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Collected Item: “A toilet-paper frenzy”

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A toilet-paper frenzy

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Screenshot from an SBS News Australia article

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This is an image captured in a Coles supermarket of a toilet paper aisle empty as Melbournians rushed to make sure they weren't left without during the COVID lockdown

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https://www.sbs.com.au/news/it-s-un-australian-and-it-must-stop-scott-morrison-tells-australians-to-cease-panic-buying

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SBS News Australia

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2020-03-13
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