Senate debates
Monday, 9 August 2021
Questions without Notice
Covid-19
2:03 pm
Richard Colbeck (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Minister for Senior Australians and Aged Care Services) Share this | Hansard source
[by video link] The quarantine system in this country operates by agreement through national cabinet by the states, so every time the Labor Party criticise the national quarantine system they are, in fact, criticising their state colleagues, who under the national health agreement have agreed to conduct and manage hotel quarantine across the country. We continue, as I've said on a number of occasions, to build the number of points available for Australians to access the vaccine. We continue to do that. We continue to build the number of vaccines available to Australians. As at today, well in excess of 13 million vaccines have been administered to Australians across the country. (Time expired)
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