imagine, if you can, what it’s like to make decisions on which the lives of tens of thousands of other people depend. If you get things wrong, or delay deciding, they die. Your decisions affect the livelihoods...

Morrison’s coronavirus pacakage

In this video Australian PM Scott Morrison speaks to reporters in Canberra, outlining initial measures of a $17.6bn package as part of a federal government plan to keep the economy afloat amid the coronavirus pandemic The Australian Government has announced an economic response totalling $17.6 billion across the forward estimates...

Coronavirus interactive update world map

Queensland authorities are testing four more people for coronavirus who were in the same tour group with a man who tested positive on Wednesday. Coronavirus fears for four people who shared tour group with man who tested positive They are all in isolation at the Gold Coast University Hospital. Queensland Health...

World Health Organisation Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Live updates

Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Situation: Countries with confirmed cases   Beware of criminals pretending to be WHO Criminals are disguising themselves as WHO to steal money or sensitive information.  If you are contacted by a person or organization that appears to be from WHO, verify their authenticity before responding. The World Health Organization...

Australian doctors warn of overwhelmed public health system in event of coronavirus pandemic

Health experts say Australia’s hospitals are already operating at capacity and there is no room for coronavirus surge Prof Raina MacIntyre, head of the biosecurity program at the Kirby Institute at the University of New South Wales stated “If 50% of Australians – 13 million people – became infected that...

It’s now a matter of when, not if, for Australia. This is how we’re preparing for a jump in coronavirus cases

Coronavirus It's now a matter of when, not if, for Australia. This is how we're preparing for a jump in coronavirus cases Katherine Gibney, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity; Brett Sutton, Monash University, and Jodie McVernon, University of Melbourne While countries around the globe have been taking precautions to...