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Senate agrees to create vaccines register

Legislation to set up a national childhood immunisation register has passed federal parliament.

Australia will soon have a national childhood immunisation register.

It will record vaccinations Australians receive up to the age of 20.

Parliament on Thursday approved the measure that supports the government's "no jab, no pay" policy which denies childcare and welfare benefits from parents who refuse to vaccinate their kids.


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