Gladys Berejiklian has again hit out being left in dark by the federal government about how many doses of vaccine would be available and when.
The NSW premier on Monday pleaded with her Canberra counterparts to keep her in the loop, as the state reached a significant milestone.
More than 10,000 people in NSW have received their first dose of a coronavirus vaccine.
The initial phase of the nationwide vaccination program began last Monday, with healthcare and border workers the first to be jabbed with the Pfizer vaccine.
"On average, 50 people an hour - or 48 to be precise - are getting the vaccine and that can be scaled up," Ms Berejiklian said.
"We've certainly passed the test."
The state is on track to meet its target of 35,000 vaccines being administered in the first three weeks.
But after that the figure is anyone's guess, the premier says, because her government has not been told how many doses would be available and when.
"Our teams are ready and willing to step up and increase our capacity, but we just need to know exactly how many doses we're getting beyond week four," Ms Berejiklian said.
"I've always said we're keen to bring timetables forward, if we know we're getting extra doses above what we anticipated."
Given the different dose increments and complexities around the vaccines storage, states needed time to prepare, she said.
The premier also flagged NSW Health would be keen to help administer the AstraZeneca vaccine to the general population.
"Operational issues are always challenging and NSW Health has made it look easy," Ms Berejiklian said.
"NSW has been tried and tested in that regard and that's why we're keen, if we need to, to step in because we don't know yet how the GP network will go in coping with the demand of people wanting to get the vaccine."
Both the premier and Health Minister Brad Hazzard brushed off suggestions they're disappointed or frustrated by the federal government's management of the program, but continued to call for better communication.
NSW Labor health spokesman Ryan Park urged the pair to stop the media chatter.
"Let's get the health minister, premier, prime minister and federal health minister in a room and get the vaccination rolled out," he said.
"People don't want to hear from politicians throwing barbs at one another."
NSW has now gone six weeks - 43 days - without a locally acquired COVID-19 case.
