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.

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.

Once the celebrations of National Volunteer Week have died down, what then? Sue Regan argues that volunteering needs to come out of the policy shadows and enter the debate on the future of our society and economy post COVID-19.

The Indonesian provinces of Papua and West Papua continue to be the Pacific region’s COVID-19 hotspots this week, Hugh McClure writes.

Mark Kenny is joined by Phil Coorey, Vanessa Johnston, and Marija Taflaga to talk about Morrison’s first year in charge and getting the message right as Australia takes its tentative first steps out of the coronavirus crisis shutdown measures.