Health Legislation Amendment (Improved Medicare Integrity and Other Measures) Bill 2025

Senator ROBERTS (Queensland) (12:50): So it's highly likely we would just continue. The TGA has already approved certain drugs, including the product Pfizer sells as a COVID vaccine—their word. It's already been approved for full TGA approval based, according to the TGA, on the safety profile data experienced during emergency use authorisation.

Minister, will this legislation provide yet another way big pharma can make an end run around Australia's longstanding authorisation process?