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How a bunch of data nerds shamed government to release vaccine data

How a bunch of data nerds shamed government to release vaccine data

A group of community data and digital evangelists have been extracting most of the data the public reads and sees about COVID-19.

Gladys Berejiklian gets her second dose of vaccination.

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian receives her second AstraZeneca shot. The question of how many have been vaccinated in Australia is on everyone’s mind. Jeremy Piper

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How many people have been vaccinated in Australia? This is the simple question a group of young data and digital evangelists has been pushing the federal government to answer for nearly four months.

Frustrated by the lack of vaccination data, young Melbourne data specialist Anthony Macali set up a hack to scrape the data from the back of the West Australian health site.

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Tom BurtonGovernment editorTom Burton has held senior editorial and publishing roles with The Mandarin, The Sydney Morning Herald and as Canberra bureau chief for The Australian Financial Review. He has won three Walkley awards. Connect with Tom on Twitter. Email Tom at tom.burton@afr.com

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Original URL: https://www.afr.com/policy/health-and-education/how-a-bunch-of-data-nerds-shamed-government-to-release-vaccine-data-20210622-p5835p