How COVID-19 has reshaped life for thousands of Illawarra commuters

Kate McIlwain
Updated August 18 2020 - 8:25am, first published August 14 2020 - 5:00pm
Daily juggle: Work and home life have converged for Thirroul's Peta Muller - a mum of three who works in banking in Sydney CBD - during the pandemic. Picture: Robert Peet
Daily juggle: Work and home life have converged for Thirroul's Peta Muller - a mum of three who works in banking in Sydney CBD - during the pandemic. Picture: Robert Peet

In the pre-pandemic world, it was not unusual for Illawarra residents who work in Sydney to spend upwards of three hours a day on a train.

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Kate McIlwain

Kate McIlwain

Journalist

For more than a decade, I've helped the Illawarra Mercury set the news agenda across the region. Currently I'm the paper's health reporter - covering the stories of Illawarra workers and residents in the wake of a global pandemic and at a time where our health systems are stretched to the limit.

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