Greg Hunt (Flinders, Liberal Party, Minister for Health and Aged Care) Share this | Hansard source

What we have done is make sure that we have a vaccination now for the over 50s. We have a vaccination to cover any circumstances where there is a supply disruption, and we have also adapted to ATAGI advice. We've been able to do this because we provisioned contingencies within the contracts last year. Significantly, what does this mean? It means that we've seen 512,000 Australians come forward for vaccination in the last week. It means that we have done everything we can to ensure support, encouragement and confidence in the vaccination program. I would hope that the opposition is going to support confidence in the vaccination program. I would hope that the opposition—

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