12.34am BST00:34 Rachel Siewert asks Richard Colbeck whether he has heard reports aged care workers are being asked by some providers (their bosses) to get vaccinated on their day off. Colbeck has not heard that. 12.30am BST00:30 Greens senator Rachel Siewert can’t understand why the government doesn’t know how many aged care workers have been … Read more
Thank you, Mr Speaker. Mr Speaker, we have seen this a lot from the Labor party over the course of the last 18 months. While we are fighting the virus, Mr Speaker, the Labor party just wants to fight the government, Mr Speaker. That’s when they’re not fighting each other, Mr Speaker. Our job is … Read more
This budget is delivering on the promises we made at the last election. We went to the last election saying that we would invest in the economy, to grow jobs and to fund the essential services that Australians rely on. That’s why we have the focus on growing jobs. Yes, we didn’t see at the … Read more
You’ve got to have the preconditions there, which is keeping Australians safe is the first priority. And that means getting quarantine right, getting vaccination right. We should be, as well, producing our own mRNA vaccines. We should have started that process last year. And one of the things that concerns me about this budget is … Read more