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A recent NSW Resolve poll gave Labor 43% of the primary vote, and the Coalition just 30%, though the major party leaders were tied for preferred premier.
Fixing the culture of individual casino operators is one thing. Fixing the political culture that allowed them to run amok is another.
The benefits of cannibalising Sydney’s rail network to introduce new driverless services is far from clear.
Paying good teachers more sounds like a great idea. The problem is the research on performance pay shows it’s counterproductive – and inflicting it on a system in crisis is terrible timing.
A just transition for coal mining communities has been talked about for decades. BHP’s decision this week shows it’s time to get serious.
Voluntary assisted dying is now legal, or will soon will be, in all six states. But we need enough doctors to put their hands up for training.
What are the key seats and issues affecting Australians? Six experts tell us what to expect in Queensland, Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia, Tasmania and New South Wales.
Multiple amendments could make the law unwieldy, incoherent and even unworkable.
A review of studies of Parramatta demonstrates an extensive deep-time archive of Indigenous activity extending over 14,000 years.
NSW and Victoria have taken different approaches on allowing unvaccinated people in places of worship, indicating the possibility for conflicting and confusing rules across the country.
Vaccines alone aren’t enough to protect against the highly contagious Delta variant.
The COVID-19 crisis in Wilcannia demonstrates how entrenched neglect has led to a community devastated by the global pandemic.
The rules dividing states and territories are likely to remain in the short term. But as time goes on and vaccination rates increase, many may stop trying to reach COVID-zero too.
The next months are going to remain difficult. But I’m still hopeful about the future. There will come a point when enough people are vaccinated that case numbers begin to decrease.
The second wave of COVID-19 in New South Wales highlights concerns for the unvaccinated and those with multiple risk factors - particularly Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
NSW needs to mandate masks outdoors, provide adequate financial support, set up a ‘ring of steel’, use rapid tests for essential workers, and ensure cases not in full isolation get to zero, among others.
ATAGI is grappling with competing concerns, considerable uncertainty, and a constantly changing landscape.
In order to support people effectively, craft appropriate messages and predict virus spread, it is crucial to use the languages and local networks that bind multicultural communities together.
Psychological theory and evidence do not support fear appeals overall.
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Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University
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Chair in Epidemiology, Deakin University
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Professor of Global Biosecurity, NHMRC L3 Research Fellow, Head, Biosecurity Program, Kirby Institute, UNSW
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Professor of Epidemiology Healthcare Infection and Infectious Diseases Control, UNSW
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Distinguished Professor, Professor of End-of-Life Law and Regulation, Australian Centre for Health Law Research, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor of Infectious Diseases, Monash University
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Adjunct Associate Professor, South Western Sydney Local Health District
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Associate Professor in Urban and Regional Planning, University of Sydney
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Emeritus Professor of Innovation, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor, Fenner School of Environment & Society, Australian National University
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Associate Professor, Epidemiology, Deakin University
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Senior Research Fellow, Acting Director, CHETRE, UNSW
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Professor of Planning and Director of Urban Transformations Research Centre, Western Sydney University
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Professor of Law, Australian Centre for Health Law Research, Queensland University of Technology