Richard Colbeck (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Minister for Senior Australians and Aged Care Services) Share this | Hansard source

As the Minister for Health and Aged Care has just advised the other place, we have some further advice from the DCMO which relates to my answer to the last question in question time regarding the status of the training of the doctor involved. We had a statement from the Vaccine Operations Centre that Healthcare Australia had confirmed the doctor had undertaken the training. We had some other advice from the DCMO: 'HCA has advised that the doctor and all the health professionals involved in the immunisation rollout have had their AHPRA, Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency, registration checked as part of employment, and that all health professionals involved have completed the online training provided through the Australian College of Nursing. The company has advised that it has copies of the successful certificate of completion of the course for each health professional involved in the vaccine rollout.'

The revised advice that we've just received is that, on further investigation, HCA has now advised that the doctor had not completed the required training. This is being investigated by HCA, and we are expecting a report later today. HCA has advised that all other HCA immunisers have completed the training. HCA has also advised that this doctor has not been involved in the vaccination rollout in any other facilities. We provide this information because we feel it's important to be upfront with the Australian people. There is, in fact, an investigation being undertaken into this matter by the DCMO, Michael Kidd.