The federal government has had a patchy pandemic, to say the least. But COVID has also highlighted remarkable social discipline in the Australian people.
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University of Canberra Professorial Fellow Michelle Grattan and University of Canberra Associate Professor Caroline Fisher discuss the week in politics.
Mark Butler on the vaccine rollout and democracy in the Labor Party
Michelle Grattan discusses the vaccine rollout, aged sector, and internal Labor politics with shadow minister Mark Butler
The expert medical advice changes, not infrequently, during this pandemic. And that applies even when that “advice” comes in the form of a one-liner, writes Michelle Grattan
After months of favourable coverage, this weekend may have marked a turning point in the media’s portrayal of Scott Morrison.
National cabinet on Friday is expected to consider whether COVID vaccinations should be made mandatory for workers in aged care.
Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly on Thursday changed the medical advice as the government rushed to vaccinate those Victorian aged care residents and workers who remained unprotected.
Australia’s COVID vaccine rollout has now reached people of working age. Here’s what you need to know about taking time off for your shot and if you’ll get paid.
In the end, the best protection is mass vaccination and ensuring as many people as possible are fully vaccinated as quickly as possible.
University of Canberra Professorial Fellow Michelle Grattan and University of Canberra Associate Professor Caroline Fisher discuss the week in politics.
Australia’s current dilemma is that it has achieved local elimination but it is stumbling in the vital follow-up — rapid mass vaccination and quarantine centres.
Many people are unsure if their condition qualifies as an underlying medical condition. They may not realise they’re already eligible for the COVID vaccine.
Securing vaccines was only part of the battle — the Pacific now has to overcome misinformation, stigma and sheer geography to vaccinate its people.
During the height of the pandemic, people with disability felt they had been forgotten and were not a priority. In the vaccine rollout, the government is repeating its past mistakes.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi prioritised vaccine exports over the domestic roll-out and encouraged large crowds at political rallies. Now, India is paying the consequences.
The number of Australian citizens and permanent residents coming from India and other COVID “high risk” countries are to be restricted.
COVID-19 has shown us that we are not “all in this together” despite what politicians may want us to think.
How Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s government handles the games may just determine its fate in elections this year.
Generally speaking, fault can only be proven when the doctor has acted outside of the professional standard of care.
This year is a whole new ball game for pandemic politics. For a prime minister not accustomed to pressure, Scott Morrison is proving far less equipped.
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Professor, The Children's Hospital at Westmead Clinical School and Sydney Infectious Diseases Institute, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor, Epidemiology, Deakin University
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Honorary Enterprise Professor, School of Population and Global Health, and Department of General Practice and Primary Care, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Associate, Grattan Institute
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Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Health Service Operations, School of Pharmacy & Medical Sciences, University of Bradford
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Director, Vice-Chancellor's Centre of Public Ideas (CoPI) and Donald Horne Professor of History and Public Ideas, University of Canberra
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Associate Professor of International Business and Strategy at the D'Amore-McKim School of Business, Northeastern University
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Associate Professor in History, Deakin University
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Associate professor, The University of Western Australia
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Lecturer in Social Psychology, Universitas Airlangga
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Deputy Director of the HUMLOG (Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management Research) Institute, Hanken School of Economics
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Dean of the Faculty of Management, Law and Social Sciences and Professor of Circular Economy, University of Bradford
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Professor, Australian Studies Institute, Australian National University