The university will require everybody on campuses to be double-shot vaccinated (ex exemptions) from November 5

And everybody who can be is expected to be back at work or in class then. Partially or not at all vaccinated staff and students can work/study on-line.

But there are incentives to encourage returns to campus,

* casuals and sessional staff rostered on from August to November can claim a $150 vax support payment

* there’s a $50 voucher for fully vaxed continuing and FT staff, which is good at campus retailers. They can also take sick-leave when getting jabs

* students can score a $20 voucher if they can prove they are vaccinated first-day back.

In May Vice Chancellor Margaret Gardner made it plain that she was not going to let COVID-19 get the better of her university. Australia needed “to put ourselves in a situation where we have more choices of what we can do and where we can go – not less,” she said.

She meant it (CMM May 31).