Musical comedy duo Sparrow-Folk usually play for laughs, but their latest project has a greater purpose – thanking frontline workers for their efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The project was completed in about...
This week, Jeff Popple reviews three virus and pandemic novels. More of Jeff’s reviews can be found on his blog: murdermayhemandlongdogs.com
The End Of October by Lawrence Wright
Bantam, $32.99
Lawrence Wright’s The End Of...
Canberrans are being reminded that children are included in the 10-person limit at cafes and venues as ACT Police educated patrons and businesses at numerous venues over the weekend.
This comes at the...
A new university study is seeking participants to help gather an understanding of the experiences associated with receiving or providing maternity care during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Amid the global COVID-19 pandemic, Canberra’s nurses and midwives have been celebrated with the 2020 Nursing and Midwifery Excellence Awards on International Nurses Day today, Tuesday 12 May.
Australians’ news consumption has surged during the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly among women and young people, a study from the University of Canberra’s (UC) News and Media Research Centre has shown.
As hand sanitiser supplies dwindled, local distilleries turned to making product for frontline health workers, and now the public can get their hands on it.
To help deal with the economic fallout of COVID-19, Australia urgently needs a national coronavirus taxation summit to help reform our outdated tax system. The call comes from leading tax expert, Professor...
COVID-19 has significantly disrupted our experiences of, and our rituals associated with, dying, death and bereavement, according to Edith Cowan University lecturer and psychotherapist Karen Anderson.
An update to this story was posted on Monday 4 May.
Canberrans are being asked to be aware of new regulations regarding easing of restrictions as the ACT records another day with no...
The annual Rental Affordability Snapshot from Anglicare has once again highlighted the lack of affordable housing for low income households in the ACT and Queanbeyan.
This year’s report comes as people grapple with...
We’re starting to see a light at the end of the tunnel and Canberrans want schools to be open, argues Senator Zed Seselja, Liberal Senator for the ACT,
More than $1 billion has been saved in poker machine losses across pubs and clubs Australia-wide since the COVID-19 pandemic began, according to the Alliance for Gambling Reform.
In a statement on 22...
