Easy to Use Vaccine Eligibility Checker

Phase 1a 

Quarantine, border and front line health care workers will need to provide proof of occupation to demonstrate their eligibility

Quarantine and border workers, including:

• staff at entry points to the country (such as sea ports and land borders)
• staff working in quarantine facilities, including those employed under Commonwealth, state or private agreements, and  
• Commonwealth employees (including Defence personnel) who are identified as having the potential to encounter returning travellers as part of their work.

Frontline health care worker sub-groups for prioritisation

• frontline staff in facilities or services such as hospital emergency departments,COVID-19 and respiratory wards, Intensive Care Units and High-dependency Units
• laboratory staff handling potentially infectious material
• ambulance and paramedics service
• GP respiratory clinics
• COVID-19 testing facilities

^{*All other healthcare workers are included in Phase 1b, including medical and tertiary students with placements in these healthcare settings.}

Aged care and disability care staff

• nursing and personal care staff
• allied health professionals who routinely provide care
• kitchen, cleaning, laundry, garden and office staff

Aged care and disability care residents

Phase 1b 

Elderly adults aged 80 years and over

Elderly adults aged 70-79 years

Other health care workers

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults over 55

Adults with a specified medical condition
 ^{*People will need to provide proof of these conditions to demonstrate their eligibility for vaccination via My health record, a health professional referral if required or a declaration form.}

Adults with a disability who have a specified underlying medical condition

Critical and high risk workers including defence, police, fire, emergency services and meat processing
 ^{* Workers will need to provide proof of occupation to demonstrate their eligibility.}

Phase 2a 

Adults aged 60-69 years

Adults aged 50-59 years

Continue vaccinating Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults

Other critical and high risk workers

Phase 2b 

Balance of adult population

Catch up any unvaccinated Australians from previous phases

Phase 3

< 16 if recommended*