Senate debates Bills

Treasury Laws Amendment (COVID-19 Economic Response No. 2) Bill 2021; In Committee


Simon Birmingham

Simon Birmingham SA, Liberal Party, Minister for Finance

11:48 am

The government have no intentions in relation to such linkages at present. We're delivering income support for people affected under the terms that I've outlined, and those eligibility criteria are publicly available. There is no intention to tie those income supports for COVID disruptions to vaccination status. Our message in relation to vaccines is that people should get vaccinated, first and foremost, because it could save their lives and because it could save the lives of their loved ones or the lives of their fellow Australians.

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