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Zika emergency status a cause for alert, not alarm

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor

Overnight, World Health Organisation Director-General Margaret Chan declared the outbreak of Zika virus a public health emergency. So what does this mean?

This is the fourth time the WHO has declared a state of emergency. The first was in 2009 for the H1N1 virus. The second and third were in 2014 for outbreaks of polio and Ebola.

Headlines declaring...

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We can't trust common sense but we can trust science

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor
imageYou can't rely on common sense.Shutterstock/ra2studio

When a group of Australians was asked why they believed climate change was not happening, about one in three (36.5%) said it was “common sense”, according to a report published last year by the CSIRO. This was the most popular reason for their opinion, with only 11.3% saying their...

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Lacking a script, individuals drove the evolution of prime ministerial power

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imageJohn Curtin and Ben Chifley were successful in expanding the power of the Commonwealth – and thus that of the prime minister.AAP/Alan Porritt

The Australian Federation was established to address issues that seemed best resolved collectively rather than by each of the colonies acting alone (such as in defence), to co-ordinate activities that...

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Leave interest rates on hold, despite turmoil in global markets

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor

The Reserve Bank of Australia meets today amid an awful start to the year for investors, with worries about slowing growth in China and rising debt levels in emerging markets adding up to substantial volatility for global securities.

Losses on the Australian share market are more modest but the Australian dollar has been caught in the maelstrom,...

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  29. Fires in Tasmania's ancient forests are a warning for all of us
  30. One year on, the Asian Cup demonstrates the potential for sports diplomacy
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