Katy Gallagher (ACT, Australian Labor Party, Minister for the Public Service) Share this | Hansard source

(—) (): No. I don't think that's a correct assertion to put. I do have, and I would expect that most senators in this place would have, complete and total faith in the processes used by the TGA when they were going through the approvals for the vaccine against COVID-19. I know there are some in this place who have a different view, and I've certainly sat in estimates listening to the questions that a number of senators have asked who have a different view, but I would say the overwhelming view of senators in this place is that the TGA undertook rigorous examination in a compressed time frame because of the situation we were facing. I think it's easy to forget that we were facing a pandemic where it was predicted that we would see significant loss of life if we were not able to protect citizens. We've been, again, very fortunate to have relied on the science and to have rolled out the vaccine. The data is very clear around the impact the vaccine has had on reducing serious disease and death from COVID-19. (Time expired)