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By Anonymous (not verified) , 10 April, 2021
Australia missing out on EVs
Claudio Bresciani / TT News Agency via AFP
An electric vehicle factory that could have brought hundreds of jobs to Victoria’s struggling Latrobe Valley has stalled. But around Australia the lack of government support for EVs stands in stark contrast to other nations.
By Anonymous (not verified) , 3 April, 2021
Poverty and the end of JobKeeper
AAP / Lukas Coch
The federal government has reduced or removed the supports that helped millions of Australians survive the pandemic. JobKeeper’s end could cut 150,000 jobs and push millions into poverty, particularly women and children.
By Anonymous (not verified) , 3 April, 2021
The state of vaccinations
AAP / Joel Carrett
Australia has fallen short of its Covid-19 vaccination targets by millions of doses, but who is to blame? As the federal and state governments point fingers at each other, the nation waits for a vaccine rollout that has failed to deliver.