Mr ANDREWS (Mulgrave—Premier) (14:33): I am delighted to rise to talk to all honourable members and all Victorians about the fantastic thing that will occur tomorrow at 6.00 pm. We will be able to move to the settings associated with 80 per cent double dosed because over the course of this coming long weekend we will reach 80 per cent double dosed. Indeed there is every chance that prior to 6.00 pm tomorrow we will reach that 80 per cent double-dose target and exceed 92 per cent single dose. There are more than 5 million Victorians who have gone and got at least one dose. Those numbers grow every single day in state-run hubs, which by the way have done just a lazy twice what the commonwealth government wanted us to do—you know, it is only twice. That is what our nurses, that is what our public servants and that is what our people in the state hubs have done, and I thank each and every one of them. And of course GPs have done a great job and community pharmacies have done a great job. But to get to 80 per cent double dosed tomorrow, to be able to make those big and profound changes and take those big steps towards opening up—further to the issues that so many of my colleagues have talked about today: investment, jobs, people out and about spending, having fun, seeing family and being able to have all those experiences that they have longed for and missed for such a long period of time—is a testament to the Victorian community. I am proud of them. They should be in no doubt that every member of the government is grateful to them as well.
But as important as 80 per cent double dose tomorrow at 6.00 pm will be, there have been a few other double doses this week—double doses of the low-road rank hypocrisy, low-road politics from those who trade in their own facts and more than a little bit of fiction. This government makes no apology for making tough decisions to keep our community safe. If we had not had mandates, we are not at 80 per cent and we are not open. If we had have opened up when some wanted us to open up, well, who knows where we would be. Victoria has done a great job because Victorians have done a great job. If you are not, please get vaccinated.