Prime Minister Scott Morrison extends his condolences to the families of both Malcolm ‘Kela’ Smith, who died in a Queensland hospital after contracting #COVID19, and rugby league legend Tommy Raudonikis.
"3.1 million out of 3.8 million doses did not come to Australia": Prime Minister Scott Morrison says vaccines not arriving from Europe has impacted the early stages of our COVID-19 vaccine rollout. #auspol
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has denied criticising the EU over vaccine exports. #auspol#COVID19Aus
Prime Minister Scott Morrison says he wrote to the President of the European Commission on 17 March requesting "one million doses from our original 3.8 million" to help deal with the PNG #COVID19 outbreak, but has not received a response. #auspol
"The only thing that is limiting the rollout is vaccine supply," Brendan Murphy says before conceding it is a "complex process" to get vaccines batch tested and delivered to general practices. #auspol
Brendan Murphy says Australia doesn't have enough COVID vaccines to establish mass vaccination clinics. #auspol
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The Prime Minister has announced there will be a new advisory for the AstraZeneca vaccine for persons under the age of 50, following blood clot concerns.
The Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI) has recommended people under the age of 50 should be offered an alternative to the AstraZeneca vaccine after a link was found to rare blood clots.
The ATAGI recommendations are the following: At the current time, the use of the Pfizer vaccine is preferred over the AstraZeneca vaccine in adults aged less than 50 years who have not already received a first dose of AstraZeneca vaccine.
#BREAKING: The Federal government has agreed to all 55 recommendations of the Sex Discrimination Commissioner's "game-changing" Respect@Work report "wholly, in part, or in principle", according to PM Scott Morrison. #auspol
The PM has encouraged all Australians to step up to their "responsibility" to change the culture surrounding sexual harassment in the workplace, but not to do so "in a way that sets Australians against each other". #auspol
#BREAKING: MPs and judges will be governed by new laws that will make sexual harassment a valid reason for dismissal.
"There are consequences for this action in the workplace," Attorney-General Michaelia Cash said. #auspol
#BREAKING Australian Defence Force Chief General Angus Campbell is delivering a report into war crimes committed in Afghanistan #auspolpscp.tv/w/coRckjFXZ0tn…
Campbell: "The killing, the unlawful killing, of civilians and prisoners is never acceptable. It is my duty and event of my fellow Chiefs to set things right."
"The report finds that some Special Air Service Regiment commanders in Australia, fosters in the SAS but just as spirited terms of warrior culture, a misplaced focus on prestige, status and power..."