He'd come from two different sites and the young blokes there thought he was a fool for even suggesting it.This bloke called in to my show just a few minutes after I'd forced myself to read out a truly terrifying number — the number 723.By contrast, 846 people had been diagnosed positive in the UK in the previous 24 hours: That's in the whole country, a place with three times our population.The construction worker was all out of ideas — and to be frank, we seem to be as well.We know what we should do, but we just don't do it. Do it now.How we all wish it was over. Israel shut the Allenby Bridge crossing between Jordan and the West Bank on Tuesday. He tweeted that any such government should be “broad” and represent all sides ofNeither Netanyahu nor Gantz command a clear majority in parliament after the latest election, on March 2.Netanyahu has faced calls to step aside ahead of the start of his corruption trial that begins on March 17. Here's what that meansCurfew and exercise limits for Melbourne residents, regional Victoria moved to stage three lockdownEverything you need to know about Victoria's latest coronavirus restrictions and curfewNSW Premier issues 'strong recommendation' for masks, including for public transport, shopping 'I thought it was safer to stay': The pandemic dilemma for exchange studentsFederal Government withdraws from WA border court case brought by Clive PalmerAnalysis: 723 new coronavirus cases was shocking, but this number may be even worseBrisbane aged care residents' COVID-19 tests come back negative, one positive case in quarantineAnalysis: Governments are facing tough questions on how this has gone so terribly wrong. Their marvellous interview is And if you're in Melbourne and the Mitchell Shire that means staying home.We all want this to end. The casual work that garners little or no support.Then there is the creeping loss of faith in officials over what they may or may not have got wrong along the way.The traffic alone tells the story. Here's what that meansCurfew and exercise limits for Melbourne residents, regional Victoria moved to stage three lockdownEverything you need to know about Victoria's latest coronavirus restrictions and curfew'I thought it was safer to stay': The pandemic dilemma for exchange studentsFederal Government withdraws from WA border court case brought by Clive PalmerPolice have been given greater powers under Victoria's state of disaster.

No exiting Gaza. The prose are beautifully descriptive and the reader becomes very invested in Harry Stone’s journey from the first page. Israel set to quarantine all arrivals from abroad amid 58 confirmed coronavirus cases ... Palestinian Authority banned its citizens from crossing ... to use the Allenby Bridge crossing into Israel No new cases of the coronavirus have been recorded in the Gaza Strip since 10 June. Here are some cluesAll Victorian students to return to remote learning, Melbourne childcare centres to closePolice have been given greater powers under Victoria's state of disaster. We are not isolating after a test. Mr. Looft does a stellar job of immediately drawing the reader into the interesting and surprising world of Harry Stone. Foreigners would still be allowed to leave and all entries allowed, the PA said. And in the horrific examples of avoidable nursing home infections, a shocking waste of life.We are now clearly on the cusp of the much harder lockdown for which many have called from the beginning, and while some will still lament the dire economic effects of that, many more of us now shout — save us from ourselves.This weekend let us explain why a whole pile of very nicely filtered black and white shots of various women filled your timelines this week — the origins of the Subscribe to join Virginia Trioli each Saturday morning for the best long reads, analysis and features from the ABC.My ABC colleagues Brian Nankervis and Jacinta Parsons managed a neat escape: they spent some time with folk singer and protest icon Joan Baez, whom time does not seem to weary. We are not wearing masks.When the contact tracers come knocking, one in four of us who should be isolating while infected are not at home: some analysis suggests it's closer to one in three.Something about the social contract between authority and how we see ourselves as a community has broken down — not completely, not like a bridge collapses, with a gaping maw in the middle.

... not like a bridge collapses, with a gaping maw in the middle. Here's what that means for youThe Australians who are sick of hearing 'you should have come home earlier'Three months on, does Australia need a new coronavirus contact tracing app?Police have been given greater powers under Victoria's state of disaster.

“Crossing Allenby Bridge is an accomplished, thought provoking and brilliant novel . From Sunday we will almost certainly be locked down further.

It's more like the way a piece of fabric degrades — patches appear here and there, bits stay strong but threads fall apart, and the entire thing becomes brittle and fragile.This virus has exposed the fragility of our social fabric, its uneven strength and texture.The uncertain and insecure work of many; the transient employment of others that takes the infection from one nursing home to another; the lack of sick leave that compels someone to keep working.