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Nicholas Jensen is commentary editor at The Australian. He previously worked as a reporter in the masthead’s NSW bureau. He studied history at the University of Melbourne, where he obtained a BA (Hons), and holds an MPhil in British and European History from the University of Oxford.

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05-08-21 - The spread of Covid misinformation has become the main driver of vaccine hesitancy in SydneyÃs south-west, according to local doctors and community leaders.Pharmacist Quinn On vaccinates Dai Le in Cabramatta . Picture Ryan Osland

Misinformation blamed for low vaccine uptake

Covid misinformation is driving vaccine hesitancy and mistrust across Sydney’s southwest, according to community leaders and local doctors.

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National vax rates revealed: Is your area safe?

Vaccination coverage is split along socio-economic lines, with new data showing the poorest areas have markedly lower numbers.

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ICUs prepare for ‘worst-case scenario’

Hospitals across Sydney are making urgent plans to ratchet up ICU capacities, but specialists say they are well prepared for ‘a worst-case scenario’.

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Construction on the new Sydney Football Stadium at Moore Park has stopped during the Covid 19 lockdown. Picture: Toby Zerna

Building sector still at a standstill

Construction projects across the Greater Sydney region remain at a standstill despite a government commitment to lift its building ban on Saturday.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - JULY 31: NSW Police conduct roadside checks with drivers heading towards the Anzac Bridge on July 31, 2021 in Sydney, Australia. An exclusion is in place for Sydney's central business district to discourage anti-lockdown protesters from gathering, after a large rally last weekend resulted in hundreds of arrests. Greater Sydney is in lockdown through to August 28th in order to contain the highly contagious Covid-19 delta variant. (Photo by Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images)

Delta-day for Queensland as schools alerted

Predicted new Delta cases on Sunday will be the first indication of whether southeast Queensland’s snap lockdown may last beyond Tuesday. NSW Police have deterred their state’s anti-lockdown protesters.

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Male amputee with prosthesis using rehabilitation equipment. Man learning to walk again. Rehabilitation, recovery, determination, physiotherapy.

Prosthesis price gouging ‘must end’

Australians with private health insurance are forking out millions in overpriced medical devices despite a government commitment to bridge the chasm between public and private costs.

Nicholas Jensen

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22/07/2021 Associate professor Quentin Fogg is a professor of clinical anatomy at Melbourne University pictured in their surgical theatre where students use cadavers in their medical training.. Aaron Francis/The Australian

Medical students’ cadaver conundrum

For more than a year, anatomy students at Australia’s most prestigious medical schools have been forced to dust off their textbooks and access anatomy classes virtually.

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(FILES) In this file photo taken on June 16, 2017 the remains of Grenfell Tower, a residential tower block in west London which was gutted by fire, are pictured against the London skyline. - The London Fire Brigade has been condemned for

Anger at cladding inaction

Thousands of NSW residents have been left exposed to the danger of a Grenfell Tower-style inferno as the taskforce set up to remove flammable materials has yet to rectify a single high-risk property.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos MAY 31, 2021: A man is seen leaving a Quarantine Hotel in Pyrmont, Sydney, Australia. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Gaye Gerard

State hunts $90m from quarantine refuseniks

The NSW government is battling to recover millions in unpaid hotel quarantine fees.

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Sydney student had ‘shocking’ decline

Adriana Midori Takara, the 38-year-old Sydney woman who died from Covid-19 despite having no underlying health conditions, deteriorated rapidly after being diagnosed on Thursday.

Sharri Markson, Nicholas Jensen and Remy Varga

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