A second lockdown is not the first lockdown on rewind. Governments and their advisers need to show they understand this.
Despite early successes, the Victorian approach to beating COVID-19 had some glaring inconsistencies. Did this cause the second spike?
Instead of blaming 'rule-breaking' individuals for the rise of coronavirus cases in Melbourne, look at how diverse the decision-makers are.
Millions of dollars down the drain for an app that barely works — COVIDSafe is a dud and the government needs to fix it or flick it.
To help women safely access abortion services via telehealth, the government would need only to keep doing what services say it has been for decades: nothing.
Other states were quick to condemn Victoria for its second COVID-19 spike, but the second wave is coming for them too, and it will be worse than they imagine.
Though the venues were teeming, here was a distinct nervous energy in Melbourne's nightspots on the eve of the city's second lockdown.
Who would have guessed that running a quarantine via the party's neoliberal profit motive could go so horribly wrong!
COVID-19 has been suppressed in more than 20 developed countries, but that doesn't mean it's under control globally.
Australians have taken good hygiene to heart — social distancing, handwashing and getting the flu vaccine have had a huge effect.
