Calls for explanation how aged care residents given wrong vaccine dose

Ms Palaszczuk said the overdose happened on Tuesday morning and Queensland authorities were only advised late that night.

“In fact, the Health Minister [Yvette D’Ath] herself rang me late last night and we convened again this morning at 7am,” she said. “Discovering these details now is simply not good enough.”

Ms Palaszczuk called for the federal government to “explain itself”.

“Today I will write to the Prime Minister asking him to convene a national cabinet as soon as possible.

“I want to know what training is being provided to the people the federal government is employing to administer the vaccines in our aged-care facilities to give additional confidence.

“I want to know about the communication strategies for the…