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

[by video link] I reject the assertions made by Senator O'Neill. Her blatant politicisation of the vaccine rollout and the Labor Party's blatant politicisation of the vaccine rollout has done absolutely nothing for the confidence in the national program. You could say that the Labor Party have been deliberately attempting to undermine this process all the way through.

Of course the government takes responsibility for making available vaccines to Australians across the country and we have reinforced and reaffirmed that responsibility on a number of occasions. We continue to adapt the rollout to meet immediate concerns and to provide more opportunities for Australians to access a vaccine as soon as possible. We've said that we'd like every Australian who wants a vaccine to have one by the end of the year, and we are well and truly on target to meet that objective. (Time expired)