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23/08/2021

Flight, fight, or freeze?

Not everyone will struggle with their mental health during COVID-related lockdowns. But many of us will experience lockdowns distressing or even traumatic, according to this psychotherapist and trauma expert.

19/08/2021

We can see how resilience is a technology of will, or even functions as a command: be willing to bear more; be stronger so you can bear more. We can understand too how resilience becomes a deeply conservative technique, one especially well suited to governance: you encourage bodies to strengthen so they will not succumb to pressure; so they can keep taking it; so they can take more of it. Resilience is the requirement to take more pressure; such that the pressure can be gradually increased.

For philosophers like Simone Weil, fatigue is dangerous insofar as it manifests a moral, spiritual, even physical exhaustion — compelling us to seek facile ‘resolutions’ to problems. What could be called “consumptive” fatigue urges us to shut it all off, to block out the world, encouraging...

19/08/2021

"It may seem that we don't have that much impact on it, but actually our choices do matter because of the cumulative effect they have," Dr Longstaff said.

This week Victoria's Premier lashed out at the bad choices of some during lockdown, highlighting how our decisions affect the safety of others. And it shows that making moral choices are weighing heavily on us.

09/08/2021

All of the new cases are linked to the existing outbreak, but only five were in quarantine during their infectious period.

05/08/2021

SBS News spoke with leading infectious diseases physician Professor Peter Collignon to debunk some of the most common myths about coronavirus vaccines.

15/07/2021

The ABC understands Melbourne will go into a snap lockdown from midnight tonight to curb the growing COVID outbreak.

06/07/2021

Key points:
Senior government ministers are meeting this morning to discuss eased restrictions
Masks are set to be scrapped from offices, but remain in public-facing roles
Discussions are being held on how large crowds should be

The ABC understands masks will no longer be mandatory in offices but will still be required in public-facing roles and hospitality.

16/06/2021

Key points:
- There were 25,635 test results received yesterday, and 15,610 doses of vaccine give at state-run sites
- Restrictions will ease tonight, with the 25-kilometre travel bubble imposed on Melburnians to end
- An epidemiologist has questioned whether lockdown restrictions are being eased too soon

There were 25,635 test results received yesterday, and 15,610 doses of vaccine were administered at state-run sites.

16/06/2021

Restrictions will ease on Friday as Melbourne and regional Victoria emerge from a fourth lockdown. Here's what you need to know.

15/06/2021

A deal has been reached with doctors to visit people at home or in aged care or disability residential facilities to deliver COVID-19 vaccines.

15/06/2021

"When a family becomes concerned about their mother’s wellbeing in a retirement home, private investigator Romulo hires Sergio, an 83 year-old man who becomes a new resident–and a mole inside the home, who struggles to balance his assignment with becoming increasingly involved in the lives of several residents."

Would you watch this film?

In cinemas June 17. Find cinema locations here: http://mad.mn/themoleagentWhen a family becomes concerned about their mother’s wellbeing in a retirement home...

15/06/2021

Academy Award-nominated documentary The Mole Agent starts with a cheeky premise, and pivots to something altogether more poignant and humane.

15/06/2021

Today is world elder abuse awareness day!

10/06/2021

Australia's south-east has endured a wild night of winter weather with high winds, heavy rain, flooding and widespread snow, with emergency services run off their feet in Victoria and parts of Gippsland evacuated.

07/06/2021

Please stay safe, everyone!

The number of exposure sites is at 354, as authorities race to contain two different coronavirus variants that have spread in Victoria.

27/05/2021

Victoria will go into a snap seven-day lockdown from midnight as it grapples with a new COVID outbreak. Here are all the rules and restrictions.

20/05/2021

Sanjay Khanna has issued a desperate plea to the Morrison Government to allow his elderly father in India to come to Australia.

06/05/2021

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