Australia - We’re All In This Together

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Every single authorised worker that is on that authorised worker list, whether they be in Melbourne or in regional Victoria, will need to have had at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. That is if they want to continue working. As you have watered down, it is mandatory vaccination directions, un-sankhungal of employers and court staff are exempt from the mandate. Oh, yeah, that is not a watering down. That is a specific advice, legal advice and supported by the solicitor general that there are constitutional and other legal protections for some of those groups that mean that a mandate was really not a recommendation for those groups. Does that apply to MPs too? I mean, are there state MPs in the party? Yeah, I believe so. Again, legal impediments or legal recommendations that MPs can't be within those mandates. That is not to say that there aren't other mechanisms for MPs to be managed, but the treasurer can take that. So, to clarify, that is no longer MPs are no longer part of the public health order? No, MPs have not been part of the mandate for legal advice around that. But as I understand it, not required for MPs in Victoria as well.