Flurry of Vaccine Mandates Sweep Across Australia

Images of the pandemic are projected onto the Sydney Opera House in Sydney, Australia, on Oct. 18, 2021. Brook Mitchell/Getty Images

This month, Australian state governments and major businesses have rolled out some of the most comprehensive vaccine mandates encompassing millions of employees across the country.

Authorities are pushing to speed up inoculation efforts in the hope that a degree of immunity will be present in the community once public health restrictions begin winding down.