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What is herd immunity and how many people need to be vaccinated to protect a community?

  • Written by: Hassan Vally, Associate Professor, La Trobe University
What is herd immunity and how many people need to be vaccinated to protect a community?The vaccine coverage needed for herd immunity varies from disease to disease. Ryoji Iwata/Unsplash

The term herd immunity comes from the observation of how a herd of buffalo forms a circle, with the strong on the outside protecting the weaker and more vulnerable on the inside.

This is similar to how herd immunity works in preventing the spread of...

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As question time becomes political theatre, does it still play a vital role in government?

  • Written by: Gregory Melleuish, Professor, School of Humanities and Social Inquiry, University of Wollongong
As question time becomes political theatre, does it still play a vital role in government?Question time provides MPs with a chance to show off their wit, but has it lost its bigger purpose?Lukas Coch/AAP

Question Time is, in a sense, the highlight of any day of parliament. It is televised and attracts the attention of the media, providing political leaders with fairly regular public exposure.

If parliament is about theatre, this is the...

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why two chief justices support the Voice to parliament, and why that matters

  • Written by: Gabrielle Appleby, Associate Professor, UNSW Law School, UNSW
why two chief justices support the Voice to parliament, and why that mattersA First Nations Voice would help parliamentarians come to more informed, just decisions with respect to First Nations peoples.Shutterstock

On July 18, the former chief justice of the High Court of Australia, Murray Gleeson, delivered a powerful endorsement of the proposal for constitutional recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander...

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How not to police financial services. Balanced scorecards don't work for bankers

  • Written by: Elizabeth Sheedy, Professor - Risk governance, culture, remuneration, Macquarie University
How not to police financial services. Balanced scorecards don't work for bankersWhat can be best measured gets best done, even if the scorecard is "balanced".ShutterstockHow not to police financial services. Balanced scorecards don't work for bankersAustralian Prudential Regulation Authority

Casual observers of the financial services royal commission might be forgiven for thinking the days of sales-based commissions being paid to bank and insurance staff were over.

Apparently not.

The Australian Prudential...

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