Tag: COVID-19 lockdown
Right out there: how the pandemic has given rise to extreme views and fractured conservative politics
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Great crises are a stimulus to right-wing political mobilisation. Famously, the Great Depression of the 1930s gave the Nazis their...
It’s OK if you have a little cry in lockdown. You’re grieving
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If you are one of the millions of Australians in lockdown, you are not alone in feeling a range of emotions difficult...
Lockdowns don’t get easier the more we have them. Melbourne, here are 6 tips to help you cope
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As Melbourne heads well into a second week of lockdown, it’s important to recognise the serious toll this is likely to take on...
More than a dozen COVID leaks in 6 months: to protect Australians, it’s time to move quarantine out of city hotels
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In the past week, at least six Australians returned home uninfected only to acquire the coronavirus while undergoing quarantine in hotels...
‘I can’t save money for potential emergencies’: COVID lockdowns drove older Australians into energy poverty
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Many of us who endured lockdowns in Australia are familiar with the surge in energy bills at home. But for older Australians who depend on...
Even with a vaccine, we need to adjust our mindset to playing the COVID-19 long game
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Incredibly, a whole year has passed since the first emergence of COVID-19. What looked like a temporary inconvenience at first is turning...