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Parliamentary Questions


Question Without Notice No. 740 asked in the Legislative Council on 30 August 2022 by Hon Donna Faragher

Parliament: 41 Session: 1

VACCINATION RATE — CHILDREN

740. Hon DONNA FARAGHER to the Leader of the House representing the Minister for Health:

I refer to the response to question without notice 627 asked on 10 August 2022 and the evaluation currently being undertaken on the impact of the Public Health Amendment (Immunisation Requirements for Enrolment) Act 2019 on immunisation rates in Western Australia.

(1) Who is undertaking the review?

(2) Who has been or is intended to be consulted as part of the review?

(3) Does the minister intend to publicly release the outcomes of the review?

Hon SUE ELLERY replied:

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

(1) It is the Curtin University Collaboration for Evidence, Research and Impact in Public Health.

(2) The following groups are intended to be consulted as part of the evaluation: families with one or more children aged under five years who meet at least one exemption category; families residing in regional WA; childcare service providers; community kindergarten providers; government schools that provide a pre-kindergarten and/or kindergarten program; non-government schools that provide a pre-kindergarten and/or kindergarten program; childcare service providers and/or schools from regional WA; immunisation providers based in the metropolitan area; and immunisation providers based in regional WA.

(3) Yes.