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MOSCOW (Sputnik), Jonathan Rowson - Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrisons approval rating fell to an 18-month low this week, with the ruling coalition now polling...

The rest of the country is reeling from the fallout of the Delta outbreak. We need a fresh national game plan based on safety and trust Prime minister Scott Morrison and NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian during the announcement of a Covid financial support package in Sydney on 13 July. There is a perception that the federal government has granted NSW preferential financial treatment to deal with its Delta outbreak. Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAP Prime minister Scott Morrison and NSW premier Gladys B...

‘In recent months we have watched Scott Morrison scrambling with a hint of desperation to give the public what they want rather than getting on with the hard work of thinking through the future.’ Photograph: Mike Bowers/The Guardian ‘In recent months we have watched Scott Morrison scrambling with a hint of desperation to give the public what they want rather than getting on with the hard work of thinking through the future.’ Photograph: Mike Bowers/The Guardian Mon 5 Jul 202...

Australia on Friday pressed over-50s to get their coronavirus shots, as fears mounted that vaccine hesitancy could be priming the country for disaster. Australia is one of the few countries in the world to eliminate community transmission of COVID-19, but vaccine rollout has been slow. After chronic delivery delays, there is growing evidence that older Australians are more concerned about the AstraZeneca vaccine’s side effects than catching the virus. Australias Prime Minister Scott Morrison ...

MONEYWEB LIVESTREAM The timeline for vaccinating all Australians by October has slipped, potentially into early next year. By Jason Scott, Bloomberg 22 Apr 2021  07:27  A doctor sits in the recovery area of the post vaccination room at Austin Hospital in Melbourne, on February 22. Image: Bloomberg While much of the world contends with a surge in Covid-19 cases, Australia takes another big step toward normality this weekend when about 100 000 football fans will gather in the nation’s...

MacroBusiness Access Subscriber Only Content at 10:20 am on March 16, 2021 | 64 comments Oh dear. The Morrison Government’s vaccine strategy is on verge of collapse today as government MPs jump like rats from a sinking ship. Senator Matt Canavan has called for the rollout to be suspended. This follows last night’s news that both France, Germany and Spain have canned their rollouts. As noted yesterday, the European polity is in revolt against the Astra Zeneca vaccine that PM Morrison rushed ...