Over 50% of Australians over 16 are fully vaccinated; Berejiklian reopening plans coming ‘next week’ – as it happened
by Tory Shepherd and Justine Landis-Hanley from on (#5Q00X)
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- NSW frontline medical staff gagged as health system braces for Covid peak
- NSW and Vic restrictions; Vic hotspots
- Vaccine rollout and rates tracker; Cases and data tracker
- 5km and 10km from home map: check your travel radius
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Enjoy your evening, all, and thanks for having me! Here's just a taste of what we learned today:
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In case you missed this earlier (I did) please enjoy this piece by Arwa Mahdawi on cancel culture, critical race theory and ... sexy seahorses.
It's very easy to laugh at a bunch of rightwing moms clutching their pearls over sexy seahorses - but there's nothing funny about the systemic, organised way in which conservatives are trying to rewrite history and restrict freedom of speech.
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