Richardson: Govt needs to rethink COVID communication blackout

The Marshall Government insists this week’s COVID spike is an unremarkable impact of the border re-opening. But it needs to do more to stem a tide of anxiety, writes Tom Richardson.

Time for close examination of pandemic emergency powers

MPs need to subject the extraordinary powers wielded by non-elected officials to independent scrutiny, argues Sarah Moulds.

Your views: on an outbreak, testing and trauma

Today, readers comment on COVID-19 in SA, rapid antigen test kits, a nurse’s struggle and healing veterans.

The HealthCheck SA app has been hit with overwhelmingly negative reviews.

Your views: on a home quarantine app and more

Today, readers comment on SA Health’s digital check-up, hospitals discharging new mothers and a local fertiliser deal.

SA's rapid antigen test ban needs a rapid rethink

Confirmed community transmission COVID-19 cases in Adelaide mean it’s now time for SA Health to lift its ban on over-the-counter detection kits, argues Jodie van Deventer.

Your views: on Crows and vax, politics and borders

Today, readers comment on an Adelaide Football Club director at odds with the club’s vaccination policy, political standards and variant concerns.

Australian Government casts net to catch online trolls

Facebook, Twitter and other social media platforms would have to identify the sources of defamatory and toxic posts under Canberra legislation, writes Michelle Grattan.

Omicron and the path to an endemic virus

It’s early days but the new variant could be less virulent and part of the process of COVID-19 becoming endemic in the human population, writes Hamish McCallum.