Michaelia Cash (WA, Liberal Party, Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

Senator Faruqi, I don't think it's going to come as any surprise to you that I disagree with what you have now stated on the record. On the TRIPS waiver, the Prime Minister has said that the US announcement was tremendous news. That is what the Prime Minister has said. The Prime Minister has also made it clear that we will continue to work with the United States and others at the WTO to find solutions that boost the global rollout of COVID-19 vaccinations. But the Prime Minister has also made it clear that Australia remains focused on working with our regional partners. I commend the work that Senator Payne, Mr Tehan and Mr Hunt, as well as vaccine developers, are doing to support equitable, widespread access to COVID-19 vaccines—