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We’re at a fork in the road: do we choose neighbourhoods to live, work...
Do we really want to go back to daily commuting
as the default way of working? David Moir/AAP
Living, working and playing in the one neighbourhood has often been touted as the ideal outcome for well-planned...
A time to embrace the edge spaces that make our neighbourhoods tick
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As we emerge from COVID-19 lockdowns, it is timely to reflect on how the design of our neighbourhoods and the ways we interact with them affect our lived experience.
A clear lesson from 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 afloat with just a fraction of the customers.
From June 1...
The vaccine we’re testing in Australia is based on a flu shot. Here’s how...
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A new trial has begun in Victoria this week to evaluate a potential vaccine against COVID-19.
The vaccine is called NVX-CoV2373 and is from a US biotech company, Novavax.
The trial will be carried out across Melbourne...
If you took to growing veggies in the coronavirus pandemic, then keep it up...
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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 to self-provisioning was prompted in part by the high price...
Denied intimacy in ‘iso’, Aussies go online for adult content – so what’s hot...
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People have been finding ways to relieve the boredom of being stuck at home since varying degrees of lockdown have been imposed across the world during the COVID-19 pandemic. Recent research points to reduced...
We may well be able to eliminate coronavirus, but we’ll probably never eradicate it....
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Compared to many other countries around the world, Australia and New Zealand have done an exceptional job controlling COVID-19.
As of May 7, there were 794 active cases of COVID-19 in Australia. Only 62 were in...
We’ve had a taste of disrupted food supplies – here are 5 ways we...
The Bread Famine and the Pawnbroker,
Brothers Lesueur (18th century)
When our reliance on supermarkets is seriously disrupted – for example, by spikes in demand due to panic buying or the flooding of distribution centres – we are left...
Why are we calling it ‘social distancing’? Right now, we need social connections more...
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We are now a society at a distance. As of this week, New South Wales has closed restaurants, bars, gyms, and entertainment venues where people gather in large numbers.
Victoria has similarly implemented a shut down of...
LOOKING FOR SOME EXCITING BEACH TIME? HERE’S WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
Life nowadays is preoccupied with a lot of activities and it’s hard to find time for yourself. Days start on one note and end up on another. Skipping between your personal and professional life...
