McGowan compares alleged beheading threats of family to ‘Islamic fundamentalism’

McGowan compares alleged beheading threats of family to ‘Islamic fundamentalism’

Perth detectives have charged two young men after they allegedly left a number of threatening messages on WA Premier Mark McGowan’s phone about 11pm on Saturday.

  • byHamish Hastie

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Anti-vaccine protestors charged after Joondalup clinic demonstration

Anti-vaccine protestors charged after Joondalup clinic demonstration

Police charged the protesters over separate incidents outside the shopping centre’s vaccination clinic on November 16.

Poole’s ripper vaccine analogy not enough to get world champion surfer on board

Poole’s ripper vaccine analogy not enough to get world champion surfer on board

An Australian Ironman champion has a perfect analogy for those in the water sports community hesitant about getting a COVID vaccine. But it’s not enough for some.

  • byPeter FitzSimons
Get the jab or skip a slam:does professional tennis have a vaccination problem?

Get the jab or skip a slam:does professional tennis have a vaccination problem?

The annual tennis-fest at Melbourne Park represents a sudden reality for pro tennis players:get vaccinated for COVID-19,or go without.

  • byScott Spits
We can answer Sam Frost’s anti-vax outburst without joining the public shaming pile-on

We can answer Sam Frost’s anti-vax outburst without joining the public shaming pile-on

Tolerance has its limits. We cannot tolerate anti-vax sentiment,but we can maintain our civility.

  • byKerri Sackville
Anti-vaxxers in eastern Europe risk entire Continent’s efforts to end pandemic

Anti-vaxxers in eastern Europe risk entire Continent’s efforts to end pandemic

Around 72 per cent of adults in the EU have been fully vaccinated,but low uptake in some eastern EU countries now risks overwhelming hospitals.

  • byStephen McGrath
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Mandatory jabs could ‘radicalise’ anti-vax advocates,experts warn

Mandatory jabs could ‘radicalise’ anti-vax advocates,experts warn

Forcing people to get vaccinated in exchange for work or services could further “radicalise” anti-vaccination activists and should only be done as a last resort,immunisation experts and civil liberty groups say.

  • byFarrah Tomazin andAisha Dow
Inside the insurrection:Why construction workers took to the street

Inside the insurrection:Why construction workers took to the street

Pressure has been building for months within the construction industry as frustration grows over lockdowns,vaccines and a persistent social media campaign.

  • byBen Schneiders
Unions are supposed to represent all their members. How does that work with anti-vaxxers?

Unions are supposed to represent all their members. How does that work with anti-vaxxers?

Labour movement leaders have lashed anti-vaxxers targeting their members. But the question of when to support mandatory jabs is proving much thornier.

  • byNick Bonyhady
Welcome to my nightmare:One GP’s adventures with anti-vaxxers and their ‘infodemic’

Welcome to my nightmare:One GP’s adventures with anti-vaxxers and their ‘infodemic’

A doctor wrestles with a toxic side effect of COVID:misinformation.

  • byMariam Chaalan
‘You name it,they’ve come’:south-west Sydney rallies to get the jab

‘You name it,they’ve come’:south-west Sydney rallies to get the jab

There are unique challenges to vaccinating multicultural and multi-faith communities where some are distrusting of government and gleaning health messages from social media.

  • byJacqueline Maley