Authorities have issued warnings for people in parts of Western Australia to avoid mosquito bites after Murray Valley encephalitis virus was detected in local mosquitoes. Here’s what you need to know.
Murray Valley encephalitis has been detected in south-eastern Australia. No human cases have yet been reported, but past outbreaks after floods show we need to be cautious.
Will climate change cause mosquito-borne diseases to spread?
Steve Doggett
Could climate change cause mosquito-borne diseases to spread? While this an extremely important health question, the answer is far from simple.
An historian reading the government White Paper on developing northern Australia will realise we’re actually heading all the way back to the 1890s.
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The federal government’s recent White Paper on developing northern Australia has disturbing echoes of the 1890s, a time when unbridled capitalism and indentured labour developed the North.