Morning mail: vaccine website 'rushed', Atlanta shootings, Hamilton opening night

Thursday: Industry sources say the government's botched vaccine website launch was due to shifting timeline. Plus: Hamilton's creator on why the Australian launch gives him hope

Good morning. The bungled Covid vaccine booking system launch continues to create headaches for the health minister, Greg Hunt; the Coalition faces scrutiny over an underperforming job scheme; while internationally, news of a series of shootings in Georgia, in the US, has dominated the morning headlines.

The federal government is facing claims it rushed" the launch of the Covid vaccine booking system, with industry sources suggesting Wednesday's rollout was brought forward a week at short notice. Speaking on the condition of anonymity, an insider told Guardian Australia the government had left it way too late" to subcontract the company HealthEngine to manage the portal, effectively erod[ing] patients' trust in online bookings in one day". The peak body for GPs and the Australian Medical Association previously criticised the launch of the system, but a health department spokesperson defended the process to Guardian Australia, saying a glitch had affected about 2% of eligible patients.