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3 votes
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The lockdown effect
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Scientists in Melbourne are testing a drug used to fight parasitic worms and bugs – in the hope of destroying coronavirus
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Australians advised not to wear face masks amid coronavirus pandemic
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'We will now see the benefits': Case increase in Australia slows as lockdown takes effect
5 votes -
It's been surreal to watch friends, family and the broader public thrust so suddenly into a world I have inhabited for years: figuring out how to navigate Centrelink
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Australian Federal Government offers $130bn in coronavirus wage subsidies for businesses to pay workers
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A major scorecard gives the health of Australia’s environment less than one out of ten
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New social isolation rules implemented in Australia
Frustratingly (and in keeping with how confusing the messaging has been from the Australian government on all aspects of this pandemic), there is no single easy source that lists these new...
Frustratingly (and in keeping with how confusing the messaging has been from the Australian government on all aspects of this pandemic), there is no single easy source that lists these new restrictions in a nice simple format.
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All gatherings, whether indoors or outdoors, are limited to 2 people. Exceptions apply for people you're living with (you're already sharing germs with them). However, previous limits of 5 people for weddings and 10 people for funerals still apply.
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People should only leave the house for necessary activities, such as: shopping for supplies, exercising, medical care, work, school.
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Elderly people should stay home and self-isolate. This applies to: healthy people over 70; unhealthy people over 60; indigenous people over 50. (And if we ever needed evidence that indigenous people have worse health than everyone else, this announcement proves it.)
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Public playgrounds, outside gyms, and skate parks will close.
These rules are all advisory, rather than legal. However, individual states can choose to enforce them legally.
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Coronavirus shutdowns in Australia don't apply to barbershops and hair salons. But is it safe to get a haircut?
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Robodebt: Confidential documents reveal size and impact of years-long debacle and that Australian government is still pursuing Australians to try and validate debts
5 votes -
It's up to you: data shows coronavirus can only be controlled if eight out of 10 Aussies stay home
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Too big to fail
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Bundaberg Rum distillery making hand sanitiser
5 votes -
Coronavirus stimulus package worth $84 billion passed without objection by Australian Parliament
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Telstra pauses job cuts for six months, will hire 1000 extra call centre staff
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An Australian company which holds the rights to reproduce the Aboriginal design on flags and banners is a step closer to suing the seller of a reworked flag for alleged copyright infringement
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The Governments of New South Wales, Victoria, and the Australian Capital Territory will proceed to a more comprehensive shutdown of non-essential services over the next 48 hours
News article: The Governments of New South Wales, Victoria, and the Australian Capital Territory will proceed to a more comprehensive shutdown of non-essential services over the next 48 hours in...
For non-Australians: New South Wales and Victoria are Australia's two most populous states. Between them, they contain about 60% of the Australian population. They naturally also have the highest number of coronavirus cases.
The Australian Capital Territory is a land-locked region totally surrounded by NSW. It's the home of our capital city, Canberra. It's small in population but, if NSW is clamping down, the ACT pretty much has to follow.
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Australian government's $66 billion coronavirus stimulus package seeks to keep businesses afloat and workers employed
8 votes -
How Melbourne scientists' coronavirus preparation puts Australia ahead of the world
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Two emergency flights are set to arrive in South America early next week to rescue hundreds of Australians trapped in Argentina and Peru
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Melbourne researchers have mapped immune responses from one of Australia’s first novel coronavirus (COVID-19) patients, showing the body’s ability to fight the virus and recover from the infection
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Anyone arriving in Australia from overseas will to be forced to self-isolate for fourteen days
9 votes -
Australian Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton diagnosed with COVID-19 coronavirus
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The Federal Government has announced a $17.6 billion economic stimulus package in a bid to keep Australians in jobs as the economy takes a hit from the spread of coronavirus
10 votes -
Tom Hanks and wife Rita Wilson test positive for coronavirus on the Gold Coast
18 votes -
Toorak doctor with coronavirus saw seventy patients before testing positive
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Coronavirus COVID-19 models are starting to give us an idea of what a pandemic would look like, but there's still so much we don't know
11 votes -
Supermarkets can’t get loo rolls on shelves fast enough - and yet even toilet paper hoarders can’t fully explain why they are doing it
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Winston Peters invokes Christchurch massacre as NZ's deportations row with Australia escalates
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This marsupial, the swamp wallaby, is the only animal that's always pregnant
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National news agency, Australian Associated Press, will be shut down at the end of June after its owners decided it was no longer sustainable
12 votes -
Australia records first cases of human-to-human transmission of coronavirus
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Summers are now twice as long as winters in all Australian capital cities, report finds
8 votes -
Tash Sultana — Blackbird (2016)
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BP worker sacked over Hitler parody video gets his job back
6 votes -
Men At Work - Overkill (1983)
6 votes -
Glitter and be gay – or don't, and still be gay
12 votes -
Fundraiser soars past $200,000 for bullying victim Quaden Bayles
News article: Fundraiser soars past $200,000 for bullying victim Quaden Bayles And, he is not 18 years old, despite people claiming he is.
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Gotye - Easy Way Out (2012)
6 votes -
Australian coronavirus vaccine goes into test production
14 votes -
Friendly with Kevin Rudd
5 votes -
A nation mourns innocents lost in suburban street
9 votes -
Train driver and rail worker dead after passenger train derails near Wallan, north of Melbourne
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Inside Australia's climate emergency: For months, Australians breathed air pollution up to 26 times above levels considered hazardous to human health. The long-term impact could be devastating.
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More than fifty people died under Victoria's euthanasia scheme during its first six months
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Angry PM Scott Morrison accuses General Motors of letting Holden 'wither away' after taking $2bn in subsidies
Angry Scott Morrison accuses GM of letting Holden 'wither away' after taking $2bn in subsidies For context: Holden is an Australian home-grown brand. It became a subsidiary of General Motors in...
Angry Scott Morrison accuses GM of letting Holden 'wither away' after taking $2bn in subsidies
For context: Holden is an Australian home-grown brand. It became a subsidiary of General Motors in 1931, but it started manufacturing cars in Australia from 1948. The 1950s FJ Holden is an Australian icon. The Holden Commodore was the family sedan for Aussies all through the 1980s & 1990s. Aussie car lovers fell into two tribes: Holden or Ford. If you ask any Aussie to name a few famous Australian brands, Holden will get a mention.
General Motors stopped manufacturing Holdens in Australia a few years ago, but they assured us that Holdens would continue to be made (albeit overseas) and sold here.
Now the brand itself is being axed, at the end of next year.
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Should AFL be rebranded AFLM to reflect equal status with AFLW?
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Tame Impala - The Slow Rush (2020)
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Celeste Barber’s $52 million bushfire fund has been held up thanks to legal wrangling
3 votes