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Australians hit the bottle with gusto while at home during the pandemic, drinking an unprecedented amount of alcohol and bumping retail alcohol sales to record levels.
Opinion
Australian universities are so dependent on international students for cash that if only one if five don’t re-enrol this year, many institutions will be in serious trouble with impacts on staff and research, writes Omer Yezdani.
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Government website COVID-19 advice must be written in simple language to ensure more Australians can understand and follow it, argue Cath Ferguson, Margaret Kristin Merga and Stephen Winn.
Premier Steven Marshall says the state’s emergency powers “don’t lend themselves particularly well to a pandemic” but says it’s unlikely the current state of emergency will be rescinded while border closures remain a regular feature of South Australian life.
SA hotel operators have reported a big impact on their own and staff mental health due to the pandemic, with the industry body saying stress and anxiety about shutdowns, restrictions and job security confirmed the need for online help services and possible phone counselling.
With early evidence showing first-generation vaccines help suppress COVID-19-related illness but are unlikely to prevent the actual infection, other public health measures must continue for the foreseeable future, argue Tania Sorrell, Ian Frazer and Ingrid Scheffer.
