Australia’s vaccine booster take-up rates too low: Butler

Tom McIlroyCanberra Bureau Chief

Jun 22, 2022 – 4.27pm

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State and territories should not expect extra health funding from the cash strapped Albanese government before 2025, as Mark Butler warns the current 50:50 COVID-19 spending deal won’t be extended beyond Christmas.

Promising improved relations with state counterparts, the newly appointed health minister said take-up of vaccine booster shots remains too low in Australia. He expects business to continue to face workforce pressures amid high daily COVID-19 infection rates, deaths and the spread of winter influenza.

Tom McIlroy is the Financial Review’s Canberra bureau chief based in the press gallery at Parliament House. He was previously the AFR’s political correspondent.