Australia is the only democracy facing coronavirus that has suspended Parliament.

A number of questions and issues have been raised in relation to the implementation, impact and consequences of the Job Keeper payment. The authors discuss these in this research brief and present modifications of the Job Keeper payment that would see a fairer outcome between part-time and full-time workers.

This Oxfam International briefing concedes that while it is understandable that national leaders are focused on tackling the current health crisis in their own countries, G20 countries must find the space for supporting other nations too, if humanity is to successfully beat this disease.

This research brief looks at potential job losses in the COVID-19 pandemic, focusing on which workers will be immediately impacted, national and state job losses, industry breakdowns and the potential unemployment rate.

This briefing paper suggests that many Australians won‘t have to change much to adapt to new ways of online socialising. Data from the 2017 Australian Survey of Social Attitudes show that for about 45% of Australians, all or most of their communication with family members and close friends is through text messages, mobile phones, or...