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Paying Australians $300 to get fully vaccinated would be value for money

  • Written by Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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I reckon Albo’s on the right track. The opposition leader wants to pay A$300 to every Australian who is fully vaccinated by December 1.

The Grattan Institute is on a similar theme. It has proposed a $10 million per week lottery, paying out ten $1 million prizes per week from Melbourne Cup day. One vaccination...

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