We hate Covid but we hate it even more when politicians try to police their way out of a public health crisis | First Dog on the Moon

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Australia secures 1m Pfizer vaccine doses from Poland, with half earmarked for Sydney Covid hotspots

530,000 of the new doses to go to 20-to-39-year-olds living in the 12 hotspot LGAs as NSW struggles to contain outbreakFollow our Covid live blog for the latest updatesRestrictions: NSW; Vic; Qld; borders. Hotspots: NSW; Vic; QldIs lightning-fast Delta…

When Covid came to the anti-vax capital of Australia

A noisy minority in NSW’s northern rivers are pushing back against Covid-19 restrictionsBenny Zable has lived in Nimbin on and off since 1973, when he arrived in town for the Aquarius festival – the event that seeded counterculture and escapist lifesty…

Sending the army into locked-down Sydney will leave the most vulnerable feeling angry and targeted | Paul Daley

Adding khaki to the emergency response gives an extra dimension to the ‘war’ on Covid, but is fraught with possible long-lasting repercussionsThe New South Wales government’s eventual decision to accept troops to enforce Covid-19 public health restrict…