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Covid vaccination rates among Indigenous Australians are lagging badly, with new figures showing that across large swathes of Western Australia less than 10% of Aboriginal adults are fully vaccinated.
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Education bosses have written to Gavin Williamson demanding an additional 5.8bn to help pupils in England whose learning has been affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
A letter to the education secretary from influential school leaders set out recovery funding proposals and catch-up plans for the next three years.
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