Immunisation

Seasonal Influenza Vaccine is funded and available for:

• People aged six months to under five years of age
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people aged six months and older
• Pregnant women at any stage of pregnancy
• All adults aged 65 years and older
• People aged six months and older with medical conditions putting them at increased risk of severe influenza and its complications

For further information regarding the flu vaccine, visit Flu Immunisation.

If your child missed their vaccine in year 7 or year 10 at school, they may attend our sessions to have these vaccines up until 19 years of age.

For further information visit, vaccination for Adolescents

The following people living in Victoria are eligible to receive the whooping cough vaccine for free:

• pregnant women from 28 weeks gestation during every pregnancy, ideally between 28 and 32 weeks of gestation
• partners of women who are at least 28 weeks pregnant if the partner has not received a pertussis booster in the last 10 years
• parents or guardians of new babies, if their baby is under 6 months of age and they have not received a pertussis booster in the last 10 years.

For further information visit, parents whooping cough vaccine

From 50 years of age

For further information visit, Pneumococcal Vaccine

From 70 – 79 years of age

This vaccine is available through your GP.  City of Port Phillip does not have the vaccine available at sessions.

For further information visit, Zostavax (Shingles vaccine)

From 6 weeks of age 

$130 per dose

For further information visit, Meningococcal b vaccine (Bexsero)

From 12 months of age (1 dose is funded at 18 months of age)

$70 per dose

For further information visit, Chickenpox vaccine

Available for people not eligible for funded doses

$45 per dose

For further information visit, Diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis (whooping cough) vaccine

Available for people not eligible for funded doses

$20 per dose

For further information visit, Influenza vaccine

From 6 weeks of age 

$75 per dose

For further information visit, Meningococcal ACWY

For more information visit the Department of Health Immunisation website.

If you have returned from overseas and need your child's history updated, please email a copy or photograph of the history to immunisation@portphillip.vic.gov.au

In the email, please provide the following details:

• Child's full name
• Child's date of birth
• Child's current address 
• Child's Medicare number, if available

We will not process any overseas vaccination histories during our Immunisation Sessions.

If you have recently moved house or changed your postal address, it is important that you inform Medicare Australia and Council of your new address. This ensures your child's immunisation records are correctly maintained on the Australian Immunisation Register (AIR). It is important to prevent constant unnecessary letters being sent and to ensure your child's records are available when they are most needed, such as when starting school or when travelling.

Medicare can be contacted on 132 011.

You can get a copy of yours or child’s Immunisation History Statement or COVID 19 Vaccination Certificate by

• Accessing your MyGov account
• Contacting the Australian Immunisation Register (AIR) 1800 653 809
• Visiting your local Medicare Office

More information, updates and translated material can be found in Health Victoria - Immunisation.

If you have any queries regarding immunisation, please contact Council's Immunisation Service team:

Online: Visit our Online Services
Phone: 03 9209 6383 or 03 9209 6200
Email: immunisation@portphillip.vic.gov.au