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Disagreeability, neuroticism and stress: what drives panic buying during the COVID-19 pandemic
Panic buying has returned to Australia in the wake of its second-biggest city experiencing a spike in COVID-19.
The Victorian government has reimposed stay-at-home restrictions on 36 of Melbourne’s 321 suburbs in response.
- Peter O’Connor, Jeromy Anglim, Luke Smillie
- The Canberra Times
Once again supermarket stores are being emptied of toilet paper and other consumables.
But this panic buying isn’t just in affected areas.
It’s not even limited to Victoria.
Empty supermarket shelves have been reported in Canberra, Mittagong in the New South Wales southern highlands, and Bathurst in the…