Joe Ludwig (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Manager of Government Business in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

As I indicated, the government placed an order for 21 million doses of vaccine with CSL Ltd. This order was made on the basis of deeds of agreement in place with CSL until 2010 for the supply of seasonal pre-pandemic and pandemic influenza vaccines. These deeds were initially signed in 2004, following an open tender procurement process conducted by the Department of Health and Ageing. The only information I have for Senator Xenophon in respect of the vaccine relates to the fact that CSL, I think it is helpful to understand, did not receive any funding from the $7 million NHMRC research grant. Vaxine, likewise, did not receive any money from the NHMRC on the basis that, as I have indicated, grant recipients were required to have results in by December 2009. (Time expired)