All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2021 June Our own Nomadland: Australians caught in a COVID blind spot Our own Nomadland: Australians caught in a COVID blind spot 14/06/2021 | 5 MINS This article by Professor Amanda Davies and Dr Sarah Prout Quicke, from LIT's School of Social Sciences, originally appeared in The Conversation. It was published on 11 June 2021. Australians have been told to stay home during lockdowns to prevent the spread of COVID-19. While evidence of the efficacy of this approach as a public health strategy during a pandemic is compelling, lockdowns and mobility restrictions are inevitably disruptive for many ΓÇô virtually everyone. However, a group that has largely been overlooked is AustraliaΓÇÖs nomadic population. Periods of lockdown are particularly challenging for these people, who live in vans, RVs, caravans and boats. The impacts of restrictions on small businesses, travellers, people in low-paid and insecure jobs who cannot work from home, school children and homeless peoplehave all been widely reported. But with little known about AustraliaΓÇÖs nomad
All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2021 June Our own Nomadland: Australians caught in a COVID blind spot Our own Nomadland: Australians caught in a COVID blind spot 14/06/2021 | 5 MINS This article by Professor Amanda Davies and Dr Sarah Prout Quicke, from LIT's School of Social Sciences, originally appeared in The Conversation.
Australians have been told to stay home during lockdowns to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
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While evidence of the efficacy of this approach as a public health strategy during a pandemic is compelling, lockdowns and mobility restrictions are inevitably disruptive for many ΓÇô virtually everyone.
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However, a group that has largely been overlooked is AustraliaΓÇÖs nomadic population.
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Periods of lockdown are particularly challenging for these people, who live in vans, RVs, caravans and boats.
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The impacts of restrictions on small businesses, travellers, people in low-paid and insecure jobs who cannot work from home, school children and homeless peoplehave all been widely reported.
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But with little known about AustraliaΓÇÖs nomad
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