
The Weekend Read: Richard Denniss on the worst policy failure in Australian history
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New South Wales Health Department Vaccines Senior Students at St. Joseph's College
New south wales health department agreed to provide a hundred and 63 boarders from joes, as the old boys call it, with tiser. It was not available for most under forties at the time. At least one other exclusive boarding school managed to get their students vaccinated with fizer. The states indigenous communities did not similarly benefit from the proactive enthusiasm of the unnamed official who was so keen to help the joes boys. Not only are indigenous vaccination rates lower in new south wales than in the broader community, but efforts by indigenous communities have been actively stymid by the bureaucracy that was so supportive to those least in need.
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