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COVID 19: The Social Impact on suburban life

Local shopping centres like Redfern in Sydney have become community hubs

Local shopping centres like Redfern in Sydney have become community hubs Source: AAP

With one in three people working from home, many people jobless and restrictions still in place, Australians have been spending a lot of time in their own suburb.


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