Michaelia Cash (WA, Liberal Party, Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business) Share this | Hansard source

The Morrison government has made a $3.2 billion investment in advanced purchasing agreements with four vaccine manufacturers: AstraZeneca, CSL, Pfizer and Novavax. We've contracted for, as I've already stated, around 134 million vaccines directly, in addition to another 25 million units of vaccine through the international Covax Facility. This means Australia has secured enough supplies to vaccinate Australians many times over, subject to success and approvals. Our medical experts have identified the class of vaccines that we need. The vaccines we have secured are amongst the most advanced, and it is increasingly likely that all of our contracted vaccines are on the pathway to being successful, safe and effective.

Australia actually has high vaccination rates, with over 94 per cent of Australian five-year-olds having been vaccinated each quarter this year. Australia—