House debates

Wednesday, 4 August 2021

Questions without Notice

COVID-19: Vaccination

2:15 pm

Photo of Adam BandtAdam Bandt (Melbourne, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Prime Minister. From Victoria to Queensland and to New South Wales large numbers of school students have been infected with COVID, but your vaccination targets do not include children, which means that your 80 per cent target is actually a lower 65 per cent target for the whole population. According to Grattan Institute modelling, such a target could result in many, many thousands of deaths if restrictions are lifted. Prime Minister, given this risk and given the growing prevalence of infection in children, will you extend vaccination coverage to children over 12 and include them in your national vaccination target?

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