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David Penberthy is a columnist with The Advertiser and Sunday Mail, and also co-hosts the FIVEaa Breakfast show. He’s a former editor of the Daily Telegraph, Sunday Mail and news.com.au.

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CommentaryNation

South Australian Premier Steven Marshall speaks to the media in Adelaide, Friday, April 24, 2020. The Australian Government recently announced restrictions around social gatherings, and boosted stimulus spending, in attempts to fight off the coronavirus and it's affects on the economy. (AAP Image/David Mariuz) NO ARCHIVING

Marshall maintains calm in testing time

Liberal Steven Marshall’s growing popularity stems in no small part from his dogged efforts since December as South Australia was ravaged by bushfires.

David Penberthy

Nation

James Morrison plays the bugle at dawn overlooking the city ahead of the Anzac Day in Mount Gambier, South Australia, Friday, April 24, 2020. (The Australian/ Morgan Sette)

A Last Post to remember

At dawn James Morrison will walk a few short metres to the bottom of his driveway and play The Last Post to a crowd of zero.

David Penberthy

Apology to CMONation

Attack on medical chief blows up in union’s face

Teachers’ union issues a humiliating apology for personally attacking respected state CMO Dr Nicola Spurrier.

David Penberthy

CRUISE SHIP DEBACLENation

The Ruby Princess cruise ship is watched by a small gathering of residents as it departs Port Kembla in Wollongong, New South Wales, Thursday, April 23, 2020. The Ruby Princess cruise ship has been told to leave Australia by Thursday. (AAP Image/Dean Lewins) NO ARCHIVING

Trouble left in Ruby’s wake

Desperate crew members say they are stranded on the Ruby Princess, denied the chance to disembark before it departed Sydney.

Yoni Bashan and David Penberthy

CoronavirusNation

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - APRIL 09: Phoenix Crawford does school work on a laptop while being home-schooled by his mum Donna Eddy on April 09, 2020 in Sydney, Australia. Massage therapist and acupuncturist Donna Eddy is able to continue running her business from home as a clinical practitioner after the Federal and State governments implemented tough restrictions and the closure of non-essential business due to COVID-19. While Donna has always maintained a strict cleaning regimen in her work space, it has now increased in response to the current coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic with table linen changed, surfaces such as door handles wiped down and floors mopped between each patient who must wash or sanitize hands on arrival. A single mother to 8-year-old Phoenix, Donna Eddy is also juggling home schooling while running her business. Phoenix, who is in Year Two at primary school, now has a routine where he can complete school work while his mother treats patients throughout the day, however Donna says it is still a struggle to balance her work and making sure she is available to help her son when he needs help with his online work. The Australian government introduced tough restrictions in response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, closing non-essential businesses and imposing limits of peoples movement, gatherings and social distancing measures. Public gatherings are now limited to two people, while Australians must stay stay home unless absolutely necessary. New South Wales and Victoria have also enacted additional lockdown measures to allow police the power to fine people who breach the two-person outdoor gathering limit or leave their homes without a reasonable excuse. Queensland, Western Australia, South Australia, Tasmania and the Northern Territory have all closed their borders to non-essential travellers and international arrivals into Australia are being sent to mandatory quarantine in hotels for 14 days. (Photo by Brendon Thorne/Getty Images)

Teachers defying virus science on safety

Teachers’ unions defy explicit health advice that attending school is safe as they resist students’ return to classrooms.

Stephen Lunn and David Penberthy

Dramatic missionNation

International Mercy Flight into Adelaide with passenger getting escorted to quarantine into Pullman's Hotel in Hindmarsh Square, AFP, ABF, SAPOL, SAH all in attendence to escort passengers Monday April 20, 2020 - pic MIKE BURTON/AAP

Stranded Aussies repatriated

A flight from India carrying almost 400 Australians touched down in Adelaide, with half a dozen patients sent straight to hospital.

David Penberthy

Politics

SA Governor.South Australian State Governor Hieu Van Le and wife Mrs Lan Le enjoy gardening, cooking and walking around the house. Story about what they do during Covid-19 restrictions.Friday April 17 2020.PIC Roy VanDerVegt

From refugee boat to captain in a crisis

SA Governor Hieu Van Le speaks about how he is using the lockdown to reinvent his role.

David Penberthy

Coronavirus releaseNation

Australian drug smuggler Cassie Sainsbury has found love in jail, becoming engaged to a fellow prisoner Joslianinyer Pico . Picture: Facebook

Cocaine Cassie freed from Bogota jail

Cassie Sainsbury freed halfway through sentence as Colombian authorities release prisoners to shield them from infection.

David Penberthy

restrictionsPolitics

Jill and David Stevens.South Australia is talking about lifting the restrictions on grandparents seeing their grandkids. Jill and David talking to there grand children, Amy 16 and Emily 12 Shultz.Tuesday April 14 2020.PIC Roy VanDerVegt

Families first in relaxation of rules

Families in SA may soon be permitted to have extended gatherings with grandparents and cousins if the state continues its strong showing against coronavirus,

David Penberthy

scareNation

A general view of the Royal Adelaide Hospital in Adelaide, Tuesday, April 14, 2020. A Royal Adelaide Hospital intensive care nurse has tested positive for COVID-19 after working with coronavirus infected patients. (AAP Image/David Mariuz) NO ARCHIVING

Staff told to isolate after nurse falls ill

Almost two dozen staff at the Royal Adelaide Hospital have been ordered to self-isolate after a nurse tested positive.

David Penberthy

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