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

I'll go back to the beginning of my answer, where the first thing I said was that the Australian government's position all the way through has been that, as much as possible, the vaccination program for Australians should be a matter of choice—as much as possible. There are some mandates in place that have been supported by health advice provided to the AHPPC, and that has been worked through with the states. The states have put in place, through public health orders, supports for those processes for health workers, for frontline health workers, for aged-care workers, for home-care workers and for a number of others. So, in some circumstances, where the health advice has indicated that, we have supported the process of mandates. But we have said all the way through, and our position has not changed—