With school set to resume in a few weeks’ time, panic is being whipped up about children not getting their Covid jabs before then. Children aged 5 to 11 are eligible as of Monday, 10 January.

New South Wales Premier Dominic Perrottet said all premiers and chief ministers at National Cabinet last Wednesday were ‘completely committed’ to making sure children are back in classrooms for term one, despite many parents unable to book their children in for vaccinations before school resumes.

According to the ABC, the teachers union has repeatedly raised concerns about classroom safety and how the system would cope with...