The Emperor's new COVIDSafe App The COVIDSafe app is starting to bear an uncanny resemblance to "The Emperor's New Clothes", and a fatal flaw in the system shows why.
Why should you install the COVIDSafe App? Part 2. Part 2 of a 3-part series looking into the questions you should ask before downloading the Australian Government's new COVIDSafe app. In part 1 of this series we laid out
Why should you install the COVIDSafe app? Part 1 Part 1 of a 3-part series looking into the questions you should ask before downloading the Australian Government's new COVIDSafe app. The Australian Government has a new app out to
School's in: Journalism As Government Public Relations If one thing's clear about the Australian debate on school safety in the age of Covid-19, it's that so much of what we're told via mainstream journalism appears as little
An expert view on children, schools and COVID-19 This week the Kirby Institute released a presentation from Professor Raina MacIntyre entitled The COVID19 pandemic update. Raina MacIntyre is head of the Biosecurity Program at The Kirby Institute and
The logic crisis in Australia's national conversation on coronavirus The global pandemic highlights a major flaw in society: the ability of politicians, politicised experts and agenda-driven media voices to rely on (and get away with) logical fallacies, contradictions and
Children and Coronavirus Globally our understanding of how children are affected by COVID-19 has evolved. Once thought of as peculiarly resistant to the disease, there is now an emerging view that they are
WHO said coughing into your elbow was a good idea? The WHO just revised their advice on masks, acknowledging that "wearing medical masks is one of the prevention measures that can limit the spread of respiratory viral diseases, including COVID-19"
Professor Brendan Crabb Calls For Stronger National Action On Coronavirus In a recent ABC radio interview, Burnet Institute Director and CEO Professor Brendan Crabb called for the Federal Government to implement the most extreme containment measures possible: An immediate lockdown
Leading Australian Voices Demanding Greater Action We're seeing many prominent Australians beginning to break ranks with the Australian Government's 'go slower' approach to this global health crisis, demanding an immediate change to policy. It should give
Is The Deputy CMO Trapped In A Political Lockdown, Even As He Argues Against One? In a press conference updating the Australian public on Coronavirus, Deputy Chief Medical Officer Dr Paul Kelly delivered advice that appeared to us politically motivated. Dr Kelly is a highly
Coronavirus Commandments Many Australians have been unnecessarily confused by the clear messaging of the Prime Minister during this crisis. We're here to clear things up. If you have more suggestions to add,
Thank Australia For The ABC! In times of national crisis, we really get to see how incredibly important the Australian Broadcasting Corporation is to everyone in our society. If you haven't already watched last night's
A Feverish Commitment To Business At All Costs Scott Morrison's latest reversal on hairdressers - removing the arbitrary 30 minute limit on appointments, even as the industry demands to be part of the lockdown - shows us a
Morrison's Australia: Increasingly Like France in Post-Chernobyl 1986 TLDR: How is Australia like France back in 1986? Both suffer from expert advice that is impossible to rationalise, guided by an economic ideology, and which makes an outlier of
Why 6 months+? We continually hear from Scott Morrison that a lockdown would take 6-18 months. Why? Who's asking the hard questions? Challenge the fear of a 6 month lockdown. "Schools in
Challenge the Fear of a 6-month Lockdown In the midst of a national crisis it's our leaders who are spreading fear. Fear about how long a lockdown will take... as a justification for not doing it. We
Why Australia Must Crush The Curve Let's #CrushTheCurve: demand Australia #LockdownNow to protect all Australians. Add your selfie to the virtual protestCall your MPChallenge the fear of a long lockdownLeading pandemic experts are urging nations around
