CORONAVIRUS — MANDATORY VACCINATIONS —FIRE
AND EMERGENCY SERVICE VOLUNTEERS
1105. Hon MARTIN ALDRIDGE to the Leader of the House
representing the Minister for Emergency Services:
I refer to Legislative Council
question without notice 1081 of 2 December 2021. I note the minister's
inability to advise how many Department of
Fire and Emergency Services employees have been impacted by Fire and Emergency
Services Worker (Restrictions on Access) Directions (No 2). I ask again —
(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 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) The
state government is collating the vaccination status of all public sector
employees who are required to have had their first dose by 1 December 2021.
This information will be publicly released in due course.