Health department failed to track COVID-19 vaccination of frontline healthcare, border workers: audit

Harley Dennett
Updated August 18 2022 - 5:55pm, first published 5:30am
Brendan Murphy said the vaccination program oversaw the administration of 60 million doses in Australia involving a logistical operation comprising of over 10,000 vaccination sites. Picture: Elesa Kurtz.
Brendan Murphy said the vaccination program oversaw the administration of 60 million doses in Australia involving a logistical operation comprising of over 10,000 vaccination sites. Picture: Elesa Kurtz.

Poor planning in the early COVID-19 vaccination rollout by the federal Department of Health meant it could not track vaccination rates among frontline healthcare and border workers.

Harley Dennett

Harley Dennett

Public Service Editor

Former federal politics bureau chief for the Canberra Times, via a career that's taken me from rural Victoria to Washington DC. Telling the stories of my local LGBTI community brought me to political journalism, where I've covered eight budgets, four national elections in two countries, Defence, public service and international governance.

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