Opinion - Mamamia

'I’ve written about the COVID-19 pandemic for 345 days. Here’s what I’ve learnt.'

"Selfish halfwits" is one way to look at the people who protested last Saturday. But there's another.

Jessie Stephens

"It felt like betrayal." This weekend broke even the strongest in lockdown.

This week we really just needed a leader.

"Let's facetime tonight." 5 things not to say to a Melburnian right now.

Right now, while we're distracted, our government is setting us up for environmental disaster.

'Accidental' vaccines and camping trips: The stark divide between our public and private schools.

Dr Rachael Jacobs

3 Sydney removalists were accused of spreading COVID to regional NSW. There's more to the story.

'I'm entering my fifth Melbourne lockdown. I have no faith left in our leaders.'

'I've entered my fifth Melbourne lockdown. Here are 6 things I WON'T be doing.'

Sydneysiders ask Victorians their best advice to get through lockdown. Here's what they said.

'The government vaccine ad wants to scare us. We're already terrified.'

'I'm living through the latest wave of COVID-19 in NSW. Where has our compassion gone?'

"Funny for a girl": We need to talk about the gender gap in comedy.

Let's talk about the difference between the Bondi outbreak, and what's happening in Western Sydney.

"Please, Gladys. Lock us down properly so we can get out of this faster."

OPINION: This year’s NAIDOC Week theme is ‘Heal Country.’ But we need to heal our people first.

All Year 12 boys at a private Sydney school were vaccinated. But our anger is misdirected.

NRL players breaking COVID restrictions is one thing. But the story gets so much worse.

Jessie Stephens

"Australia is known as the 'Lucky Country'. But not for Aboriginal people."

'I live in the middle of Sydney's Eastern Suburbs. All weekend I watched people bend the rules.'

Why lockdowns feel different in 2021.

“Vaccinations are the only way out of lockdown. And yes, it’s a race.”

'I can't stop thinking about the double standards in Australian politics.'

'Disgusting.' What a dying father and a newborn baby say about Australia's cruel border closures.

'I worked in hospitality for 10 years. It left my mental health in pieces.'

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"The Biloela family have been made an example of for 3 years. And they look like my own."

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"My grief is soaked in layers of guilt." Why Melbourne's fourth lockdown feels so different.

As Victoria faces the 'worst case scenario', where the bloody hell is ScoMo?

'It's day four of Melbourne lockdown. I'm so depressed, I'm almost non-verbal.'

'I'm about to go into my fourth Melbourne lockdown. I don't even have the energy to be angry.'

Prince Harry may be profiting from his story. But so are we.

So, a man tells us he struggled with his mental health. Look closely at our response.

Jessie Stephens

'I recently lost a friend to suicide. She left behind a letter for me.'

'People always ask me "how Aboriginal" I am. This is what they don't know.'

Britney Coulson

In 2017, reporter Jonica Newby fell into a deep depression. She was suffering from climate grief.

Dr Jonica Newby

"She used to sleep with a crowbar under her bed." Mitch Tambo's mum showed him what strength is.

'I'm an Australian citizen trapped in India. I feel beyond disappointed in my country right now.'

JOSH FRYDENBERG: Childcare is about to get more affordable for around 250,000 low & middle-income families.

The Hon Josh Frydenberg MP

'A week ago Derek Chauvin was convicted of murder. That battle is over, but the war rages on.'

Debbie Somersall

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