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LIFE AS WE KNEW IT by Aisha Dow and Melissa Cunningham is the gripping inside account of Australia’s extraordinary pandemic story, told by two journalists who covered COVID-19 through Melbourne’s six lockdowns.

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An extract of our upcoming book, Life As We Knew It, out on October 3!

‘Spy stuff’ and front organisations: Moments that changed the course of Australia’s pandemic theage.com.au/national/spy-s…

A sneak peek 🤓📕

This is just fascinating from Aisha Dow and Melissa Cunningham. ‘Spy stuff’ and front organisations: Moments that changed the course of Australia’s pandemic theage.com.au/national/spy-s…

I loved this. Dani’s dedication to exposing a scammer was brilliant. Big thanks to the excellent Henrietta Cook for the tip about this interesting issue. theage.com.au/national/not-t…

Osman Faruqi and I spoke to 20+ First Nations and non-white current and former staff of the ABC for this story. Racism is a problem media-wide, but many feel Aunty needs a cultural shift.

How the ABC’s ‘betrayal’ of Stan Grant exposed its racism problem theage.com.au/culture/tv-and…

It kills almost 10% of Australians. But dementia patients have no say in how they die. Melissa Cunningham and I took a look at the push to expand voluntary assisted dying to people with dementia. theage.com.au/national/it-ki…

Some very exciting news... BACK UP, my upcoming book about back pain, has a beautiful front cover!

Look at this sucka - stunning design from Akiko Chan.

Out soon via NewSouth Publishing

New story from me today - this was SUCH an interesting story to cover. And yes, eVerYtHing is FinE 😶‍🌫️

Black Summer bushfire smoke likely triggered three-year La Nina and Australia's record flooding theage.com.au/environment/cl…

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Excited to reveal the cover of our book, Life As We Knew It 📕

Interviewing pandemic premiers/prime ministers, toilet paper factory managers, limo drivers and CHOs… Melissa Cunningham and I have been travelling the country to share Australia’s pandemic story.

Link in bio ❤️

I ❤️ working @ ABC, & covering regional communities (like mountain calf sales!) but we want sustainable careers for regional staff. Regional staff earn about $25k less than metro staff, & many are told they can’t earn any more despite decades of experience(1/2) #DontDiscountABC

Hello Hervé Lemahieu! I am a journalist The Age. I was hoping to chat to you today about a story I am writing. Could you please follow me back so I can DM you? Thanks so much

Have you spent time in an ED in a Victorian hospital lately? (this year) Would love to hear about your experience, please DM or email [email protected]