{"id":488013,"date":"2022-04-16T01:45:33","date_gmt":"2022-04-16T01:45:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yorunoteiou.com\/?p=488013"},"modified":"2022-04-16T01:45:33","modified_gmt":"2022-04-16T01:45:33","slug":"ministers-open-to-national-vaccine-lottery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yorunoteiou.com\/?p=488013","title":{"rendered":"Ministers open to national vaccine lottery"},"content":{"rendered":"

Senior barbarellaswinebar<\/a> federal ministers<\/a> say they are open to the idea of a national vaccine lottery to encourage Australians to get the jab.<\/p>\n

Gambling company Tabcorp has floated the idea of a national vaccine lottery, which Treasurer Josh Frydenberg says he’s open to.<\/p>\n

“I’m open to all these incentives, whether it’s lotteries or free airline tickets or Frequent Flyer points,” he told 3AW on Friday.<\/p>\n

The treasurer said many businesses had proposed incentives to drive vaccination rates during meetings with the government.<\/p>\n

“People should get the jab because it’s in their best health interests, it’s in their families’ best interests, it’s in the nation’s best health interests,” Mr Frydenberg said.<\/p>\n

Defence Minister Peter Dutton said he thought the lottery was “a great idea”.<\/p>\n

“The only two flaws, which the company has identified, is they need regulation approval and someone to pay for it,” he told the Nine Network.<\/p>\n

“So apart from that it seems like a pretty sound proposal. Anything to incentivise people to get vaccinated.”<\/p>\n

More than 12 per cent of Australians who are eligible to be vaccinated have received both jabs so far.<\/p>\n

There have been 9.6 million doses delivered in total.<\/p>\n

Former federal Labor treasurer Wayne Swan poured cold water on the proposal, noting the shortage of vaccine supply.<\/p>\n

“It can’t work here because it will be like lotto without tickets – we haven’t got any vaccines so how’s it going to work?” he told Nine.<\/p>\n

A Melbourne pub was previously told off for offering free<\/a> beers to vaccinated patrons.<\/p>\n

This was because of the Therapeutic Goods Administration’s rules around offering alcohol as an incentive to receive medicines.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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