Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said the Doherty modelling predicted 80 deaths a day, and 2,240 per month, in Australia after six months. Verdict: Ms Palaszczuk's claim is misleading.

The objective of this audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Australian Department of Health’s approach to improving and monitoring immunisation coverage.

Shadow Minister for Health Mark Butler has argued 12-15 year olds are becoming the 'front line' of COVID-19 despite not being included in national vaccination targets, claiming teenagers who catch the virus are ending up in hospital at a rate of one in 30.

The document presents the most up-to-date research on medical masks, cloth masks and N95 respirator masks, and suggests that New Zealand needs improved mask-wearing guidelines to best protect ourselves against highly transmissible variants of the virus that causes COVID-19.

This report is the product of workshops held earlier in the year, and includes not only the key areas of concern, but recommendations on how these can be addressed by research, policy and health services.