COVID-19
Alternative labels
Coronavirus disease 2019
Novel coronavirus pneumonia
2019-nCoV acute respiratory disease
Discussion paper
Year 12 outcomes and university selection under COVID
Innovative Research Universities (IRU) has published this short paper on the impact of COVID-19 on Year 12 school outcomes and the challenges this creates for university selection of the 2020 school leaver cohort.
Briefing paper
Refugee resettlement to fall short of national and global targets, as COVID-19 pandemic halts travel
The COVID-19 pandemic has put paid to the Australian Government reaching its target of 17,100 offshore refugee resettlement visas in 2019-20 and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) achieving its goal of supporting the resettlement of 70,000 refugees globally in 2020.
Discussion paper
Retail investor trading during COVID-19 volatility
This paper outlines some early observations by ASIC staff on trading in securities and contracts for difference (CFDs) during the volatility caused by the COVID-19 pandemic (COVID-19 volatility). It was produced to inform our work in managing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and is published to raise awareness and provide detail on recent retail...
Fact sheet
Fact Check: Scott Morrison says Australia is doing better on COVID-19 than New Zealand despite a less extreme lockdown. Is he correct?
Australia and New Zealand remain among a small group of countries that have so far managed to subdue the deadly coronavirus pandemic. But Prime Minister Scott Morrison has been keen to stress Australia is not entirely in lock-step with its trans-Tasman neighbour.
Briefing paper
China’s coronavirus ‘COVID-19 diplomacy’ in the Pacific
As the largest new player in the region, this paper briefly examines China’s ‘COVID-19 diplomacy’ and argues that the pandemic may have geopolitical consequences.