Google AI
The Times Australia

Times Media

PNG and Fiji were both facing COVID catastrophes. Why has one vaccine rollout surged and the other stalled?

  • Written by: Ian Kemish, Former Ambassador and Adjunct Professor, School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry, The University of Queensland
PNG and Fiji were both facing COVID catastrophes. Why has one vaccine rollout surged and the other stalled?Hannah Peters/Getty Images

Things were looking very bad three months ago for both Papua New Guinea and Fiji. The two Pacific countries were each looking very vulnerable to the COVID Delta variant, albeit in different ways.

On July 10, PNG recorded its first official Delta case, and the nation’s health professionals were soon warning the...

Read more: PNG and Fiji were both facing COVID catastrophes. Why has one vaccine rollout surged and the other s...

Times Magazine

Publishing a Book Still Runs on a Model Most Industries Abandoned Decades Ago

Imagine pitching a business partnership where one side does all the work and the other side keeps ...

Australia’s AI Productivity Push Needs a Manager Audit

Australia’s business use of artificial intelligence has accelerated quickly. The Australian Bureau...

MIST raises $3.5 million to advance financial technology supporting Australia’s international students

Australian student fintech MIST has secured a $3.5 million investment from DoxAI, providing fresh ...

Technology

Australia’s AI Productivity Push Ne…

Australia’s business use of artificial intelligence has accelerated quickly. The Australian Bureau...

Local News

Psychology clinic in Tasmania opens…

In response to Tasmania’s growing mental health crisis, a new purpose-built, multi-disciplinary me...

Culture

Australia’s AI Productivity Push Needs a Mana…

Australia’s business use of artificial intelligence has accelerated quickly. The Australian Bureau...

Travel

Cairns Esplanade Lagoon — the stage where Cai…

“All the world's a stage.” Shakespeare wasn't writing about Cairns when he penned that famous lin...

The Times Features

Major Health and Wellbeing Hub Breaks Ground at Essendo…

Work is now underway at 74 - 76 Hargrave Avenue following a sod-turning ceremony on Thursday, mark...

Publishing a Book Still Runs on a Model Most Industries…

Imagine pitching a business partnership where one side does all the work and the other side keeps ...

Cairns Esplanade Lagoon — the stage where Cairns comes …

“All the world's a stage.” Shakespeare wasn't writing about Cairns when he penned that famous lin...