Time to get smart about a returning citizens policy

As an Adelaide business traveller returning home but forced to quarantine in a city with active coronavirus cases for a premium price, Patrick Power argues it’s time Australia introduced an overseas travel policy that intelligently measures risk.

A policed border and tiny freedoms: travelling between states amid a global pandemic

South Australian authorities say the state’s border restrictions have helped limit the spread of coronavirus. That may be, but Jessica Bassano found out the downsides are two-fold – it’s messy and lonely.

Photo: AAP/Dan Himbrechts

Remember the isolated and elderly when lockdown lifts

Lockdowns have brought many people closer to family and community, but have also given an insight into the social isolation common to many older residents. Keeping up closer contact would be a valuable post-pandemic legacy, says Jane Mussared.

Photographing friends in isolation

Morgan Sette usually photographs car crashes and bushfires for AAP. But since finishing up with the newswire service last week, she started documenting the realities of her friends in isolation, most of whom are dealing with the economic fallout of the coronavirus from within their homes.

Fighting COVID-19 isolation and frustration with craftivism

An open-access Stitch & Resist project by Adelaide’s Centre of Democracy encourages people to pick up a needle and thread and cross-stitch messages about social and political issues – including the COVID-19 crisis.

Coronavirus prompts hard questions requiring hard answers

How do authorities trying to control a pandemic balance personal freedoms against acting for the greater public good? Ensure fair distribution of healthcare resources? The public need to be part of the debate, argue Paul Komesaroff and Ian Kerridge.