Pfizer from Poland directed to young super spreaders
People aged 20-39, who were identified by the Doherty Institute modelling as super spreaders of COVID, will be targeted for…
Brad Hazzard is wrong about multicultural western Sydney: new research shows refugees do trust institutions
With COVID numbers surging in Sydney’s multicultural western suburbs, NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard speculated that migrant and refugee communities…
‘I don’t think the police would do much’: new research shows racism during COVID is rarely reported
It’s not “new” news that Asian Australians are experiencing high rates of racism during the pandemic. However, existing data under-represent…
Vaccination rate needs to hit 70% to trigger easing of restrictions
Seven in ten people aged 16 and over will need to be fully vaccinated for COVID restrictions to begin to…
How Australia’s fickleness on COVID vaccines is perpetuating global vaccine inequity
Despite assurances from Prime Minister Scott Morrison that Australia was at “the front of the queue” for COVID-19 vaccines, Australia’s…
Pfizer doses to be spaced out in NSW crisis, but state fails to get change in vaccination program
Pfizer doses in NSW will be spaced out to enable more first jabs to be administered quickly, as the Berejiklian…
Grattan on Friday: Morrison wrong to try to influence advice from expert immunisation group
Scott Morrison this week more or less trashed Australia’s top advisory body on immunisation, in remarks that were at best…
Is the COVID vaccine rollout the greatest public policy failure in recent Australian history?
Is the Morrison government’s COVID vaccination rollout program one of Australia’s biggest ever public policy failures? As COVID-19 infection numbers…
How does class impact on Australians’ love lives? New research brings a complex issue into the open
People from different class backgrounds often fall in love in books and on screen — think Sally Rooney’s Normal People,…
Labor gains clear Newspoll lead during Sydney lockdown, but will the economy save the Coalition?
This week’s Newspoll, conducted July 14-17 from a sample of 1,506, gave Labor a 53-47 lead, a two-point gain for…
View from The Hill: Morrison and Coalition sink in Newspoll on the back of rollout shambles
Support for Scott Morrison and the government have slumped in Newspoll, in a major backlash against the botched vaccine rollout.…
In search of walking equality: 70% of Indigenous people in Sydney live in neighbourhoods with low walkability
Indigenous inequality in Australia has long been known to the public and policy makers. Yet, successive local, state, and federal…
As Sydney’s lockdown continues, what support is available — and needed — for people losing income?
Greater Sydney is in its third week of lockdown, with no clear end in sight. The situation calls for support…
First Nations people urgently need to get vaccinated, but are not being consulted on the rollout strategy
This year, just five cases of COVID-19 have been recorded among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Australia. This…
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Barnaby Joyce on net zero 2050, a coal-fired power station – and how resources is (sort of) in cabinet
Barnaby Joyce’s sudden elevation to deputy prime minister has put a significant obstacle in the way of Scott Morrison’s creep…
Included, but still marginalised: Indigenous voices still missing in media stories on Indigenous affairs
Since the British invasion of Gadigal land at Sydney Cove in 1788, race relations in Australia have been underscored by…
View from the Hill: COVID battle on a knife edge
The argument Scott Morrison has consistently put – that NSW has a better way of dealing with COVID, by avoiding…
How Eleanor Roosevelt reshaped the role of First Lady and became a feminist icon
This piece is part of a new series in collaboration with the ABC’s Saturday Extra program. Each week, the show…