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Emyria Ltd (ASX:EMD) MD Michael Winlo introduces Proactive to the company’s new independent non-executive chairman Greg Hutchinson. Hutchinson will help...

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The government’s panel of surge vaccination workforce providers – Aspen Medical, Healthcare Australia, International SOS and Sonic Clinical Services – have since given differing accounts on whether they were contracted to vaccinate staff. Earlier this week, the Age reported that Aspen Medical was never contracted to vaccinate staff, quoting a company spokesman. The company told the Guardian on Thursday that, in fact, it was contractually obliged to vaccinate staff. “Aspen Medical has vaccination of aged care staff as part of its contractual obligations, and in that context...

But the use of private contractors and the lack of transparency from government is obstructing attempts at accountability over other elements of the program, including logistics, planning and communication failures. Questions about the rollout are referred to the health department by the contractors but the department claims information is commercial-in-confidence when asked about its contracts. The government initially promised 4m Australians would be vaccinated by the end of March but missed that target by about 3.4m people. Problem areas include the aged care rollout, which was designed to...

Australia’s Covid vaccination relying on opaque private contracts worth millions Ben Butler and Christopher Knaus © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Joel Carrett/AAP The Australian government is funnelling millions of dollars to private contractors for its beleaguered Covid vaccine rollout using opaque deals – some of which are hidden from the public and ignore transparency standards. The government is relying heavily on contractors to aid its vaccine rollout, including multinational consultants PwC and Accenture, logistics companies DHL and Linfox, and healthcare c...