Carol Brown (Tasmania, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Assistant Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Tourism) Share this | Hansard source

Labor supports the Australian Immunisation Register Amendment (Reporting) Bill 2020 as part of our national response to the COVID crisis. It is crucial that, as the national vaccine rollout happens, the national Immunisation Register represents an accurate record of vaccinations across Australia. Labor will continue to work with the government to build public support for COVID-19 vaccinations, including by emphasising the independence and expertise of the Therapeutic Goods Administration in supporting an effective national Immunisation Register. This will be important to countering messages from a small number of antivaxxers, including within the government's own ranks, and encouraging take-up among a larger group of vaccine-hesitant Australians. I commend the bill to the Senate.