Toni Makkai – The Conversation

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March 25, 2020

We need to consider granting bail to unsentenced prisoners to stop the spread of coronavirus

Rick Sarre, University of South Australia; Lorana Bartels, Australian National University, and Toni Makkai, Australian National University

Releasing prisoners on remand – who are entitled to a presumption of innocence – would reduce the risk of them contracting COVID-19 and the disease spreading within prisons.

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February 17, 2020

Nearly 80% of Australians affected in some way by the bushfires, new survey shows

Nicholas Biddle, Australian National University; Ben Edwards, Australian National University; Diane Herz, Australian National University, and Toni Makkai, Australian National University

The study is the first of its kind to gauge how people were impacted by the bushfire crisis and how it changed their views on a range of subjects, from climate change to the government response.

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