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How Australia got into this vaccine mess

How Australia got into this vaccine mess

Targets for vaccine take-up aren’t expected to be released until August, but all agree there’s only one way out of the health and economic crisis of COVID-19.

Lieutenant-General John Frewen faces an uphill battle in implementing the Morrison government’s vaccine rollout. Alex Ellinghausen

Tom McIlroyCanberra Bureau Chief

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When Prime Minister Scott Morrison tapped Lieutenant-General John Frewen to take charge of the nation’s faltering vaccine rollout, the straight-talking military man faced an immense task.

After successfully navigating the immediate health crisis posed by COVID-19 – flattening the virus curve and using closed borders to keep out new dangerous new variants – Australia finds itself at risk of being left behind.

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Tom McIlroy
Tom McIlroyCanberra Bureau ChiefTom McIlroy is the Financial Review’s Canberra bureau chief based in the press gallery at Parliament House. He was previously the AFR’s political correspondent. Connect with Tom on Twitter. Email Tom at thomas.mcilroy@afr.com

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