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Six months after Prime Minister Scott Morrison received his first jab, Australia finally has a national plan to roll out COVID vaccines.
Media reports have so far focused on the prospect of drive-through vaccination clinics, incentives to vaccinate, and asking dentists, midwives or physiotherapists to help vaccinate the nation.
But the plan is light on detail and heavy on jargon. It also assumes uninterrupted vaccine supply, leaves out key players, and reveals layers of bureaucracy, says Lesley Russell from the University of Sydney.
We seem to be living in two worlds of COVID, writes Michelle Grattan. One the one hand, the Morrison government is talking about what might happen when we’re 70%, then 80%, vaccinated against the virus. But at the same time, Australia’s three biggest cities are in lockdown, with Melbourne sent into its sixth yesterday evening.
Of course we should plan for when we eventually emerge from the pandemic. But plan after plan about life on the other side feels fanciful when we’re progressing so slowly.
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Anna Evangeli
Deputy Editor: Health+Medicine
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Lesley Russell, University of Sydney
Coordinate, motivate, deliver. That’s only the start of the jargon in Australia’s plan to vaccinate the nation.
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Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
We are living in two COVID worlds - the world of a plan which promise an 80% vaccination rate, and the world of the third wave, writes Michelle Grattan.
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Rigissa Megalokonomou, The University of Queensland; Sofoklis Goulas, Stanford University
Online learning during the pandemic gives students more autonomy. For high-achieving students, especially those in academically mixed classes, that’s an advantage, whereas others might struggle.
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Lieutenant John Bowen and party arriving at Risdon, by Thomas Gregson (c.1860).
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Nicholas Clements, University of Tasmania
Outnumbered 200 to one and using traditional weapons, Tongerlongeter and his warriors drove the colony to desperate measures. In other wars his self-sacrifice would have earned him a medal.
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Rhonda Garad, Monash University; Joanne Enticott, Monash University; Rebecca Patrick, Deakin University
New research surveyed more than 5,000 Australians about their concerns. Its findings suggest an epidemic of mental health related disorders is on the horizon.
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David Smith, University of Sydney
Those on the Christian right in Australia once wielded considerable clout, but they are no longer in a position to bring the majority of Australians in line with their views.
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Business + Economy
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Dr Amanda-Jane George, CQUniversity Australia
The Federal Court of Australia has made a world-first ruling in favour of granting a patent to an artificial intelligence. But what comes next?
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Science + Technology
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Harisu Abdullahi Shehu, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington; Hedwig Eisenbarth, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington; Will Browne, Queensland University of Technology
Robots are more likely than people to misclassify emotions when reading faces that are partially covered. This could lead to unexpected behaviours when they interact with people wearing masks.
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Nik Dawson, University of Technology Sydney; Marian-Andrei Rizoiu, University of Technology Sydney; Mary-Anne Williams, UNSW
Automation is set to put a lot of people out of work - but machine learning could help them find their next career.
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Education
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Julian Zipparo, UNSW; Kalervo Gulson, University of Sydney; Kristy Muir, UNSW
The sameness of the way in which universities present themselves is based on a shared view of what they think stakeholders want. Behind the official facade it’s more like ‘organised anarchy’.
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Politics + Society
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Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
The Morrison government has been dealt a blow with the Administrative Appeals Tribunal ruling national cabinet is not a committee of federal cabinet and therefore is not covered by cabinet confidentiality.
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Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
Hillsong church paster Brian Houston has been charged over the alleged concealment of relating to allegations of child sex offences.
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Keith Rathbone, Macquarie University
Belarus sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya is part of a long history of athletes seeking protection or the chance to start a new life at the Olympics.
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Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
The Morrison government will provide $378.6 million for a new redress scheme for Stolen Generation survivors as part of more than $1 billion for its Closing the Gap implementation plan.
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Health + Medicine
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Emma McBryde, James Cook University
But herd immunity is not our only option. If we don’t vaccinate children, we may have to settle for lesser protection of the population.
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Angela Rintoul, Federation University Australia
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