Australia joins other nations, including the United States and New Zealand, to support a waiver that would allow exemptions in the intellectual property protections for COVID-19 vaccines.
India and South Africa say new rules would make it easier for low and middle-income countries to manufacture generic versions of the vaccines that currently have a 20 year patent on them.
Trade Minister Dan Tehan said the Federal Government supports this push, but so far the measure has been blocked from going ahead at the World Trade Organisation meeting.