Michael McCormack (Riverina, National Party, Leader of the Nationals) Share this | Hansard source

There is a vaccination rollout and we are getting on with the job of doing just that, doing it through Commonwealth officials, doing it through state public health officials, doing it for Australia. I have to say, as the minister for health has just indicated in his previous answer, we should be proud as a nation of what we have been able to achieve together to keep Australians safe, to protect lives, to protect livelihoods.

We have lost 910 Australians through this global pandemic, and, indeed, it is a global pandemic. If you look at what has happened overseas, it is an absolute tragedy. It's a tragedy that we've lost 910 Australians—only one this year, but we mourn them with their families. We remember those people. But we have a vaccination strategy. We are rolling out the vaccine, whether it's through aged-care facilities for workers, for residents—

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