The Problems With Vaccine Passports

Welcome to our weekly newsletter — a fresh, global perspective on the stories that matter for Australian business and politics. This week: Vaccine passports, the race to vaccinate Indigenous Australians and another torrid week for the government.

For tourism-dependent businesses battered by the yearlong pandemic, so-called vaccine passports may offer the best route back to normality. The airline industry, for instance, is backing a range of tech solutions to verify passengers’ Covid vaccination or testing status, and a handful of apps have been rolled out.