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11.15pm BST
On the vaccination program, Scott Morrison says;
We had those early problems, we’ve got on top of that we turned that around, and we’re around to the end of the year to get this done.
11.13pm BST
Scott Morrison is speaking to Brisbane radio 4BC – he’s using his patient but overworked teacher voice to explain when those in lockdown in Queensland could expect federal assistance to kick in (it won’t be until Queensland has been in lockdown for a week, as has been established).
