New blow to Australiaâs vaccine hopes The governmentâs bungled COVID vaccine rollout is facing another setback, with a major distribution point not coming online as expected.
Health by Shannon Molloy 6th Apr 2021 11:39 AM Things continue to go from bad to worse for Australia s bungled COVID-19 vaccine rollout, with a major distribution point for potentially millions of recipients not coming online as scheduled. A commitment to have vaccinated four million people by the end of March fell well short by some 3.4 million doses, and while the Prime Minister s office blames the export blockage from Europe, its own revised timeline is still behind by more than one million shots.
New blow to Australiaâs vaccine hopes The governmentâs bungled COVID vaccine rollout is facing another setback, with a major distribution point not coming online as expected.
Health by Shannon Molloy 6th Apr 2021 11:39 AM Things continue to go from bad to worse for Australia s bungled COVID-19 vaccine rollout, with a major distribution point for potentially millions of recipients not coming online as scheduled. A commitment to have vaccinated four million people by the end of March fell well short by some 3.4 million doses, and while the Prime Minister s office blames the export blockage from Europe, its own revised timeline is still behind by more than one million shots.
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Pilbara s Marble Bar can unlock mysteries of Earth s origin but it must be protected, scientists say
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Marble Bar in Western Australia may seem out of this world, but scientists say it holds the key to the origins of the Earth.
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The Pilbara s vast deserts and staggering rocky outcrops can make its landscapes seem almost alien and, in fact, a piece of the region made its way out of this world earlier this year on NASA s Perseverance Rover.
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New research on the granite rocks at Marble Bar is helping scientists understand how the Earth was formed
Health by Anthony Piovesan and Jade Gailberger 6th Apr 2021 8:38 AM Â The speed of Australia s vaccination rate is ranked just 90th in the world, as experts warn the coronavirus is mutating faster than the country is administering jabs. University of New South Wales strategic health policy consultant Adjunct Professor Bill Bowtell said Australia s rate of cumulative doses per hundred was 2.34. We are somewhere about 90th in the world - sandwiched between Bolivia and Albania - now, however you want to spin it we are not doing very well, he told 3AW on Tuesday morning. Prime Minister Scott Morrison promised an end of March target of four million jabs administered, but fewer than a million have been given.
Student Newspaper Takes Down Story on Academics Linked to CCP
Editors of a student-run newspaper in an Australian university have been slammed for their decision to withdraw an article detailing two academics’ ties to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) due to the current “escalating Sinophobia” in society.
University of Sydney’s Honi Soit newspaper released a story on March 31 claiming two professors from its engineering department had ties to CCP recruitment programs and alleged that they collaborated with sanctioned Chinese universities on military technology research.
Just hours after publication, the editors decided to take down the story, saying they “unreservedly apologised” due to the harm it caused to the two mentioned academics, the Chinese community, and readers.