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Explainer: what is herd immunity?

  • Written by The Conversation Contributor
imageProtecting the herd means a certain proportion of the population has to be immunised.Flickr/Princessrica, CC BY-SA

The recent outbreak of chickenpox in a Melbourne primary school is a reminder that even in a country like Australia where immunisation rates are high, children and adults are still at risk of vaccine-preventable diseases.

Outbreaks such...

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Budget update brings deficit blowout and hits to health and aged care

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imageTreasurer Scott Morrison described the growth forecast as a 'more realistic outlook'.Aaron Bunch/AAP

Health, welfare compliance and aged care have been targeted for savings in a budget update that forecasts deficits bigger than expected in May and pushes out further the return to surplus.

In some 180 savings measures more than offsetting extra...

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MYEFO 2015 at a glance

  • Written by The Conversation Contributor
imageScott Morrison and Mathias Cormann unveil the Mid Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook for 2015-2016....

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  1. A healthy approach: how to turn what we know about liveable cities into public policy
  2. After Paris, the future of Australian coal is downhill
  3. ‘Toy wars’ a year on: we're finally recognising the role of culture and attitudes in domestic violence
  4. How different cultures experience and talk about pain
  5. We all have a role in protecting democracy's unwritten rules
  6. Janet Yellen's Goldilocks rate rise: lining up the politics and economics
  7. Andy Warhol – Ai Weiwei: the American and Chinese centuries meet in Melbourne
  8. You could be suffering from FoMO this Christmas
  9. Will the impact framework fix the problems the research audit found?
  10. Can the ACCC 'target the source' of misleading labelling?
  11. Turnbull and the Liberals put Macfarlane and the Nationals in their place
  12. Don't believe the hype – your complementary medicines are unlikely to deliver
  13. Deputy PM Warren Truss embarrassed as Queensland LNP blocks Macfarlane switch
  14. What to make of tobacco industry research declarations of 'no conflicts of interest'?
  15. Turnbull can't be Australia's leader for reform until human rights are respected
  16. Health Check: will intermittent fasting diets help you lose weight?
  17. Next wave: what Australia can learn from New Zealand's flag referendum
  18. How will carbon markets help the Paris climate agreement?
  19. The off-topic Conversation #73
  20. The government still needs to demonstrate that indefinite detention for terrorists is necessary
  21. Do Plantoids Dream of Electric Arts Council Grants?
  22. The Paris climate agreement: the real work starts now
  23. Climate justice and an end to fossil fuels: the Paris agreement won't satisfy activists
  24. How the 'fair go' became the last bulwark for Australia's freedoms
  25. Drug and alcohol testing at work doesn't deter anyone, so why do it?
  26. The oceans are coming for us: how should we plan for dire sea level forecasts?
  27. What 2015 looked like in visual art
  28. NRL video refs can still make the call even if they're not at the game
  29. The rise of the whiny air passenger
  30. Year 12 results day: does the ATAR actually matter that much?
  31. The Paris climate agreement at a glance
  32. Historic Paris climate pact reached – experts react
  33. The Paris Agreement won't stop coal, but future climate talks might
  34. The Baden-Clay decision is not a setback for domestic violence campaigns
  35. Good deal or bad? Emotional turmoil as Paris climate talks draw to a close
  36. The final countdown: Paris talks overrun but a climate deal is within reach
  37. FactCheck: might every household have to pay an extra $4,500 in GST a year?
  38. COAG finds agreement on terrorism but still looking for common direction on tax
  39. Want to build better cities? Get the private sector involved in rail projects
  40. Will you gain weight this Christmas?
  41. New laws make loss of citizenship a counter-terrorism tool
  42. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on Labor and the Coalition's troubles
  43. New Aboriginal languages course should count towards ATARs
  44. Confusion reigns in options for Australia's misuse of market power laws
  45. Desperately seeking Bitcoin's Satoshi Nakamoto
  46. Rio Olympics has its commandments – but what legacy will it leave?
  47. Why is the business world suddenly clamouring for a global carbon tax?
  48. What’s in your herbal medicines?
  49. Friday essay: a response to the Cronulla riots, ten years on
  50. Grattan on Friday: Two sets of numbers a headache for Malcolm Turnbull

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