Parkrun Returns
Ever since COVID-19 forced the cancellations of Parkruns around the country, Centennial Park’s volunteers have been trying to find a way back.
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Category: COVID-19
Saying farewell: How COVID-19 is changing the conversation around grief
A Chinese-Australian family of five stands in a backyard garden in varying states of dark clothing. There is a phone on a tripod from which two elderly people peer – their faces too close to the camera.
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Quarantining Love
They’ve been separated by a pandemic and had the government break their relationships down into “tangible, traceable pieces of evidence”. But for these bi-national couples, love will prevail.
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A heavy toll. A surprising opportunity. How working mums navigated a ‘year in lockdown’
In dual income households, working women disproportionately cared for children, but the impacts of the COVID-19 lockdowns are more complex than they appear.
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Pop-up cycleways could kick bike commuting into high gear
There are 20 per cent more cyclists on Sydney’s roads, taking 16,000 more trips. So, will the city’s “pop-up” cycleways become permanent?
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There goes the Class of 2020
From classrooms to class “Zooms”, from hope to uncertainty and from togetherness to separation, those finishing high school and university have lost more than meets the eye.
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Second-hand clothing: the lifeline many people didn’t see coming
Australia’s fashion industry might look a little different in years to come, with COVID-19 to blame for the rise in online thrifting.
Read MoreHSC 2020: how teachers prepared Year 12s for an exam period like no other
The HSC is now underway, but nothing could have prepared these Year 12 students for the COVID-19 curveball. Never before has the teacher-student relationship been so different, and so important.
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