Marise Payne (NSW, Liberal Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

I thank Senator Scarr for the question. Last night Australia delivered a further 60,000 vaccine doses to Papua New Guinea. We're committed to working with them to meet the needs of the country. We're partnering with the government, with business and with NGOs to promote the importance of vaccinations and we've launched a campaign with the Papua New Guinea Council of Churches to address hesitancy issues. The ADF is providing logistics support in the Torres Strait border region, where vaccination rates are the highest in Papua New Guinea. An Australian-funded clinic in Port Moresby administered over 13 per cent of the vaccinations nationally. We're supporting pop-up clinics at convenient locations such as shopping centres. Australian experts are working with PNG and the WHO on a plan to expand and accelerate the rollout, prioritising those provinces with the highest numbers of cases.