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Scott Morrison’s coronavirus mea culpa was barely disguised score-settling with Daniel Andrews | Katharine Murphy
Scott Morrison has delivered a mea culpa. But it pays to be precise about the nature of the apology, which was “sorry, but most of what went wrong was that…
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When someone you love is dying, your sadness is infectious. In lockdown, this grief is shared | Nova Weetman
Last night I broke curfew. I drove home at 8.30pm after delivering my partner to the carpark of the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre in Melbourne. Because of the restrictions, I…
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‘I thought there would be more compassion’: battling the bureaucratic maze of Covid-19 border restrictions
When Harry Halstead’s father died on Monday last week, the 26-year-old immediately applied for a permit to travel from Melbourne to New South Wales to care for his grieving mother.…
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Anthony Albanese rebukes Joel Fitzgibbon over comments on gas-led recovery
Anthony Albanese has rebuked his shadow resources spokesman, Joel Fitzgibbon, for signalling Labor will sign up to substantial taxpayer underwriting of gas infrastructure, and insists climate change is an “existential…
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UK coronavirus: France could quarantine British visitors; UK reports 1,441 new cases in a day — as it happened
That’s all from the UK coronavirus live blog today, thanks for following along. You can continue reading our coverage over on the global coronavirus blog, as France reports another record…
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UK ministers rushed forward France quarantine by 24 hours
Thousands of holidaymakers scrambled to return from France on Friday night amid chaotic scenes as it emerged ministers rushed forward the imposition of quarantine measures by 24 hours. It is…
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New rules ‘put future of soft play centres in England at risk’
They are a lifeline for parents: somewhere affordable where children can exercise and play. But as soft play centres prepare to reopen on Saturday, industry experts have warned that many…
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Do the maths: why England’s A-level grading system is unfair
It wouldn’t be out of place in a maths A-level: suppose a class of 27 pupils is predicted to achieve 2.3% A* grades and 2.3% U grades; how many pupils…
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Britons in France scramble to get home before quarantine begins
At times on the A1 and A16 motorways in northern France on Friday afternoon, four out of five cars had UK plates: SUVs, estates and vans laden with luggage and…
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‘Vaccine nationalism’ stands in the way of an end to the Covid-19 crisis | Stephen Buranyi
We’re all waiting for a coronavirus vaccine, but when Russia announced earlier this week that it would be the first country to approve one, nobody rejoiced. Scientists pointed out clinical…