| | | Feeling tired during lockdown? Here’s why |
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 Prolonged fear, anxiety or depressive symptoms, without respite, can result in feelings of fatigue. Experts say more time in bed will not necessarily help. Quality of sleep is the issue, made worse by anxiety. Being exposed to more sunlight during the day, having a sleep routine, exercising and eating a balanced diet can all help to lift energy and motivation levels. |
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| Zoom in on this all-star cast |
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 Noeline Brown Julia Zemiro, John Wood, Matt Preston and Leo Sayer star in The Friday Revue's radio play, Collie & Cass.
Collie & Cass is a six-part series written by Michael Ward. It is a comedy about a mother and daughter’s weekly Zoom catch-up during the COVID-19 lockdown in Melbourne. You can catch each weekly episode on Fridays at 2.05pm. |
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| Coping with the mental load |
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 Join Libbi Gorr and a range of health experts to explore the mental load on women during the coronavirus pandemic. The ABC hosted the Women’s Health Week special this week in partnership with Jean Hailes for Women's Health and the Queen Victoria Women's Centre. Ita Buttrose, ABC chair and passionate women’s health advocate, also shared an important message for all women. |
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| Roadmap questions answered |
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Victoria's restriction roadmap for regional Victoria and Melbourne covers everything from who you can see and how, when people can return to work, when holidays might be allowed, and how long you will have to wait to have a haircut.
Here we answer some of the most frequently asked questions. | | | |
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| Sometimes you just need cake |
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| We try to eat well, exercise and do the right things, but sometimes you just need a piece of cake.
This city is full of chocolate biscuit, cheesecake, fudge brownie and apple pie-eaters all doing what we can just to get by, writes Virginia Trioli. | | | |
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AFL great and Grandstand commentator Cameron Ling and his mum share with Jacinta Parsons, the pasta bake recipe, he would have before every game. |
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Paws for thought: Can a cat be an essential worker? Fur real. Elwood the cat's owner Andrew Williams explains to Sammy J how the family feline is now an official Epworth Hospital employee. |
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 Virginia Trioli and Insiders ABC presenter David Speers wrap up another big week in news and politics. |
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| The race that stopped a nation |
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| In 49.11 seconds, Cathy Freeman’s gold-medal winning run at the 2000 Sydney Olympics brought Australia together. To mark the 20th anniversary of her iconic win, she shares her full story for the first time and exclusively in FREEMAN on Sunday, 13 September, 7.40pm on ABC and ABC iview. | | | |
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 Because we all need something sweet every now and then. Here are our best recipes featuring chocolate. |
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