Premium Expert briefings How libraries evolved to support government and community needs throughout COVID-19 in the UK and Australia Monday October 26, 2020 By Chris Woods Community & Social Libraries are uniquely placed to tackle challenge exacerbated by COVID-19, like impacts on family and social relationships, health and mental health, and education & employment.
Premium Insights and analysis Coronavirus Government Global Briefing: October 22 Thursday October 22, 2020 By Chris Woods Health Today: what will COVID-19 mean for digital exclusion? Codifying inclusive policymaking tools through COVID-19, and Melbourne goes al fresco again.
Premium Insights and analysis Lessons from the Australian Homelessness Monitor on homelessness policies and lived experiences through COVID-19 Wednesday October 21, 2020 By Chris Woods Community & Social With more than 160,000 in wait for public or Indigenous housing, Australia’s homelessness rate will surge when short-term income and housing protections wrap up, says…
South Australia, Western Australia push forward on abortion rights Friday October 16, 2020 By Chris Woods Health Both South Australia and Western Australia have taken steps to modernise abortion laws this week, with the former finally set to decriminalise terminations of pregnancy…
Premium Insights and analysis Commonwealth, state and territory public service commissions speak to COVID-19’s impact on mobility and recruitment Thursday October 15, 2020 By Chris Woods The Mandarin hears from federal, state and territory public service commissions on some of the challenges, successes, and long-term consequences of mobilising staff throughout the…
Premium Insights and analysis Coronavirus Government Global Briefing: October 14 Wednesday October 14, 2020 By Chris Woods Droplets fall to the ground in a timely fashion but aerosol particles stay airborne for several minutes. Then, how to fit-test your N95 or P2…
Premium The Briefing The Briefing: Victoria’s second-and-a-half wave faces calls to expand testing criteria Monday October 12, 2020 By Chris Woods Editors' Picks Unlikely to hit its reopening threshold by October 19, Victoria's medical experts call for an expansion of covid-testing criteria.
Premium Insights and analysis Coronavirus Government Global Briefing: October 9 Friday October 9, 2020 By Chris Woods Health Welcome to Coronavirus Government Global Briefing, Mandarin Premium’s coverage of local and global COVID-19 policy news. US election 2020: Public health comparisons As most of the global…
Budget 2020 slashes refugee placements, reactivates Christmas Island, and guts offshore processing from 2021-22 Thursday October 8, 2020 By Chris Woods Federal A summary of the funding allocations made to various refugee organisations in the 2020-21 federal budget.
Premium The Briefing The Briefing: everything in Budget 2020, what the punters thought, and how it ranks in the global use of renewables as post-COVID stimulus Wednesday October 7, 2020 By Chris Woods Communications & Technology Roughly seven months after COVID-19 plunged the world into a pandemic and eventual recession, Scott Morrison and Josh Frydenberg have unveiled a budget that pushes…
Premium Insights and analysis Coronavirus Government Global Briefing: October 6 Tuesday October 6, 2020 By Chris Woods Health Today: everything we know, or don't, about Trump's COVID-19 diagnosis; will the Republicans have time to squeeze in Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court?; and…
Queensland Labor becomes latest party to tackle coercive control Tuesday October 6, 2020 By Chris Woods Editors' Picks The Palaszczuk government has issued an election promise to tackle coercive control on “several fronts”, including training programs for first responders and domestic violence case…
Premium The Briefing The Briefing: Information Commissioner refers Senator Rex Patrick’s national cabinet challenge to the AAT Monday October 5, 2020 By Chris Woods Editors' Picks The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner Angelene Falk has ruled that Independent Senator Rex Patrick's legal fight over blocked national cabinet documents be referred…
Premium Insights and analysis Coronavirus Government Global Briefing: October 2 Friday October 2, 2020 By Chris Woods Health Welcome to Coronavirus Government Global Briefing, Mandarin Premium’s coverage of local and global COVID-19 policy news. Today: Aged care royal commission releases special COVID-19 report — specifically,…
Premium The Briefing The Briefing: Unpacking the first empirical study of the Productivity Commission’s production and communication of evidence Wednesday September 30, 2020 By Chris Woods Career Advice In the first ever empirical study of the Productivity Commission's production and communication of evidence, the UNSW’s Centre for Social Impact has identified practices undertaken…
