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Significant drop in Australians who will get COVID jab 19 February 2021 Worryingly, as we get closer to administering a vaccine more Australians have cooled on the idea of getting one. The challenge now is to work out why and how we can address that. There has been a substantial increase in COVID-19 vaccine resistance and hesitancy among Australians, according to new analysis from The Australian National University (ANU). The survey of more than 3,500 Australians is the only longitudinal study available tracking individuals from prior to the pandemic, and the only study that doesn't rely sole...

Australia is about to embark on the biggest mass immunisation program in its history, with authorities confident of ...

At the individual level, 31.9% of Australians became less willing to get a vaccine between August 2020 and January 2021. Some 9.9% became more willing. Asked what they will do “when health officials notify the public that a safe and effective Covid-19 vaccine is available”, 8.4% of respondents said they would definitely not get vaccinated in January, up from 5.5% in August. Some 13.3% said they would “probably not” be vaccinated, up from 7.2% in August. A total of 21.7% would “probably” or “definitely” not get the vaccine. Those who said they would “probably” get the vacci...

Prof Nicholas Biddle. Photo: Lannon Harley, ANU. CONFIDENCE in the federal government has “skyrocketed” over the last year, according to a new study from ANU. Only 27.3 per cent of the 3500 adults surveyed had confidence in the government in January 2020, during the middle of the Black Summer bushfires. That number has since jumped to 54.3 per cent a year later. Prof Nicholas Biddle, who co-authored the study, says the pandemic has seen a major U-turn for the federal government when it comes to how voters view them. “In many ways, the COVID-19 crisis has been a massive shot in the arms ...

After a year as a responsible and constructive Opposition Leader helping the Morrison government manage the pandemic, Anthony Albanese was almost invisible and desperately needed a battle.