Postcards from the pandemic
In this series, we examine how everyday Australians are coping with the immense changes to their daily lives during the global coronavirus outbreak
Postcards from the pandemic: what we learned from everyday life under coronavirus
Guardian Australia’s series aimed to tell the stories of a broad range of people whose lives were changed by Covid-19
'Every train scrubbed every night': public transport has never been so clean
Train and bus use collapsed in lockdown but an army of cleaning staff is working to ensure commuters get aboard again
'I could not do what they do': lockdown breeds renewed respect for early childhood educators
Spending more time with his daughter has been a silver lining of the pandemic but it’s also prompted Robert Merkel to reflect on how Australia values its childcare professionals
A wary reopening for winery restaurant as fine dining withers on the vine
‘We don’t want to rush it,’ says John Mitchell of the acclaimed Montalto on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula
'It is so fundamental': Alice Fraser on comedy in the time of coronavirus
‘One of the biggest illusions about the arts is that entertainment is a luxury,’ says the Australian comedian, who is bemused by the lack of government support for the industry
'We’re going to survive': Queensland tourism operators chart a course in rough seas
With international travel halted and state borders closed, businesses are counting on domestic tourists and a spot of innovation to survive the winter
The Iranian refugee writing songs of love from his ‘luxury torture cell’
Moz Azimi’s friend was killed on Manus Island in 2014. Seven years later, he is still in detention with the threat of Covid-19, and nothing but music to give him hope
‘It’s been a real rollercoaster’: navigating autism in the Covid-19 chaos
A sense of routine is essential for Morgan Tilly, who has non-verbal autism. So when coronavirus restrictions hit, her family had to create familiarity amid the uncertainty
'We’ve got a new plan': coronavirus shifts the finish line for Australia's Olympic athletes
For cyclist Lucas Plapp, the Covid-19 pandemic has meant starting his gruelling training regime all over again
‘There have always been barriers for us’: how Covid-19 has further isolated deaf Australians
From the absence of Auslan interpreters on TV to the struggle to adapt to life without face-to-face communication, the pandemic has posed unexpected challenges for the deaf community
'A huge hit': foreign students may shun Australia after their treatment during Covid-19 crisis
David Bogi says international students like him were treated like cash cows to prop up Australian universities – and then disregarded when the pandemic hit
'It’s a very different Ramadan': how coronavirus has upended ancient rituals
This year, Islam’s holiest month has been held in lockdown in Australia. Mufti Zeeyad Ravat, from Melbourne, sees some positives: ‘It’s bonding families’
The start of something new: a homeless family's respite at a boutique hotel amid the pandemic
With the help of housing advocates, the Roe family became the first guests of a Fremantle hotel that opened its doors to the homeless
'We told them we loved them': family devastated by cruise ship coronavirus tragedy
Simone Grimm spent weeks campaigning to get her parents home from Italy, but when her mother died the family could not be together
'A lot of people have relapsed’: isolation has been a mixed blessing for drug addicts
‘People can’t find other things to distract them so they turn back to drugs,’ says one young man who left rehab as the country locked down
'You feel like you can make a difference': inside a coronavirus testing clinic
Junior doctor Brandon Verdonk runs the Covid-19 clinic at Westmead hospital in western Sydney. The experience has been empowering
'I felt deeply apologetic': how one man's bucket-list trip put a community at risk of Covid-19
Jonathon Cartwright caught coronavirus on a whirlwind visit from Australia to London to see a band. He’s recovered – but still feels guilty
Coronavirus closed a Broken Hill newspaper, but the community fought to save it
After advertising collapsed during the pandemic, an unlikely saviour came to the rescue of the union-owned Barrier Daily Truth, a lifeline for this outback NSW town
'I am frightened': Indigenous people return to homelands to wait out coronavirus
Renowned artist Shirley Purdie, 72, is isolating with her family on the remote Kimberley cattle station where she was born
Australian family's cruise ship ordeal: 'He was panicking because he couldn’t breathe'
Three members of the D’Silva family caught coronavirus on the Diamond Princess. They were shocked when they returned home
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