Changes to immunisation laws ahead of COVID-19 vaccine rollout

New laws are mandating vaccine providers record Australian’s COVID-19 vaccine status on the Australian Immunisation Register. 

The changes to immunisation laws mean vaccine providers, such as GPs, will report who has received the vaccine to the government.

Before these changes, the register was maintained on a voluntary basis. 

Proposed Toowoomba quarantine facility to be voted on in Cabinet

The Federal Government will decide whether a quarantine facility will be built in Toowoomba, during a National Cabinet meeting today. 

The proposed 1000-bed facility would be built at the International Wellcamp Airport, west of Toowoomba’s CBD, and would take repatriated travellers to the site from the tarmac.