Professor Brendan Crabb On What "Living With COVID" Really Means; Bruce Pascoe And Bill Gammage Explain Aboriginal Land Care Through Fire And Farming; Federal Election With Rachel Withers

Uncommon Sense

Professor Brendan Crabb AC, Director and CEO of the Burnet Institute, joins Amy to reflect on how the pandemic and SARS-CoV-2 virus has evolved. He addresses the myths and misinformation around what the virus is, how it is spread, and what we must all do to reduce transmission. Brendan also discusses the long-term health effects of COVID-19, including Long COVID, and much more. Writer and farmer Bruce Pascoe and historian Bill Gammage discuss their new book, Country: Future Fire, Future Farming. They explain how Aboriginal people were, and are, farmers and agriculturalists – and what we urgently need to learn from them, for the sake of our forests, climate, and ecologies. Bill and Bruce also explain how and why First Nations people need to benefit from sharing their knowledge. Rachel Withers, Contributing Editor of THE MONTHLY, discusses the start of the 2022 federal election campaign.