Where the bloody hell are the vaccines, Prime Minister?
Australia’s bungled vaccine rollout is a failure of panicked institutions and defective political culture that has seen the Morrison government indulge its worst habits.
Vaccinations
Let’s look to our neighbours as we fight virus
When new variants develop we will be faced with them as we open our borders.
Aussie virus killer not to be sneezed at
As the nation hyperventilates over a delay in the vaccine rollout, Starpharma is rolling out a new line of defence against Covid.
Media noise hides good vaccine news
What we have seen in the last 24 hours is an evidence-based, risk-averse approach. That should give Australians more faith in the vaccination process.
Quarantine staff refuse vaccine
A number of workers at Victoria’s hotel quarantine program have refused the COVID-19 vaccine and have been stood down with full pay.
Way to go before it’s business as usual with travel and vaccines
Travel bubbles and vaccine rollouts doesn’t mean Covid is defeated and we should be prepared for the long haul
Why haven’t we learnt from a year of living with virus?
Why are governments still reacting in panic to COVID-19?
If we don’t speed up the rollout, it’ll end in tiers
Our staggered vaccine program is too complex and too slow, and California has the answers.
Man, 44, hospitalised after vaccine
A 44-year-old man has been admitted to hospital in Melbourne with a rare blood clotting condition after receiving the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine.
Traffic chaos as lockdown ends
Holiday-makers are facing delays of more than half an hour and kilometres of gridlock as residents exit Brisbane following lockdown’s end.
Forget political pointscoring and get on with rollout
Governments and bureaucrats have made a hash of rolling out the jab, and have to get it together for the good of the nation
Carry on jabbing: GPs do lion’s share
In just one week, GPs around Australia administered 120,000 vaccinations, one quarter as many jabs as state and federal governments combined had given in more than a month.
The most dangerous people on the planet
Imagine the morality of a person who allows an infant to die of measles just to stick it to medical science.
Covid, lockdowns, masks and the politics of fear
Queensland’s move to make masks mandatory across the state is a concern as is its lack of rigour over vaccinations
Inexplicable idiocy in a post-pandemic world
Sleeve rolled up for his AstraZeneca shot next week, Jack takes a jab at the anti-vaxxers.
Super flu vaccine gets the go-ahead
A new type of cell-based influenza vaccine is available this winter that promises to be much more effective than protein-based flu jabs grown in eggs.
Covid origins and Wuhan researchers needs investigation
Virus needs international examination, flawed vaccine roll-out gives GPs no flexibility and hearts go out to flood victims
Pace picks up as second phase under way
Thousands of people received COVID-19 vaccines at GP clinics around the country on the first day of Phase 1B of the rollout.
Ready to jab despite deluge delay
The AstraZeneca rollout is being heralded as an important day in the history of Australia’s pandemic response, but NSW faces imminent delays.
Why the US won’t leave the Indo-Pacific
New challenges test American strategy, but the commitment is grounded in history.
Vaccines are no magic solution to the public health challenges of the COVID pandemic
AstraZeneca boss Pascal Soriot encourages the false belief that his vaccine, along with the others, will stop COVID-19 in its tracks.
Shock revelation after Qld vaccine bungle
The doctor at the centre of the Queensland vaccine bungle where two patients were given four times the correct dosage had previously been sanctioned.
It’s the last stand for anti-vaxxers
If the Covid vaccines are rolled out in Australia with little fuss and few adverse reactions, their game is up.
Old friends to get out and about again
Fay Harris and Julie Rankin will be among the nation’s first recipients of the COVID-19 vaccine.
Essential services ripped from platform
The nation’s leading health authorities have condemned Facebook for blocking genuine COVID-19 advice days before the rollout of the Pfizer vaccine.
Jab plans in place as vaccines arrive
Nursing homes put in place urgent plans for COVID-19 immunisation injections from next week as first doses of Pfizer vaccine land.
Vaccine headache for business
Confidence is the key to getting people back to work.
Two million doses and all Aussie-made
Two million locally manufactured doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine will be delivered to hospitals and clinics within six weeks.
Quarantine, Covid, vaccinations and fairness
The simple fact is that the virus doesn’t like fresh air and open spaces. Give returned travellers rooms with balconies and open windows and other open spaces.
PM delivers a rocket as vax debate goes feral
Scott Morrison exercises an iron hand over his ministers and mandarins, so when public chatter went off the rails, the big boss thumped the table.
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