Making vaccination information accessible for all communities

Vaccine messaging

Vaccine messaging Source: SBS News/Nick Mooney

The government has spent $23.9 million on an ad campaign for the coronavirus vaccine - but it's unclear how much of that will go towards creating resources in languages other than English.


 

With just a few weeks left before the vaccine roll-out begins, doctors and community leaders are calling on the government to work with them to make information more accessible to their communities.

The government says it's working to adapt some of its mainstream vaccine campaign material into languages other than English.

 

But community leaders say they want to work with the government to help make accurate, reliable information available in their languages.

All Australian citizens and permanent residents will be eligible for a free vaccine.

Most visa holders will be too - including people on student, working, skilled, family, partner, refugee, humanitarian, regional, bridging or special visas.  The only exceptions will be people in Australia on tourist, transit, e Visitor or electronic travel authority visas - the government says, at this stage, they will not be included in the country's vaccine roll out plan.

 


 

 

 

 


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