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Would a $300 vaccination payment work? There are reasons to doubt it

  • Written by Mark Crosby, Professor, Monash University
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If the proposed A$300 payment to each Australian who is fully vaccinated works, it might be at the expense of getting Australians hooked on incentives, and there are reasons to think it might not not work.

Labor has suggested paying $300 to every Australian who is fully vaccinated by December. The government hasn’t...

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