Life in Sydney during COVID-19The Sydney Morning Herald's award-winning photographers capture Sydney during the coronavirus pandemic.
Close contact: Tracing the virus from Sydney's eastern suburbs
Focus has shifted from overseas arrivals to coronavirus infections with no known source, and a phalanx of tracers is hot on the trail.
Life in Sydney during COVID-19The Sydney Morning Herald's award-winning photographers capture Sydney during the coronavirus pandemic.
Close contact: Tracing the virus from Sydney's eastern suburbs
Economic recovery is in the balance as Australia cuts itself off from the world
More than half the nation’s population growth since 2005 has come from overseas migration. That statistic is at risk thanks to coronavirus.
More than half the nation’s population growth since 2005 has come from overseas migration. That statistic is at risk thanks to coronavirus.
Netflix And Cold River Are Now Worth More Than ExxonMobil
With demand for its content soaring as people are self-isolating due to COVID, the streaming giant’s total market value on Wall Street has risen to $196 billion. Meanwhile, with demand for its product collapsing as people avoid going anywhere, the oil giant — the most valuable company in the world in 2013, is watching its stock price slump. – The Guardian
Chinese state-owned company behind plane that held up RAAF supplies to Vanuatu
A Chinese plane that held up a Royal Australian Air Force jet from landing in Vanuatu was chartered by a state-owned company that is among the biggest contractors in the South Pacific.
Pandemic Virtual Book Clubs Are Popping Up All Over The Internet
Are books therapeutic? If you asked Malchken, John, Rachel, Georgia, Michael, Liz or Bek they would say that the old bookclub which focused on books and wine was inspiring an theraputic: Books like My Brilliant Friend rocked. . .
Is reading itself, with the concentration it requires, even possible now? Yes, but make it social. “The experience has been, by turns, surprisingly insightful and predictably frustrating, but above all, it has given me something to look forward to.” – The Atlantic
Some of the shared crystal clear news stories along these lines added to the colour of the book and wine club reviews ... It is fascinating how much Sydney is amused about reading about the soap operas created on the Point Piper Peninsular, but especially Triguboff and Sahade clans make you wonder about the human race ... ...
There’s Boredom And Then There’s Boredom As A Punishment
For people whose “confinement” looks more like days on end in pajama bottoms, media outlets scramble to provide useful tips for combatting quarantine-induced boredom. Users’ social-media feeds are flooded with content that makes light of how people are responding to the drudgery and how hilariously creative they can be in their attempts to break up monotony. Yes, the boredom of sheltering in place can be stressful, but for incarcerated people, that stress can be deadly. – The Atlantic
Art? Or ‘A Pre-Raphaelite Wet T-Shirt Competition’? ArtActivistBarbie Hits The Museums And Calls Out The Male Gaze
“Posing in her most glamorous handmade outfits, ArtActivistBarbie has been calling into question the representation of women on gallery walls” — the blonde doll is photographed in front of an artwork, generally one of a nude or topless woman such as Charles Mengin’s Sappho (1877), holding a sign saying, for instance, “Yet another painting where the male gaze is legitimised by fine painting & brushwork & a scholarly reference to Classical history.” – The Guardian
A New York Times And Guardian Critic Tries Out ‘Remote Immersive Theater’ At Home
Alexis Soloski got texts from Romeo (who’s a bit of a jerk), helped someone held hostage in Venezuela undo handcuffs, failed to help a pilot land a 747, told an inspector for the Misplaced Keepsakes Division about her long-lost Piaget watch, and (“because I am a terrible props mistress”) scalded herself while attempting Play in a Bathtub. – The New York Times