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

I want to thank the millions of Australians who are turning out to get vaccinated. With numbers growing each and every day, we now know that around 12.6 million doses have been administered across Australia and more than a million doses a week are being administered. We have acknowledged there were early challenges to the program in terms of expected deliveries that didn't arrive, in terms of changes in advice from medical experts but, nonetheless, we saw a total of 4.5 million vaccinations administered last month, which was more than double what was achieved in May when 2.1 million doses were administered. This steady increase in supply, coupled with a steady increase in distribution outlets, is ensuring that we have the strongest possible position for Australians to be able to get vaccinated, to know that the supply and the outlets will be there for them, and that we can reach the 70 and 80 per cent targets outlined by the Doherty Institute to safely proceed to the next stages of pandemic management.