Kimberley Kitching (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Deputy Manager of Opposition Business in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

[by video link] I rise to take note of answers given by the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Birmingham, to questions asked by Senator Watt on the Morrison government's failure to hit their own self-imposed vaccine targets and vaccinate key vulnerable groups in the community. This is a government that is now in its eighth year. One need only look at some members of cabinet to realise that sometimes the length of a government is directly relevant to who in the B-team gets into cabinet. This could not be truer of the minister responsible for the dignity and peace of mind of hundreds of thousands of people with disabilities, Senator Reynolds. People with a disability and their loved ones depend on a capable, empathetic and engaged minister. Instead they've been saddled with a self-absorbed senator from Western Australia who has failed in her current position and who—