Senate debates

Thursday, 18 March 2021

Questions without Notice

COVID-19: Vaccination

3:28 pm

Photo of Richard ColbeckRichard Colbeck (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Minister for Senior Australians and Aged Care Services) Share this | Hansard source

It would be really good if Labor listened to what has been said by the government over a period of time, rather than trying to misrepresent it in the chamber. As I've said in the chamber before, and as the Minister for Health and Aged Care has also said in the chamber before, we have access to 20 million doses of the Pfizer vaccine. We have access to 50 million doses of vaccine that are being manufactured in Australia. We are looking to the potential for 51 million doses of Novavax, pending its regulatory approval. This has been well publicised over a period of time, and of course we also have access to 25.6 million doses through the COVAX structure. So there are a number of other sources of vaccine to make up that 150 million doses that we have coming onstream. As those are approved and become available— (Time expired)

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