Too technical for me; but, "indemnification" is a bit of a worry. Sort of says that there could be problems with vaccines, which would not be surprising given the haste involved. I think vaccination is great. But there are some people who are worried about what else, apart from the obvious protection against the China virus, could be in the jabs, such as nasties for tracking people.

No! If you have vaccination issues? You can take your case to Covid-19 and ask it to give you a miss! Or for compensation if it kills or harms you or your loved ones! Me? I'll be at the head of the vaccination queue!
Alan B.

The Commonwealth is going to indemnify vaccine suppliers?

Goodness gracious!

I assume that means that if I receive the proposed AstraZeneca vaccine and it has an adverse health impact on me for example it causes permanent blindness or blood cancer I will not be able to hold anyone responsible.

Goodness gracious!

And the Commonwealth cannot tell us if there are any adverse health impacts.

Goodness gracious!

Hmmm . . . . . . . . . . I'm going have to think twice about getting the vaccine if that is the case.

Funding it from general revenue is more equitable and shouldn't adversely affect public confidence.

Aidan,

None of us here think it is coming out of Soot Morrison's pocket.

The issue under discussion is whether or not the vaccine suppliers should be indemnified against any adverse health impacts on those being inoculated.

Why would the Commonwealth want to indemnify the vaccine suppliers? I think the politicians need to answer that question.

I don't think a politician should be able to get off the hook by being able to point the finger at a vaccine supplier who is indemnified by the Commonwealth against liability for their product causing adverse health impacts on people who have been inoculated.

A comprehensive and timely article! And yes, as in so many areas of health and economics, we definitely do need to re-balance the risk of adverse effects faced by both manufacturers and consumers. It is clearly wrong that the consumer bears all the risk while the manufacturers are completely indemnified ... and at our cost! The US model appears to be a good one, but I can't see our current government being the slightest bit interested. They'd sooner demonise and ostracise informed people who seek to minimise their vaccination exposure.
And BTW, ttbn, the virus in question is called Covid-19. It is not 'the China virus'. By your own admission, a clearly-written article like this is 'too technical' for you. And so it seems, you're still having trouble in other areas of comprehension ... and in practising common decency!