CORONAVIRUS — MANDATORY VACCINATIONS —FIRE
AND EMERGENCY SERVICE VOLUNTEERS
1081. Hon MARTIN ALDRIDGE to the Leader of the House
representing the Minister for Emergency Services:
This question was lodged yesterday,
but was unable to be answered. I refer to the Fire and Emergency Services
Worker (Restrictions on Access) Directions (No 2).
(1) How many
Department of Fire and Emergency Services employees are yet to present evidence
of being vaccinated against COVID-19?
(2) How many DFES employees have been suspended, stood
down or terminated as a result of noncompliance with the directions?
(3) Are any DFES employees
in contravention of these directions continuing to access a Fire and Emergency
Services site?
(4) What policy
is DFES applying in managing employees who are, as of today, in contravention
of directions issued pursuant to the Public Health Act 2016?
Hon SUE
ELLERY replied:
I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question.
(1)–(4) As
the mandate is in force, the state government is in the process of verifying
proof of vaccination for relevant employees and will provide an update once that
work is complete in coming days. The mandate is for first doses by 1 December
2021. These employees are required to be double-dose vaccinated by 31 December
2021.