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

I would hope that the Indigenous vaccination rate is lifted to at least match, if not better, the vaccination rate of the rest of the population. That's what we would like to see. I have already acknowledged in the chamber today that the vaccination numbers are not high enough. We need to continue to work to lift those numbers, working with the Indigenous communities, with the First Nations people and with influencers of those First Nations people to encourage Indigenous Australians to take up the vaccine.