Commentary
After a slow start, vaccination rates have accelerated strongly in Australia, with 6,240,640 Aussies now fully vaccinated and just over half the population (52.8 percent) having at least one jab in their arm.
A man receives a dose of a COVID-19 vaccine at a newly opened vaccination hub in Dubbo, NSW, Australia, on Aug. 21, 2021. Belinda Soole/Getty Images
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Robert Carling
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Economist Robert Carling is a senior fellow at the Centre for Independent Studies in Sydney, Australia. He was executive director at the New South Wales Treasury from 1998 to 2006, and has held positions with the Commonwealth Treasury, the World Bank, and the International Monetary Fund.
