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[Link] More than 60% of people visiting Melbourne vaccination hub did not have Medicare card

Read: 8/11/2021 www.theguardian.com

More than 60% of people who visited a Melbourne vaccination centre targeting those facing disadvantage did not have a Medicare card, while about 5% were probably homeless, figures show.

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[Link] War on viruses over for Victoria's sentinel chickens after decades of bloody service

Read: 7/11/2021 www.abc.net.au

For almost 50 years, flocks of sentinel chickens along the Murray River have formed the front line of defence against mosquito-borne viruses.

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