Media’s pivotal powers during pandemic
Can we trust the media for COVID-19 updates? The mass media’s coverage of the pandemic health crisis carries an important responsibility to offer balanced messaging about […]
Telehealth cuts see services withdrawn to vulnerable Australians
Cut-backs to telehealth services last week have seen countless Australians who are bedridden or housebound again become invisible in the eyes of our health system, highlighting […]
Women’s burden increases in COVID-19 era
The triple burden endured by women – in productive, reproductive and community roles – has been exposed and intensified due to COVID-19-enforced lockdown and quarantine restrictions. […]
Language reveals children’s pandemic perspective
Data from Oxford University Press in partnership with Storyathon, the largest story-writing event in Australia, has revealed the influence of COVID-19 on children’s vocabulary, interests and […]
Pandemic exposes biodiversity-health nexus
Billions of people using the Earth’s resources and changing or destroying ecosystems are not only creating the global environmental and climate crisis, but also compromising human […]
Youth sport a long-term pandemic victim?
The potential for a generation being lost to sport due to the COVID-19 pandemic is significant, according to leading Flinders University sports researcher Professor Murray Drummond. […]
Rise of the Gig worker
Work – a combination of people, purpose and place – is experiencing a revolution with the aspect of ‘place’ considered very differently in the era of […]
COVID-19 teenage lockdown study
As COVID-19 continues to spread around the world, an Australian research team is looking at the impact of mass lockdowns on children’s mental health and wellbeing. […]
Reopening pubs, restaurants gets economic tick
How much is an Australian life worth to the economy? It’s a question Australians would dread to ever ask but government decisions on whether to fund […]