Tag: COVID-19 pandemic
Two weeks into Melbourne’s lockdown, why aren’t COVID-19 case numbers going down
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Fourteen days after Melbourne was put back into lockdown, with the Thursday tally of 484 new cases in Victoria makes for dispiriting...
Nine Melbourne tower blocks put into ‘hard lockdown’ – what does it mean, and will it work?
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The Victorian government’s decision to “close and contain” nine public housing towers in Flemington and North Melbourne represents a significant escalation in the...
4 ways our streets can rescue restaurants, bars and cafes after coronavirus
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As Australia re-opens, the bars, cafes and restaurants that give life to our streets face a tough ask: stay open and stay...
If you took to growing veggies in the coronavirus pandemic, then keep it up when lockdown ends
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The COVID-19 pandemic produced a run on the things people need to produce their own food at home, including vegetable seedlings, seeds and chooks.
This turn...
There are 10 catastrophic threats facing humans right now, and coronavirus is only one of them
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Four months in, this year has already been a remarkable showcase for existential and catastrophic risk. A severe drought, devastating bushfires, hazardous smoke, towns running...