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Nationals MP David Gillespie is being asked about the ongoing Pfizer fracas - and revelations yesterday that the company had attempted to meet with health minister Greg Hunt.
Michael Rowland asks: Why didn’t the federal government, of which you’re part, act more quickly, in signing that deal with Pfizer, in the middle of last year?
Well, just to put it on the record, we were meeting with Pfizer, and you have seen the emails about departmental conversations. I was even approached as a backbencher by Pfizer. And it wasn’t when you sign the deal, you’ve got to understand, Michael, the vaccines turn up once they’re available. We could have had 10 deals with Pfizer in North America but we wouldn’t have got one dose sooner because all their production in America was kept as a moral imperative in North America
We’re engaging with lots of vaccine suppliers around the world, not just Pfizer. We had AstraZeneca, we had Novavax, and we had a whole committee of experts looking at other potential vaccine purchases.
The NSW environment minister, Matt Kean, has been on Radio National breakfast this morning.
On recent reports that climate ambitions were scrubbed from the recent UK trade deal, Kean (reminder: a Liberal minister) said:
Pressure is mounting on Australia from our trusted friends and allies... for too long politicians have complained about the cost... but now we’re facing costs of not taking action
NSW Environment and Energy Minister @Matt_KeanMP just told @RNBreakfast the state can "absolutely" meet the target of zero coal fired power by 2030, as demanded by the UN earlier this week
Continue reading...source https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2021/sep/10/australia-covid-lockdown-nsw-sydney-gladys-victoria-melbourne-andrews-business-corona-restrictions
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