Thursday, 28 October 2021


Constituency questions

Sandringham electorate


Mr ROWSWELL

Sandringham electorate

 Mr ROWSWELL (Sandringham) (14:43): (6114) My constituency question is to the Minister for Health. Will the minister publicly release the health advice on which the Andrews government is basing its decision to exclude the unvaccinated from our community after 80 per cent of all Victorians have received their second vaccine dose? The Premier has shamelessly and heartlessly threatened that unvaccinated Victorians will continue to be locked out of public settings until 2023. The Premier’s assertion is not consistent with the national plan. Why is the Victorian Labor government not following the national plan as New South Wales is? Victoria’s vaccination rate is one of the highest in the world. Today over 91 per cent of Victorians have received their first dose and 77 per cent have received their second, so why does the Victorian Labor government insist on dividing our community? The Premier needs to explain to the Victorian people why we are the only state to enforce this segregation when our vaccine rate is so high. At this point in our history we do not need further division. We need hope, we need prosperity and we need unity.