Stressed parents who just want to get the economy going, have been dying for weeks to know when the burden of remote learning will end. But despite plenty of time, Daniel Andrews still hasn’t given us date. It’s time he told us the plan, writes Susie O’Brien.
In Victoria we’ve done everything that’s been asked of us — downloading the COVIDSafe app, caring for neighbours, homeschooling kids and keeping our distances. After weeks apart, mothers and grandmothers deserve to see their kids and grandkids, writes Susie O’Brien.
While former North Melbourne footballer Dean Laidley has been surrounded by support from the AFL fraternity after his arrest, his alleged victim seems largely forgotten, writes Susie O’Brien.
With kids spending more time indoors in isolation, many are turning to video games to stave off boredom. This is how parents can make sure their kids are protected from the darker side of gaming.
US President Donald Trump is busy waging war on science, reason and facts, however the US’s failures of leadership pale in comparison to China’s secrecy and cover-up in relation to the outbreak of the coronavirus, writes Susie O’Brien.
A Melbourne paramedic has tested positive to coronavirus, forcing her colleagues into quarantine and sparking fears she may have spread the disease to patients. It comes as a fresh outbreak forced a Melbourne meat processing facility to close.
While most families in lockdown are eating mac ‘n cheese in stained dressing gowns and screaming about who’s using all the wi-fi, the other half are keen to show us how they’re nailing it. And us normal people have had enough, writes Susie O’Brien.
Eddie McGuire showed a sad lack of regard for women’s careers in his latest foot-in-mouth moment. No Eddie, men’s jobs are not more important than women’s jobs, even when they earn more money, writes Susie O’Brien.
School principals say prep and Year 12 students should be the first to return to the classroom after Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton last week indicated Victoria might scrap its preference for remote learning in term two.
Almost half of Australian students are at risk of having their “learning and wellbeing significantly compromised” by missing large chunks of school due to lockdown restrictions. Here’s how.
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