We impose significant burden on children when we close schools
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By Philip Britton
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So Sydney children are expected to learn from home for another two weeks as the city tries to contain the latest outbreak of COVID-19. The government must recognise that this decision imposes a significant burden on children and young people, almost exclusively to benefit other age groups in society.
As a parent, paediatrician and infectious disease physician, I have been struck by the way in which the learning and wellbeing of children (especially young children) appears to have been consistently deprioritised in this debate. This must stop.
South Australia bans single-use plastics from today: What you need to know
South Australia s historic ban on single-use plastics is now in action, with shops banned from selling plastic straws, stirrers and cutlery.
The ban is the first of its kind in Australia and specifically prohibits the sale, supply or distribution of plastic single-use items.
In a release to the public, Minister for Environment and Water David Speirs said the legislation does not prevent members of the community from bringing their own straws to cafes.
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Single-use plastics such as cutlery have been banned in SA.(Tanya Macheda)
Additionally, any business can choose to supply individual single-use plastic drinking straws on request, due to disability or medical needs.