Anguish for families as hotel quarantine case collapses,‘no one held accountable’

Anguish for families as hotel quarantine case collapses,‘no one held accountable’

No one will be held criminally responsible for a COVID-19 outbreak from hotel quarantine that led to the death of 768 people and one of the world’s longest lockdowns.

  • byAlex Crowe,David Estcourt andAisha Dow

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Perth company,former boss cop hefty fines for ‘COVID killer’ sanitiser claims

Perth company,former boss cop hefty fines for ‘COVID killer’ sanitiser claims

Perth-based natural wellness company Holista CollTech and its chief have been hit with $2 million in fines for falsely claiming its plant-based hand sanitiser killed COVID-19 in the early days of the pandemic.

  • byJesinta Burton
Teenagers the biggest losers of COVID-era school closures

Teenagers the biggest losers of COVID-era school closures

In the third and final part of this series,experts say the impact of COVID-era school closures on a generation of students is still unclear.

  • byLucy Carroll andJordan Baker
Violence,anxiety in students as young as 5:Marks of the COVID generation

Violence,anxiety in students as young as 5:Marks of the COVID generation

In part two of this series,experts discuss reports of students struggling and teachers being physically attacked in the aftermath of school closures during the pandemic.

  • byJordan Baker andLucy Carroll
Asking the hard questions about COVID school closures

Asking the hard questions about COVID school closures

Of the many responses to the pandemic,few had a greater impact than the mass closure of schools.

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‘We made the wrong decisions’:COVID-era mass school closures condemned

‘We made the wrong decisions’:COVID-era mass school closures condemned

Closing Sydney’s schools was one of the biggest – and most controversial – calls made during the pandemic. But was it really necessary?

  • byJordan Baker andLucy Carroll
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Introducing Deloitte,a poster child for the cringe era

Introducing Deloitte,a poster child for the cringe era

There’s cringeworthy content,then there’s the dross that this consultancy giant served up to its staff the other day.

  • byMadeleine Heffernan andKishor Napier-Raman
Our leaders are not ready for the next pandemic

Our leaders are not ready for the next pandemic

The end of this month marks four years since the World Health Organisation declared China’s COVID-19 outbreak a public health emergency of international concern.

Aggressive measures in COVID early years credited for saving thousands of lives

Aggressive measures in COVID early years credited for saving thousands of lives

The Burnet Institute says global COVID-19 deaths data underscores Australia’s success in saving lives in the first two years of the pandemic,but the “living with COVID” approach brought an 18-fold increase in the death rate.

  • byLisa Visentin
‘People deserve to have stories told’:Human rights chief urges wider COVID review

‘People deserve to have stories told’:Human rights chief urges wider COVID review

Lawyers who have spent years trying to overturn unlawful fines issued during the pandemic also said the federal government had taken a “nothing to see here” approach.

  • byNatassia Chrysanthos
Nothing to prevent states helping COVID inquiry:Chalmers

Nothing to prevent states helping COVID inquiry:Chalmers

The federal treasurer said he did not accept claims the review was a “light touch” exercise that should have been set up to investigate all aspects of the response.

  • byDavid Crowe