Scott Morrison (Cook, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

Crazy, rubbish conspiracies have no place when it comes to the public health of this country, and this government will have no association with it, as we demonstrated yesterday in this House. Ensuring that we take all steps we can to deal with misinformation is what this government is doing. It is up to all of us as members to seek to do everything we can to ensure that we are countering that in our own communities.

I have been pleased to be engaging with ethnic community leaders, multicultural community leaders, particularly in New South Wales. I thank those faith leaders across New South Wales, and particularly in south-western Sydney, who have been countering the misinformation that has been occurring in their communities. I particularly thank those of the Pacific community in this country and the faith leaders in their communities who are telling their congregations how important it is to get the vaccine and to not listen to those conspiracy theories that can prevent them from getting the vaccine and supporting their health. We're working with countries in the region, particularly Papua New Guinea. This is an issue that I speak regularly about with Prime Minister Marape, who is very concerned about the misinformation that is being put throughout his country regarding vaccination. And we are working to support him in his efforts in Papua New Guinea as well. But countering misinformation is a task for all of us. It's certainly a task for the government and one that we're acting on. I'll ask the minister for health to add further.

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