Health Minister Tanya Plibersek tells Meet the Press that unvaccinated children should not suffer education set backs A baby gets a vaccination injection. UNVACCINATED children should not have their education affected due to decisions by their parents not to get them immunised, according to the federal government. Health Minister Tanya Plibersek told Meet The Press that she also did not believe parents of vaccinated children should be alerted to the identities of unvaccinated children at their child's place of education. Ms Plibersek used her appearance on the show to launch a new smartphone application allowing parents to keep their children's health, growth and development information at their fingertips. She said linking the family tax benefit to an immunisation had a strong message to parents and the government was keen to improve vaccination rates. New measures ave included changing the term of a non vaccinated child from conscientious objector to vaccine refuser. But Ms Plibersek disagreed with removing non-immunised children from places with other children. "The next step of denying a child an education because of the decisions their parents make is a very difficult step to argue for," she said. I don't know I would punish the children for decisions their parents make. On publicising vaccination status to other parents, she said: "I don't thing we should go pointing fingers at children." Ms Plibersek said the My Child's eHealth Record app connected to their eHealth record and let parents add and monitor information like immunisations, height, weight, and development milestones. "This app will mean that parents can have vital information about their children's health, like their immunisation status, at their fingertips all of the time," she said. The Daily Telegraph has been running a No Jab, No Play campaign to get the NSW government to ban unvaccinated children from childcare centres and to restrict financial payments to unvaccinated children. Last week new laws were introduced that will mean childcare centres could be fined up to $4000 if they enrol a child who has not been vaccinated against preventable diseases. NSW Health Minister Jillian Skinner amended the Public Health Act to make the checking of vaccine records compulsory - and to give staff the power to turn away those who aren't up to date. Parents will only be able to apply for exemptions if they have GP advice that shows jabs would be harmful to the child or if it is against their religion.