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He s criticised Annastacia Palaszczuk in the past for her handling of COVID-19 outbreaks in his home state of Queensland, now Peter Dutton has turned his sights on the West Australian leader.
WA Premier Mark McGowan has lambasted the federal government for failing to provide better alternatives to hotel quarantine.
Metropolitan Perth and the neighbouring Peel region are currently in a three-day lockdown over COVID-19 cases linked to the Perth Mercure Hotel.
Mr McGowan said CBD hotels were not fit for purpose and defence facilities such as Curtin Air Base in Derby or immigration detention facilities on Christmas Island would be better.
However, there was still much work to be done in terms of disability care residents.
So far of the 25,000 people in 6000 disability facilities, only 1640 have had a jab delivered.
The disability facility program had to be paused after the advice on AstraZeneca and blood clots, but would gear up shortly, the committee heard.
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Professor Murphy said governments were committed to have all people vulnerable to severe COVID vaccinated by the middle of the year. At the moment we are not in a position to give an updated time on when vaccinations will be completed, but all first ministers want it completed as soon as possible, he said.