Vaccination rates for First Nations Australians are falling further behind, not catching up.
Just a fortnight after the Government promised a vaccine blitz in 30 communities, new data shows the vaccination gap has blown out across the country.
This is a national shame.
This data would not even be public if advocates had not demanded it, and Labor had not moved in the Senate to compel its release.
The Government needs to stop hiding and start acting.
The Prime Minister promised First Nations Australians would be vaccinated by winter. But less than 50 per cent of First Nations people have even received a first dose.
It’s too little, too late – from a Prime Minister who made a promise to First Nations Australians but has failed to deliver.
First Nations Vaccination Rates at 12 September 2021
|
(%) |
NSW |
Vic |
Qld |
SA |
WA |
Tas |
NT |
ACT |
Australia |
|
One doses |
57.5 |
28.3 |
34.7 |
34.3 |
24.8 |
48.6 |
44.0 |
65.7 |
42.1 |
|
Two doses |
27.8 |
16.0 |
21.8 |
21.9 |
13.7 |
34.1 |
27.4 |
41.5 |
23.4 |
|
First dose gap |
21.3 |
38.5 |
22.0 |
25.1 |
32.4 |
18.0 |
16.2 |
9.4 |
25.7 |
|
Second dose gap |
18.7 |
25.0 |
16.5 |
18.7 |
24.5 |
14.5 |
16.9 |
9.9 |
19.2 |
First Nations Vaccination Rates at 26 September 2021
|
(%) |
NSW |
Vic |
Qld |
SA |
WA |
Tas |
NT |
ACT |
Australia |
|
One doses |
66.2 |
33.5 |
39.2 |
38.9 |
29.0 |
56.7 |
47.7 |
75.8 |
48.2 |
|
Two doses |
40.0 |
19.5 |
26.2 |
26.5 |
17.2 |
40.1 |
32.8 |
53.1 |
30.3 |
|
First dose gap |
20.5 |
45.9 |
26.0 |
28.3 |
35.3 |
19.1 |
18.0 |
13.7 |
29.1 |
|
Second dose gap |
22.9 |
29.6 |
20.0 |
22.5 |
28.7 |
17.7 |
19.1 |
10.1 |
23.1 |
Source: First Nations population from the Australian Immunisation Register, and state vaccination data from the 14 September and 29 September vaccine roll-out reports.
THURSDAY, 30 SEPTEMBER 2021