COVID-19 Vaccination Rollout

The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Leader of the Opposition) (15:45): Final supplementary: is the minister aware from his own knowledge or from his department whether there has been any consideration at all for a mass vaccination clinic in the western suburbs?

The Hon. S.G. WADE (Minister for Health and Wellbeing) (15:45): I know there is active consideration of outreach services, pop-up vaccination clinics, mobile—

The Hon. K.J. Maher interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Order! You asked the question, listen to the answer.

The Hon. I.K. Hunter: Well, he's not answering the question, he's avoiding the answer as usual.

The Hon. K.J. Maher: I think he misunderstood the question.

The PRESIDENT: Order! Laughter doesn't help either. Minister, please continue.

The Hon. S.G. WADE: As I was saying, certainly we will continue to look at pop-up vaccination clinics, mobile—

The Hon. I.K. Hunter interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Order, the Hon. Mr Hunter!

Members interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Order! Minister, move to the conclusion of your answer, please.

The Hon. S.G. WADE: So if the honourable members are asking me, 'Will there be a mass vaccination clinic in terms of the size of Wayville?', no, there won't be because that service is designed to cover, if you like, the whole central region. The clinic at the Women's and Children's Hospital, for example, I do not regard as a mass vaccination clinic. There may well be community clinics in the western suburbs. They could be site based, they could be a pop-up, they could be mobile. There is active consideration of areas of lower vaccination coverage and that certainly does include some areas of the western suburbs that have lower vaccination rates.