I'll be covering the race for Sydenham for @theage over the next few weeks, a true three-cornered-race between @AustralianLabor @LiberalAus and @OneNationAus.

In the electorate and want to chat? Got a tip? liam.mannix@theage.com.au | liammannix.18 (Signal)

Is Long COVID fake? Or is it causing a wave of long-term disability? The answer might be... somewhere in the middle.

"COVID-19 impacts your short-term risk of health problems, but the evidence is not strong for the majority of other issues."

Great analysis by @GidMK

Full piece here gidmk.substack.com/p/is-long-covi…

RT @theage: ‘They wanted our WhatsApps’: Staff claim culture of fear at Florey.
theage.com.au/national/they-…

RT @theage: ‘Someone needs to save the Florey’: Famous institute at war with its scientists theage.com.au/national/victo…

RT @smh: ‘Someone needs to save the Florey’: Famous institute at war with its scientists tinyurl.com/2zxhvpc2

RT @theage: No consent: Sacked professor loses case after women’s cells used in mice experiment
theage.com.au/national/no-co…

My new piece looks at the Last Ditch bar/masking shenanigans and how people have always misunderstood disability and COVID-19 risk.

Also, why mask mandates don't really make sense to me in 2026.
gidmk.medium.com/the-last-ditch…

RT @theage: How a $165b medical giant hid the truth about its popular back pain device.
theage.com.au/national/impos…

RT @smh: The greatest scientific mystery of our time may have just flashed in a gold mine smh.com.au/national/the-g…

RT @daanysaeed: Hard to overstate the regularity with which I text Marnie some variation of: “hey I’ve seen the abuse you’re copping”. I do…

RT @theage: FIFO boss resigns from flagship youth mental health service theage.com.au/national/victo…

Delighted to be joining @theage's incredible investigations team as an investigative reporter, focussing on science and health.

Got a yarn? Contact me at
liam.mannix@theage.com.au
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New newsletter: 26 IDEAS FOR 2026

Feat.
#6: The age of anti-AI populism is coming
#10: The only modern virtue is money
#17: The future will be hot, high, and lonely: GLP-1s + daily marijuana use now exceeds daily drinking + death of partying

derekthompson.org/p/the-26-most-…

Case study callout: do you have kids who will be effected by the social media ban? Keen to chat for a story in @theage

Exclusive from Angus Dalton and I: ANSTO planning to close multiple beamlines at Lucas Heights and the Synchrotron

theage.com.au/national/scien…

Youth mental health crisis: What if social media isn’t to blame? The common underlying megatrend is rampant neoliberalism based on extreme economic theory. It’s created an individualistic fragmented society. Social media captured by oligarchs is a symptom smh.com.au/national/what-…

theage.com.au/politics/feder…
Australia’s $24B #MRFF is delivering just $650M a year — far short of its $1B promise.
PBO shows we could safely lift this to $800M–$1B annually while the fund keeps growing.
@AlboMP, let’s back our researchers, boost innovation, & secure better health.

Everyone agrees youth mental health is bad - much worse than earlier generations.

There's a rush to blame social media - despite a lack of robust evidence it's really to blame.

What if we're letting that blind us to the real culprits?

smh.com.au/national/what-…