Confidential leaked reports of New South Wales government data shows a huge gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Covid vaccination rates in every region of the state.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison and the federal Indigenous Australians Minister Ken Wyatt have attributed this low rate to vaccine hesitancy.
NSW Aboriginal Health and Medical Research Council, Dr Peter Malouf, says: “In order to improve the gaps around vaccination, but also in managing the current crisis, it needs to be led by Aboriginal people who know their community, who know what type of messaging their community needs.”