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A matter of trust
Alan Petersen | March 22, 2020The public panic surrounding COVID-19 around the world, manifested in the hoarding of food, toilet paper and other basic necessities – is driven by a general decline of confidence and trust in authorities and credentialled experts.
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How to care for yourself if you catch COVID-19
John Thompson | March 21, 2020From managing your symptoms to good hygiene at home, if you have tested positive for COVID-19 there are some steps you can take to make your isolation more comfortable.
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Who is your recycling hero?
Sidrah Ahmad | March 21, 2020Activists from across the world, known as “recycling heroes”, are urging governments and organisations to act now to tackle the climate emergency and raise awareness of the importance of recycling.
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Kids still need to exercise
Open Forum | March 21, 2020As social distancing policies come into play and schools progressively cancel sports, excursions and extra-curricular activities, the temptation to fill the void with yet-more screen time should be avoided.
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Masks, no gatherings!
Victoria Li | March 20, 2020It’s not only doctors who are calling for more action to curb coronavirus. School children are starting their own petitions to urge their elders to protect people from the disease.
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A global emergency demands a global solution
Peter Drysdale | March 20, 2020Dealing with the crisis alone incurs only deeper health and economic costs. Tackling a crisis that knows no borders demands a truly global response.
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Understanding – and enforcing – self-isolation
Maria O Sullivan | March 20, 2020Australia will likely hit a peak in coronavirus cases around the height of flu season, further straining our health system and increasing the likely death toll. Getting a flu vaccination in addition to other health measures will help.
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Discussing coronavirus with your kids
Monique Robinson | March 19, 2020If questions are being asked in your family, here’s a guide to help you navigate the issues around coronavirus and explain the changes it’s bringing to your children’s lives.
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Bridging the divide in American politics
Jake Sandler | March 19, 2020Attempts to bridge the stark divisions in American politics will become more important than ever in the common fight against coronavirus. Here’s some practical, bipartisan ways in which this can be done.
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Just in time runs out of time
Evan Fraser | March 19, 2020Extra consumer demand has exposed the fragility of our supermarkets’ just-in-time ordering systems, but coronavirus is highlighting the modern world’s lack of resilience in many other ways.
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Learning the lessons
Open Forum | March 18, 2020Australian governments at all levels should have learned a lot between the onset of the bushfire season and the first stages of the novel coronavirus pandemic.
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Are we too reliant on Chinese trade?
Shiro Armstrong | March 18, 2020Is Australia trading too much with China and too dependent on the Chinese economy, as a lot of the public commentary would have you believe?
