As Covid-19 dominates newsfeeds, The Kindness Pandemic wants to bring back positivity online.
The kindness outbreak
Dishing up free meals for hospitality workers
Local restaurants are participating in the nationwide #Hospo4Hospo program.
Virus exposes cracks in the system
While many of us sit out the crisis from the comfort of our own homes, where do the homeless go?
Aussies in the Andes plead for help
A Perth student is among the Australians who say they can’t get out of Peru without government support.
Tourism troubles hit home
With the regions now cut off and all non-essential travel banned, local businesses miss out on crucial Easter revenue.
Preschool pandemic package
A Perth-wide childcare chain says the government’s new plan will help essential workers.
Lockdown threatens remote Indigenous communities
As COVID-19 spreads further, remote Indigenous communities worry they will be “sitting ducks”.
COVID-19 gives tourism a ‘huge knock’
The federal government’s new ban on inbound tourists is another blow for the travel and hospitality sector.
Crunch time for businesses amid COVID-19
Victoria Park businesses struggle with the decline in customers during the COVID-19 crisis.
Thousands rally to adopt healthcare workers
A Facebook page encourages locals to help out healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Amateur footy clubs hit hard
Amateur sports club sponsors get cold feet as COVID-19 shuts down competition.
The forgotten crisis
Experts say COVID-19 is pushing other problems like climate change to the back of people’s minds.
Students staying put
Some exchange students packed their bags for home and left straight away while others have chosen to stay.
Gigs gagged by COVID-19
Thousands of arts workers left unemployed and uncertain following COVID-19 mass gathering bans.
Welfare recipients get $750 for COVID fallout
The government is coughing up $8.7 billion in economic stimulus, but will it cure our economic ill-health?