More than 100 federally-funded clinics will take bookings for COVID-19 vaccines from Friday to ease pressure on GPs and state-run health services.
The clinics, which will start delivering the jabs on Monday, don't require a patient being a member of a practice.
Health Minister Greg Hunt says an average of 1000 doses will be available per week through the clinics, with some of the larger facilities having up to 2000 doses available.
"It's an important step forward," he said.
The move came as Prime Minister Scott Morrison sought to reassure Australians the vaccine rollout would be "tough" to deliver but the government was getting on with it.
Queensland's vaccination program is back on track after concerns were raised about the AstraZeneca vaccine and anaphylaxis but the state accepted the findings of a review by the medicines regulator.
By Friday it is expected more than 250,000 people will have been vaccinated using either the Pfizer or AstraZeneca products.
A website set up by the government for people to check their eligibility has been inundated with requests, with thousands facing problems accessing it, but Mr Hunt insists 98 per cent of people have faced no problems logging on.
Labor says the government has created "chaos" with its online booking system.
But Mr Morrison says the "extraordinary" surge in interest showed how important Australians considered the vaccination program.
"It is a big project. It is a tough project. It is on a national scale unprecedented and we continue to step forward every single day."
The federal government and business groups are also hopeful the vaccine program will lead to states no longer shutting borders when cases arise, providing more confidence to consumers and travellers.
Over the next week it is expected states will receive 150,000 doses, GPs 200,000, commonwealth clinics 50,000, and 100,000 doses will go to frontline workers and aged care.
More than 1000 GP clinics will start administering the vaccine next week, using their own booking systems.
The next phase of the program, known as 1b, includes six million Australians - those aged over 70, health care workers, Indigenous people aged over 55, adults with a specific medical condition or disability and high risk workers in defence, police, fire, emergency services and meat processing.
Australia's medicines regulator says there are no specific problems around either of the two COVID-19 vaccines, but it is monitoring issues such as blood clots and allergic reactions.
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