Scott Morrison (Cook, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

That was her clear advice to me today and that was advised to me in national cabinet by Lieutenant General Frewen earlier in the week. I commend the New South Wales Premier for the way that she is handling the outbreak in New South Wales, the fact that she hasn't gone to lock down Australia's biggest city. She has taken, I think, the very positive decision to keep Sydney open and to keep New South Wales open for its residents and to continue to rely on what is Australia's best contact-tracing system, the one in New South Wales. I can advise that as of today 66.27 per cent or just under two-third of our population over the age of 70 has now been vaccinated and 49.1 per cent of those over 50 have received their first doses as have 27.4 per cent of those aged over 16. In the last 24 hours 140,819 doses have been administered. We are now at 6.86 million doses having been administered in Australia. It might suit the politics of the Leader of the Opposition to run down Australia's performance. It may suit the politics of the Leader of the Opposition to undermine Australia's efforts as we lead the world when it comes to managing COVID in this country.

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