The time will arrive when Australians fully vaccinated against coronavirus will enjoy more freedoms than their anti-jab counterparts, Scott Morrison has revealed.
The Prime Minister hinted at bringing in restrictions for Australians who refuse to get the vaccine, keeping them out of venues such as pubs and restaurants during a conference call with constituents from the Sutherland Shire on Thursday night.
In audio obtained by Daily Mail Australia, voters from the Cook electorate in Sydney's south grilled their federal MP on a host of pandemic topics from the country's bungled vaccine rollout to more support for businesses crippled by a fresh horror wave of the virus in New South Wales.
One fully-vaccinated constituent called Steve from Cronulla said he was frustrated that he was in lockdown despite answering the call to get vaccinated many months ago.
He said more Australians would get the jab if support was given to businesses such as cafes, restaurants, pubs and clubs by allowing them to open to fully-vaccinated patrons only.
In a remarkably candid answer, Mr Morrison agreed the proposal should be looked at once more of Australia's population is vaccinated and the worst of the current NSW outbreak is over.
Fully vaccinated Australians could enjoy more freedom once more of the population gets the jab (pictured, revellers partying in The Rocks before the recent outbreak)
Only 14 per cent of the Australian adult population have received their two doses so far.
'Until the overall vaccine rates are higher than they are now... even with vaccinated people moving around, while vaccinations certainly reduce the risk of you catching Covid and transmitting it, there is still the ability to catch it and pass it on,' Mr Morrison explained.
'When we have such a large unvaccinated population and particularly when we've got an outbreak of the Delta variant, and we're getting increasing evidence to show it's more probably damaging to people's health, that could move through the unvaccinated population very quick and could even come from people who are vaccinated.
'When we get our vaccination levels a lot higher, I agree with you, and I think there should be those advantages to those who have done that and taken the opportunity.
A huge number of anti-vaxxers joined Sydney's 3,000-strong anti-lockdown protest on July 24 (pictured) - with fears a stubborn few may always refuse the jab
Those who don't get vaccinated may be banned from going to bars and restaurants (pictured, anti-lockdown protesters in Melbourne)
'Because if you're vaccinated, you're less of a public health risk than you are to someone who's unvaccinated.
'I think the time will come when exactly what you're suggesting should be able to be achieved.'
The Prime Minister went on to say that with such a large percentage of the population still unvaccinated, there was no way of guaranteeing such a system would be adhered to.
'But for right now, that and having cafes open and people moving around and doing all that, there'll be unvaccinated people who will still go. I'd like to say that they won't, but it will still happen,' he said.
'That's what we're seeing in many other countries at the moment.'
Scott Morrison (pictured) agreed fully vaccinated Australians should enjoy more advantages
Mr Morrison conceded there was a 'hardcore' contingent of Aussies who would refuse the vaccine (pictured, anti-lockdown protesters on July 24)
Mr Morrison reminded everyone that Sydneysiders aren't the only ones currently impacted by a Covid outbreak, with Singapore also in lockdown until September.
He added Australia had avoided the loss of '30,000 lives and more', based on looking at the fatality rates throughout Europe, UK and the US.
'As bad as this lockdown is, and it's bad, this is not just happening in Australia, it's happening all around the world,' he said.
'If we'd experienced and not been able to suppress the virus as we have been, we shut the borders and made sure we kept the virus out, there would be 30,000 more Australians dead today because of Covid.
'Australians have done an amazing job to ensure that hasn't happened and that's everyone who's achieved that together by doing the right thing.'
Around 75 per cent of Australia have no objection against the Covid vaccine, according to the Prime Minister (pictured, a woman being jabbed at Westmead Hospital)
The government hopes as many Australians will get vaccinated as possible, but recent anti-lockdown protests (pictured in Brisbane on July 24) show that many may not be convinced
The job for the federal government now is to get everyone vaccinated with Pfizer or AstraZeneca so Australia's borders can finally be reopened.
'About 75 per cent of the population doesn't have an objection to getting vaccinated,' Mr Morrison said.
'There are some hardcore against any sort of vaccination and there are others we have encourage to do this for themselves, their families, our community and the country.
'We've just got to keep providing those opportunities for people to go and get it.
'They're both great vaccines, Please take the opportunity to get them.'
It was also revealed the Prime Minister will 'very soon' start setting vaccination targets on how to get to the next level and what vaccinated Australians will be able to do.
More freedoms will be considered once more Australians are vaccinated and when the current NSW Covid crisis is over (pictured, Sydney revellers on Anzac Day)
Earlier in the conference call, Mr Morrison urged aged care workers to get vaccinated and said the country's state and territory leaders and chief health officers do work together, despite their public spats with one another.
He also provided advice after hearing first hand from families of small business operators affected by the lockdown and the difficulties experienced in getting government support.
Daily vaccinations in Australia reached more than 200,000 doses for the
