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Deadly disease outbreak linked to waning vaccinations
A dip in vaccination rates has been blamed for one of Australia's worst diphther...
Lloyd Jones 19 May 2026
Three-year 'Closing the Vaccine Gap' initiative to better protect health of WA Aboriginal communities
A new Curtin University-led program will work to make a vital contribution to re...
Giovanni Torre 16 Dec 2025
Post-pandemic fall in child vaccination 'concerning'
Health experts are concerned about declining vaccination rates among children an...
Maeve Bannister 14 Dec 2023
Plea for vaccination "surge" as Indigenous rates lag
There's a plea for Australia to roll out vaccine 'surges' as the take up rate fo...
Rachael Ward 27 Nov 2023
Aotearoa's border re-opening set despite low Māori vaccination
The Māori Party has decried Aotearoa (New Zealand) setting a target to reopen bo...
NIT 4 Nov 2021
Software error sees Victorian Indigenous vaccination rate incorrectly doubled

Victoria's Indigenous vaccination rate has been slashed by 50 per cent after a software error incorrectly tallied non-Indigenous people. Numbers from the Australian Immunisation Register (AIR) placed...

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NIT Sep 16, 2021
First Nations vaccination rate slowing

As the vaccine rollout progresses slowly for Indigenous people, health advocates in a locked down New South Wales say there isn't enough accessibility to the vaccine.

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NIT Aug 16, 2021
Community vaccine rollouts gathering steam

Despite delays in the vaccine rollout, Western Australian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services are now getting vaccines administered in regional communities.

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NIT Jul 30, 2021
COVID-19 vaccine campaign giving cancer-affected mob 'facts on the vax'

A new Cancer Australia initiative is encouraging Aboriginal people who have been impacted by cancer to get vaccinated against COVID-19. The Facts on the Vax campaign is being rolled out to both Aborig...

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NIT Jun 3, 2021
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