Australia’s Pandemic
How we live, work and play has changed in 2020. Will our lives ever be the same again?
The 12.39am email that triggered Australia's response to COVID-19
As a novel coronavirus seeped from Wuhan to the rest of China and landed on our shores, our health scientists were already at work. Eleven months later, they still have some way to go.
- by Deborah Snow and Kate Aubusson
How Australia navigated an economic jolt not seen for a century
When 600,000 jobs vanished inside a month, Valent Lau feared his family would lose their home. But one swift move by the federal government changed everything.
- by Shane Wright and Matt Wade
How the team behind NSW's 'gold standard' in fighting COVID came together
Politicians, doctors, police – and a tech guru – have been instrumental in NSW holding off a second COVID wave, for now. "We had to rely on ourselves," says the Premier.
- by Deborah Snow and Alexandra Smith
‘We have to make it work’: Inside the national cabinet
The Commonwealth had the deepest pockets - but the states had the muscle. The challenge was to bring them together to fight a global pandemic.
- by Katina Curtis and Deborah Snow
'When China shut down, everything was in short supply': How we kept Australia safe and fed
At one point early in the pandemic the Prime Minister called his Vietnamese counterpart to try to secure a supply of rice.
- by Deborah Snow and Dominic Powell
'There was no authority on how to handle this': How sport negotiated its way through COVID
Modified sporting competitions opened the door for broadcast rights to be renegotiated - and the days of billion-dollar deals may now be over.
- by Malcolm Knox and Zoe Samios
Pandemic exposes global fault lines - and how Australia rose above them
In a world still shattered by the pandemic, Australia never did get to the predicted 150,000 dead. Nor have we reached 1000. In our success there are lessons about how nations should be run.
- by Peter Hartcher
Catalyst for change: How the pandemic changed the way we live and work
Living and working in the same space proved a blessing for the Di Maio family - so they shifted home to the countryside.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons and Deborah Snow
'I need to shut it down fast': How our leisure activities came to a sudden halt
The pandemic has had a brutal impact on our entertainment, dining, shopping and travel experiences. Some sectors have bounced back faster than others.
- by Garry Maddox
Original URL: https://www.watoday.com.au/australias-pandemic