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

More than half of Australians aged over 16 have had their first dose of the vaccine. More than half—that's one in two. Six million doses of that vaccine have now been delivered in New South Wales and two-thirds of those have been delivered by the magnificent GPs and pharmacists who are doing this all around the country. There are more points of presence where you can get the vaccine in Australia today than you can get a Big Mac around this country because of the excellent work that is being done by Lieutenant General Frewen, by the GPs and by the pharmacists, working together—states and territories together—to get this job done.

It's an important job to get done, because under the national plan that would see 70 and 80 per cent of the population vaccinated. That means Australia will be able to move forward; Australia will be able to move forward and live with this virus. That's why it's so important that people stand up for the plan rather than standing in the way of the plan, like those in the Labor Party seem intent on doing. They come in here, day after day, running down the vaccination program, running down those who are seeking to implement it—

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