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Workers still feel obliged to “soldier on”, and have forgotten most of the lessons of the COVID era, leading Queensland to suffer through its worst flu year in decades.
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COVID never killed the ‘soldier on’ mentality, especially when you can work from home

Queensland suffered through its worst year for flu in 2023 in decades. And our “soldier on” mentality – which never really went away – isn’t helping.

  • by Felicity Caldwell
Megan Maack (centre) and her children Isla, 14 (right) , and Jude, 12.
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‘Years my kids didn’t have’: Boost to Australian gene therapy development

When Megan Maack’s two children were diagnosed with childhood dementia, it took years for a drug that could help to be available in Australia.

  • by Mary Ward
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