Useful platforms emerge for the discussion, advancement of ideas, but ‘traditional’ ones have become the mainstay of public discourse. AS the movement control order eases throughout the country, with promisingly stable reductions in daily Covid-19 cases and much optimism amidst our inoculation drive (apart from anti-vaxxers and sceptics), everyday life is beginning to resemble the “old normal”. For the first time in ages, I used Waze to circumvent a traffic jam as people were heading to meetings, birthday parties and sporting activities. Still, sympathy must go out to those who are not yet able to reunite with loved ones, with interstate and international travel not yet fully open.