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No truth in the rumour that queue-jumping is the latest Olympic sport
Wednesday April 28, 2021
Sports Minister Richard Colbeck has dismissed concerns about Olympic athletes being bumped up the vaccine queue.
Australian athletes attending the Tokyo Olympics will get priority treatment for COVID vaccinations. (AAP Image/Dean Lewins)
Some vulnerable people and frontline workers are furious they are still waiting for vaccine doses while sportsmen and sportswomen roll up their sleeves.
Senator Colbeck said he could not understand their anger or concern, arguing the vaccine rollout stages were always designed to be blurred.
“No, I can’t actually because…
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