Legislative Council - Fifty-Fourth Parliament, Second Session (54-2)
2021-03-18 Daily Xml

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COVID-19 Vaccination Rollout

The Hon. E.S. BOURKE (14:23): My question is to the Minister for Health and Wellbeing regarding health. In the recent early morning breakfast meeting between the minister responsible for Aboriginal affairs and the Minister for Health and Wellbeing at Argo cafe, was the vaccination of the remote Aboriginal communities even discussed and, if so, what was decided?

The Hon. S.G. WADE (Minister for Health and Wellbeing) (14:24): I don't want to dwell too much on the Argo coffees because if a pattern becomes known we might have a sort of pile on. I am happy to tell people that the Hon. Rob Lucas also frequents Argo's, but be assured, there is no recent conversation that I have had with the Premier that doesn't include vaccinations, and it repeatedly relates to vulnerable communities.