CORONAVIRUS —
VACCINATION PLAN — REGIONS
884. Hon COLIN de GRUSSA to the minister representing the
Minister for Health:
I ask this question on behalf of Hon
Martin Aldridge who is away on urgent parliamentary business.
I
refer to the media statement dated 24 October titled ''More COVID-19
vaccination clinics popping up across WA'', the commonwealth's
local government area and SA4 geographic area data released on 25 October, and
question without notice 817 asked in this place on 14 October by Hon Colin de
Grussa.
(1) Given that the most recent commonwealth data has
identified communities in the goldfields, the Pilbara and the Kimberley
as having some of the lowest vaccination rates in Australia, when will the
state government establish permanent community vaccination clinics in these
regions?
(2) Noting the state government's $5.8 billion
budget surplus, what additional measures or incentives is the state government considering to ensure that regional
communities have access to vaccination in a timely manner?
(3) Has the
commonwealth responded to WA Health's request for increased access to
information about vaccination rates in remote communities, particularly those
that are not identified in the SA4 data; and, if so, please table the response?
Hon
STEPHEN DAWSON replied:
I thank Hon Martin Aldridge for
some notice of the question. The following answer is provided on behalf of the
Minister for Health.
It is not possible to provide the
requested information in the time required. I, therefore, ask the honourable
member to place this question on notice.