Australia has finally backed a plan to let developing countries make cheap COVID-19 vaccines — what matters is what it does next
- Written by Deborah Gleeson, Associate Professor in Public Health, La Trobe University

After months of holding out, Australia has at last joined other members of the World Trade Organisation in backing a waiver of patents and other intellectual property rights on vaccines, treatments, diagnostic tests and devices needed to fight COVID-19.
The organisation’s Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects...