COVID-19 Vaccination Rollout

The Hon. J.E. HANSON (15:02): Supplementary: could the minister please elaborate on whether he actually agrees that he has received timely 12-week schedules, as stated by the Prime Minister? Also, can he please answer the question about when we are going to have mass vaccination clinics, and why are we a month behind Victoria and Western Australia?

The PRESIDENT: You have had a supplementary question. The minister can answer that.

The Hon. S.G. WADE (Minister for Health and Wellbeing) (15:03): You can have a stoush with the Prime Minister. I will just give you a—

Members interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Order! I am not going to have a stoush with the Prime Minister, but the minister will proceed.

The Hon. T.A. Franks: The Prime Minister for Women or the Prime Minister?

The Hon. S.G. WADE: The Hon. Tammy Franks is distracting me.

The Hon. J.E. Hanson: Timely 12-week schedules.

The PRESIDENT: Order!

The Hon. J.E. Hanson: That's what you are meant to be answering.

The PRESIDENT: Order!

The Hon. K.J. Maher: You are distracted. You are not getting on with the job.

The PRESIDENT: Look, does the opposition want to hear this?

The Hon. S.G. WADE: I just make the point that in a very significant national vaccination program it's not surprising that there will be, shall we say, untidiness in the schedules. Let me give you this week as an example. We thought we were getting 7,000 doses; we got 14.