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

Thank you, Senator Chandler, for your question. Yes, our home state certainly has something to celebrate by passing the first national plan milestone of 70 per cent double dose in the last day. It's an important milestone, and of course the nation has also passed 70 per cent of vaccination post-16.

Our nation continues to surge ahead, rolling up our sleeves, and, with a total of 33,489,485 doses administered nationally as of last night, 14.6 million Australians are now fully vaccinated. That's 70.8 per cent of those over 16, 81.6 per cent of those over 50 and 86.6 per cent of those over 70. We know that the people over 70 are the most vulnerable cohort when it comes to COVID-19, and we now have over 95 per cent of that population who've had at least one dose.