Morning mail: gaps in vaccination rates exposed, plans to entice UK workers, bird-mad kids

Friday: Age, disadvantage and reduced access are mixing together to create a perfect Covid cocktail. Plus: four children reveal which bird they are voting for

Good morning. The disparity in vaccination rates between the poor and wealthy, Indigenous and non-Indigenous has been laid bare. The Australian hospitality industry is trying to lure staff from the UK. And something has to be done about patchy mobile coverage in the bush, as well as the house price boom.

Some of Victoria's lowest socioeconomic areas are still lagging behind on Covid vaccination rates as the wealthiest surge ahead, creating a stark divide. Prof Mark Stoove from the Burnet Institute said age, disadvantage and access were mixing together to create a perfect Covid cocktail. The weakest part of our response we've found constantly to be health literacy, access to testing and vaccines, casualised workforces," he said.