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

I don't need to be a psychic, Senator Watt. We've actually reached phase b of the rollout. We will start seeing the country opening up, as we are in New South Wales, Victoria and here in the ACT. As the Prime Minister said in an opinion piece that ran in Tasmania today, each and every vaccination brings us closer to bringing our country back together again. I join with Senator Smith in his urging of Western Australians to roll their sleeves up and get the vaccine so we can join Western Australians in having a free country. Families and friends can get together. Businesses can get going again. Importantly, our small businesses can get back to work, firing up jobs. There can be a safe easing of border restrictions as the vaccination rates continue to surge across Australia, and we can all start to take our lives back.