Wendy Askew (Tasmania, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

At the request of Senator Antic, I move:

That there be laid on the table by the Minister representing the Minister for Health and Ageing, by no later than 9.30 am on Monday, 29 September 2025, all documentation created during the period from February 2021 to date evidencing the Therapeutic Goods Administration's (TGA) adherence to, and implementation of, the TGA's 'COVID-19 Vaccine Safety Monitoring Plan' (the plan) including but not limited to:

(a) documents evidencing the TGA's implementation of the plan's stated aims and key objectives being:

(i) timely collection and management of reports of COVID-19 vaccine adverse events following immunisation,

(ii) timely detection and investigation of COVID-19 vaccine safety signals,

(iii) timely action to address any COVID-19 vaccine safety concerns,

(iv) timely communications to inform the public of emerging COVID-19 vaccine safety information and to support public confidence in vaccines, and

(v) close collaboration and coordination of effort with other vaccine safety stakeholder groups;

(b) documents evidencing the TGA's implementation of the plan's five key strategies including the TGA's implementation of each of the strategies, objectives and outputs referenced in the key strategies of the plan as follows:

(i) enhanced reporting of adverse events following immunisation,

(ii) enhanced safety signal detection and investigation,

(iii) actions in response to safety concerns,

(iv) communications, and

(v) collaborations; and

(c) any revisions of the plan.