Editorial No. 28

Editorial: Why No Borders?

This editorial article argues for No Borders as a practical political project . We first critically examine borders as ideological, generating and reinforcing inequality . We consider some responses to injustices produced by borders: the call for “human rights”; attempts to make immigration controls more “humanitarian”; and trade unions’ organizing and campaigning with undocumented workers . Re...

CDI Vol 28 No 2

In 2002, Tasmania reported the largest number of Ross River virus (RRV) infections ever recorded for the state. Of the 117 cases, 37 lived in, or had visited, the Sorell Municipal Area, east of Hobart. In early 2002, a combination of spring tides and high summer rainfall produced extensive saltmarsh habitat in the Sorell region, resulting in unseasonably high densities of the mosquito Ochlerota...

CDI Vol 28 No 2

Reports of six deaths internationally, including one from Australia, plus other cases of severe systemic adverse events following yellow fever (YF) vaccination have raised concern about the safety of YF vaccine, particularly among older vaccinees. We investigated the age-related reporting rates of adverse events following YF vaccination reported to the Australian Adverse Drug Reactions Advisory...

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CDI Vol 28 No 2

Australia currently has no system of passive surveillance of antimicrobial resistance in spite of the importance of surveillance in identifying and defi ning emergent resistance being generally accepted. Queensland Health Pathology and Scientifi c Services have developed fl exible software for passive surveillance with the capacity to handle national data. The system imports raw data strings in...