House debates

Thursday, 17 June 2021

Questions without Notice

Covid-19

2:29 pm

Photo of Michael McCormackMichael McCormack (Riverina, National Party, Leader of the Nationals) Share this | Hansard source

He has asked the question. We want to encourage, obviously, all Australians to get that jab. It is so important. It is absolutely critical. Indeed, over the last seven days 731,660 people have got the vaccination; over the last eight days, 874,468; and over the last 10 days, 1.1 million. More than 60 per cent of people over 70 are protected with a first dose. More than 40 per cent of people over 50 are protected with a first dose. More than one in four of the eligible population aged 16 and over are protected with a first dose. In aged care, all 2,566 RACFs have received a first dose and 96.9 per cent of Commonwealth RACFs have received a second dose. In disability care, 9,718 NDIS participants in residential accommodation have received at least one dose. This is, as Professor Brendan Murphy said, the largest logistical exercise in Australia's peacetime history.

To the opposition leader's point about the transport worker: we are happy to look into this particular case. Indeed, I'm happy to take any more information if the opposition leader has it. But the New South Wales state government has been the gold standard by which contact tracking and tracing has occurred. It has made every measure and effort to keep New South Wales safe. Indeed, that is how they have kept their state safe, just as we have ensured that we have kept this country safe. We're doing this in the most practical, responsible way, listening at all times to the best possible medical advice.

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