Pandemics
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Navigating a pandemic: Australian practices and perspectives on information, services and technologies during the COVID-19 crisis
This report provides a comprehensive overview of how participants have coped during the COVID-19 pandemic and how they have sought out resources during periods of disruption, isolation and quarantine. The findings offer insights that may enhance service provision and systems design decisions to better support Australian residents as they seek information and services.
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COVID-19 practices and perceptions in Australia (2020-2021)
This research project investigated the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on people living in Australia, with a particular focus on their experiences, perceptions and practices—especially in terms of tracking technologies (the COVIDSafe app, the use of QR codes), masks and other prosocial techniques.
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Select Committee on COVID-19: third interim report - public interest immunity claims
This interim report informs the Senate about claims of public interest immunity received by the Senate Select Committee on COVID-19 in the course of its examination of the Australian government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The report discusses three claims received by the committee by or on behalf of the Federal Health and Aged Care...
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Service innovation deep dive: summary report
Acknowledging the significant impact of COVID-19 on community services, researchers sought to understand the ways in which organisations in the aged care, disability and emergency relief sectors had innovated during COVID-19.
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Strengthening our health communication systems: pandemic lessons for Melbourne’s west
Effective health communication during the pandemic has been particularly challenging for people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds who live in Melbourne’s west. This review draws upon literature from COVID-19 and other pandemic or emergency responses.