With tensions flaring between Australia and China, the resource trade could become a political battleground. However, some commodities are safer than others, Xunpeng Shi writes.

Australian policymakers must face up to increasingly scarce water on the continent, Quentin Grafton, Matthew Colloff, Daniel Connell, Katherine Daniell, Joseph Guillaume, Lorrae van Kerkhoff, Aparna Lal, Virginia Marshall, Ehsan Nabavi, Jamie Pittock, Katherine Taylor, Paul Tregoning, John Williams, and Paul Wyrwoll write.

With the $550 coronavirus supplement set to expire in September, we speak with Professor Peter Whiteford about the future of Australia’s JobSeeker program as calls grow for a permanent raising of the rate.

On this week’s Second Serve, Europe Correspondent for the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age Bevan Shields shares his experience of catching the coronavirus in Britain, and we take a look at the missteps that led to the UK having one of the world’s highest death tolls with Elizabeth Ames.

COVID-19’s origin has become a political issue, but this should not prevent governments from learning from China’s response to the crisis, Ang Eng Guan and Asit Biswas write.

There are simple fixes available to the Australian government to improve its migration program as it adapts to COVID-19 restrictions, Marianne Dickie writes.