Australia news live: Crown ends all political donations; pressure builds on Morrison to listen to women
After 100,000 women marched for justice on Monday, the federal government faces scrutiny over whether it’s listening. Follow all today’s latest news and updates, live
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Tanya Plibersek was asked a little bit earlier about Matt Canavan’s vaccine comments:
I wouldn’t be taking health advice from Matt Canavan. I would be taking advice from our officials, including our Therapeutic Goods Administration, and our chief medical officer. I think it’s very important that we don’t start rumours, or engage in rumours. That we actually listen to the scientists and medical experts, who are guiding our response to this pandemic. I would be certain that our experts are talking to the health officials in other countries about why they’ve taken the decisions that they had. And I would be relying on their discussions and that advice to guide any decisions here in Australia.
This won’t be the end of it though.
Statement from @AstraZeneca to #7NEWS after calls to suspend vaccine:”17m people in the EU&UK have now received our vaccine,the number of cases of blood clots reported in this group is lower than the hundreds of cases that would be expected among the general population” #auspol
