NSW’s current outbreak could become Australia’s worst one yet
Despite 18 months of experience and the vaccine rollout, an outbreak in NSW has shown that Australia is far from…
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Calls grow for ATAGI to rethink its AstraZeneca advice for under 60s
Australia’s Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation is sticking to its advice that under 60s should get the Pfizer vaccine. Some…
COVID-19 and the khakification of Australian leadership
Faced with an international crisis and short on ideas, politicians and bureaucrats have defaulted to putting the army in charge,…
Australia’s female chief health officers take centre stage
Talented Australian women are rarely given the accolades so easily and often given to men — a national shame that…
Criticism of Bruce Pascoe should not be confused with a right-wing agenda
Lawyer and Indigenous rights activist Michael Mansell has found that trying to raise criticism of Bruce Pascoe leads to being…
Government failing to properly spread a positive pro-jab message
Health communication is a key to saving lives in a pandemic. But the Australian approach so far has lacked humanity,…
Ja, Australia has a lot to learn from the Nordic countries
A new book implores Australians to look to the Nordic nations for policy inspiration from taxation to diplomacy to electric…
Australia is now prioritising buy-your-way-to-Oz visas and non-workers
The government’s immigration goals appear more focused on bringing in wealthy, older non-workers than addressing the needs of an ageing…
Dark Emu and the radical difference of pre-1788 Aboriginal society
White Australia needs to understand the sheer otherness of the pre-1788 world. The debate hasn’t got it yet. Bruce Pascoe…
Murdoch’s ambition to out-Google Google News lands in a steaming heap
News Corp’s ‘Knewz’ promised it would deliver generous news aggregation from across the political and regional spectrum. Last Friday, News…