❓ Ms. Davies questions if the Premier's mandatory vaccination policy aligns with the Chief Health Officer's advice. The Premier affirms agreement among key figures and accuses the opposition of undermining public health efforts.
AnsweredQoN 642Legislative Assembly
QuestionView source ↗
CORONAVIRUS —
MANDATORY VACCINATION POLICY
642. Ms M.J. DAVIES to the Premier:
I have a supplementary question. I thank
the Premier. Can the Premier confirm absolutely that his government has not
gone beyond the advice provided by the Chief Health Officer in his letter to
the Premier of 19 October because he has repeatedly said that his decisions
reflect the advice of the Chief Health Officer?
MANDATORY VACCINATION POLICY
642. Ms M.J. DAVIES to the Premier:
I have a supplementary question. I thank
the Premier. Can the Premier confirm absolutely that his government has not
gone beyond the advice provided by the Chief Health Officer in his letter to
the Premier of 19 October because he has repeatedly said that his decisions
reflect the advice of the Chief Health Officer?
AnswerView source ↗
I just told the Leader of the
Opposition that we had a whole range of conversations between me, the Chief
Health Officer, the health minister and the police commissioner in relation to
all these matters, and the announcement made yesterday was fully agreed to by
the Chief Health Officer and all parties as absolutely necessary to protect the
health of all Western Australians.
I urge the Liberals and Nationals
to stop undermining the efforts we are putting in place to keep this state
safe. You have done it now for two years—you need to stop. All you do
is undermine everything we have tried to do to stop people getting sick and
dying in Western Australia. You need to stop!
Several members interjected.
Mr M. McGOWAN : You give support
and encouragement to those people out there who want to undermine the
vaccination program and you come in here and come up with silly and spurious
questions on every single occasion to undermine everything we are trying to do.
You are the worst opposition, the most irresponsible opposition ever seen in Western
Australia.
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Members of the
opposition, you do not actually get much cut through if all five of you
interject at once. We then have other people interjecting and it is just a wall
of noise; it does not actually add to anything.
Opposition that we had a whole range of conversations between me, the Chief
Health Officer, the health minister and the police commissioner in relation to
all these matters, and the announcement made yesterday was fully agreed to by
the Chief Health Officer and all parties as absolutely necessary to protect the
health of all Western Australians.
I urge the Liberals and Nationals
to stop undermining the efforts we are putting in place to keep this state
safe. You have done it now for two years—you need to stop. All you do
is undermine everything we have tried to do to stop people getting sick and
dying in Western Australia. You need to stop!
Several members interjected.
Mr M. McGOWAN : You give support
and encouragement to those people out there who want to undermine the
vaccination program and you come in here and come up with silly and spurious
questions on every single occasion to undermine everything we are trying to do.
You are the worst opposition, the most irresponsible opposition ever seen in Western
Australia.
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Members of the
opposition, you do not actually get much cut through if all five of you
interject at once. We then have other people interjecting and it is just a wall
of noise; it does not actually add to anything.
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