Immunisations

Immunisation appointments can be made between 9.30am and 1pm on Mondays and 9.30am to 2pm on Wednesdays with one of our expert immunisation Nurses at Maidstone Children and Family Centre, 23 Burns Street, Maidstone (view map).

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Immunisation appointments can be made between 9.30am and 1pm on Tuesdays with one of our expert immunisation Nurses at the Billy Button Children's Centre, 10A Hyde Street, Footscray (view map).

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Immunisation appointments can be made between 9.30am and 1pm on Thursdays with one of our expert immunisation Nurses at Braybrook Community Hub, 107-109 Churchill Avenue, Braybrook (view map).

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Immunisation appointments are not available on Fridays.

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For more information please phone 9688 0501 or 9688 0145 or send us an email to immunisation@maribyrnong.vic.gov.au

No.  While immunisations on the NIP schedule are free the following immunisations do incur a cost.

Payment can be made via EFTPOS on the day.

Yes.

Yes. You need to bring with you the following items:

• Your Medicare card.
• Your child's Childhood Health Record Book.

Speak to the Immunisation Nurse if you have any concerns about immunisations.

Under the State Government's No Jab No Play (2016) laws, all parents/carers planning to enrol their child at childcare or kindergarten must provide the service with:

• a current Immunisation History Statement from the Australian Immunisation Register); and
• the statement must show that the child is up to date with all vaccinations that are due for their age, or that they are able to receive.

Choosing not to immunise your children may result in some tax and childcare benefits being withheld by other government agencies in accordance with the Federal Government's No Jab No Pay (2018) Policy.  For more information contact your local Centrelink office.

Each time your child receives immunisation we are required by law to inform the Australian Government's Australian Immunisation Register (AIR) which is a national register that records vaccines received by people at all ages in Australia.  Your child's Immunisation History Statement is available via the myGov website.

To enrol your child for childcare, kindergarten and/or school you will need to provide your child's immunisation history statement.  Centrelink also uses immunisation history statements to determine eligibility for some family assistance payments.  Contact Centrelink for more information on family assistance payments.

Accessing immunisation history statements

For children under 14 years of age

There are several ways of obtaining an immunisation history statement if your child is under 14 years of age.

You can:

1. Log onto your Medicare online account through the myGov website or the Express Plus Medicare mobile app.
2. Ask you general practitioner or vaccination provider to provide you with a copy from AIR.
3. You can contact the AIR enquiries line by calling 1800 653 809 Monday to Friday, between 8am and 5pm, excepting public holidays.

For children 14 years of age and over

Children 14 years of age or older must obtain their immunisation statements themselves via one of the above methods due to privacy laws.  Children can provide authorisation to Services Australia for their parents to access their immunisation history statements.

What if you are not eligible for Medicare?

If you are not eligible for Medicare don't worry you can still access your child's immunisation history statement.

To access immunisation statements you will need to:

1. Apply for an Individual Healthcare Identifier from the Services Australia website, if you don't already have one.
2. Once you receive your Individual Healthcare Identifier, register on the My Health Record website.
3. Create a myGov account.
4. Link your My Health Record account to your myGov account.

If you would like to discuss any concerns please contact Council's Immunisations team by phoning 9688 0501 or 9688 0145 or send us an email to immunisation@maribyrnong.vic.gov.au

Our highly qualified Immunisation Nurses administer vaccines in accordance with the Victorian Immunisation Schedule and the National Immunisation Program Schedule.

If your child's immunisations have fallen behind make an appointment with your local Immunisation Nurse as soon as you can.

At your appointment our qualified and experienced Immunisation Nurses will help you work out a "catch up" plan for incomplete, missing or overseas immunisation records.

Should your child's immunisation record be in a language other then English it requires translation by a general practitioner.

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Each year Council's Immunisations Team attend all secondary schools within the City of Maribyrnong.

Year 7 students receive:

• HPV (Gardasil) vaccine - one dose required.
• Tetanus, Diptheria, Whoooping Cough (Boostrix booster).

Year 10 students receive the Meningococcal ACWY (Nimerix) vaccine.

Information packs are sent home with your child in February which contains a consent card which parents must sign and return to the school as soon as possible, even if your child does not require the immunisation.

If your child misses an immunisation for any reason, please contact us to arrange a catch up by phoning 9688 0501 or 9688 0145 or send us an email to immunisation@maribyrnong.vic.gov.au

Children aged between 6 months and 4 years, 11 months old, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, 65+ year olds, pregnant women and those with some chronic conditions can receive the flu vaccination for free.

For other community members the cost is $26.60 which is payable by EFTPOS on the day.

Workplace influenza vaccinations can be arranged by contacting Council's Immunisations Team by phoning 9688 0145 or 9688 0501 or send us an email to immunisation@maribyrnong.vic.gov.au