COVID-19
Alternative labels
Coronavirus disease 2019
Novel coronavirus pneumonia
2019-nCoV acute respiratory disease
Discussion paper
Government’s forced rollout of facial recognition for home quarantine needs strict limits and protections
This paper argues that as state governments begin trialling home quarantine programs, they need to take active steps to ensure they are not crossing a new frontier in the surveillance of citizens by using facial recognition technology.
Report
Shot of hope: Australia’s role in vaccinating the world against COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic will not end for anyone, until it ends for everyone. Through seven key recommendations, this report makes the case for an ambitious, expansive and intelligent investment to vaccinate the world.
Report
Intimate partner violence during the COVID-19 pandemic: a survey of women in Australia
The COVID-19 pandemic has raised significant concerns for the safety of women in the context of a coalescence of risk factors and stressors for intimate partner violence (IPV). The aim of this research was to better understand women’s experiences of IPV since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Policy report
COVID-19 and Australia's mental health: an overview of academic literature, policy documents, lived experience accounts and community reports
This report ties together multiple streams of knowledge to present an overview of the mental health impacts of COVID-19 and resultant policy measures.
Report
Managing the next crisis: twelve principles for dealing with viral uncertainty
Governments and societies continue to face the unforeseen and unprecedented challenges of responding to and recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic. In this report, the authors—renowned experts on governance at all levels—step back to understand how governments have operated in developing strategies and programs to address these global and societal challenges.