Question Number: 267
PDR Number: SQ22-000638
Date Submitted: 21/11/2022
Department or Body: Department of Health
A response was provided to you on this topic from Minister Butler’s office in September 2022. It noted that a range of senior departmental officers have offered to provide briefings to you during 2021 and early 2022. However, in keeping with protocols, any decision for officials to provide a briefing to a backbench Senator is to be made by the Minister’s office – in this case former Minister Hunt. Minister Butler’s office also noted that extensive and detailed information on the Therapeutic Goods Administration’s (TGA) evaluation of these vaccines has been provided to you as a Senator attending hearings of the Senate Community Affairs Committee during 2021 and 2022.
