The Australian Labor party has suggested using money to encourage Covid vaccinations, a strategy that is popular around the word
Labor’s call for Australians who get vaccinated by Christmas to be offered a $300 cash incentive has been denounced by the government as an “insulting” and a “thought bubble” that is not necessary given the current take-up rate of vaccines.
But – insulting or not – it’s a strategy that has been incredibly popular with governments around the world throughout the pandemic. In May, Australia’s chief medical officer, Paul Kelly, said Australia needed “as many incentives as we can for people to become vaccinated”, and when asked about options such as lottery tickets and cash bonuses he said all ideas were “potentially on the table”.