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Australia 'probably on cusp' of curbing COVID-19 to point where it 'dies out'
Australia's Deputy Chief Medical Officer says the country is 'probably on the cusp' of forcing the coronavirus infection rate down to a point where the virus could die out.
- by Paul Sakkal and Angus Livingston
Editorial
Coronavirus pandemic
Long game needed for victory over virus
For most nations, this is going to be a marathon, not a sprint.
- The Age's View
'Very concerning': Number of health workers with coronavirus doubles
The infected workers include doctors and nurses, as well as support and administrative staff.
- by Melissa Cunningham
'Hospitals are incubators': Anaesthetist calls for doctors and nurses to be isolated
Hospitals are coronavirus "incubators" akin to cruise ships and must radically lift efforts to prevent the spread between healthcare workers and patients, anaesthetist Rob Hackett says.
- by Dana McCauley
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'Tiny vestibules of happiness': Street libraries help bind communities ties
Despite public libraries being closed, there's still a place where people can go to satisfy a bookish urge at anytime of the day.
- by Riley Wilson and Josh Dye
Backpacks and broomsticks: how the fitness industry is keeping us active
Gyms, like most businesses, have had to adapt to survive, especially around what they can offer clients.
- by Greg Callaghan
Australia's most dangerous job: intensive care nurses on the front line
Nurses working on the front line with COVID-19 patients in intensive care are being trained in the delicate art of protecting themselves.
- by Dana McCauley
No fines for people in shops, as car wash penalty revoked
Police say people will not be penalised for attending shops that remain open under stage three coronavirus lockdown rules.
- by Paul Sakkal and Rachel Eddie
Scientists at odds after study finds coronavirus antibody puzzle
Some patients who recover from COVID-19 develop very few antibodies, raising questions over vaccine development and whether people get lasting immunity.
- by Liam Mannix
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Coronavirus Pandemic
Gyms, nightclubs should be last to reopen after lockdown: expert
- by Michael Fowler
Exclusive
Child of Qantas crew member infected amid quarantine exemptions
The child is among four family members and flatmates of Qantas staff who caught the virus from flight crew exempt from mandatory quarantine rules.
- by Kate Aubusson and Patrick Hatch
For Australian Jews, Passover forges on - matzah balls and all
Jews, the Passover story goes, once fled for Israel after ten plagues struck Egypt. This year, a real life plague threatened the religious holiday.
- by Max Koslowski
Local
Dead newborn lay on Seaford beach for two days before she was found
Days after a passer-by made the discovery, police do not know how the baby died or who her mother is.
- by Paul Sakkal
Haileybury staff stood down in Zoom meeting
Staff at a high-fee Melbourne independent school were told in a Zoom meeting their roles were not required during the coronavirus crisis.
- by Anna Prytz and Adam Carey
Forget tin rattlers, this year's Good Friday Appeal has gone virtual
Country firefighters won't be rattling their tins this Easter for the Royal Children's Hospital, but Victorians can still support the Good Friday Appeal from lockdown.
- by Rachel Eddie
Extra cash to house family violence victims, homeless during COVID-19
Millions for families fleeing domestic violence from state government during COVID-19 crisis. Four "pop-up" coronavirus centres for homeless to also get money.
- by Clay Lucas
Victorian coronavirus death toll climbs to 13
An 80-year-old man has become the 13th person in Victoria to die as a result of COVID-19, as the number of confirmed cases climbed to 1241 after another 13 people were diagnosed.
- by Rachel Eddie
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Politics
Branch censures national union over coronavirus concessions
The National Tertiary Education Union is negotiating in a bid to save jobs, but one of its branches says it is not pushing universities hard enough.
- by Nick Bonyhady and Fergus Hunter
Business
Exclusive
Coronavirus pandemic
Unfortunately-timed restructure stops 8000 pub staff from getting JobKeeper
Government rules and an unfortunately-timed corporate restructure have conspired to prevent 8000 pub staff from getting the wage subsidy.
- by Nick Bonyhady and Dominic Powell
World
EU backs mega stimulus package for hard-hit countries
The finance ministers were well aware of the dramatic toll the virus was taking on all the bloc's economies and that a failure to produce an agreement would be disastrous.
- by Matina Stevis-Gridneff
Opinion
Pell verdict is not the death of juries, but he should have been tried by a judge alone
Greg Barnes
Barrister and law lecturer.
For a moment, at least, our politicians are behaving like grown-ups
Waleed Aly
Columnist, co-host of Ten's The Project and academic
Like a moth to the game: NRL can't help itself and neither can we
Malcolm Knox
Journalist, author and columnist for The Sydney Morning Herald.
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Victoria's real estate market to grind to a halt because of new inspection bans
Only a fraction of sales will occur now a new ban on inspections is in place, leaving the state's multibillion-dollar property industry reeling.
- by Melissa Heagney
Flood of empty apartments hit the market amid coronavirus
Normally occupied by international students, inner Melbourne and some suburbs have had a surge of the properties put up for sale.
- by Melissa Heagney
Life & Culture
Tackling 'infobesity': how to stop our constant online snacking
The first step is to acknowledge that itchy, addicted urge to constantly check, pick up, distract.
- by Julia Hobsbawm
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Kennett demands financial transparency from AFL
The Hawks president attempted to galvanise support in demanding the AFL open up its own books to provide the league's full financial picture to the clubs.
- by Caroline Wilson
Football comes second for Bombers' No.1
The No.1 pick is happy to cool his heels while the community gets on top of COVID-19 but he will be ready to fire when the ball bounces again.
- by Peter Ryan
How cricket aims to tap into nostalgia to fill sporting void
With the international summer in danger because of travel restrictions, Australia's players union is talking to broadcasters about the game's former greats taking centre stage again.
- by Chris Barrett
When it comes to footy, Docherty is one in a thousand
Carlton's co-captain Sam Docherty is glad he got at least one game before the AFL season stalled.
- by Michael Gleeson
'We could do it tomorrow if we wanted': V'landys hits back as May return queried
The ARLC chairman maintains the NRL has permission to restart despite questions arising from comments made by the NSW Health Minister and Australia's deputy chief medical officer.
- by Chris Barrett
Cummins preparing for IPL in empty stadiums
Australian pace bowler Pat Cummins is "super hopeful" that the Indian Premier League will go ahead this year despite the COVID-19 pandemic.
Blicavs earns Phoenix Mercury call-up, waits to see if WNBA season goes ahead
Sara Blicavs has finally scored the chance to show she belongs in the WNBA but the Australian Opals forward faces a nervous wait to see if her Phoenix Mercury get the chance to have a season in 2020.
- by Roy Ward
Have Your Say
'Australia were out of control two years before'
One of the umpires in cricket's 2018 ball tampering scandal paints a damning picture of Australian team, describing them as 'pretty average people'.
