CORONAVIRUS — VACCINATIONS
— REGIONS
318. Mr P.J. RUNDLE to the Minister for Health:
I have a supplementary question.
Madam Speaker, this is a serious issue, and the minister has not answered my question on the Dowerin field days and the
Newdegate field days, especially with the important emphasis on regional
men's health. Will the minister be providing the same access to
vaccination hubs for those regional citizens at the Dowerin field days and the
Newdegate field days?
Mr R.H.
COOK replied:
The Royal Show is famous as the days
that the country comes to the city. It is an opportunity for people from the country to be able to come and showcase their
great industries and take the opportunity to spend some time with their
families at the Royal Show. Obviously, that is a great opportunity for people
to get themselves vaccinated. As the member well knows, we have upwards of 90
different regional vaccination centres right across this great state, in addition to teams that are moving around smaller
communities to make sure that everyone has the opportunity to get
themselves vaccinated. In addition to that, we have the commonwealth program
around Aboriginal communities, which is working with the Aboriginal medical
services to ensure that those people as well have access to vaccines.
I
am flabbergasted by this question. We have had three questions now from members
of the opposition. After six weeks of opportunity to do research and
investigation and get their lines of attack right, they have asked the same
question as they previously asked. They ask questions which, quite frankly, are
laughable, and now they ask questions that are completely baseless.