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

On 2 August this year the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation reviewed the data on the safety and efficacy of the Pfizer vaccine and recommended that the following groups of children among those aged 12 to 15 years be prioritised for vaccination using Pfizer: children with a specified medical condition that increased their risk of severe COVID-19; Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children aged 12 to 15 years; and all children aged 12 to 15 in remote communities, as part of a broader outreach vaccination program that provides vaccinations for all ages greater than 12 years. The government is also ensuring that all children accessing or eligible to access the National Disability Insurance Scheme will have access to the Pfizer vaccine from Wednesday 25 August if they have not already had their vaccines.

As the medical advice and the vaccines have become registered for use in children we have followed that advice and made the vaccine available. From Monday 9 August the Pfizer vaccine has been opened for those with underlying medical conditions and, as I've indicated earlier, once ATAGI provides to us—