Vaccine tops list of Covid blunders still ignored across West
Five years on I should apologise for not having been as strident in condemning mass coerced Covid vaccination.
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ASX 200 rises; AusSuper sells WiseTech stake; Jeanswest collapses
Vulcan’s European tick triggers investor rush while Jeanswest goes in administration again. Paladin shares sinks as rain washes away guidance, Whyalla interest boosts BlueScope and rate cut hopes up on Feb inflation fall.
Budget off-balance: Labor walks the debt and deficit tightrope
Jim Chalmers has presided over the biggest deterioration in the country’s underlying cash balance outside Covid and the global financial crisis, with a $43bn plunge into the red from a surplus last year.
Local mask makers close up as governments order cheaper imports
Over 50 Australian firms that pivoted to making masks during the pandemic are on the brink after missing out on contracts, leaving us exposed to future shortages industry leaders say.
Workplaces foster productivity
Anthony Albanese, who wants working from home to be an election issue, is playing to his base.
The ‘living library’ of diseases could prevent the next Covid
Porton Down, the government’s top-secret science and technology campus, is home to what may be the world’s deadliest freezer.
‘Four weeks from insolvency’: Covid’s AFL chokehold revisited
Given the state of the league now, it’s easy to forget how close the AFL came to financial ruin during 2020. Jon Ralph revisits the dramatic decisions and meetings with the key stakeholders.
Have travellers learnt anything from Covid?
You’ll rarely see an aircraft passenger wearing a face mask these days. Have we got short memories?
Chinese visitor market roars back to number one
China has rocketed back to the top of Australia’s international visitor markets, representing a welcome windfall for tourism operators.
We mustn’t sweep our ‘authoritarian’ Covid response under the mat
Why did Scott Morrison abandon, without explanation or justification, our national pandemic plan?
Anti-golf mob can’t see woods for the trees
Much of the campaign against golf is driven by the idea it is an elite sport – yet it is not the elite private clubs that are being targeted, because they own their own land. What a tragedy if it became a sport only for the rich.
AOFM softens stance on ANZ
The federal government debt agency has met with ANZ bankers as it confronts refinancing a $80bn pile of Covid-19 debt, softening its stance toward the bank which was frozen out of all government bond deals.
Nation needs new markets to beat destructive tariffs
As the Prime Minister says, the US President’s moves are ‘not those of a friend’. The possibility of further tariffs suggests the 2005 Australia-US free trade agreement is no longer worth the paper it was printed on.
Self-inflicted Covid damage only in hindsight? What a sick joke that is
We allowed morons to run our country into the ground when they shouldn’t have been trusted with running a bath. This was an entirely man-made disaster — and we should never forget it.
Covid’s surreal shopping frenzy pushed Australia to the brink
In the pandemic’s early days, panicked shoppers cleaned out supermarket shelves – then Team Australia came to the rescue.
Covid’s dangerous hangover: alarming slide in child vaccination
Childhood vaccination rates have been falling across the country since the Covid pandemic, with some pockets seeing steep declines.
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See where Australian children are under-vaccinated
Alarm is being raised as routine vaccination rates fall in the pandemic’s wake, posing a threat to us all | Rates of undervaccinated babies vary across the nation.
‘Competitor’: Aussie gun ends five-year exile
After stepping away from surfing when the Covid pandemic took a toll, a former Aussie world No.2 has his eyes set on a comeback.
Report that Covid began in Wuhan lab was ‘buried’
German spies were almost certain the Covid pandemic originated in a Wuhan laboratory but heads of government buried their potentially explosive assessment, according to reports.
‘Tempers frayed and people were exasperated’: Covid from the inside
Hundreds of thousands of health professionals knew they would need to step up for Covid. Some of them succumbed. And then came the backlash.
Urgent warning five years after Covid
It’s been five years since Covid up-ended the world and threw millions of Aussies into lockdown, and experts warn we’re not ready for the next one.
How to treat the next pandemic: apply trust
We will have no excuse not to be prepared for the next global health emergency. And yet, five years after it was declared a pandemic, there is no surety that we have learned the lessons of Covid-19.
Covid five years on: good, bad and very, very ugly
The Covid-19 pandemic officially started five years ago. Australians lived through the early months of 2020 watching a global health catastrophe unfold and having their own lives upended. Here’s a reminder in pictures of how the first 100 days played out in Australia.
Last Post: Alfred meets Covid lockdowns, Trump & Turnbull
In criticising the heavy-handed actions of some councils during Cyclone Alfred, Queensland Premier David Crisafulli brought back the nightmares of Covid. It could have been worse.
Alfred shop closure overreaction ‘costs hundreds of millions’
Your report on the economic impact of Cyclone Alfred drastically underestimates the cost of southeast Queensland shutting down on Wednesday when almost all workplaces could have stayed open until Saturday evening
Scourge of coronavirus is still killing the vulnerable
Research shows undiagnosed Covid cases and the long-term health impacts of the pandemic have driven an enduring decline of life expectancy.
No crying wolf: David Crisafulli’s bid to replace Covid-era fear with facts
When the Queensland Premier let rip in a phone hook-up with mayors and emergency service bosses, he was expressing the frustration gripping millions across the vast, thickly populated impact zone of ex-cyclone Alfred.
What to do now the ATO has its gloves off
The ATO is firmly in collections mode and if you have a tax debt, expect a phone call. Here’s how to get out of a hole.
Top dog: Melbourne Borzoi dog wins best in breed at Crufts
Melbourne breeder Kay Sneath has realised a five decade dream to bring a dog to Crufts, and he won.
Cook recalls WA’s Covid glory days as election nears
Roger Cook also talked up the state’s economic performance ahead of what is expected to be a comfortable re-election this weekend
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