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Psychology can explain why coronavirus drives us to panic buy. It also provides tips on how to stop

  • Written by: Melissa Norberg, Associate Professor in Psychology, Macquarie University
Psychology can explain why coronavirus drives us to panic buy. It also provides tips on how to stop

In an address on Wednesday, Prime Minister Scott Morrison expressed his dismay at the hordes of “panic buyers” sweeping supermarket shelves clean across the country:

Stop hoarding. I can’t be more blunt about it. Stop it. It is not sensible, it is not helpful and it has been one of the most disappointing things I have seen in...

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how older people can cope with loneliness during the coronavirus crisis

  • Written by: Bridget Laging, Senior Research Fellow, Aged Care PhD, Australian Catholic University
how older people can cope with loneliness during the coronavirus crisisShutterstock

Social distancing is rapidly becoming a way of life as Australia fights the outbreak of COVID-19.

This is especially important when it comes to protecting the older and disabled members of our community living in residential aged care. In these facilities, communal living, chronic disease and advanced age combine to make the threat...

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Once the pandemic is over, we will return to a very different airline industry

  • Written by: Volodymyr Bilotkach, Associate Professor, Singapore Institute of Technology

The airline industry will wear the scars of the coronavirus pandemic for a very long time.

On Thursday, Qantas announced it was grounding its entire international fleet. American Airlines suspended three quarters of its long haul international flights on Monday.

Significant demand shocks aren’t new to the airline industry. In this century...

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Getting creative with less. Recipe lessons from the Australian Women's Weekly during wartime

  • Written by: Lauren Samuelsson, PhD Candidate, University of Wollongong
Getting creative with less. Recipe lessons from the Australian Women's Weekly during wartimeGiorgio Trovato/Unsplash, CC BY

Over the past few weeks, Australians have become used to seeing empty shelves in their local supermarkets. Coronavirus-induced panic buying has quickly depleted stocks of products like pasta, rice and flour.

Major supermarket chains Coles and Woolworths have introduced restrictions on the purchase of these staple...

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