COVID-19

Locked down Victorians are still waiting for their dividend from Dan Andrews’ April 1st investment into the health system. By Beverley McArthur.

A new report from the MRC says the cost of lockdown measures vastly outweigh the benefits

If we wait for a cure for the virus before we go back to work we may not have a job to go to. By Nick Cater

We entered this crisis by responding decisively and effectively. Now it’s time to do the same on the way out. by Nick Cater.

Never mind the misinformation that led to Treasury’s $60bn miscalculation. The most important fact about JobKeeper is the subsequent record rise in consumer confidence. By Josh Frydenberg.

The Queensland Government is exercising godlike powers for political gain while abdicating its responsibility to the state’s businesses. By Nick Cater.

Remote mental health care, integrated with existing services, is a key part of the Government’s COVID-19 strategy, and will provide a path to a better recovery. By Dr Fiona Martin.

Australian leaders have been well advised during this crisis, and the nation has avoided a catastrophe. But now we must turn to different advisers to save the economy. By Nick Cater.

How baldy would Labor have handled the COVID-19 pandemic? Very, judging by its performance during the Global Financial Crisis. By Nick Cater.

Activists are trying to commandeer the post-pandemic recovery agenda with energy policies that don’t even work during good times. They must be resisted. By Tim James.

No health minister in Australian history has put greater emphasis on increasing the country’s ability to cope with a pandemic than Tony Abbott. By Henry Ergas.

In times of crisis, centre-right MPs leap instinctively to familiar dry economic ideas, but it pays to remind them of the ultimate centre-right policy: freedom. By Nick Cater.

South Australia is well positioned to repeat its postwar boom once this COVID-19 pandemic has blown over. By Alex Antic.

The Victorian Government has taken stay-at-home orders to a new level, targeting people who don’t own their home. By James Mathias.

The Chinese Communist Party’s refusal to accept responsibility for COVID-19 is no surprise to anybody who has watched it suppress freedom in Hong Kong. By Nick Cater.

Apocalyptic predictions have, not for the first time, proven to be exaggerated. Heeding them would have been costly and counterproductive. By Nick Cater.

In the fight against COVID-19, computer modelling is the first casualty. By Nick Cater.

Unlike most of the media, Stoic philosophers knew this pandemic was coming, and can offer simple advice about how to survive it. By Fred Pawle.

COVID-19 has exposed the poor health of our national wage system, and workers and small business owners are paying for it with their jobs and enterprises. By James Mathias.

Nick Cater talks to Tony Shepherd, Brendan O’Neill and Tamsin Lawrence about productivity, the rise of authoritarianism and workplace flexibility in a crisis.

The COVID-19 pandemic is not a Trojan Horse for bigger government, the Prime Minister has said, in keeping with his party’s founding principles. By Tim James.