SIXTY-four per cent of Australian adults believe the COVID-19 vaccine roll out is not being handled well, according to a new study from the ANU Centre for Social Research and Methods.
Study co-author Prof Nicholas Biddle noted the study’s findings showed clear divisions in people’s attitudes to the vaccine rollout based on political views.
“Those who had said they would vote for a party grouping other than the Coalition were less likely to think the process was going well,” Prof Biddle said.
“While still under half of the population, 45.3 per cent of those who said they would vote for the Coalition said the vaccine process was going well.
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SYDNEY, May 5 (Xinhua) Australia has reached a new phase in the rollout of COVID-19 vaccination program this week with all people aged 50 being eligible for a dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine.
Since late February, about 15.2 million vaccine doses had been allocated throughout Australia. The first recipients have included quarantine and border workers, health care workers and residents and workers in aged care and disability homes.
The eligibility list was extended on March 22 to include Indigenous people aged 55 and over, other people aged 70 and over, younger adults with underlying medical conditions or disabilities and police, fire and emergency services workers and meat processing workers.
Most Aussies say things look dire for when they retire
4 May 2021
We have seen a very large decline in the per cent of people who said they definitely would have enough money
A majority of Australians think the age pension should be increased, while most Australians who aren t retired think they won t have enough money when they do.
The Australian National University (ANU) survey of almost 3,500 adults in early 2021 found more than seven-in-10 adults (70.5 per cent) think the current age pension of $944.30 per fortnight for a single person with no children isn t enough.
The average age pension payment supported by respondents was $1,115 per fortnight.
The good news from new research conducted by the Australian National University for Social Ventures Australia and the Brotherhood of St Laurence is that fewer of us are in severe financial stress, by which we mean missing meals, seeking help from charities or being unable to heat our homes.
The bad news is that for certain types of households the proportion in stress is growing, and for many the stress is getting worse.
It is well documented that JobSeeker households are faring poorly with high rates of poverty but less well documented that other working age households are also suffering from high financial stress.
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Poll manifestos of several parties most notably the Congress and Kamal Haasan’s MNM have promised an unconventional but populist scheme of doling out an allowance, or salary, to homemakers. Questions spring up from this: Should homemakers be paid for their household work and is there a better alternative to make them financially independent. Supreme Court advocate and AIDWA vice president
Kirti Singh, former international athlete
Ashwini Nachappa, equal rights campaigner
Barkha Trehan, and women’s rights activist and Centre for Social Research director
Dr Ranjana Kumari weigh in on the topic.
Kirti Singh: What the parties have proposed are welfare measures and they are welcome, but ultimately these are a form of dole for housewives and widows. Unless these are linked with an assessment of what an individual is entitled to a fair and just entitlement these wouldn’t be of much help. Also, we have to know the scope