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Vaccination prevents thousands of deaths and hospitalisations against common illnesses in Australia each year. And not just COVID and the flu – but others we hear less about, such as pneumococcal disease and shingles.
Yet many Australian adults haven’t had their recommended vaccinations. As Peter Breadon and Ingrid Burfurd from the Grattan Institute explain, high-risk people living in remote areas are less likely to be vaccinated, and even within capital cities there are big differences, with poorer and migrant communities more likely to miss out.
Breadon and Burfurd argue it’s time to set ambitious adult vaccination targets, and implement a national strategy to boost vaccination. This includes addressing language barriers and tailoring programs to reach people who aren’t comfortable or able to access mainstream health care.
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Fron Jackson-Webb
Deputy Editor and Senior Health Editor
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Peter Breadon, Grattan Institute; Ingrid Burfurd, Grattan Institute
Millions of high-risk older Australians aren’t getting recommended vaccinations against COVID, the flu, pneumococcal disease and shingles.
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Marion Terrill, Grattan Institute; Natasha Bradshaw, Grattan Institute
Our new research found Australia is spending $1 billion less on maintaining roads than we need – and the biggest reason for that gap is federal funding.
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Mark Fabian, University of Warwick
One set of ideas runs counter to the mainstream consensus that technology will save us from climate change. Can degrowth ever win enough converts to persuade humanity to change course?
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Marg Rogers, University of New England
Early childhood educators are passionate but they are leaving the sector in droves.
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T.J. Thomson, RMIT University; Shehab Uddin, Pathshala South Asian Media Institute
Camera rolls reveal how photography is transforming in the smartphone era.
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Dadang I K Mujiono, Universitas Mulawarman; Triesanto Romulo Simanjuntak, Universitas Kristen Satya Wacana; Wawan Kurniawan, Universitas Indonesia
Indonesians will go to the polls on February 14 to elect a new leader. Here are the three leading candidates and their running mates.
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Catherine Speck, University of Adelaide
Vincent Namatjira, a Western Arrernte artist, is Albert Namatjira’s great-grandson. His genre is portraiture, but with a twist: loaded with satire and post-colonial politics.
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Jen Webb, University of Canberra
A new book follows four women philosophers through ten of the worst years in the 20th century, spanning 1933, the year Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany, to the thick of the second world war.
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Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
The former member for Wentworth, Dave Sharma, has won the Liberal Senate spot left by the retirement of the former Foreign Minister Maris Payne. He beat former NSW minister Andrew Constance 251 to 206…
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Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
Michelle Grattan explains the governments $255 million funding boost to monitor immigration detainees in a further response to the recent High Court decision.
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Politics + Society
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Richard Shaw, Massey University
The country’s first formal three-party coalition will test Christopher Luxon’s promise of ‘strong and stable’ government – and the minor parties’ patience if things don’t go their way.
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Lauren Sanders, The University of Queensland
Specific details about which manufacturers receive export permits and the nature of the exported goods are not provided publicly. This lack of transparency needs to change.
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Health + Medicine
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Daryl Higgins, Australian Catholic University
Key findings on victims and perpetrators of interpersonal violence have been brought together in a new website that seeks to combine over 30 sources of data across Australia.
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Milad Haghani, UNSW Sydney
One fan died and others reported burns at the Swift concert. And we’re going to see similar incidents at future concerns if we don’t start planning for extreme weather.
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Loc Do, The University of Queensland
Fluoride is a naturally occurring mineral best known for its role in strengthening our teeth and making them more resistant to decay.
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Xanthe Mallett, University of Newcastle
A new study contradicts the notion that people who are sexually attracted to children and are willing to act on it are social outcasts and statistical outliers.
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Science + Technology
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Nicholas Archer, CSIRO; Astrid Poelman, CSIRO
As kids, we’re naturally more likely to enjoy sweet and salty tastes and reject bitterness. But that changes as we grow older.
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Environment + Energy
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Chantel Foord, RMIT University
Researchers are finding alarming concentrations of persistent pollutants such as PFAS in Australian dolphins. These record-breaking levels are cause for concern.
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Arts + Culture
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Leah Mercer, Curtin University
Dirty Birds at Black Swan State Theatre Company is the debut play by the McElhinney sisters, and the first time they’ve shared the stage.
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Ben McCann, University of Adelaide
Joaquin Phoenix is a great Napoleon. How have other films treated France’s most famous man?
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