As lockdown rules eased for millions of weary Melburnians, Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg asserted that no other city on the planet had suffered for so long under these restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic. Verdict: Mr Frydenberg's claim is not clear cut.

As the time for opening borders approached, The Tasmania Project’s fifth general survey (TTP 5) asked Tasmanian residents about their experiences of the second year of COVID 19 and their current attitudes to borders, restrictions and vaccination.

The purpose of this document is to offer guidance to other agencies in the development and delivery of vaccine hubs for people experiencing or at risk of homelessness. The model of care described here is also relevant to vaccination efforts targeting other hard to reach or marginalised people and communities.

This paper argues that as state governments begin trialling home quarantine programs, they need to take active steps to ensure they are not crossing a new frontier in the surveillance of citizens by using facial recognition technology.

The availability and access of technology for managing diabetes has changed. This scoping report describes the current data gaps and currently available data sources for monitoring the use of technology (devices) for the management of diabetes. The report also briefly outlines the approval, access and distribution pathways for diabetes technology in Australia.