The Morrison government needs a hard jab over vaccination levels

The rollout of Covid-19 vaccines across Australia is behind time, behind volume and well behind the expectations the Morrison government foolishly built up for itself.

If there ever was a case of a government disregarding and reversing the principle so beloved of John Howard – to underpromise and overdeliver – this vaccine rollout is it, with Australia currently sandwiched between the unusual company of Bangladesh and Oman on world tables.

And for once, the states have a leg to stand on in blame-shifting to the Commonwealth.

As of now, Britain has vaccinated over half her population, more than thirty million people, with at least the first jab of either the AstraZeneca or Pfizer vaccines.  This is despite the European…