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From sovereign citizens to QAnon: private messaging apps attract mixed bag of lockdown protesters

Anti-lockdown protest organisers have started using encrypted apps such as Telegram to spread the word. We took a peek inside.

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As farms run out of fruit and veg pickers, soaring prices and shortages loom

Migrant workers are the backbone of the industry but the pandemic has put paid to them coming into the country.

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Things may be Orwellian, but not in the way the right believes

The right should be careful about who they invoke: Orwell would have zero compunction about putting one or two COVID denialists up against a wall in certain circumstances.

Good riddance to bad debt: how Australians are annihilating personal debt

The pandemic has inspired an unprecedented attack on personal debt in all its forms.

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The Mable model brings free market thinking to aged care — just in time for COVID

This controversial app risks putting the vulnerable in charge of the vulnerable. So why isn't News Corp writing about it?

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Missing Voices: Training for the pandemic

Crikey's older readers share their experiences of how the pandemic is changing them and their community.

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Collapse in home building reveals just how much Australia depends on migration

A new report about a collapse in the demand for new housing has driven home just how much the Australian economy relies on migrants.

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Why are we still locking returning travellers in hotels?

Sick with COVID? Stay at home. Return to Australia and test negative? Go to a hotel. It doesn't make any sense.

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Revealed: the Liberal, Murdoch networks making millions delivering ‘Uber for aged care’

An organisation appointed to provide a surge workforce for aged care facilities is backed by a powerful business network with connections to the Liberal Party and News Corp.

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Arts companies are fighting to the death for crisis funds

The all-in brawl is being dubbed the 'arts hunger games'. Paradoxically, the only way to get ahead is to make sure you're on the brink of collapse.

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