Australian government pays PR firm to copy existing Covid data into daily email to media

Health department refuses to say how much it is costing taxpayers for private company Cox Inall to distribute PDF of vaccination data

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The health department is refusing to say how much it is paying a public relations firm to email a copy of the Covid-19 vaccination data displayed on its website to media outlets each day.

The department, which has its own media and communications team, has contracted PR firm Cox Inall Communications to take a copy of its daily PDF of vaccination data, attach it to an email, and send it to media outlets.