The first national survey of domestic and family violence agencies and their clients has revealed fears of a "shadow pandemic" of violence during COVID-19 lockdowns were warranted. More than ...

That feat has been breathlessly praised by the international media, with the Washington Post reporting in November that we had “almost eliminated the coronavirus by putting faith in science” and The ...

Perceptions that the economy is stronger than before the coronavirus pandemic are wrong and lockdowns have cost Australia at least $60 billion, according to a Sydney economics professor. University of ...

WA prisons are pressure cookers set to explode after a recent riot saw some inmates kept in their cells for seven days straight in stinking clothes, while others were allowed out for less than an hour ...

You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. Lockdowns to stop the spread of coronavirus have cost the economy at least $17 billion over the past ...

A group led by the head of Johns Hopkins Institute for Applied Economics analysed studies from the first surge of the pandemic to investigate widely pushed claims that stringent restrictions would ...

Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce has warned he may have to stand down staff without pay if state coronavirus lockdowns drag on after the national carrier was forced to slash domestic flights to less ...

Businesses are being squeezed from both directions - and this time, there are no government handouts to cushion the blow.