Masking healthcarer risks
322 new cases in Victoria today is tragic, but there is some relief in the assessment by Victoria’s Chief Health Officer that the numbers of new cases now appear to be stabilising and trending downwards. …
Police lockdown intimidating
500 armed Victorian police officers stopping 3,000 residents in nine public housing towers from leaving is, to say the least, heavy-handed. It must be confusing and terrifying time for many …
Meet AustDem Hero Adrian Hubble
This week in Episode 2 of AustDem Hero’s I interviewed Victorian AD member Adrian Hubble Adrian is an infectious diseases nurse consultant working on the front line with the homeless …
HomeBuilder dodgy economics
The Government claims its HomeBuilder stimulus package will help home-owner-occupiers and keep tradies in work but is private housing where investment is most needed? And will it just add to household …
Bushfires killed ~445
The Menzies Institute for Medical Research told the Royal Commission into National Natural Disaster Arrangements on 25 May that 3,340 people were admitted to hospital for cardiac and respiratory problems …
Soap better for your gut than sanitiser
The CSIRO warns our gut microbiome is at risk from too much alcohol-based sanitiser. So, where possible, wash your hands with soap and water. Our gut has a strong interaction with …
Mental health plan no answer to surge in youth job losses
The Federal Government’s National Mental Health and Wellbeing Pandemic Response Plan, announced on Friday 15 May, is grand enough in its rhetoric but the money on offer is peanuts, given …
3-step plan but confusion on timing
The Prime Minister has just now announced a detailed three-step plan on lifting Covid restrictions but it’s not at all clear when or where Step 1 commences. Apparently the states …
Lockdown working
We can take some comfort in the considerable drop in new cases of Covid-19 in Australia so far in April but the question is: how long will it last? Most …
Defend democracy
Barry Jones says 40 years ago he feared it would require a great crisis to bring a more rational, evidence-based approach to long term problems.
