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Does my Business Need to Close?

JobKeeper Payment The Australian Government has announced a subsidy program – The JobKeeper Payment, to support businesses affected by COVID-19 to cover the costs of employees’...

Scary Red or Icky Green? We Can’t Say What Colour Coronavirus Is

Images of the latest coronavirus have become instantly recognisable, often vibrantly coloured and floating in an opaque background. In most representations, the...

Clarification on New Restrictions

Full audio of Tuesday 31 March press conference featuring Premier Peter Gutwein, Health Minister Sarah Courtney and Director of Public Health Mark...

Public Health Direction Regarding Gatherings

Tasmanians Ordered to Stay In

From midnight tonight Tasmanians are ordered to stay at home. Premier Gutwein announced the order this morning. He said there will be...

3 Antarctic Studies Underline Shrinking Ice Problem

Recent measurements – as reported in three newly-published studies in Science magazine – show that portions of East and West Antarctic ice...

Fed Govt Announces Extra Support

The federal government has announced new health support measures in relation to coronavirus. Prime Minister Scott Morrison continued to urge Australians to...

Macquarie Island: A Short History

Discovery Macquarie Island was discovered in 1810 by a sealer named Frederick Hasselburg. He found it by accident while searching for new...

Privacy vs Pandemic: Govt Tracking Mobile Phones could be Potent Weapon against COVID-19

Borders, beaches, pubs and churches are closed, large events are cancelled, and travellers are subject to 14 days’ isolation – all at...

Little Laydybird Book of COVID-19

This COVID-19 spoof of a Little Ladybird Book has been doing the rounds on social media. We don’t know who created it....