Dan Andrews: I didn't sign up to a national plan to vaccinate Sydney
Published at : September 09, 2021
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has blasted the Commonwealth government for its “national plan to vaccinate Sydney” after it was revealed New South Wales GPs had received extra doses to the detriment to other states.
A report from publicly available data revealed NSW had been allocated 45 per cent of the nation’s total Pfizer vaccines with extra shipments of the jab, particularly those from Poland, sent to Sydney.
Mr Andrews called on the federal government to remedy the issue.
“I signed up to a national plan to vaccinate our nation, not a national plan to vaccinate Sydney,” he said.
“We've seen hundreds of thousands of vaccines that should’ve come and should now be in the arms of Victorians going into Sydney, into GP practices and into New South Wales.
“This was not announced; this was done without anyone knowing and the Commonwealth have got caught doing it so it needs to stop.
“Some don't like to see this as a race but a race it surely is: what I didn't know was that Premier Berejiklian’s in a sprint while the rest of us are supposed to do some sort of egg and spoon thing.
“No, we want our fair share; these allocations, which are totally unfair and were under the table, need to stop and we need to get a make-good.
“We need to get those doses we didn't get fast-tracked to us.”
A report from publicly available data revealed NSW had been allocated 45 per cent of the nation’s total Pfizer vaccines with extra shipments of the jab, particularly those from Poland, sent to Sydney.
Mr Andrews called on the federal government to remedy the issue.
“I signed up to a national plan to vaccinate our nation, not a national plan to vaccinate Sydney,” he said.
“We've seen hundreds of thousands of vaccines that should’ve come and should now be in the arms of Victorians going into Sydney, into GP practices and into New South Wales.
“This was not announced; this was done without anyone knowing and the Commonwealth have got caught doing it so it needs to stop.
“Some don't like to see this as a race but a race it surely is: what I didn't know was that Premier Berejiklian’s in a sprint while the rest of us are supposed to do some sort of egg and spoon thing.
“No, we want our fair share; these allocations, which are totally unfair and were under the table, need to stop and we need to get a make-good.
“We need to get those doses we didn't get fast-tracked to us.”
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