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

Clearly, that was a budget assumption in last year's budget papers and, as I've explained to the chamber, the circumstances of the vaccine rollout have changed with the advice that's been given to us, the medical advice that's been given to the government with respect to the utilisation of the vaccine and the availability of vaccine. We have continued to roll out the vaccine and make it available to Australians in the context of supply, and we will continue to do that. We will continue to roll out safely the vaccine to Australians, making available to them the opportunity to have a dose of the vaccine by the end of this year. We will continue to do that. The availability of the vaccination process will be contingent on supply and, as supply grows, we will make the vaccine available to more Australians.