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The Federal Government will begin winding back disaster payments once the 70 percent vaccination target is reached in NSW and Victoria, so how will this affect those on the payments? Plus in today's episode of The Fitzroy Diaries, the mood is lifting as they contemplate planning a party.

ABC political writer Annabel Crabb and 7:30 host Leigh Sales are known for their hard hitting interviews and incisive analysis but also for their chats. They are on fine display on their award-winning podcast, but also now in a new book, 'Well Hello: Meanderings from the world...of Chat 10 Looks 3'. Leigh and Annabel join Life Matters to talk about it all. Plus a new Fitzroy Diaries.

Models make predictions that help shape the policy approaches being taken towards fighting coronavirus and some states are planning a pathway out of lockdown based on these models. The National Cabinet's reopening plan uses modelling from the Doherty Institute. Victoria has looked to the Burnet Institute's work, as well as the Doherty models, and those two reports differ in their predictions. Experts answer listeners questions about how modelling, vaccination rates, and data around vulnerable groups, are all being considered, as we face the coming months.