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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jakeseven7" data-source="post: 2304304" data-attributes="member: 4799">Desperate times to try and drive vaccination rate up… better very late than never I suppose! The deadline should really be end of Nov not Dec though, seriously, how much slower can they go..——<h2>WA dictates sweeping vaccine mandate covering 75 per cent of workforce to drive stalled vaccination program </h2>The COVID-19 vaccine has been mandated for 75 per cent of the West Australian workforce by the end of the year.Premier Mark McGowan has announced getting the vaccine will be mandatory for a swathe of occupations, including workers at supermarkets, pubs, restaurants, post offices and hardware stores.Child care and school workers, including teachers, must also have their first vaccination by December 31.The mandate even extends to petrol stations, roadhouses and funeral directors.It comes after the state government already made the jab mandatory for police, health workers and mining workers.Those occupations, where the government said there was a high risk of virus transmission and vulnerability, must have had both vaccine doses by December 31.[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.theage.com.au/national/australia-news-live-melbourne-prepares-to-exit-lockdown-mike-baird-to-appear-at-icac-inquiry-into-gladys-berejiklian-cleo-smith-search-continues-20211019-p591c3.html[/URL]</blockquote>