Malarndirri McCarthy (NT, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

[by video link] The Northern Territory is experiencing its worst COVID outbreak since the pandemic began. It's incredibly serious for us up here in the Northern Territory and in particular around the Katherine region, those west and east of Katherine and also across our borders. I encourage the vaccination process to occur in Katherine and right across the Northern Territory. We still have many Territorians who need to be vaccinated and I encourage them to do so immediately, along with those residents who border us in Western Australia and also in Queensland.

I would like to update the Senate on the developing COVID outbreak here. We just heard news that Katherine has recorded two more new cases overnight. On Saturday, the remote—