Coronavirus vaccine rollout is in General JJ Frewen's hands — but Scott Morrison needs to find more doses

Despite some questioning about a military man being in charge of the vaccine rollout, when it comes to communicating, Lieutenant General JJ Frewen is a refreshing change from the pollie-speak and fudges we hear all the time. But we're not using it Photo shows a woman with a covering over mouth holding onto the handles of two bags on wheels There's a "vaccine passport" already in your smartphone and the Tourism Minister wants you to be able to use it to avoid lockdown. Announcing on Thursday a liberalising of the COVID disaster payment to assist in the Sydney outbreak, Morrison also said the state would be provided with 300,000 extra vaccine doses next week, equally divided between Pfizer and AstraZeneca. Sydney's outbreak is morphing — and that's bad news Photo shows a lady wearing a mask approaches a healthcare worker also wearing a mask The race is on to nip increasing numbers of cases in Western Sydney in the bud, with failure to do so likely to prolong this outbreak, writes Casey Briggs. On Thursday, Morrison pointedly said this was the government's intention "based on the advice of Lieutenant General John Frewen that that will be possible".