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Parliamentary Questions


Question Without Notice No. 1030 asked in the Legislative Council on 30 November 2021 by Hon Dr Steve Thomas

Parliament: 41 Session: 1

CORONAVIRUS — MANDATORY VACCINATION POLICY

1030. Hon Dr STEVE THOMAS to the Leader of the House representing the Premier:

I refer to the government's announcement on 5 November of a plan to have a plan for the opening of the state from COVID restrictions called WA's safe transition plan and to the answer to question without notice 934 answered on 10 November regarding mandatory vaccinations in which it was stated —

Directions are being drafted as a priority and are being published as they become available.

(1) Given group 1 industries must start terminating staff who have not had their first immunisation by 1 December, tomorrow, have all directions and regulations relating to these businesses been drafted and published?

(2) If yes to (1), have all affected businesses been notified and provided with clear and concise instructions on how to proceed?

(3) If no to (1), which directions and regulations are yet to be finalised and published and when will they be so?

(4) Given group 2 industries must presumably terminate staff who have not had their first immunisation by 31 December, have all directions and regulations relating to these businesses been drafted and published?

(5) If no to (4), which directions and regulations are yet to be finalised and published and when will they be so?

Hon SUE ELLERY replied:

I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question.

(1) Yes.

(2) Directions and guidance are publicly available on the WA government website.

(3) Not applicable.

(4)–(5) Directions are being drafted as a priority and are being published as they become available. All group 1 directions have been published, as have a number of group 2 directions.