Royal Commission releases damning report into COVID vaccinations for people with disability

Karni Liddell is now fully vaccinated but she says her initial attempts to book the jab online and through her GP were unsuccessful. Source: SBS

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The Disability Royal Commission says Australia's COVID lockdowns shouldn't ease until all people with disabilities have been vaccinated, or at least offered vaccination. The Commission has released a draft report finding federal government failures are slowing the vaccine rollout in the disability community.

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