This Woman's Stress-Baking Over The Coronavirus Produced An Amazing Toilet Paper Cake
Kate was lying awake at 3am worrying about the coronavirus — and decided to make this cake instead.
Climate Deniers Are Making Memes About The Coronavirus To Argue Against Urgent Climate Action
Right wing media figures and groups are using the wall-to-wall coverage of COVID-19 to claim there was never any need for urgent climate action.
We Mapped Australia’s #FlattenTheCurve Efforts Onto The Curve Itself
In nine weeks, Australia has gone from zero to 4,000 cases of COVID-19. Here's what the government has done to try and flatten the curve.
A Man Asked Out His Neighbour By Drone In The Coronavirus Lockdown And I Believe In Love Again
"Hopefully something works out, but if not I'm just glad I shot my shot."
A Billionaire Politician — Not Trump, Another One — Is Running Facebook Ads For Chloroquine
Australian billionaire Clive Palmer has promised to buy a million courses of a drug that has not been proven to help COVID-19.
I Spent A Day In COVID-19 Lockdown Livestreaming Every Social Activity I Was Missing Out On
I went to a concert, a yoga class, a church service, a fishing hole and a beer pong match — all in the pursuit of trying to live a normal life in a global pandemic.
Racist Hoaxes About Chinese People Stockpiling In The Coronavirus Pandemic Keep Going Viral
Fake posts about Asian Australians stockpiling and hoarding goods in the coronavirus outbreak are spreading like wildfire.
A Fake Facebook Account Pretending To Be A Chinese Woman Hoarding Toilet Paper Is Being Shared By Right Wing Pages
One page posted a screenshot of the fake account with the caption "How Un Australian Is This Chinese Woman - name and shame!" It's been shared more than 6,700 times.
This Big Classifieds Site Isn't Cracking Down On People Price Gouging On Coronavirus Supplies
Facebook, eBay, Google and Amazon have all introduced at least some measures to crack down on price gouging — but not Gumtree. Update: Following this report, Gumtree announced a policy change.
YouTube, Twitch And OnlyFans Creators Are Seeing Their Audiences Grow As The Coronavirus Spreads
"I guess more people are bored being quarantined at home all day," one influencer said.
You Probably Saw This Hoax About Australia Enforcing A Mandatory Lockdown. Here's The Story Behind It.
The message, lifted from a Malaysian press release, was spread widely online on Tuesday evening.
Private Citizens Are Running Websites And Twitter Accounts Tracking The Spread Of COVID-19
Some Australians are publishing their own figures of how many people in the country have COVID-19.
Here's Why Facebook Has Been Marking Posts About The Coronavirus As Spam
Mark Zuckerberg said the bug was caused by a "technical error" in the social network's spam detection system.
Quiz: Which Paul Kelly Should I Be Getting My Coronavirus Advice From?
This is public service journalism at its finest.
A Boy Egged A Racist Politician After Christchurch. A Year On, Their Lives Have Completely Changed.
Will Connolly has tried to use his unexpected fame for good. Fraser Anning is nowhere to be seen.
People Are Making ASMR Videos About The Coronavirus Now, Because 2020
"ASMRtists are able to take a subject or event that may have scared you or made you anxious and turn it into a relaxing experience," one creator said.
Tinder Has Become A News Service About Coronavirus, Which Is Not What God Intended
"Setting my tinder to Wuhan so I can get the real scoop on what's going on," one user wrote.
Facebook Is Being Sued Over The Cambridge Analytica Scandal
Australia's information commissioner alleges 311,127 Australian Facebook users had their personal information exposed to the risk of being used by the infamous data firm.
A 21-Year-Old TikToker Is Documenting Life Inside The Coronavirus Quarantine In Wuhan
Megan Monroe is documenting on TikTok the surreal, sometimes grim and often banal reality of being in lockdown.
People Are Panicking About Toilet Paper And The Media Is Not Helping
Toilet paper panic has consumed Australia. Looking at the media coverage might explain why.