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    Health & Medicine

    Australia needs a more rational, evidence-based border policy

    Arbitrary caps on numbers and mandatory hotel quarantine for even very low-risk international arrivals is irrational and costly. And a lost opportunity

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    Health & Medicine

    What’s the right COVID-19 risk to live with?

    As Australia looks toward opening its international borders, new virus modelling provides scenarios that can help us decide what’s the right risk to tolerate

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    Sciences & Technology

    From racehorses to bananas: The importance of biosecurity

    Australia’s commitment to biosecurity makes us one of the few countries to remain free from the world’s most severe pests, weeds and diseases. But the price we pay is eternal vigilance

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    Politics & Society

    The war on boats: Let’s bring facts to national conversation

    There is no comparable country that has taken such a draconian position as Australia has done

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