The Queensland government is three months into the vaccine rollout and concerns arise as aged care minister Richard Colbeck admits to not knowing how many aged care workers are vaccinated. Colbeck has refused to comment on whether the government is responsible for its own aged care immunisation program.
Initially the federal government had a goal in place to have 190,000 aged care residents and roughly 366,000 workers vaccinated in the first six weeks of the rollout. A budget estimates hearing on Tuesday revealed that less than 10% of aged care workers across Australia have been fully vaccinated.
In a heated hearing, labour senators attacked Richard Colbeck for his failure to take responsibility for the delayed rollout.
Opposition aged care spokeswomen Clare O'Neil has requested for a detailed plan with clear vaccine targets for the aged care workforce.