Neighbourhood Watch

In this week's Neighbourhood Watch, Zoe explains a second wave of COVID-19 happening in Victoria and New South Wales, and we find out where funding for the arts is going at the moment.

This week in Neighbourhood Watch, Zoe explains the legacy of branch stacking in Australian politics, and the latest comments by Scott Morrison about the history of slavery.

Despite warnings by many public health experts that changing seasonal flu strains were beginning to contribute to higher mortality rates, the notion that a pandemic may hit was largely ignored throughout the last decade. Even now, the Australian government is focussing more on pointing a finger at China, who Scott Morrison posits is accountable for generating coronavirus. Mary-Margaret asked Zoe Kounadis about that this week, and if that rhetoric is taking off.

Australia's Chief Medical Officer took part in our own Epidemic Response Committee this week, so Mary-Margaret asked Zoe if subsequent discussions about a possible trans tasman tourism bubble have been taking place across the ditch too. We also finally have some happier than usual news: Zoe tells Mary-Margaret about Thylacine, the newest DC character who is an Aboriginal woman from Pilbara.