#Australia

Dr Liz Allen

DrDemography

It appears the government response to #coronavirusaus is pretty much straight from the findings and recommendations of the Spanish influenza (circa 1920, NSW) The Spanish influenza pandemic of 1919 struck

Avi

_Avinash_18

Unknown Cricket Facts (Thread):1)Bhausahib Nimbalkar was on 443*, with one day to go in a first-class match, just 9 short of the then world record 452* held by Bradman, but was

UK Neil

UKNeil1979

So on closer inspection of the Kirsten Dunst pic stuck up in Instagram today...so the 1st piece of communication seems to be Woody..who did the voice for Woody? Tom Hanks.

COVID19 Australia

COVID_Australia

02/04/2020 5:30pm Total 5,136272Deaths 243ICU-849*Recovered 555139Tested-266,0899,136*NSW-2,298116VIC-1,03668QLD-83554SA-38518WA-4008ACT-873TAS-743*NT-212 Data and graphs: @COVID_Australia -> http://covidaustralia.com http://covid-19-au.com&n

Rachel Thomas

math_rachel

I took a twitter break for a while, b/c I’d been repeating myself for 2+ years about masks, post-viral disability, etc. My family will be avoiding unmasked, in-person situations for

lchaim2life

lchaim2life

Australia has had enough!After being told they had been in already and bought 4 tins after being seen at another shopping centre they still had the nerve to fight for

Aspen 🌻 blm

speckledaspen

I feel like nobody understands how wild australian history is so i'm gonna make a thread about the best things (in my opinion) that have happened here.Please open the thread

John Burn-Murdoch

jburnmurdoch

NEW: Sun 12 April update of coronavirus trajectoriesDaily deaths:• US & UK still trending up, Italy the only other to slope up at same stage• Success stories in dark blue:

Jane Caro

JaneCaro

Actually, I can’t let the appalling report on @abcnews go. To allow blaming teachers (‘teacher quality’ is code for that) for the appalling gaps in educational opportunity & outcomes in

Stephen Dziedzic

stephendziedzic

Tuning into Press Club launch of the China Story Yearbook. Chinese Deputy Head of Mission Wang Xining and AFR correspondent @MikeSmithAFR are speaking, along with Jane Golley. Wang says he

George Megalogenis

GMegalogenis

A tale of two contrarian takes.Remember when Australia avoided the worst of the GFC in 2008-9? It became fashionable to argue in hindsight that the stimulus wasn't necessary because China

Hannah Ryan

HannahD15

I've gone deep into the shock, sudden and unexplained death of a young man on Nauru. Because nobody else has: not the Australian government, not the Nauruan government. Here's what

Matt Mack

matthras

Currently tuning into: Growing up Asian in Australia https://event.on24.com/wcc/r/2440268/24B0D05AE59CA0632B368C720B4B9842 with @mrbenjaminlaw, @timsout, Alice Pung, @johnnodvc Thanks to @latrobe for hosting! Might livetweet a bit while I&#

Bad Econ Takes

BadEconTakes

Context: Capitalism and democracy can and do coexist. Definitions of both can be subjective, but you’ll be hard pressed to find any index by which Australia, Canada, Switzerland, etc. would

Jen Fitz

JenFitz_Reads

Am I the only one perpetually amused that "quashed" is the technical legal terminology in Australia? (FTR, I'm generally wary where bishops and abuse cases are concerned. But I am

Cory Doctorow

doctorow

The Australian government used an automated system to detect "welfare overpayments" from the Centrelink Agency. The system tormented Australia's poorest, most vulnerable people for years by insisting that they had