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Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, August 30 2021: Queues of people waiting to get coronavirus vaccine outside Peanut Farm St Kilda walk-in covid-19 vaccination clinic. Crowds of young people lining up.

As Australia edges closer to vaccination rollout targets needed to open international borders, big businesses have been stepping up. But is it their role to speed up a government plan? 

Doctor talking to patient

Psychology researchers advising the NSW government say a behavioural science model could prove the answer to increasing vaccination rates.

See, no crying or big needles, just a person of colour showing off his plaster

Our well-meaning efforts to use images to help demystify the vaccination process or share our pride in getting a COVID vaccine can backfire.

people waiting in a room

Without greater urgency on vaccinations, Australia's full economic recovery is still at least nine months away.