Morrison will pay the price for failure on quarantine
Were it not for the leaky hotel quarantine system, there would have been no lockdowns or Covid deaths here.
Vaccinations
Stop your whingeing; we have it easy on Covid compared with poor countries
Take a deep breath and be thankful of our position as perhaps the luckiest country.
Policymakers must focus on rapid vaccine rollout
The arrival of the Delta strain of Covid-19 in the Sydney community may mark a turning point in Australia’s pandemic strategy.
Has the Covid-19 worm turned in Australian politics?
Are the expectations of voters changing from government as a security blanket to a more critical analysis of its handling of the pandemic, vaccine rollout and quarantine?
Looming economic dangers with inflation on the rise
We are living in a fool’s paradise ignoring the perils of a dysfunctional economy in these difficult times
Hotspot ‘young’ urged to get AZ jab
People under 60 in outbreak zones should consider the AstraZeneca vaccine, top immunisation advisers have urged.
Global criticism of vaccine rollout misses the mark
Our biggest challenge is how to open up to the rest of the world.
Coalition takes jab or two at ruddy cheek
Just how helpful was Kevin Rudd when the former PM single-handedly intervened to secure much-needed doses of Pfizer vaccine for the nation?
Business ready for vaccine rollout
Commonwealth Bank chief executive Matt Comyn said businesses – both large and small – stood ready to help to distribution of the Covid-19 vaccine.
Ex-ABC host panned for backing Dr Young
Long-time radio host Spencer Howson puts Ray Hadley’s nose out of joint after siding with Queensland CHO following vaccine diatribe.
‘Virus can’t be crushed and killed’
Readers have their say on the coming flood of Pfizer jabs, Peta Credlin’s lament over leadership, and the ‘accidental’ senator.
We are still on fool’s errand of trying to eliminate virus
Whatever happened to flattening the curve?
Australia ‘talks softly, carries big vaccine’
It’s Australia’s other Covid-19 vaccine rollout – and the one in the Pacific isn’t going too badly. Beijing is not impressed.
More like the blame game than The Hunger Games
Australians should be less precious and gratefully accept what is manufactured here (AstraZeneca) and leave the Pfizer vaccine to be used where it is much more needed.
Half a vaccinated nation is enough for MPs
Liberal MPs have identified national vaccination rates of as low as 50 per cent as the threshold to clear the first phase of the Morrison government’s ‘new deal’ road map to normality.
Hysteria clouds vaccine risk debate
It’s fair the media criticise Morrison’s ham-fisted vaccine rollout. Yet too much pandemic coverage is hysterical.
Will the PM’s ‘new deal’ temper Covid cruelty?
Scott Morrison is trying to rebuild national cabinet from the rubble it was reduced to by the sniping Queensland Premier this week.
At last, a chance to pursue a sensible Covid direction
The Prime Minister is on track against a set of premiers who have seemed to be living in a parallel universe.
Vaccine targets to unlock path to freedom
Scott Morrison clinches a deal with premiers to tie national reopening to new vaccination targets.
PNG sent jabs in bid to head off virus
The vaccine rollout in Papua New Guinea has surpassed 50,000, but rugged terrain and remote villages make it a difficult task.
Amid the pile-on, a defence of the vaccine rollout
Premature gloating that we are at the front of the vaccine queue was stupid, but it’s easy to be wise after the fact.
‘Step up, seize the moment, retake control’
Readers have their say on the PM vs premiers, Xi’s bareknuckle belligerence, and the possibility of pooches on planes.
‘Dr Gordi’ rides tide as medic and muso
Most of Sophie Payten’s time of late has been spent in scrubs while helping with Victoria’s vaccine rollout, and she knows how much how boosting vaccination rates will help the music industry.
Lack of community spirit on vaccines should make us ashamed
Australians have always answered the call to do what is best to Australia regardless of personal risks … until now.
Young roll up sleeves, but old shy away
Thousands of young Australians aged under 40 have flocked to be immunised with the AstraZeneca vaccine but there is apparent intractable resistance among the nation’s most vulnerable older people.
Pollie spat sparks fresh vaccine confusion
Scaremongering will only prolong lockdowns and travel bans. Here is why claims by Annastacia Palaszczuk, Jeannette Young and Steven Miles do not pass muster.
Mixed jab messages confuse everyone
The commonwealth hasn’t adequately explained the change in policy on AstraZeneca and it’s time it did.
Vaccination woes keep on coming as mixed messages test our trust
Readers lament the slow vaccination roll-out, and respond to our stories on the Wuhan lab controversy.
Glacial speed of our vaccination rollout a disgrace
Although plenty of members of our state and federal parliaments appear to have been lucky enough to have had a jab, a very small percentage of ordinary Australians are so fortunate.
Is the vaccine rollout designed to be slow?
Greg Hunt says 27 per cent of Australians have had at least one jab. It’s not much of a boast. But the rates set up vaccination as a new point of political division.
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