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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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James Penberthy, 14, and Sam Penberthy, 5, receive their birthday presents through the car window from their cousins Will and Charlotte Joyner this week. Source: Supplied

Lockdown knees-up in the cold age of COVID-19

My sons’ birthday party had all the awkwardness and weirdness of the times we inhabit.

David Penberthy

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SA Premier Steven Marshall pictured at the Coronavirus testing clinic at at the RAH, Adelaide on Thursday 5 March, 2020. A new Coronavirus (covid-19) clinic has been set up at the Royal Adelaide Hospital. (AAP Image/Sam Wundke)

Premier keeps SA calm, with no carry-on

South Australia has calmly coped with the coronavirus crisis thanks to a communications masterclass from its Premier, Police Commissioner and Chief Medical Officer.

David Penberthy

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06/04/2020 : Gold Coast beaches, including Surfers Paradise beach are much quieter today, after being busy over the weekend, with most of the Gold Coasts beaches to be closed from midnight tonight. Society is still getting used to social distancing and interpreting the rules in relation to the Covid-19 virus. Lyndon Mechielsen/The Australia

Shutters fall on Easter getaways

Australians are being ordered to scrap their Easter holiday plans.

David Penberthy

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Mary Thomson, 75, in Adelaide, Friday, April 3, 2020. (The Australian/ Morgan Sette)

Strangers take Mary’s love story to heart

Mary met Ivor on the Love Boat in 1980, when the show filmed its only episode in Australia.

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Qantas airport baggage handlers wearing protective gear while the supervisor (Not Sure) but looks as if he was giving orders was not wearing any protective gear at all and was not practising safe distance rules.Thursday April 2 2020.PIC SUPPLIED

Stay away, Qantas tells ill staff

Qantas says any staff who feel unwell must not show up for work at any Australian airport.

David Penberthy

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Delayed Qantas travellers at Adelaide Airport, after six Qantas baggage handlers have tested positive for COVID-19, Tuesday, March 31, 2020. Picture: MATT LOXTON

Red flag raised at airport case surge

Recent Adelaide Airport users have been told to get tested for coronavirus if they feel unwell and disinfect their baggage.

David Penberthy

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Charlie Melton and his dog Ari of Charles Melton Wines at his winery that has ceased operating its cellar door in the Barossa Valley, South Australia, Tuesday, March 31, 2020. (The Australian/ Morgan Sette)

‘Tourist-borne cluster’ sours peace

The Barossa Valley has become the focus of anger and unease, with the wine region under indefinite lockdown because of two groups of foreign tourists.

David Penberthy

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