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Australia is poised to become the largest producer of mRNA vaccines outside the US and Europe under a $2bn-plus deal with global pharmaceutical giant Moderna to build a plant in Melbourne capable of producing 100 million respiratory vaccines a year, including future Covid-19 booster doses.

A three-way partnership between the federal government, the Victorian government and Moderna, to be announced on Tuesday, will position Australia as the region’s main respiratory vaccine producer for future potential pandemics and seasonal flu.

The 10-year strategic and commercial alliance will create a sovereign manufacturing hub that will challenge China’s soft-power push into the region, with a guarantee that a proportion of vaccines will be donated to Australia’s Asian and Pacific neighbours.

Scott Morrison hailed the in-principle agreement as a ‘strategic partnership’ that will allow for 100 million mRNA vaccines to be produced during a pandemic. Picture: Martin Ollman

While the facility will be built to manufacture seasonal mRNA flu vaccines still in development, it will also be equipped to locally produce Covid-19 vaccines if and when needed, with medical experts claiming the world could still be dealing with the virus for another decade.