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Close up of person in PPE carrying presumed infected material in a plastic bag at Huanan Seafood Market, January 27, 2020

COVID-19

This little theory went to market

Using the scientific method to debunk the persistent claim that Covid-19 originated in Wuhan as a lab leak

Anthony Albanese and Anika Wells wearing masks among staff at St Paul’s Terrace aged-care home, Frankston, Victoria, August 15, 2022

Federal politics

Nothing to see here

It’s a new year and COVID remains a major public health crisis – so why isn’t the government talking about it?

Regent honeyeater

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How lockdowns rekindled our need to sing together

From impromptu balcony choruses to online choirs, we found our voices during the pandemic

Illustration by Jeff Fisher

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Covid’s long road

The author’s frightening experiences of long COVID, a condition still poorly understood and in desperate need of more resources

Illustration by Jeff Fisher

ANAM Set and music in lockdown

The project that commissioned 67 Australian composers to write for each of Australian National Academy of Music’s musicians in lockdown

Illustration by Jeff Fisher

The empathy deficit

The Morrison government’s negligence in aged care is having devastating effects

Illustration by Jeff Fisher

Australia’s world-leading COVID guidelines

When it came to setting guidelines for clinical treatment during the pandemic, Australia got it right

Image of South Australia Premier Steven Marshall addressing the media during a press conference in Adelaide, August 24, 2021. Image © Morgan Sette / AAP Images

Marshall law

Premier Steven Marshall claimed South Australia was “COVID-ready” when the state opened borders just as Omicron was emerging, but it now faces the same issues as the eastern states

Image of ‘Pin-the-tail-on-the-donkey’ game

The needle and the damage done

The federal government’s handling of the pandemic has been the worst public policy screw-up in Australian history

Illustration by Jeff Fisher

Lockdown loaves and hampers

The pandemic has led to a surge in people needing help putting food on the table