Queensland border closure created frustration, but restrictions now relaxing
Queensland is less than 250 kilometres away from Narrabri but it may as well be on the other side...
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Author: Blake Jarrett
Living quietly in these curious times
According to reports from seismological institutions around the world the fall-off of human activity around the Earth because of the COVID-19 lockdown resulted in a reduction of around 50 per cent in the seismic noise level in...
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A journalist driving her Victorian registered car in North Queensland has been the victim of what she has labelled ‘plate hate’ – a man spotting her Victorian number plate yelled out ‘I hope you didn’t bring the...
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To say there are anomalies around permitted interstate travel is a massive understatement. Topical hears anecdotally of travellers coming and going – including one business traveller able to fly to Brisbane from Sydney and...
Read MoreTopical 25/8/20
The impacts of COVID-19 on the economy are hard to quantify at this stage, but we will necessarily be taking the long to very long view. Topical is reminded of what Mao Tse Dong was reported to have said when asked about the...
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