September 19, 2021

Inner-Sydney COVID crisis exposes slow vaccine rollout for Aboriginal population

Broadcast: Thu 16 Sep 2021, 7:00am By Alexia Attwood on AM

Sydney's inner-city, which has a high Indigenous population, has become the state's latest COVID-19 battleground.

But again, community members say it's taken a crisis to expose the state's failure to vaccinate Aboriginal people, a group that was meant to be prioritised at the start of the rollout.

Now it's a game of catch-up before the situation worsens even further.

Featured:
Yvonne Weldon, Sydney Mayor candidate
Nathan Moran, Metropolitan Local Aboriginal Land Council CEO
Jason Agostino, National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation's (NACCHO) medical adviser

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