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

LBECK (—) (): I simply don't accept the characterisation that Senator Keneally has put on her question. We are currently running vaccination rates on a per capita basis that are as good as, or better than, any place in the world—the UK, the US. Yes, we did have some problems with the vaccination rollout early. We've acknowledged that. We have been straight with the Australian people. We haven't been trying to undermine public confidence in the vaccine rollout, like Labor have. We have continued to work to support supply of vaccine for the Australian people. We've done deals where we could to gain access to additional capacity, and we've provided that information to the Australian people. It's clear to the Australian people, even if it's not clear to the Australian Labor Party, that vaccination is important. Take the opportunity to go and get a vaccine. The best vaccine is the one that's available to you right now.