With Purple Day falling yesterday, now is a useful time to discuss medicinal cannabis. Or, more accurately, the lack of it in South Australia. It’s not that there’s a lack of the substance, but a lack of doctors prescribing it. Health Minister Stephen Wade recently wrote to doctors informing them…

With all the talk about “The Thing”, one of the comments on other health matters has been long since forgotten. Australian of the Year, and SA based doctor, James Muecke, has called for a sugar tax to discourage people from consuming sugar sweetened food and drinks in order to address the issue of…

Now is a very hard time for everyone, we have been forced to almost put our lives on hold to look after our health and wait for this virus to pass and sadly its affecting everyone in so many ways. However, we need to focus on the positive and see what we can do as a community to not only overcome…

After developments over the weekend, it looks like most of us will be staying home when not working thanks to the thing. Yes, even when I blog, I’m going to use our special codename to refer to… well, you know what I’m talking about. That thing that is all over the news and is constantly changing.…

It's safe to say the world has gone mad with COVID-19 sweeping the globe and while its a tad frightening for some its come to my attention that there has been a heavy focus on the negative impacts it's having on the world, and understandably so. No doubt it's a sticky situation however I must point…

It's pretty, interesting time. But what's this Flattening the Curve that we keep hearing about? Here's a super simple breakdown of exactly what Flattening the Curve is, and how we can make a huge impact from pretty little effort. (Except that don't touch your face thing, turns out I love doing…

With the advent of the Coronavirus, we know that the overseas tourism sector is taking a belting, which should be encouraging, in normal circumstances, for domestic tourism. Sadly, that’s not the case, with isolation measures seeing a downturn across the board in tourism dollars and activities.…

The Coronavirus situation moved almost as quickly over the weekend as it has spread through Europe. Fortunately we, as Australians, are isolated from the world in a geographical sense. For those of us who have a love of things North American or European, that has usually been a burden, but now it…

THE ugly stand-off between the AFL and its players is over with the two parties reportedly agreeing to a pay deal for the coronavirus shutdown. Multiple outlets are reporting that players will take a 50 per cent pay cut until at least May 31 because of the COVID-19 pandemic halting the competition…

CHRIS Scott can understand why a group of Geelong players went to a party at Mark Blicavs’ house in contravention of government coronavirus measures, but says it was still a grave mistake. Blicavs has been roundly criticised for hosting the get-together, held just hours after the AFL season was…

NORTH Melbourne recruit Josh Walker admits he is “lucky” to have been cleared of any serious damage after a horrific fall during round one of the AFL season. Walker flew for a mark over St Kilda’s Tim Membrey and landed awkwardly on his back and neck in an incident that Kangaroos coach Rhyce Shaw…

FORMER Collingwood vice-captain Emma Grant has retired following the premature end to the AFLW season. The 30-year-old utility missed the Magpies’ entire 2020 campaign due to prolonged concussion. She suffered a debilitating head injury during a practice match and was unable to feature in…

Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex. (Photo by DPPA/Sipa USA) Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, has her first post-royal job, as narrator in a Disney documentary about elephants. Disney has announced Meghan is lending her voice to Elephant, to be released on April 3 on the Disney+ streaming service. It's…

The poster for #TheWilloughbys has arrived.In this animated feature, four children abandoned by their selfish parents learn how to adapt their old-fashioned values to the contemporary [email protected] @RickyGervais @TerryCrews. pic.twitter.com/ixmpdTFOTU — Only Film Media (@OnlyFilmMedia) March…

These are the Top 5 Apps for a Family in Isolation. These are some ideas for you to keep yourselves motivated and entertained while staying safe at home and surrounded by the people you love the most. At Number 5: Streaming Apps Streaming Apps. I’ve just grouped all of these Apps like Netflix,…

5 simple ways to get your money back for that cancelled holiday (Unsplash) It comes as no surprise that almost everyone LOVES a good holiday, unfortunately, current situations are making holidays a challenge. Amid the Covid-19 pandemic that is currently waging war in many countries, flights, tours…