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Australian Government formal COVID-19 mass text alert
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Australian Government formal COVID-19 mass text alert
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The Australian Government sent out a very curt mass text on the 25th of March to warn Australian citizens to follow COVID-19 guidelines. I chose this item because the timing and brevity was viewed by many as 'too little, too late'. It's a reflection of the fact that it took our government a week or two to absorb and act on the seriousness of the situation - not long before this message came out, the Prime Minister had still been encouraging people to attend football matches in high-capacity stadiums. Though the government eventually recognised the risk, and acted more decisively than some other countries, a large chunk of credit must go to Australians with the foresight to begin acting in advance of government instruction. By the time I received this message, my workplace had already been shut down to a work-from-home situation for a full two weeks, and the University of Tasmania's campuses had been shut down for five days.
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Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)
English
Technology
English
Government Federal
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Sports
English
Labor
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Education--Universities
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Online Learning
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Date Submitted (Dublin Core)
17/05/2020
Date Created (Dublin Core)
25/03/2020
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