Australia politics live: Greg Hunt confirms AstraZeneca now recommended for over-60s as Sydney Covid cases rise to four

Let me just get the latest figures, the latest figures that we have seen is at least 70% of Australians are intending to have a vaccine, I did say there was another group that we want to really work hard to convert.

We want to get every possible Australian to be vaccinated. But the latest figures of the tracking research that we have done have shown that 70% have a positive clear intention, that has actually increased, and what we are seeing, of course, is that Australians are coming out in very large numbers.

The most important thing for us to do is, if we do have the medical advice, to follow it.

That is the difference between what has occurred in Australia and so many other countries. We have acted swiftly … today we put in place the contingency where we [changed] the age for AstraZeneca … and there was a point when we were going to be doing that in any event, we’re doing it now, perhaps a few weeks earlier than we otherwise might have.