Simon Birmingham (SA, Liberal Party, Minister for Finance) Share this | Hansard source

Obviously the Prime Minister meets with and speaks with his colleagues on a frequent basis, but I can confirm, as Senator Colbeck has already told the chamber, that the Prime Minister met with Mr Kelly, the member for Hughes, this morning. The Prime Minister made clear that the Prime Minister and the government do not support any views that undermine the vaccine strategy, whether made by Mr Kelly or by anyone else. Mr Kelly has subsequently issued a statement referred to by Senator Colbeck in which Mr Kelly has made clear that he had a meeting with the Prime Minister and that the Prime Minister reinforced the importance of ensuring public confidence in the government's vaccine strategy. Mr Kelly has stated that he has agreed to support the government's vaccine rollout, as endorsed by medical experts. Indeed, it is the government's expectation—and we will continue to advocate strongly for this—that the vaccination rollout will be supported and backed across the Australian community and that Australians will be encouraged to embrace it and to receive those vaccines, as and when they are made available according to the targeted strategy that we have developed alongside experts.